Mother's Invention Helps Disabled Son and Countless Others to 'Walk'
A revolutionary harness designed by a mother to give her wheelchair-bound son a chance to walk has parents cheering.
A revolutionary harness designed by a mother to give her wheelchair-bound son a chance to walk has parents cheering.
This gym owner spent ten years struggling with addiction – and because she achieved sobriety through fitness, she wants to help others do the same.
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Feeling good usually makes us smile, but does it work the other way around? Can smiling actually make us feel better? In a study to be published by the journal of the Association for Psychological Science, scientists Tara Kraft and Sarah Pressman of the University of Kansas investigated the potential benefits of smiling by looking at how different types of smiling, and the awareness of smiling, affects individuals' ability to recover from episodes of stress. It shows that smiling can have real health-relevant benefits.
Thanks to the astonishing effectiveness of the HPV vaccine, Australia is on track to becoming the first country to eliminate cervical cancer.
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