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Strength For The Moment: 10 Tips For Family Caregivers

Lori Hogan | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Death & Dying, Chaplaincy, Dying, Strength for the Moment, Gps-Soul, Care Giving, Help for Care Givers, Tips for Care Givers, Sick, Religion News

Many baby boomers, often unexpectedly and for long periods, will likely be called to provide care for a loved one, and it is my hope that anyone could gain strength, encouragement and inspiration through the real-life caregiving stories.

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5 Things I Learned From Being Sick

Delia Lloyd | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Lessons From Being Ill, What You Learn From Being Sick, Mindfulness, Old Movies, Parenting, Being Sick, Sick, Illness, Healthy Living News

For the last four days, I've been down for the count while a horrible stomach virus swept through our household. But I'm slowly emerging from the death throes of this thing. And as I do so, I realize that I learned a few things from this most recent brush with mortality.

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How to Keep Your Immune System From Taking Its Own Vacation This Holiday Season

Carolyn Scott | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Cold, Prevention, Health, Flu, Winter, Sick, Holiday Stress, Illness, Personal Health, Immunity, Immune System, Strong Immune System, Healthy Living News

Each holiday season, millions of people travel to visit friends and family and kill themselves trying to get to every holiday party, shop till they drop and eat like little piglets. A giant combo for getting sick and feeling miserable all winter long.

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The 8 Germiest Places In The Mall

Posted 11.25.2011

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By Cari Wira Dineen During the craziness of the holidays, the last thing you want is to get sidelined with a cold, flu, stomach bug -- or worse. ...

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Another reason why cancer sucks

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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QUESTION Hi Irene, I've been struggling with this problem for years, but it's finally taking a toll on me. I've had cancer for over 18 years. I ...

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Deficit Mantra for Dems (+Tea Party): 'End Corporate Welfare First'

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Sick, Elderly, Deficit, Corporate Welfare, Bush Tax Cuts, Unemployed, Politics News

If we are indeed going to engage in a paroxysm of debt cutting, we have to begin somewhere, and where one begins often is where one ends. Let us, then, begin with "ending corporate welfare first."

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Widowhood: Life After Losing a Loved One

Honey Seltzer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Widowhood, Marriage, Sick, Death & Dying, Grief, Healthy Living News

Life is not an easy journey. There are things we cannot prevent, but for me I've had no regrets. I have shared a lot of myself with someone I cared about, but I never looked for another husband.

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Erin Brockovich Oil Spill Visit Planned: Fishermen Sickened By Dispersant Contact Advocate

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HOUMA, La. — Environmental and consumer advocate Erin Brockovich will be in southern Louisiana to speak to people who say they've been sickened ...

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Climbing Kilimanjaro: Please do Something about Deadly Drinking Water

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Muller, Miami, Elizabeth Gore, Dirty, Kick Kennedy, Jimmy Chin, Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Summit, Steven Solomon, Knight Center for International Media, Procter & Gamble, Isabel Lucas, Drinking, Eddie Bauer, Safe, Pure, Greg Allgood, Mount, Diarrhea, Water, Clean, United Nations Foundation, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Alexandra Costeau, Hewlett Packard, Justin Timberlake, Sick, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Green News

Greg Allgood will do almost anything to draw attention to the huge number of poor people - more than 1 billion - whose only drinking water is loaded with bacteria and viruses.

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Jessic Biel and Pals Climbing Kilimanjaro to Highlight Unsafe Drinking Water

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kenna was born in Ethiopia in East Africa and came to the United States with his parents when he was three. Africa is the part of the world where the most people are struggling with unhealthy drinking water.

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The 10 Most Common Feelings Worldwide: We Feel Fine

Christine Whelan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Feelings, Top Ten List, Economy, Jonathan Harris, Good, Guilty, Sep Kamvar, Obama, Great, Emotions, Sorry, Comfortable, Well, Feel, Sick, Social Networking, Healthy Living News

Millions of people are sharing their emotions with their computers on a daily basis, and slowly, we are teaching computers what it's like to be human.

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Why Jessica Biel is Climbing Kilimanjaro without Justin Timberlake

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was stories like that, said Mr. Zemedkun's son, the singer-song writer Kenna, that inspired him to organize an expedition of Hollywood entertainers and others to climb the highest mountain in Africa.

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This Flu Season Mind Your Cold

Karen Leland | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Office Etiquette, Etiquette, Avian Flu, Flu, Cold, Sick Days, Sick, Health, Karen Leland, Healthy Living News

I'm so mad I could sneeze (or cough), but at least it would be in the privacy of my own home, not sitting next to you at a dinner party because "I've...

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Allergies: Neti Pot Cures Congestion

nytimes.com | Anahad O'Connor | Posted 11.17.2011

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For allergies, doctors recommend irrigating the sinus cavity with a mild saline solution. One option is to snort warm salt water from cupped hands, bu...

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Sleep: Lack Of Rest Raises Infection Risk

nytimes.com | Anahad O'Connor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Prevention, Swine Flu Pandemic, Health, Swine Flu, Infection, Insomnia, Flu, Sick, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, Wellness, Sleep, Healthy Living News

As cold season approaches, many Americans stock up on their vitamin C and echinacea. But heeding the age-old advice about catching up on sleep might b...

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13 Natural Hangover Cures: Quick Remedies Or False Hope? (PHOTOS) (POLL)

Huffington Post | Michael Macher | Posted 11.17.2011

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Hangovers happen to the very best of us. We all know the familiar story: the evening starts off innocently enough--you go to a party to unwind after a...

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HealthCareLess

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

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I want the same health care that members of Congress get... at a much lower cost.

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10 Ways to Stay Positive When You're Sick

Fresh Living | Posted 11.17.2011

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Holly's great post on "Feel Better Day" reminded me how it's so easy when we're ill--either from a passing cold or a long-term disease--to slip into t...

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Should The Tabloids Lay Off A Mentally Ill Celebrity?

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 05.25.2011

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Writing in the Los Angeles Times last week, Asra Nomani, a former Wall Street Journal reporter and People contributor, argued that the time has come f...

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