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ProfNet Wire: Health & Living: Healthy Holiday Entertaining (Newswise)
1) Health: Pedicure Safety; 2) Healthy Holiday/Super Bowl Entertaining; 3) Promising Natural Treatment for PTSD; 4) Does Your Child Have a Learning Disability? 5) Advice to Air Travelers: Check It
Where healthiest, least healthy live in U.S. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The lifespans of the healthiest Americans are more than 30 years longer than those of the least healthy, despite more than two decades of efforts to reduce the disparities, Harvard University researchers reported Monday. At one end of the scale are...
Healthy living may help trim insurance cost (BizJournals)
Call it the safe-driver discount for health insurance.
Petaluma may support living wage (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
A majority of the Petaluma City Council on Monday indicated support for a living wage law, which may come back for a vote in three weeks. "I do think this is a moral issue," Mayor David Glass said. "I think this is a great thing. I think it's fundamentally something we need to do."
Local deer population "healthy" (Whitecourt Star)
For many people living in Whitecourt, it’s not entirely unusual to see deer trotting down the streets or out eating up flowerbeds every once in awhile.
Mayor Vetoes Chicago 'Living Wage' Bill (ABC News)
Mayor Daley Vetoes Chicago 'Living Wage' Ordinance Requiring Big Retailers to Pay Workers More
Wellness seminar set for Grant today (Florida Today)
A Healthy Living & Staying Well seminar takes place today from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Grant Street Community Center, 2547 Grant St.
Chicago mayor vetoes big-box living wage ordinance (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley on Monday vetoed a "living wage" ordinance that would require large retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. to pay escalating hourly pay and benefits.
Smart Growth Resource Library: Comparing Green Building Guidelines and Health...
Comparing Green Building Guidelines and Healthy Homes Principles is a report from the National Center for Healthy Housing that compares major national green building and indoor air quality guidelines with NCHH's set of recommended healthy housing criteria to assess the extent to which these programs protect residents from health and safety hazards.
Facebook Opening Up For The Public (Slashdot)
Krishna Dagli writes to mention a BusinessWeek article about a move by Facebook to open up to the public. Up until now, in order to join Facebook you had to be an alumni from certain High Schools, Colleges, or companies. Soon, individuals living in any one of 500 'geographic regions' can sign up. From the article: "People who joined Facebook because it was primarily a school-focused network may
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