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Best Beauty Buys: Where you buy beauty products, stores or online, can save big money
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- June 16, 2011
Turns out there's a huge difference in the price of cosmetics depending on the shopping websites or stores you frequent. Consumer Reports' ShopSmart Magazine sent secret shoppers out to compare prices at different stores. Harmon Discount had the highest number of low-priced items, while CVS had the most high-priced items. ConsumerReports.org, 6/15/2011
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Peace Laureates Take on the War on Women
- Making a Positive Difference
- June 16, 2011
According to the UN, one in five women will face sexual assault worldwide. The startling statistic prompted six Nobel Peace Laureates to create the Nobel Women’s Initiative to stop sexual abuse as a weapon of war. To kickstart their efforts, the organization held a three-day international conference in Canada. Women's Media Center, 6/15/2011
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Will Ferrell gets serious about cancer
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- June 16, 2011
When his close fraternity brother overcame cancer and started Cancer for College, a charity that gives scholarships to college students living with cancer, comedian Will Ferrell was among the one of the first donors. Now that Ferrell’s fame has grown, he has become more invested in the cause, investing more than money and spending time
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When warming up for exercise, less may be more
- Health & Healing
- June 16, 2011
A new study out of the The Journal for Applied Psychology revealed that some athletes exhaust themselves with a warm-up even before beginning to exercise. Though researchers are unsure of whether everyone must warm-up before working out, they found that those with a more leisurely warm-up were less fatigued and performed better. The New York
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Biodegradable Products May Be Bad For The Environment
- Environmental Well-Being
- June 6, 2011
Decreasing your carbon footprint may require more than just buying biodegradable products. A recent study shows that in order to fully reap the benefits of these products, Methane collection in landfills must increase and products should be redesigned to degrade more slowly. Newswise/ North Carolina State University, 5/31/2011
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FDA Warns Not to Feed SimplyThick to Premature Infants
- Home & Family
- May 31, 2011
SimplyThick is designed to help premature babies swallow, but some babies are developing an intestinal disorder that has already proven fatal twice. Two premature infants died as a result of having the thickening agent SimplyThick added to their breast milk or formula. There have been 15 cases reported from around the country – all premature
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The nose knows: Allergy season here with a vengeance
- Environmental Well-Being
- May 19, 2011
Here's some unfortunate news related to climate change: The odd and severe weather we’ve been experiencing since last fall has put us in a vulnerable spot in terms of this year's allergy season. And we can no longer escape to a location free of pollen and its effects on us, as this explosion has hit
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Movie trailer marriage proposal is this year’s true blockbuster
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- May 19, 2011
We found a twist on the movie circuit: Matt wanted to marry Ginny, so he made a movie short leading in to his proposal. He convinced a local movie theater in GA to run his movie as the trailer before the main movie. Watch the actual film he made, and simultaneously watch Ginny’s reaction in
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Helping Kids Beat Depression… By Treating Mom
- Home & Family
- May 17, 2011
Successfully treating a mother with depression isn't just good for the mom; it also can provide long-lasting benefits for her children's mental health, new research shows. The Wall Street Journal, 5/17/2011
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3-On Your Side: Charitable Giving on the Web
- Making a Positive Difference
- April 21, 2011
Beginning with a touching story about social media helping a family in need, this article describes several websites that are giving a helping hand to people who need it– focusing on one family with two autistic kids who were in need of a specially trained dog. The children's mother was overwhelmingly touched when a large
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Friendly Fight: A Smarter Way to Say ‘I’m Angry’
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- April 20, 2011
In a culture where it's easy to fire off a snippy email or text, most of us have a hard time honestly expressing anger face to face. When we're upset, most of us would rather not talk about it, preferring to rant or to clam up. This article offers a guide to more productive anger.
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Doctors’ new advice for joint pain: Get Moving
- Health & Healing
- April 19, 2011
More middle aged and younger people are experiencing joint problems as a result of sports injuries or being overweight. As these young people are diagnosed with osteoarthritis, doctors are recommending physical activity to help joints over traditional advice to take it easy. The Wall Street Journal, 4/11/2011
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New Guidelines for Spotting Alzheimer’s
- Health & Healing
- April 19, 2011
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the U.S. guidelines for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease have been updated. The National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association have expanded the definition of the disease to acknowledge earlier stage symptoms and are now recognizing Alzheimer's as occurring in three stages, including pre-clinical Azheimer's, which
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The 12-year old who is smarter than Einstein
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- April 7, 2011
Jacob Barnett is only 12 and has an IQ of 170. Diagnosed at the age of two, he has overcome Asperger’s Syndrome to become the latest, and possibly one of the most impressive stars on YouTube. The Week, 4/1/2011
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Happiness peaks in our eighties
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- April 7, 2011
We become happier when we grow older, according to scientists who claim our best years do not arrive until our late seventies and eighties. The Telegraph, 3/28/2011
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