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Handle Wild Things With Care: How to Help Injured Animals

Jul 29, 2016 12:30PM ● By Sandra Murphy

Many critters that look abandoned or hurt don’t actually need our help—but if we do see a bird, squirrel, turtle or other wild animal in distress, here’s a guide on what to do.

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Growing Up Empowered: Helping Kids Step into Their Best Selves

Jul 29, 2016 12:30PM ● By Judith Fertig

We build confidence in our children by encouraging their unique strengths, fostering their dreams, allowing healthy risks and engaging them in community service.

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Delayed Kindergarten Reduces Attention Deficit: Reason to Push Back Starting School

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

Danish children that start kindergarten at age 6 instead of 5 are far less likely to be inattentive or hyperactive five years later.

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Grape Juice Boosts Memory and Driving Skills: Benefits of Polyphenols

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

Busy working mothers between the ages of 40 and 50 that drank Concord grape juice daily improved their performance on a driving test, results that lasted after the study ended.

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Aromatherapy Soothes Allergies: Scents for Natural Relief

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

Inhaling a three-fragrance formula of essential oils sharply reduced allergy symptoms for Korean sufferers in just seven days.

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Prenatal Sun Exposure Lowers Asthma Risk: Increased Vitamin D Reduces Likelihood

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

Perhaps because of the natural vitamin D supplied by sunlight, researchers found that children are less likely to have asthma if their mothers lived in a sunny location during the second trimester of pregnancy.

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Legumes Facilitate Weight Loss: Daily Serving Helps to Shed Pounds

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

Eating three-quarters of a cup of beans, lentils, chickpeas or other legumes per day as part of their usual diet helped subjects feel more full and shed nearly a pound in six weeks.

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Young Adult Insomnia Linked to Chronic Pain: Lack of Sleep Early On Leads to Complications Later in Life

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

About two in five Dutch adults between the ages of 19 and 22 that reported problems sleeping had chronic pain three years later.

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Scrambling Species: Climate Change Favors Some Birds over Others

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

A warming planet strongly influences bird migration patterns, which in turn allows some species to thrive while others struggle to survive.

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Toxic Trinkets: Low-Cost Jewelry May Harbor Cadmium

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

Cheap jewelry made with the heavy metal cadmium, banned in the European Union, is sold in North America in popular fashion chains.

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LOL TTYL: Hope for a New Generation

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

Despite their bad press, youngsters born between 1980 and 2000 are just as ambitious and tenacious as their parents and grandparents, new data shows.

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Show Stopper: Circuses Cease Exotic Animal Acts

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

Following the action of Ringling Brothers Circus to retire all its performing elephants, the Mexican Congress has voted to prohibit any exotic animals under big tops.

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Good Reads: Fiction Readers Have More Empathy

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

Snuggling into a chair with a good novel whisks us into another world—and that makes us not only smarter but more empathetic, recent studies show.

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Green Serenity: Sikkim Now a Wholly Organic State

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

Farmers in Sikkim, in the Indian Himalayas, use only manure and compost on crops 12 years after pesticides and fertilizers were banned in the state.

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Salt Air in the City: Salt Rooms Soothe Allergies and Skin Conditions

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM ● By Avery Mack

The red eyes, sneezes and runny noses of nasal allergies respond to a surprising treatment—microscopic salt particles circulating inside a specially designed room.

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Just Walk: 22 Minutes a Day Boosts Well-Being

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM ● By Randy Kambic

The good news about walking keeps mounting: A brisk stroll reduces anxiety and depression, helps us think more clearly and fosters honest shared conversation.

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A Good Food Fight: Keeping Food Out of the Trash Bin

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM ● By April Thompson

Concerned that more than $160 billion worth of uneaten food ends up annually in landfills, college-age entrepreneurs are figuring out how to redirect still-good edibles to people and animals.

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Barnet Bain on How Creativity Can Save the World: Fresh Thinking Challenges Rigid Mindsets

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM ● By Linda Sechrist

If we lock ourselves into a hand-me-down worldview, we lose access to our own deep stores of creativity and wisdom.

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Yay for Play: Ways to Spark a Child’s Creativity

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM ● By April Thompson

Creativity can be not only nurtured, but taught. When children engage in imaginary play and exploration, they build thinking skills, patience and resiliency.

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Vegan Leather: Walk the Talk with Cruelty-Free Shoes

Jul 29, 2016 10:50AM

To know that no cow, sheep, or goat was killed to make our shoes is a convincing reason to buy footwear made with material combinations that are people- animal- and planet-friendly.

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