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Sensitive to Gluten? Remember these tips when eating out

Living the gluten free diet can be a lifestyle choice or a necessity because of gluten sensitivity.

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Self-regulation key to academic success for at-risk children

A study that will be published in a forthcoming journal adds to the mounting evidence that self-regulation – or children’s ability to control their behavior and impulses – is directly related to academic performance.

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Lower wages, lack of jobs means more Americans delaying “adulthood”

Despite living in an age of iPads and hybrid cars, young Americans are more like the young adults of the early 1900s than the baby boom generation: They are living at home longer, are financially insecure and are making lower wages.

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The Stress Paradox: Coping with trauma can strengthen us over time

Professor Carolyn Aldwin, has interviewed thousands of people across the United States, many of them combat veterans, for longitudinal studies of aging. Her findings have shaken up conventional notions about stress and trauma across the lifespan.

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School lunch makeover to satisfy kids…make it berry good!

“Contributing healthy recipes to school lunch programs is more than just for the “now” – it’s for the future,” says nutrition student Erin Dooher.

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Protecting Traditions, Empowering Tribes

Anna Harding has concerns about environmental exposures to indigenous populations, and those have led her to become an advocate for extra protection for tribes, working with federal agencies to clean up sites and protect tribal lands.