What are you doing NOW that’s
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What are you doing to Make a Positive
DIFFERENCE in the lives of others?
Actor Michael Douglas has announced that his throat cancer was caused by the sexually transmitted disease human papillomavirus (HPV), raising awareness that the disease can be transmitted through oral sex and can lead to throat cancer.
READ MOREMany women are waiting longer to have children, trying to balance a career and the goal of starting a family. In addition to routinely asking women about contraception, OB-GYNs are now making the issue of having children a part of the conversation, educating them on fertility rates and the risks associated with childbearing later in
READ MOREChosen by the student body of an elite private school in Silicon Valley to give the graduation address this year, Nipun Mehta discusses the sense of disconnect and isolation that has come from our hyper-connected world. Over a decade ago, Mehta walked away from a lucrative, high-tech career to form a nonprofit organization called ServiceSpace that built
READ MOREAs the food industry continues to trend towards crossbreeding and hybridization (pushing many breeds of livestock towards endangerment), Patrick Martins' Heritage Foods USA encourages producers to raise disappearing breeds. GOOD, 5/29/2013
READ MOREAs skin cancer rates continue to rise, here is some helpful advice on what to look for when selecting sunscreen. The New York Times, 5/28/2013
READ MORERand Corp's report on workplace well-being– a 6 billion dollar industry– casts a doubt on the effectiveness of employee wellness programs. Keith Lemer, president of Wellnet, says it takes "senior level support and a high degree of employee engagement in healthy behaviors" for wellness programs to truly work. Although the report found that
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