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Can U.S. Go 'Green' Even When Oil Prices Drop?
Written by jride   
10/30/2008
Like clockwork, it seems like every time oil prices skyrocket in the United States, the country takes a step toward energy independence. Then the price of oil recedes and American energy consumers revert to their profligate ways.

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Healing By Design
Written by derek_beres   
10/30/2008
Every once in a while you’ll read a mainstream media piece paying homage to science’s “acceptance” of the validity of meditation and yogic practices. You’ll see headlines like: Science Proves Meditation Really Calms Stress!, as if this were groundbreaking news to practitioners. The very act of “validity” is counterintuitive to people who have transformed their lives due to these techniques, and one feels it almost necessary to educate these doctors that Asian healing systems have...
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End of Daylight Saving Time Could Be Heart-Wrenching
Written by jride   
10/29/2008
The end of daylight saving time is just about here, and it may pose health problems much more serious than just a lack of rest and increased grumpiness.

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A Case for Pumpkins Year-Round
Written by JessicaHarlan   
10/29/2008
I'd heard about pumpkin patches before, and seen plenty of pictures of cherubic babies propped up in the midst of a field of orange, but I'd never actually been to one. How cool could it be? And how much better (or for that matter, cheaper) could it be than just picking up a few pumpkins at my local Home Depot where they get progressively cheaper the less Jack O'Lantern carving time remains before Halloween. My opinion changed this past weekend, when my husband and I packed up our...
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Ask Dr. Oz: 12 Medical Mysteries, Solved in Seconds
Written by jride   
10/28/2008
How dirty is money, really? Are carrots good for the eyes? Do women really have tiny bladders? Dr. Mehmet Oz has the answers.

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Climate Change Destroying Walden Pond's Flowers
Written by jride   
10/28/2008
Climate change is devastating the flowers of Walden Pond, picking off those species that cannot react to rising temperatures.

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Taking the Cost Out of Costumes
Written by BelindaMom   
10/27/2008
Georgia has had some fantastical ideas for Halloween costumes since last Halloween, when she went as Jane Kangaroo from Horton Hears a Who. After last Halloween she quickly decided she would be a flower, and that together we would knit a flower glove for one arm and a stem glove for the other arm. It was a grand idea, which I loved, except for the fact that I don’t knit. I didn’t deter her; I figured if she still wanted to be a flower in June we’d deal with it then. These are the things...
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Male, Interrupted
Written by jride   
10/27/2008
As more genital birth defects are seen in boys, attention turns to phthalates, chemicals found in a variety of consumer products.

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Activist Says Green Needs to Touch Blue Collar
Written by jride   
10/27/2008
Van Jones is someone who makes you feel like an underachiever, no matter if you're a NASA scientist or a captain of industry. After graduating from Yale Law School in 1993, Jones established Oakland's Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, which aims to cut youth violence and incarceration rates. More recently, the 40-year-old father of two founded a national group that advocates for job training in the emerging clean technology field - dubbed Green for All.

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More Women Have Healthy Eating Habits Than Men, Survey
Written by jride   
10/27/2008
New research suggests women are more likely than men to be taking advantage of and eating foods to maintain overall health and wellness as well as for more specific benefits like improved feelings of fullness and digestive health.

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