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In June, MetroHealth Medical Center became the first hospital in the greater Cleveland area to offer No One Dies Alone (NODA), a national volunteer program that pairs patients with companions to be with them at the end of life. Volunteers share one patient’s story, which documents their experience with the NODA Program. The Plain Dealer,
READ MORECelebrity Mario Lopez created a birthday registry for his daughter’s birthday on MyRegistry.com, the leading universal gift registry, to benefit the Community Youth Athletic Center of Chula Vista. Lopez is asking family, friends and fans to contribute to the Athletic Center, which benefits troubled youth in San Diego, CA. The registry is open to the
READ MOREExperts say that for many people— especially women— the mind plays a key role in achieving orgasm. While male brains tend to focus on the physical stimulation involved in sexual contact, the key to female arousal seems to be deep relaxation and a lack of anxiety. Another difference between the genders is that, during sex,
READ MOREScientists have become adept at gaging the track a storm will take, but they are working to improve their predictions of its intensity. The New York Times, 8/30/2011
READ MOREThe debate over sending kids to school fewer days a week continues, posing the question, "Is less more?" NBC Nightly News, 8/31/2011
READ MORENew research by economists Janet Currie of Princeton University and Erdal Tekin of Georgia State University, along with personal stories of people faced with foreclosures, links the housing crisis to more hospital visits for hypertension, anxiety, and suicide attempts. Currie is quoted as saying, "You see foreclosures having a general effect on the neighborhood. Everybody
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