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Bullying Moves From Online to Text-Messaging: Study
- Home & Family
- November 23, 2011
Bullying continues to plague our children, and as they become more technologically-inclined, so does virtual-bullying. A new study into virtual-bullying both online and by text-message shows that kids aged 10-15 years are being increasingly harassed through these technological mediums. Additionally, "unwanted sexual solicitation" from text-messages has increased by 1.9 times, from 2006 to 2008. HealthDay, 11/21/2011
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Patients, too, turn to the Internet for fund-raising
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- November 22, 2011
With a few keystrokes, friends and strangers can help defray treatment costs for patients who have started fund-raising campaigns on web sites like IndieGoGo, which is becoming increasingly popular. The New York Times, 11/21/2011
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Shakira Travels to India to Support Education for Girls
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- November 19, 2011
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira has been an advocate for education for quite a while, from traveling to the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem to talk about “Education for Peace” to donating $400,000 to a school in Haiti. In her most recent endeavor, she traveled to India to meet with adolescent girls and discuss the importance
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A Watch-and-Wait Prostate Treatment
- Health & Healing
- November 19, 2011
Amidst all the controversy over whether men should be screened for prostate cancer with the PSA blood test, this story explains what "active surveillance" entails and how to know when it's an option. The article also explores the diet, nutrients, and supplements that Dr. Aaron Katz, director for the Center of Holistic Urology at Columbia
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Could a worm hold the key to living longer?
- Health & Healing
- November 19, 2011
By studying the roundworm, biochemist Dr. Cynthia Kenyon and her team have pinpointed a combination of rare genes that seem to counter the effects of aging. ABC News, 11/17/2011
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Johnson & Johnson to nix baby product contaminant within 2 years
- Home & Family
- November 19, 2011
Earlier this month a consumer group urged Johnson & Johnson to remove a preservative called quaternium-15, which is considered to be a possible trigger for certain cancers and skin allergies, from its baby shampoo. In response, J & J says it plans to eliminate the formaldehyde-releasing preservatives from hundreds of its baby products within two
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A Nursing Home Shrinks Until It Feels Like a Home
- Home & Family
- November 18, 2011
Toni Davis is the director of the Green Hill Retirement Community in West Orange, NJ, and what she has done there is truly inspiring. She has made changes that have greatly improved the lives of the residents and their sense of well-being (and that of their loved ones who comes to visit) while keeping her
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Three Generations, Two Comfy Homes a Few Steps Apart
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- November 17, 2011
To save money, Wanda Urbanska, her son, Henry, and her mother, Marie Whittaker, all live together in Raleigh, N.C., with Ms. Whittaker living in a cottage behind her daughter's house. While Michael Litchfieldd, author of In-laws, Outlaws and Granny Flats, says, "the arrangement is not for everyone," it appears to be working out well for
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Would-be restaurateurs turn to the public for cash
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- November 17, 2011
Here's a novel way to raise the capital needed to open a restaurant: one restaurant planned for New York City's Tribeca area is asking 2000 people to give 500 dollars each in return for their money, they will be guaranteed a lifetime of special privileges, a 25% discount on all meals, and priority when it
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Facebook Privacy Concerns: How to Protect Yourself
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 17, 2011
Here's some helpful information about cookies and supercookies and what steps you can take to prevent a site like facebook from following you online once you leave their site. ABC News, 11/16/2011
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Novelist fights the tide by opening a bookstore
- Making a Positive Difference
- November 17, 2011
This is the inspiring story of a noted author, Ann Patchett, who didn't want her community to be "nearly barren of bookstores." So she decided to take matters into her own hands and do something about it. Patchett explained: "I have no interest in opening a bookstore. But I also have no interest in living
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Gabby Giffords: Finding Words Through Song
- Health & Healing
- November 17, 2011
Music therapy has helped Gabrielle Giffords relearn how to talk. As Dr. Oliver Sacks, professor of Neurology at Columbia University, explains, "Nothing activates the brain so extensively as music." When a person can't speak, they can still sing, because a different part of the brain is involved. Seeing the transformation in Congresswoman Giffords— and the
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10 Celebrities Who Battled Postpartum Depression
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- November 17, 2011
About 13% of mothers develop postpartum depression, a serious, long-lasting condition that’s far more than just ‘baby blues. Celebrity mothers who have developed this condition include Gwyneth Paltrow, Brooke Shields, Amanda Peet, Courtney Cox and more. These celebrities have shared their postpartum depression with the world, despite the cultural stigma. Health.com, 11/16/2011
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At A Big Church, Small Group Health Solutions
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 17, 2011
When Rick Warren of Saddleback Church realized that his church members (including himself) were too fat, he proposed to Dr. Mark Hyman that they work together on weight loss with small groups from the church, forming an incredible program. Their story is a great example of small communities doing something good and healthy. New York
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Gabby Giffords Inspires Viewers
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- November 17, 2011
The closing story on ABC World News dealt with how inspired viewers have been by the coverage of Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford's remarkable recovery after a bullet entered her brain. Anchor Diane Sawyer said the response to Gifford's transformation– from barely being able to respond just nine months ago, to speaking out after undergoing intense physical,
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