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Astoria Characters: The Hot Chicks in the Cool Band

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Nancy Ruhling

Mortally wounded by a love gone wrong, Jamie Stellini decided to wear her heart on her rhythm guitar and chronicle her feelings with chord and chorus for a year and post everything on the Internet.

Scavenging for Organs: Why the Donor Famine Justifies A Radical Harvest

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jacob M. Appel

18 Americans die every day while waiting for an organ transplant, yet the American political establishment has been unwilling to champion non-traditional methods of expanding the organ supply.

Post Earthquake, Some Nasty Voices On Battered Haiti

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Joseph B. Treaster

Most of the country's trees had long since been chopped down for firewood. Much of the topsoil had washed away and when the rain got heavy, the bare hills and mountains became launch pads for floods.

Hibernating in Winter: Heart and Hearth

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Donna Henes

We still have four more weeks until the Vernal Equinox, when we will emerge into the light. Let us use this remaining time of darkness well.

A Heart-Shaped History: How Our Most Essential Organ Became a Saccharine Commodity

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 02.13.2010 | Healthy Living
Lapham's Quarterly

Though we see it all the time, and teach its meaning to our children, its associations with the organ of circulation, and indeed love, are neither ancient nor instinctive.

A Song for Valentine's Day: I Heart

Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Spencer Green

Below is a link to a very Valentine's Day-appropriate song "I Heart" I wrote with the brilliant musician/composer/singer Gary Stockdale, with whom I w...

Replying to J. Crew's Emails: "Because We Heart You...Free Shipping"

John Bobey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
John Bobey

J.,...I think we need to talk. You know how much I like you. I did right from the start, ever since "First Look at Fall, 2006." All those plaids and flannels--it was intense!

Crosstraining for Body, Mind And Spirit: Integral Life Practice With Terry Patten

Rob Kall | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Rob Kall

I always encouraged people to meditate, I always encouraged people to exercise and eat a right diet, I always encouraged people to do all the different elements of a conscious lifestyle.

Backbone, Mind, and Heart

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Gary Hart

Present day America is like a sick patient. We pray that the president will lead us in healing the country's backbone, its mind, and its heart.

Sleep Better Now: 3 Ways Your Heart Can Help

Doc Childre | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Doc Childre

If you've tried dozens of sleep remedies and none seem right for you, new research is saying there is a place we can turn to for help that most of us wouldn't even consider. That place is our heart.

The Heart of Teaching and Learning: Celebration in the Bronx

Kate Quarfordt | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Kate Quarfordt

A few weeks ago something really amazing happened at the school where I've taught for the last seven years. It was "College Application Mail-Out Day" at Bronx Prep.

Unplug and Recharge: How Yoga Can Open Your Heart (VIDEO)

Sara Avant Stover | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Sara Avant Stover

Sometimes the circumstances in our lives--relationships, overwhelming emotions, or even the way that we habitually sit and stand--can shut down our hearts.

Vitamin D Shows Heart Benefits In Study

nytimes.com | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Got vitamin D? It may protect you from heart disease....

Art of Attention: When Doing Nothing Is Everything

Elena Brower | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Elena Brower

We are all capable of refining our seeing and listening so that instead of moving through our day in a state of reactivity, dread, or disappointment, we can remain open, available to something higher.

Art of Attention: Healing Your Heart 101

Elena Brower | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Elena Brower

In one sentence: follow your breathing to your heart and dwell there - for a few moments or minutes if possible. Notice how everything eases: your mind, your body, your face.

Fashion With H.E.A.R.T

Alison Sanders Petrocelli | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Alison Sanders Petrocelli

Fashionology, a Beverly Hills-based clothing boutique, turns the design process over to the child. Recently, the women behind this concept put it to work for a very special group of children.

Needles Extracted From Areas Around Brazilian Toddler's Lungs, Heart

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian toddler was awake and breathing on his own Saturday after doctors removed four life-threatening sewing needles from...

Heart Disease: Protect Yourself With Fresh Garlic

cnn.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Here's a new garlic discovery I hope you will make use of: researchers have discovered why freshly crushed garlic protects your heart....

Meditation 'Eases Heart Disease'

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Heart disease patients who practice Transcendental Meditation have reduced death rates, US researchers have said....

Art Of Attention: Is Yoga Really Useful?

Elena Brower | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Elena Brower

Instead of trying to get something from your practice, use your yoga or your meditation to practice expressing how you see and value yourself.

The ABC's Of Good Communication

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Anne Naylor

Have you ever had an experience like that? Where you wanted to connect with someone, but just could not? Blame, guilt, frustration, shame, shyness are other forms of static that get in the way of communicating clearly, and produce misunderstanding.

The Anti-Diva List

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Shawn Amos

No Maybelline sponsorships. No sequins. No gowns. These anti-divas derive strength from the power of their musical prowess. They don't employ stylists -- just guitar techs.

Living Near Noisy Roads Bad For Your Heart

msn.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Sitting in traffic can get your blood boiling temporarily but living near it might raise your risk of high blood pressure long term, according to a Sw...

A Heart Benefit For Chocolate

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

In a study that will provide comfort to chocoholics everywhere, researchers in Sweden have found evidence that people who eat chocolate have increased...

Exercise Beats Angioplasty For Some Heart Patients

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

BARCELONA, Spain — Working up a sweat may be even better than angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say. Studies have shown heart patients...