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The Twin Towers came down in a cloud of toxic dust. Its health impact has lasted decades
- Featured, Health & Healing
- September 18, 2026
“There was a great sense of national pride. People wanted to be back and volunteered to be down there. I think we knew it was toxic, and I think what these files are covering is that there was more known than the public was aware of.”
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NYC Mayor Mamdani releases 9/11 records showing officials misled New Yorkers about air quality around Ground Zero
- Featured, Health & Healing
- September 8, 2026
CNN: “New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11, 2001, attacks, showing city officials at the time knew conditions around Ground Zero were unsafe to breathe despite repeated assurances to the public.”
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9/11 cancers skyrocket nearly 1,700% as toxic toll on survivors surpasses first responders ahead of 25th anniversary
- Featured, Health & Healing
- September 8, 2026
From NY Post: “Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, there is another terrifying new reality, too: At least 9,425 are now dying from post-9/11-related illnesses, more than triple the 2,977 lives lost Sept. 11, 2001.”
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Common Dry-Cleaning Chemical Tied to Liver Damage, Cancer and Other Health Issues
- Health & Healing, Featured
- December 23, 2025
From Children’s Health Defense: “A widely used grease remover and dry-cleaning chemical called tetrachloroethylene (PCE) has been linked to liver fibrosis, a condition that causes scarring and loss of liver function even in people who don’t drink alcohol or have obesity.”
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The Hidden Danger Inside AI Toys for Kids
- Home & Family, Featured
- December 23, 2025
A Time Magazine story from Dr. Dana Suskind, professor of surgery & pediatrics, University of Chicago, that every parent should consider reading before giving their young child an AI driven toy: “Parents—and society at large—cannot afford to take a wait-and-see approach to evaluating the safety or value of these products.
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Why Gratitude Changes the Brain–Not Just the Heart
- Lifestyle & Relationships, Featured
- December 23, 2025
From the Epoch Times: “Recent research shows that gratitude doesn’t just make people feel better; it can physically change the brain in ways that reduce stress, strengthen emotional resilience, and improve long-term mental health.”
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The Hidden Costs of Always Being Busy
- Lifestyle & Relationships, Featured
- November 13, 2025
From The Epoch Times: “Across the United States, research shows that longer work hours and increasingly busy lifestyles are leaving people more socially isolated than ever. While workaholics may appear to be high achievers, their relentless drive often comes at a cost to their health and relationships.”
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Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows
- Home & Family, Featured
- October 24, 2025
From NPR: “Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That’s according to a new study that suggests a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens.”
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Jonathan Haidt is an icon in the parenting world. He says there’s a new problem looming.
- Home & Family, Featured
- October 20, 2025
“We are at the tipping point right now, AI is going to take all the pathways of harm from social media and multiply them.” That’s what Jonathan Haidt, the best selling author of “The Anxious Generation” told USA Today.
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Don’t use cannabis during pregnancy or breastfeeding, leading OBGYN group says
- Health & Healing, Featured
- October 13, 2025
From Live Science: “People who are pregnant or lactating should not use cannabis, newly updated guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) stress.”
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Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology
- Lifestyle & Relationships, Featured
- October 9, 2025
Check out this Wall Street Journal story to find out why some young people welcome a break from smartphones and are embracing flip phones, along with digital cameras and CDs.
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Diet and sugary drinks raise risk of common liver disease by up to 60%, new research finds
- Health & Healing, Featured
- October 9, 2025
CNN: “Drinking as little as one can of diet soda a day may increase the risk of nonalcohol fatty liver disease by 60%, while drinking a sugary beverage could raise the risk by 50%, a new unpublished study found.”
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When Does Playing Contact Sports Put Your Brain at Risk?
- Health & Healing, Featured
- October 9, 2025
From The NY Times: “Two studies published on Wednesday raise concerns about the consequences of repeated minor head impacts in athletes. The findings suggest that damage to the brain can occur well before, or independent of, a diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E.”
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New study finds household plastics linked to heart disease deaths worldwide
- Health & Healing, Featured
- May 1, 2025
“By highlighting the connection between phthalates and a leading cause of death across the world, our findings add to the vast body of evidence that these chemicals present a tremendous danger to human health.” Sara Hyman, lead study author and associate research scientist, NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
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It’s Time to Keep Phones Out of Classrooms
- Home & Family, Featured
- April 29, 2025
“Smartphone use has a time and place. It’s not in the classroom. Study after study have shown the harmful effects of too much screen time. Children and teens who spend hours on their phones scrolling through social media are more anxious, depressed, and distracted.”
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