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2016

Zoo Zapped: Buenos Aires Moves Animals to Nature Reserves

Oct 31, 2016 10:13AM

The 140-year-old Argentine zoo is moving its 2,500 animals to nature reserves and turning the tract into an eco-park.

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Chemical Testing: Consumer and Animal Protections Update

Oct 31, 2016 10:13AM

An important new federal law restricts animal testing for cosmetics and sets safety standards for dangerous chemicals often used in household items.

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Bleep Cheap: Quality Clothes are Planet-Friendly

Oct 31, 2016 10:13AM

Rather than buying inexpensive faddish items for special occasions and sticking them in the back of our closets, there are smart ways we can shop well and stay green.

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Kelly Brogan on the Truth About Depression: Why Meds Don’t Work and What Does

Oct 31, 2016 10:13AM ● By Kathleen Barnes

The psychiatrist and author uses food, not pharmaceuticals, to successfully turn around depression.

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The Art of Blessing: Sanctifying Everyday Life

Oct 31, 2016 10:13AM ● By Dennis Merritt Jones

Getting in the habit of sending forth daily blessings is a good spiritual practice, for we can bless our world as we have been blessed.

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One-Person Pamper Party: Natural Ways to Refresh and Renew

Oct 31, 2016 10:13AM ● By April Thompson

In these stressful times, it’s critical to practice the ancient art of self-pampering in salons, spas and our own homes.

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Boarding Solutions for Beloved Pets: The Best are Pet, People and Planet Friendly

Oct 31, 2016 10:13AM ● By Sandra Murphy

To find a kennel that loves your pet like you do, focus on cleanliness and eco-friendliness.

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Festive Sips and Nibbles: Vegan Holiday Treats that Everyone Loves

Oct 31, 2016 10:13AM ● By Judith Fertig

Tempted by not-so-healthy holiday fare? With a little preparation, we can munch on plant-based snacks and drinks every bit as enticing as former favorites.

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Thanksgiving Lite: Turning the Tide for Turkeys

Oct 31, 2016 10:13AM

Some lucky gobblers will escape the hatchet this season by being sponsored by animal lovers and sent to farm sanctuaries.

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Edward Humes on the High Cost of Transportation: Small Consumer Choices Have Big Impacts

Sep 30, 2016 10:20AM ● By Randy Kambic

When we click “buy it now” to purchase, say, a coffee pot, we support a process that has 165,000 miles of trains, planes, boats and truck travel attached to it.

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Tree-Mendous Love: How Trees Care for Each Other

Sep 30, 2016 10:20AM ● By Melissa Breyer

Just like us, trees can communicate, nurture one another and protect each other from danger.

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Cat-astrophe: How to Slim a Fat Feline

Sep 30, 2016 10:20AM ● By Sandra Murphy

Three of five American cats are overweight, but simple feeding and exercise strategies can restore a plump feline to jungle-cat sleekness.

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Change Makers: Inspired to Act

Sep 30, 2016 10:20AM ● By Linda Sechrist

Dedicated to improving their slice of the world, activists are energetically tackling problems that range from food waste in California to poor sanitation in Haiti to Alzheimer’s treatment in New York.

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Medical Errors Cause 250,000 Deaths a Year: Third-Leading Cause in U.S.

Sep 30, 2016 10:00AM

Mistakes by doctors and communication breakdowns in hospitals are now estimated to cause a quarter of a million deaths annually in the United States.

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Senior Joggers Enjoy Youthful Metabolic Rate: Benefits of Running Later in Life

Sep 30, 2016 10:00AM

Runners older than 65 that run three times a week burn oxygen at the same rate as 20-year-old runners, thus expending a similar amount of metabolic energy.

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Diabetics Improve Using Sesame and Rice Bran Oils: Normalizes Blood Glucose Levels

Sep 30, 2016 10:00AM

Diabetic patients that replaced their cooking oil with a blend of cold-pressed sesame oil and rice bran oil had lower blood glucose levels than patients taking the pharmaceutical glynase.

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Sweat Can Transfer Happiness: Contagious Emotional State

Sep 30, 2016 10:00AM

In a double-blind study involving armpit pads and cameras recording facial expressions, Dutch researchers have found that positive emotions can be transferred from one person to another via human sweat.

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Vitamin D3 Boosts Gut Health: Reduces Bad Bacteria, Increases Good

Sep 30, 2016 10:00AM

Austrian subjects given large doses of vitamin D3 had fewer disease-bacteria in their gut and better immunity markers.

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Acupuncture Eases Hot Flashes: Treatment for Menopause Symptoms

Sep 30, 2016 09:59AM

Menopausal women reported that their hot flashes dropped by 37 percent during six months of acupuncture treatments.

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Green Crisis: One in Five Plant Species May Face Extinction

Sep 30, 2016 09:59AM

Out of 391,000 known species of plants, only 30,000 have had their uses documented, and as many as a fifth are in grave danger due to invasive species, disease and changing landscapes.

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