For Grads Seeking to Work and Do Good
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- January 12, 2012
This summer, a new program, Venture for America, will place 50 recent graduates at small businesses in struggling cities (inner city areas that have burgeoning start-up scenes but are in need of talent). The businesses will pay the participants $32,000 to $38,000 a year, plus health benefits. The goal is to help start-ups and early-stage
READ MOREChemical Forces Major Orange Juice Recall
- Health & Healing
- January 12, 2012
All overseas shipments are being carefully inspected after low levels of the harmful fungicide carbendazim were found in orange juice. The FDA says it will not pull orange juice off store shelves, but will prevent juice that contains traces of the chemical from entering the U.S. Good Morning America, 1/11/2012
READ MOREWhen Injuries to the Brain Tear at Hearts
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- January 12, 2012
Marriage counseling is evolving to help couples survive the kinds of personality changes and physical challenges that accompany brain injury. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband have had to grapple with these kinds of interpersonal challenges throughout Giffords' recovery, but their marriage has remained strong and serves as an inspiring example of how a relationship
READ MOREHospital Staff Not Likely to Report Hospital Errors
- Health & Healing
- January 9, 2012
A new report released Friday by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that more than 80 percent of hospital errors go unreported by hospital employees. Family members and patients themselves may be able to help combat these kinds of hospital errors by becoming more involved and educated, and
READ MOREDogs’ Ability to Sense Communication Similar to Infants
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- January 9, 2012
A new study found that dogs can sense human communication in a way similar to infants. ABC World News, 1/5/2012
READ MORERethinking the Effects of Aerosols
- Environmental Well-Being
- January 9, 2012
Technically an aerosol is any suspension of liquid or solid particles in a gas. And both natural aerosols, resulting from phenomena like erupting volcanoes or desert winds, and manmade aerosols, like those from crop spraying or burning coal, can have serious climate implications — far more serious than whether your hair stays in place for
READ MOREiSpy: Online companies spy on you more than you think – even reading your e-mail
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- January 9, 2012
I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy, by Lori Andrews, documents the dangers we face today in terms of our loss of privacy on the Internet. New York Post, 1/7/2012
READ MOREKirstie Alley: I’m Dancing for 100 Days
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- January 9, 2012
On New Year’s Day, Kirstie Alley launched 100 Days of Dance, a program in which she encourages people to dance for 100 consecutive days in order to lose weight or stay fit. People, 1/1/2012
READ MORE4 Ways to Increase Your Workplace Well-Being
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- January 9, 2012
A Buddhist monk helps you increase your workplace well-being and keep yourself calm in the New Year. O, The Oprah Magazine, January 2012
READ MOREPhysical Activity Linked to Better Academic Performance
- Health & Healing
- January 5, 2012
Dutch researchers, led by led by Amika Singh of the Vrije Universiteit University Medical Center's EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research in Amsterdam, recently reviewed previous studies from around the world on the relationship between physical activity and academic performance and found that the data "suggests there is a significant positive relationship between physical
READ MOREMommy, why is that lady so fat? Embrace the embarrassment
- Home & Family
- January 5, 2012
What do you do when your child makes a loud, embarrassing comment about someone in public? All too often, the answer seems to be to shush them, avoid eye contact and hustle away. Meg Zucker, a woman born with only one finger on each hand and one toe on each foot, and two of her
READ MORERed meat lovers have more kidney cancer
- Health & Healing
- December 31, 2011
In a large U.S. study, researchers found that middle-aged adults who ate the most red meat were 19 percent more likely to be diagnosed with kidney cancer than those who ate the least. However, "red meat is an important source for iron (and) it has protein," said Dr. Mohammed El-Faramawi, an epidemiologist from the University
READ MOREFight Infections Naturally
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- December 31, 2011
Forget miracle pills! This episode of The Dr. Oz Show features fast, all-natural treatments that ward off infections. Fight off ear infections, sore throats and UTI’s with these natural cures. The Dr. Oz Show, 12/19/2011
READ MOREMotivation down? Take on a rival
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- December 31, 2011
There are many ways your business can benefit from healthy competition. Sometimes a rival is all you need for motivation, whether it's a company across town or an online retailer who has impacted your sales. You can even "make up" an imaginary rival by deciding on a goal, like, say, to generate more foot traffic
READ MOREOn the Road: The lost art of thank you notes
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- December 31, 2011
As part of the continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman reports on how putting pen to paper and sending thank you notes can improve one's personal life. CBS News, 12/30/2011
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