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CDC: Doctors prescribing fewer antibiotics to kids
- Home & Family
- September 6, 2011
Health officials are prescribing fewer and fewer antibiotics to children. Since the early 1990s, there’s been a 10% in prescription rates for kids age 14 and younger. Mainly, the CDC is finding larger declines in how often doctors used antibiotics against colds and sore throats. USA Today, 9/2/2011
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Cyndi Lauper opening homeless shelter
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- September 6, 2011
Singer Cyndi Lauper’s shelter for homeless lesbian and gay youths, The True Colors Residence, will open in New York this Friday. The shelter, which is named after Lauper’s 1986 single, will offer help to bisexual and transgender people ages 18-24 who have ended up on the streets because of disapproving families. Lauper explains, “We need
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Harmless soil-dwelling bacteria successfully kill cancer
- Health & Healing
- September 6, 2011
Cancer therapy could soon change because of a bacterial strain that specifically targets tumors. A scientist at the Society for General Microbiology’s Autumn Conference at New York University says that this strain of bacteria will start being tested on cancer patients in 2013. Breakthrough Digest Medical News, 9/3/2011
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Now, gold cards for everyone
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- September 6, 2011
Credit card issuers are offering gold and platinum cards to a much wider range of people, so it isn’t the exclusive privilege that it once was. According to Synovate Mail Monitor, “Almost one of every three credit card offers mailed in the second quarter was for some kind of premium card, up from one in
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Volunteers offer compassion in No One Dies Alone program at MetroHealth Medical Center
- Making a Positive Difference
- September 6, 2011
In June, MetroHealth Medical Center became the first hospital in the greater Cleveland area to offer No One Dies Alone (NODA), a national volunteer program that pairs patients with companions to be with them at the end of life. Volunteers share one patient’s story, which documents their experience with the NODA Program. The Plain Dealer,
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Mario Lopez Celebrates Daughter’s Birthday for Charity
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- September 1, 2011
Celebrity Mario Lopez created a birthday registry for his daughter’s birthday on MyRegistry.com, the leading universal gift registry, to benefit the Community Youth Athletic Center of Chula Vista. Lopez is asking family, friends and fans to contribute to the Athletic Center, which benefits troubled youth in San Diego, CA. The registry is open to the
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Sex: Why it makes women fall in love – but just makes men want MORE!
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- September 1, 2011
Experts say that for many people— especially women— the mind plays a key role in achieving orgasm. While male brains tend to focus on the physical stimulation involved in sexual contact, the key to female arousal seems to be deep relaxation and a lack of anxiety. Another difference between the genders is that, during sex,
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Intensity of Hurricanes Still Bedevils Scientists
- Environmental Well-Being
- September 1, 2011
Scientists have become adept at gaging the track a storm will take, but they are working to improve their predictions of its intensity. The New York Times, 8/30/2011
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Does a four-day school week help or harm?
- Home & Family
- September 1, 2011
The debate over sending kids to school fewer days a week continues, posing the question, "Is less more?" NBC Nightly News, 8/31/2011
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Tying Health Problems to Rise in Home Foreclosures
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- September 1, 2011
New research by economists Janet Currie of Princeton University and Erdal Tekin of Georgia State University, along with personal stories of people faced with foreclosures, links the housing crisis to more hospital visits for hypertension, anxiety, and suicide attempts. Currie is quoted as saying, "You see foreclosures having a general effect on the neighborhood. Everybody
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Linda Ellerbee takes to Nickelodeon to explain Sept. 11 anniversary, story in kid-friendly format
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- September 1, 2011
For 20 years, Linda Ellerbee has been producing TV programs for kids explaining difficult issues. Her Nickelodeon special on 9/11 will air Thurs. Sept. 1 at 9:00. She is quoted as saying: "I tell kids that even on the worst days there is always good… On 9/11, one of the worst things happened. But it
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Fluid that ‘magically’ rebuilds teeth could make the dentist’s drill obsolete
- Health & Healing
- September 1, 2011
Breakthrough dental technology attacks the first signs of tooth decay, rebuilding the tooth from within. Mother Nature Network, 8/24/2011
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Single and Seriously Ill: Care Circles Fill In For Family
- Making a Positive Difference
- August 30, 2011
When elderly people become ill, family are not the only people they can count on. Lucy Whitworth, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, recalls an inspiring story about how 49 strangers helped her when she had no family to turn to for support. MSNBC, 8/29/2011
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New numbers on America’s struggle with obesity
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- August 26, 2011
Debrorah Roberts reports on a Lancet study projecting how many more Americans will be obese in 2030. Some companies are being pro-active, offering their employees cash incentives to take better care of themselves. According to the report, a worker is "four times more likely to lose weight if you get paid for it." Companies are
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Hunger at Home
- Making a Positive Difference
- August 26, 2011
Good for You to several people mentioned in this story, which is part of a series on ABC World News. Pastor Bob, for one, managed to feed 700 people, and he's constantly collecting more donated food. For as long as he knows people are hungry, he says he needs to do this. The young woman who
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