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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

Children and teens who volunteer tend to have better health and lower levels of anxiety and fewer behavioral problems than those who dont volunteer. Halvorsen is an associate professor of social work at Washington University in St. Seoyoun Kim is an associate adjunct of sociology at the University of Michigan.

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Giving ADHD Drugs to Kids Has a Long-Term Side Effect That Might Change Their Minds About Taking It

Futurism

Beginning in 1994, researchers across the country began tracking outcomes of children who were seven to ten years old at the start of the study. After 36 months, the researchers realized something odd: that the children whohad been given the popular stimulant seemed to be growing more slowly than their non-medicated counterparts.

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Jack Dorsey donates $5 million to Andrew Yang?s universal basic income and COVID-19 relief efforts

The Verge

“Not only will Jack’s donation directly impact tens of thousands of people in need during the current economic downturn, it will help Humanity Forward and our movement continue to make a case for Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the United States,” Yang said in a statement. UBI to me represents a floor,” Dorsey said on the podcast. “A

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2014 Cause Awareness Days

Nonprofit Tech for Good

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IntWomensDay or #IWD. 22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay or #WWD. 24: World Tuberculosis Day — #WorldTBDay.

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Annual Calendar of Social Good and Cause Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

12: International Day for Street Children. 20: Universal Children’s Day || #ChildrensDay. March: 8: International Women’s Day || #IntWomensDay or #IWD2013. 14: International Day of Action for Rivers. 22: World Water Day || #WorldWaterDay or #WWD2013. 24: World Tuberculosis Day || #WorldTBDay.

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Mark Your Calendars! 2015 Cause Awareness Days

Nonprofit Tech for Good

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #MakeItHappen and #WomensDay. 13: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay.

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