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First lady teams up with grocers nationwide0
- Making a Positive Difference
- July 20, 2011
Spurred by first lady Michelle Obama’s campaign to bring healthy food options to every table in America, major grocer retailers including WalMart, Walgreens, and SuperValu, have vowed to create more stores in low-income communities that currently lack affordable and nutritious food. The move, which is being announced today, will help these communities in two ways—making
READ MOREMothers with Breastfeeding Difficulties More Likely to Suffer Postpartum Depression0
- Home & Family
- July 20, 2011
According to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, women with breastfeeding difficulties should be screened for depression—stemming from the fact that surveyed women were 42 percent more likely to experience postpartum depression than those who enjoyed the breastfeeding experience. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
READ MOREFran Drescher: ‘Happily’ green0
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- July 18, 2011
“Happily Divorced” star Fran Drescher is giving house-hold toxins the boot. A survivor of uterine cancer, Drescher knows that many cancers have environmental causes and are associated with the dangerous chemicals we bring into our own homes. Through her foundation CancerSchmancer.org, she has created a program called Trash Cancer that encourages consumers to be aware of
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An Alarming New Stimulant, Legal in Many States0
- Health & Healing
- July 18, 2011
These stimulants are referred to as "bath salts," and they are legal to buy. People smoke or inject them to get high. But, as this story reports, the chemicals in the bath salts can produce side effects that are "long lasting and downright dangerous." Some states are now banning the "bath salts." The New York
READ MOREBudget Excursions for Volunteers0
- Making a Positive Difference
- July 18, 2011
Get a cut rate price for a deluxe room. Of course, there is one stipulation: You have to agree to volunteer some of your vacation time to being of service. At the Snake River Lodge & Spa in Jackson, Wyoming, a luxury resort, that means pitching in and removing barbed wire fences to help local
READ MOREGood for You, Robin Williams!0
- GOOD FOR YOU by Claire Carter
- July 11, 2011
If you have a story about a well-known person who positively impacted your life or the life of someone who matters to you, send them a Good for You! Message and share it with us. Good stories are worth hearing about and passing along.
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