Good News Headlines 3/12/19
Yelp Will Now Tell You Which Businesses Are Owned By Women So You Can Support Them
by Heidi Lux, Good Magazine
There are more than 11.6 million female-owned businesses in the U.S. Now, it’ll be easier to support them thanks to a little help from Yelp… Read More
Hypertension Study Based In African-American Barbershops Honored By Clinical Research Forum For Saving Lives
from Good Black News
In just six short months, the study – first published in the New England Journal of Medicine and led by the late hypertension expert Ronald G. Victor, MD – improved the outcomes and control of high blood pressure in more than 60 percent of participants… Read More
Clinical Research Begins On Cannabis Inhalers In Israel Offering Immediate Pain Relief To Cancer Patients Who Can’t Smoke
from Good News Network
This new method of delivery will increase accessibility for cancer patients who are treated with long-term pharmaceutical cannabis (such as sublingual tablets), and those suffering from acute cancer pain who prefer to avoid smoking cannabis… Read More
Scottish Study Brings Hope Stem Cells Can Restore Sight
by Jane Cassidy, The National
New research by Edinburgh University has brought hope that millions of people who have lost their sight could ultimately have their vision restored using stem cells taken from the eyes of organ donors… Read More
A Trainer On The Autism Spectrum Wanted A Place For People With Autism To Work Out, So He Opened His Own Gym
by Benjamin Naughton, CNN
Fleming graduated from the University of Alabama with bachelor's and master's degrees in exercise science. While working as a Special Olympics volunteer, he learned of a disturbing fitness problem for many of the participants… Read More
Made From Microalgae, These Mardi Gras Beads Are Biodegradable
by David A. Taylor, Smithsonian
Louisiana State University molecular biologist Naohiro Kato is confronting plastic pollution one necklace and doubloon at a time… Read More
Meet The Muslim Family Who Looks After A Jewish Synagogue In India
by Nina Strochlic, National Geographic
More than half a century ago the pews of Kolkata’s stately synagogues were filled with members of a thriving Indian Jewish community. Today, the congregants are missing—less than two dozen remain—but multiple generations of Muslim families continue to maintain the houses of worship… Read More
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