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- December 15, 2010
TV personality Giuliana Rancic battled infertility, miscarriage and then cancer. If you haven't been through a miscarriage, just listen. Don't say, "It's going to be OK," says Rancic. Cancer-free for one year, and with a baby through a surrogate, she now says, "Life is good." CNN/ Health.com, 11/12/2012
READ MOREIt’s easier than you think to hurt yourself in the name of health, so when beginning an exercise plan, slowly build to a sustainable regimen. The Boston Globe, 11/18/2012
READ MOREBig businesses reaching out to help smaller businesses, which has come into vogue since the depression, is the latest example of what is known in corporate circles as cause marketing — hitching a brand to a social issue. “Brewing the American Dream,” a program Boston Beer established with a microlender, Accion, to help small businesses,
READ MOREKraushar, 26, organized an army of 60 volunteers, saved an 80-year-old man who was having a heart attack, and rushed an oxygen tank to a woman who would've died without it. Good for You to Krausher, who is now being referred to by the nickname "Medical Matt" in his adopted Brooklyn, NY neighborhood of Red Hook.
READ MORETom's of Maine recently announced the winners of its fourth annual "50 States For Good: Growing Good Works One Community at a Time" contest. The 51 finalists (one organization per state, plus the District of Columbia) were voted on by the public. The top six will share a $150,000 prize for supporting "healthy, human and environmental
READ MOREMedical errors kill over 250,000 people in the United States yearly. Fortunately, though, there are strategies you can use to help doctors and nurses avoid mistakes. CNN, 11/5/2012
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