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The unusual layout of this clinic is designed to help children with chronic pain

Fast Company Tech

To help children experiencing chronic pain, a new kind of clinical space has been created that goes way beyond handing out medication. Photo: NBBJ/courtesy UCSF] It was specifically designed in a way to start the healing before children even see the first doctor, says Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf, medical director of the Stad Center.

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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

Volunteering is tied to having fewer symptoms of depression and being more satisfied with your life. There are also health benefits for those who start volunteering much earlier in life. Children and teens who volunteer tend to have better health and lower levels of anxiety and fewer behavioral problems than those who dont volunteer.

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Employees with the ‘Sunday scaries’? Here’s how to get your workforce excited about work

Fast Company Tech

Promoting a healthy work-life balance Respecting each employees need to maintain a work-life balance is an essential part of an empathetic work environment. I reflect on my own experience when my wife and I had our children. Research backs up the idea that supporting employees work-life balance can have a major positive impact.

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Forget a midlife crisis. Middle age is the best time to set new goals

Fast Company Tech

Although the definition is a little loose , “middle age” is the name we give to the period of life before we decide someone is officially old. There are several excellent reasons to want to reconsider goals for your life somewhere in this period of life.

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1 in 4 children globally live in severe food poverty due to ongoing crises, UNICEF reports

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UNICEF released the Child Food Poverty: Addressing nutrition deprivation in early childhood report, which found that 1 in 4 children under the age of 5 are experiencing severe child food poverty. The effects of this make these children 50% more likely to experience wasting, a life-threatening form of malnutrition.

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March Madness highlights Gen Z’s skyrocketing sports betting addiction

Fast Company Tech

According to a new study , however, this enormous growth has come at the expense of financial stability, mental health, and a happy family life for millions of Americansespecially members of Gen Z. A lot of spouses and children deal with those negative implications, maybe even more so than the bettor themselves.

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3 strategies for more meaningful donor engagement 

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One way we connect with our donors is by sharing stories of artisans like Janet Nyevu, who had been unemployed, living in a one-room home without electricity, and struggling to provide for her children by washing neighbors’ clothes.

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