• HBO’s ‘Weight of a Nation’ puts the focus on America’s obesity epidemic0

    This four-part documentary series, premiering Monday and Tuesday (5/15) at 8 p.m., showcases all of the factors feeding the public health crisis, and the physical and emotional toll it takes on those suffering. New York Daily News, 5/14/2012

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  • Having breathing difficulties? Try Singing0

    Singing can help provide relief for people with respiratory problems including asthma, emphysema, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD). Doctors at a hospital in London realized that the breathing techniques used by singers might also help lung patients, leading them to start a singing therapy program. “Since many people enjoy singing, we thought it would

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  • Has technology ruined handwriting?0

    Constant use of technology and typing on keyboards may cause some people to forget how to write in cursive. We have gotten so used to relying on auto-correct and sending texts and emails that we place convenience above handwriting. A 2012 study by a UK-based company called Docmail provides further support, finding that more than

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  • Harvard-bound teen graduates HS, starts fund for homeless kids0

    Dawn Loggins – the Harvard-bound N.C. high school student who was abandoned by her parents and doubled as the school's janitor – has graduated and set up a fund to help other homeless kids. Dawn spent much of high school homeless and served as a school custodian both before and after classes. She graduated June

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  • Harrelson Hailed As a Hero0

    Actor Woody Harrelson is being called a hero by animal rights activists after sending a letter to U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno. Harrelson’s letter prompted military leaders to stop using live monkeys in chemical attack training exercises in Maryland. Harrelson said, “I’m sure you agree that our military personnel deserve state-of-the-art training

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  • Harmless soil-dwelling bacteria successfully kill cancer0

    Cancer 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

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