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Don't Toss Out That Stale, Hard Bread!
Health & Wellness  (tags: old bread, bread, stale bread, recipes )

Ombretta
- 7 days ago - topics.nytimes.com
There's still a lot of goodness in bread that's hardened and stale, and many ways to put it to use. With the dark economic skies, using every last crumb might not only be savvy, but necessary.
Psychlogy Tests: The Best Online
Health & Wellness  (tags: psychology, psychological health, psychology tests, personality )

Ombretta
- 45 days ago - well.blogs.nytimes.com
Short and sweet - a compendium, with links, to the 10 best online psychology tests as evaluated by Psych Central. Bet you'll take some of these!
Why Is American Health Care So Lousy When We Spend So Much On It?
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, healthcare insurance, US medical care, uninsured Americans, cost of medical care, shoddy health care )

Ombretta
- 80 days ago - nytimes.com
A snippet: "Access to care in the United States has worsened since the fund's first report card in 2006 as more people - some 75 million - are believed to lack adequate health insurance or are uninsured." Learn more by reading this informative article.
Your House: The Most Toxic Places
Health & Wellness  (tags: toxic house, home toxins, germs, household chemicals, green alternatives )

Ombretta
- 99 days ago - living.health.com
Discover what areas of your house harbor unseen dangers. Good links to explore each place identified along with hints on how to detoxify. A must read!
An Apple a Day...
Health & Wellness  (tags: fruit, vegetables, nutrition, vitamins, health )

Ombretta
- 104 days ago - washingtonpost.com
..along with carrots, cherries, broccoli, etc. This piece examines some of the specific benefits of produce & explains why getting nutrients from fruits & vegetables is better for us than taking supplements.
Silver Rings to Treat Arthritis Symptoms Validated
Health & Wellness  (tags: arthritis pain relief, AlternativeMed )

Michael
- 105 days ago - naturalnews.com
Research by academics at the University of Southampton in collaboration with occupational therapy clinicians into the effectiveness of wearing a particular type of silver ring to alleviate symptoms of arthritis has found some benefits to their use.
Dogs Trained to Partner With Autistic Children
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, autism, AlternativeMed, family, health, healthcare, safety, treatment )

Ginnie
- 107 days ago - greenvilleonline.com
Teska, whose passion is helping children and their families dealing with this disease, was fascinated when she heard Julie Nye, training director of Dogs for Autism, talk about placing a service dog in the home of a local autistic child.
Medicaid Patient Dies. Who Gets the House?
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, disabilities, Elderly people, elderly, discrimination, abuse )

Jill
- 121 days ago - usatoday.com
A Federal law called the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program requires states to take homes and properties away from nursing home and home health care patients receiving assistance from Medicaid. Overriding their Wills it leaves theri families with nothing.
TAKE ACTION: Urge Japanese Govt. to Place Warning Labels on Poisoned Dolphin Meat
Health & Wellness  (tags: science, prevention, health, humans, safety, society, warning, family, children, government, food, nutrition, risks, study, research, ethics, death, diet, environment )

BiLL
- 127 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Laboratory tests show that much of this meat is contaminated with dangerously-high levels of mercury, a poison that can cause permanent neurological damage and even death.
Massachusetts Issues a Soy Sprout Warning
Health & Wellness  (tags: WARNING, food contamination, Massachusetts )

Maggi
- 166 days ago - upi.com
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is warning people not to consume any Chang Farm-brand soy sprouts because of possible contamination
 
 
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