Healthcare Archive

  • dog

    How to Protect Yourself from Dangerous Dogs

    Each year, almost five million people are bitten or attacked by dogs. Dog bites are a serious public health problem that can cause both physical and emotional damage to victims and considerable cost to communities, warns insurance company State Farm. It paid more than $109...

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  • tobacco

    Tobacco-Free Kids: Nataanii Hatathlie is Youth Advocate

    Nataanii Hatathlie, 18, of Kirtland, New Mexico, has been named the Western Region Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for his leadership in the fight against tobacco. Nataanii is being honored at a gala in the nation’s capital on Thursday...

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  • babysit

    Why People Prefer to Have Teen Babysitters

    A survey shows that parents are struggling to find trusted babysitters and would pay more for well-trained teens. The Red Cross poll found that in the past 24 months, 55 percent of parents surveyed decided to stay home because they couldn’t find a babysitter. The...

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  • ms

    TV Host Phil Keoghan Joins Novartis for MS Awareness

    Phil Keoghan, host of “The Amazing Race,” and the women cyclists of the professional “NOW and Novartis for MS” team are joining with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for a second year in a row to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis (MS). The campaign, “Together in MS,”...

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  • raven

    Why Young Women Must Plan Their Pregnancy

    A survey reveals that for many young adult women, an unplanned pregnancy could alter the course of their future plan. And statistics show that there were more than 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States alone, with the highest incidence occurring with women 20-24...

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  • mandy

    Mandy Moore’s Animated Feature Released

    Mandy Moore, the voice of Rapunzel in the Oscar-nominated Disney film “Tangled,” lends her voice to another animated film project.  As Ambassador for the global health organization Population Services International (PSI), Moore narrates a video in which she tells the story of a mother and...

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  • nci

    What Will Happen to Me If I Get Cancer?

    To many, cancer remains one of the most frightening diagnoses in modern medicine. But much of this fear is a result of myths that have circulated for years in spite of the good information that is available. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has released this information...

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  • hope

    Hyundai’s Help for Cancer Research

    Hyundai is driving a $57 million fund in donations to enter the 14th year in its fight against pediatric cancer. The company is carrying out this initiative through its nonprofit foundation, Hyundai Hope On Wheels. As part of this year’s program, Hope On Wheels’ newly...

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  • man

    When a Man Decides to Run 1,000 Mile Marathon

    Business owner and humanitarian James Mangini, 32, will embark on the 1000 Mile Marathon on May 7 to raise awareness and funds for Parkinson’s disease research. His journey will start in Charleston, SC and he plans to complete his 1,000 miles in New York City...

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  • cherry

    Voting for America’s Favorite Cherry Tree

    Cherry blossoms in Washington, DC’s Tidal Basin and around the Capital may have peaked early this year, but an online poll launched in January by the Arbor Day Foundation and the National Cherry Blossom Festival offers one way to keep the spirit of the Centennial...

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  • haircut

    Hair Cuts for a Cause at Pantene Program

    Procter & Gamble hosted a hair donation event in support of the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program, and in partnership with The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s March 2012 production of “Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale.” More than 120 P&G employees, their family and friends...

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  • water

    P&G and CARE to Provide Clean Drinking Water

    Announced Thursday at a ceremony hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) and leading humanitarian organization, CARE plan to provide more than 100 million liters of clean drinking water in Kenya and Ethiopia through an investment of over...

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