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On a mission to break the Guinness World Record for giving the most hugs in one day, David Parsons was inspired by his friend who died of cancer to raise money for Grants Wishes, a nonprofit that helps children battling cancer. Huffington Post, 1/22/2013
READ MORENow that workers are becoming more confident in the economy, employers are starting to see an uptick in voluntary turnover, with workers leaving their jobs in search of better opportunities. Experts predict this will accelerate in 2013, adding increased urgency to a problem that many employers had already identified as critical: They are struggling to
READ MOREWitnessing friends' vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers. Reuters, 1/22/2013
READ MOREAt-home dads are putting a masculine stamp on child-rearing and home life that could have significant benefits down the road. The lead author of a recent study on at-home fathers, Gokcen Coskuner-Balli, an assistant professor of marketing at Chapman University in Orange, CA, says,"Just as we saw the feminization of the workplace in the past few decades, with
READ MOREThe Drug Enforcement Administration is fighting to make Vicodin-type drugs harder to get, in order to reduce the abuse potential. We have a national crisis on our hands when it comes to addiction to prescription painkillers; the majority of vicadin-type drugs are indeed consumed in the U.S. At the same time, the legal use of prescription painkillers does
READ MOREVerizon is one of a number of businesses investing in on-site gyms and classes for their employees. In a 2011/2012 Staying@Work Survey Report, global consulting firm Towers Watson found that 38 percent of American companies offered on-site fitness activities. “It’s definitely growing,” says Jessica Matthews, an exercise physiologist at the nonprofit organization American Council on Exercise.
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