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Healthy Life Network calls for healthy recipe submissions from its readers

Healthy Life Network, the new online source for all that is healthy, is now accepting healthy recipe submissions from its readers. Those healthy recipes submitted by readers will be given full credit to readers who submitted the healthy recipes.

23 Nov 2009

Media examines food summit reaction, malnutrition in Liberia, Yemen

VOA News reports on reactions from last week's U.N. World Summit on Food Security in Rome: "The delegates in Rome promised to continue efforts to reduce by half the number of hungry people by two thousand fifteen. But critics pointed out that world leaders made a similar promise more than ten years ago. Several countries promised to increase aid for agriculture, to help developing nations become more independent. Still, critics deplored a lack of greater action" (Simms, 11/22).

23 Nov 2009

American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland to conduct Operation Save-A-Life Fire Safety Walk

In response to the recent deaths from multiple house fires in the City of Cleveland, The American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland in partnership with the City of Cleveland Fire Department, is conducting an Operation Save-A-Life Fire Safety Walk on the near west-side of Cleveland on Monday, November 23, 2009.

23 Nov 2009

Medical report showing the devastating impacts of coal on human body released

Physicians for Social Responsibility today released a groundbreaking medical report, "Coal's Assault on Human Health," which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body.

23 Nov 2009

Tips to avoid overeating this holiday season

This time of year brings lots of cheer but also its fair share of stress and anxiety. Often these feelings, both positive and negative, translate into urges to overeat as a way of coping; and let's face it, there are lots of opportunities to do so all season long.

23 Nov 2009

Easy steps to shed extra inches and pounds this holdiay season

With the holidays approaching, one can anticipate a few extra treats...and possibly a few extra inches and pounds. Lady Foot Locker recommends shoppers take advantage of the "black Friday" haul, and let the mall do the work. With the right footwear, it can do exactly that.

23 Nov 2009

Five flavors of Dr. Sanford Siegal's hunger-satisfying cookies available on Samsclub.com

Dr. Siegal's Direct Nutritionals, LLC, worldwide distributor of Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET® products and operator of web site CookieDiet.com (www.CookieDiet.com), today announced that all five flavors of Dr. Sanford Siegal's ever-popular hunger-satisfying cookies are available on Samsclub.com, the web site of Wal-Mart's membership discount club, Sam's Club.

23 Nov 2009

New research examines screen time in home-based and center-based child care settings

In a new study, the amount of television viewed by many young children in child care settings doubles the previous estimates of early childhood screen time, with those in home-based settings watching significantly more on average than those in center-based daycares.

23 Nov 2009

Capella University introduces new online degree program

Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited* online university that has built its reputation by providing quality education for adults, announced a new Bachelor of Science in Psychology online degree program, along with a Combined BS/MS in Psychology Option, which can save more than $4500 over the cost of pursuing each degree separately.

21 Nov 2009

Editorial provides guidance for media and journals to help foster healthy skepticism in news coverage

An editorial published online November 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute discusses the exaggerated fears and hopes that often appear in news coverage of cancer research. The editorial provides guidance for both the media and journals to help alleviate the problem.

21 Nov 2009

Finance is the main cause for Puget Sound-area residents to delay their retirement

More than 60 percent of Puget Sound-area residents say they have delayed or plan to delay their retirement beyond their ideal age, according to a recent survey commissioned by Symetra Financial, Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc., and Senior Services.

21 Nov 2009

Tips to survive holiday season

Mallika Chopra, healthy living expert and founder and CEO of Intent.com, and Rescue Remedy, the #1 natural stress relief products in the US, are teaming up to help Americans survive the holidays the natural way.

21 Nov 2009

Unilever and FDA recall certain Shedd’s Country Crock chilled side-dish products

Unilever United States, Inc., of Englewood Cliffs, NJ, in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is voluntarily recalling certain Shedd’s Country Crock® chilled side-dish products because they may contain undeclared sulfites.

21 Nov 2009

Older adults with alcohol dependence problems drink more than younger counterparts

Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found.

21 Nov 2009

USGS researchers examine PAHs and PCBs sources in urban environment

Toxic dust: Toxins in coal-tar-based sealcoats in parking lots may be the culprit in contaminated house dust, according to a USGS study. PAHs - or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - are large molecules found in oil, coal and tar deposits, and can have toxic effects.

21 Nov 2009

Tips for realistic holiday expectations

Samuel Gladding is no Scrooge, but he is on a mission to redefine what it means to be "happy" during the holidays. As a licensed professional counselor with a specialty in family counseling and chair of the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University, Gladding says research shows that it is the pressure to be happy that often leads to sadness and even depression during the holidays.

21 Nov 2009

Number of seniors facing the threat of hunger is increasing: Study

The Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) unveiled a national senior hunger study, underwritten by the Harrah's Foundation. Developed as an extension of the study originally presented in 2008, this state-by-state analysis of senior hunger revealed that the number of seniors facing the threat of hunger is increasing with seniors in the South experiencing the greatest risk of going hungry.

21 Nov 2009

Dangerous behavior in work environment should not be ignored in the name of political correctness, says psychiatrist

As more red flags are uncovered about the Fort Hood tragedy, some observers allege that political correctness played a significant role in enabling this to happen. Has public concern over political correctness grown from its well-intentioned origin of inclusion and acceptance into a dangerous unwillingness to acknowledge obvious patterns of toxic behavior?

21 Nov 2009

The Economist examines attention to world's food supply

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20 Nov 2009

8.3% of households in Massachusetts struggle with food insecurity

Project Bread, the state's leading anti-hunger organization, released numbers from its upcoming annual status report on hunger in the Commonwealth. The disquieting trends described in this report, caused by high unemployment, point to 554,000 people in the Commonwealth struggling with hunger.

20 Nov 2009

Miscellaneous News

Healthy Life Network calls for healthy recipe submissions from its readers

Media examines food summit reaction, malnutrition in Liberia, Yemen

American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland to conduct Operation Save-A-Life Fire Safety Walk

Medical report showing the devastating impacts of coal on human body released

Tips to avoid overeating this holiday season

Easy steps to shed extra inches and pounds this holdiay season

Five flavors of Dr. Sanford Siegal's hunger-satisfying cookies available on Samsclub.com

New research examines screen time in home-based and center-based child care settings

Capella University introduces new online degree program

Editorial provides guidance for media and journals to help foster healthy skepticism in news coverage

Finance is the main cause for Puget Sound-area residents to delay their retirement

Tips to survive holiday season

Unilever and FDA recall certain Shedd’s Country Crock chilled side-dish products

Older adults with alcohol dependence problems drink more than younger counterparts

USGS researchers examine PAHs and PCBs sources in urban environment

Tips for realistic holiday expectations

Number of seniors facing the threat of hunger is increasing: Study

Dangerous behavior in work environment should not be ignored in the name of political correctness, says psychiatrist

The Economist examines attention to world's food supply

8.3% of households in Massachusetts struggle with food insecurity

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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