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The Job Most Americans Don't Know About, But Is Crucial To The Success of People With Disabilities

Skill building happens at home and at work.Kathy Tran The Case for Inclusion, a report recently published by two nonprofit institutions, ANCOR Foundation and United Cerebral Palsy (UCP), gives a meticulously researched overview of what life is like for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The report assesses states on how well they include, support… Read More: The Job Most Americans Don't Know About, But Is Crucial… »

Do Collagen Supplements Really Work?

We live in a world which heavily focuses on external appearances. This has led to an extraordinary amount of beauty products both homemade and for sale. Thanks to the sea of twisted marketing campaigns, celebrity endorsements, photoshopped models and reality TV shows, there is immense pressure on people to have the “perfect look”. We invest a… Read More: Do Collagen Supplements Really Work? »

The Science Is Clear: With HIV, Undetectable Equals Untransmittable

In recent years, an overwhelming body of clinical evidence has firmly established the HIV Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) concept as scientifically sound, say officials from the National Institutes of Health. U=U means that people living with HIV who achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load—the amount of HIV in the blood—by taking and adhering to… Read More: The Science Is Clear: With HIV, Undetectable Equals Untransmittable »

How forgotten local plants could ease malnutrition in East Timor

The Australian owners of a restaurant in East Timor are hoping to use their passion for the local cuisine to combat malnutrition in the tiny Southeast Asian nation. East Timor has Asia’s worst rates of child malnutrition, with more than 50 percent of children suffering from stunting – a condition that permanently affects their mental… Read More: How forgotten local plants could ease malnutrition in East Timor »