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Calif. Restaurant Gets Youth Off Streets, Into Kitchen0
- Making a Positive Difference
- July 21, 2013
“Come hungry, leave inspired.” That’s the motto of Old Skool Cafe in California. Owner Theresa Goines, a former juvenile probation officer, used all of her retirement savings to start the restaurant eight years ago.
READ MORENostalgia Is Good For You: When We Reminisce, Life Feels More Meaningful And Death Less Frightening0
- Uncategorized
- July 19, 2013
Recall a fond memory. Chances are that thinking about it puts you in a better mood and makes you feel warm and fuzzy. Researchers have found that reminiscing can help you feel more hopeful about your future and closer to the people you love, too. Dr. Clay Routledge, associate professor of psychology at North Dakota
READ MOREDr. Oz Helps Make Apple Juice Safer0
- Health & Healing
- July 17, 2013
Back in 2011, Dr. Mehmet Oz found himself in the center of a controversy. After the staff of his TV show had an independent laboratory test five different brands of apple juice, Oz sounded the alarm on the high levels of arsenic. Several samples had considerably more than the ten parts per billion that the
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Monroe entrepreneur creates professional workspace for women0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- July 17, 2013
Working from home can be challenging due to constant distractions, a problem which has led many entrepreneurial women to seek more productive workspaces outside the home. Entrepreneur Tracy Mate decided to open the Collaborative Women’s Center in Monroe, Connecticut to solve the problem for herself and for others with similar situations.
READ MOREU.S. sicker than other developed nations0
- Health & Healing
- July 15, 2013
People in the U.S. are living a little longer, but that doesn't mean they are living longer in good health. According to a University of Washington survey by Dr. Christian Murray and his colleagues, our bad dietary habits, obesity and smoking are more a cause for alarm than even pollution or radiation. Dr. Murray explains,
READ MOREAir pollution causes lung cancer, worsens heart failure, studies find0
- Environmental Well-Being
- July 15, 2013
It’s time to start recognizing that the air we breath can cause lung cancer and worsen heart failure, according to two new studies on the impact of air pollution. A person’s risk for developing lung cancer increases in more polluted areas, even if that person is a non-smoker.
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