Throughout Hunger Action Month in September, the Central Texas Food Bank is teaming up with Feeding America, a network of nationwide food banks, in an effort to fight hunger. Hunger Action Month is ...
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A father receives the diagnosis that his son has Tourette syndrome two weeks before he is meant to enter kindergarten. Afraid that his son won’t be able to have the normal experience every parent ...
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We typically associate a silky, thick mane of hair with youth, sexiness and vibrant health. And a trip down most hair-care aisles reveals dozens of products promising to transform your dull tresses ...
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“Your diet is like a fingerprint,” says Dan Marek, school programs manager and chef for Whole Kids Foundation. “No single diet is going to work for every single one of us.” Marek is standing ...
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Move over steroid cream, petroleum jelly and paraben-infused lotions. Austin singer-songwriter Raina Rose is back from tour, and she’s been whipping up more than new songs: potions to ease your ...
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Nobody ever says “I’m going to the ladies room to tar my nose.” Even so, that’s essentially what many are doing with modern makeup. Made from coal tar, petroleum and other nasty ingredients, ...
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Gardening in the backyard one day, Debra Knox needed to get one of her 40 chickens out from underfoot, so she handed it to her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law suffered from dementia and made little ...
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I gave birth to our first baby earlier this year. In spite of checking things off my lists—preparing nursing baskets, assembling the items requested by the midwives, installing the car seat, ...
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The next time you fill a prescription, your doctor might send you to the farmers market or produce aisle rather than the pharmacy. Increasingly, physicians and medical professionals are practicing a ...
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Going through major life-disrupting events is, of course, an unavoidable part of the human condition. Illness, the death of a loved one, a natural disaster, a financial or emotional crisis—even a ...
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