Home and Family Resources
- Home & Family
- December 15, 2010
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
READ MORECancer 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
READ MORECredit 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
READ MOREIn 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,
READ MORECelebrity 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
READ MOREExperts 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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