What are you doing NOW that’s
Good for Your Own Well-Being?
What are you doing to Make a Positive
DIFFERENCE in the lives of others?
Parents of young children may want to think twice before purchasing liquid laundry detergent packets or pods. U.S. poison control centers are reporting a 17% increase in the number of calls involving children, especially those around the age of 2, who are most at risk of ingesting these often colorful pods. While they may look like candy, they are toxic when swallowed.
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When the father of celebrated Boston chef Joy Adams was nearing the end of his life, he chose hospice care in the home. Joy, along with the rest of her family, was there to support him. As CNN’s Ashley Strickland writes, Joy not only had fond childhood memories of several dishes her father made, but credited him with imparting to her a true love for food. So it should come as no surprise that that she used her culinary skills to comfort her dad by cooking for him.
READ MORE“But with scientists and engineers now advising that the cost and complexity to bring this problem under control is modest, our course is clear: We cannot, and must not leave our nation vulnerable. We must secure our electric infrastructure now.”
READ MORESonia Vallabj and Eric Minikel fell in love and married expecting to live happily ever after. But 5 years ago, she was diagnosed with genetic prion disease, which leads to a decline in memory that only worsens over time. As CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports, this husband and wife decided they couldn’t afford to sit back and wait for others to come up with a cure; they had to be part of the process.
READ MOREThe Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says sepsis affects more than 1 million Americans each year–over 258,000 die from it. Yet many of us don’t even know what sepsis is, no less how to prevent it. The death this week of Academy award-winning actress, Patty Duke, put a spotlight on this all too common condition. The cause was listed as an intestinal infection that led to sepsis.
READ MORETake charge of your well-being with a variety of boards that you can use to journal your goals, your dreams, the positive changes you want to make; collaborate & brainstorm with the people you work with, record & share favorite passages from books, keep track of family matters and reflect on what you’re grateful for in your life.
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