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The Top 10 Good News Stories of 2014

In many respects 2014 was a rough year, with Ebola, the Islamic State, and deaths in Ukraine, but it was also one in which...
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Our 2014 Top Photo Picks Confirm the Goodness of Humanity

18) Some Police Officers REALLY Do Care An El Paso Police Officer helped out a homeless man in need during a December, 2013 snowstorm. According...

New Display Screen Technology Could Correct Your Vision

Engineers have developed a prototype tablet display that compensates for an individuals' vision problems. The system uses software to alter the light from each individual...

U.S. House Votes to Halt Federal Meddling in Medical Marijuana

For the first time ever, Congress has taken action to protect medical marijuana users and the legal dispensaries where they get their prescriptions filled. In the wee...

Pharmacist’s Intuition Saves Customer’s Life

Mild-mannered pharmacy employee John Robertson is being hailed as a hero after saving a customer's life. When a customer failed to pick up...
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FDA Approves Drug That Reverses Heroin Overdoses

After steadily increasing for more than a decade, drug overdose deaths, driven largely by pain prescription drugs like oxicodone, are now the leading cause...
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Pharmacist Prescribes Anti-monster Spray for Child Who Can’t Sleep

After a six-year-old girl in North Dakota mentioned that she was having trouble sleeping at night, a kind pharmacist decided to prescribe the antidote...
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New Billboard Promotes Most Effective Medicine: Hugging

During this cold and flu season, The Joy Team of Vancouver, Washington, has erected a billboard in downtown Portland reminding everyone of that ancient...
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Antibiotic Use in Children has Dropped

The number of children taking antibiotics has decreased over the past decade  with fewer unnecessary prescriptions being written in every age group, according to...
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Pizza Shop Delivers Medicines During Cold Snap

With bitter cold temperatures keeping people indoors, a pizza shop owner in Ligonier, Pennsylvania offered to make deliveries of prescriptions and other essentials to...
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FDA to Crack Down on Antibiotics in Meat

The Food and Drug Administration is taking steps toward phasing out the use of some antibiotics in animals processed for meat in the US,...
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15-Year-old Wins $10,000 Hero Award for Providing Eyewear to Poor

Most kids with vision problems don't look past the tip of their own nose when it comes to the issue of prescription eyewear. But...
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3 Steps to Heal Any Kind of ‘Dark Night of the Soul’

Dr. Rajiv Parti, MD has written a book detailing his journey of overcoming personal injury, cancer, and a dependence on pain medications to emerge...
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Find Health and Happiness on a Walk in the Woods

Do you want to be happier, healthier, and smarter? I have just the prescription for you: add a daily dose of nature to your...
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90 Percent of Endangered Species Recovering on Time

A new Center for Biological Diversity analysis of 110 endangered species finds that 90 percent are on track to meet recovery goals set by...
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Americans Deliver Fishing Boats to Japan on First Anniversary of Tsunami

Family fishermen in Japan took delivery of a very special donation, on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that wiped out their...
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As Smartphones Get Smarter, We Get Healthier and Health Care Gets Cheaper

The use of mobile technology to distribute health care, especially in rural areas perfectly exploits the wonders of a device that's fast becoming ubiquitous,...
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How to Complain In Any Situation and Get a Positive Outcome

Life may give you plenty of opportunities to gripe, but knowing the right way to complain and get a positive result in return can...
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Alabama Cuts Medicaid Costs by $30 Million by Examining Drug Receipts

Three years ago, Carol Steckel, Alabama’s Medicaid director, sent a national alert to all of her counterparts around the country. She asked them to...
Warby Parker Eyeglasses giveaway helps poor to see

Selling Eye Glasses at Cost While Giving a Pair to the Needy With Every Sale

Warby Parker is a new web-based company with a mission that goes far beyond profit. They want to help people find affordable eyeglasses by cutting...