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    Catherine Pearson

    Catherine Pearson

    HuffPost

  • Suicide Attempts Among Black Teens Are Rising

    Here's what parents and caregivers need to know.

  • How Do You Talk To Your Kid About Vaping? Start Really Young.

    As lung injuries rise, here's how parents can help keep their children safe and informed about e-cigarettes.

  • The Pressure To Have A 'Perfect' Birth

    Maggie Diamond had high expectations for how she wanted her birth to unfold. In the run-up to the birth of her son, Max, a year ago, Maggie Diamond did everything she could to prepare herself to have a vaginal, unmedicated delivery.

  • 12 Traditionally Successful People On What Success Really Means

    "The architecture of our lives is badly in need of renovation and repair," Arianna Huffington writes in her recently published New York Times bestseller, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder. With that in mind, we asked some of the speakers at The Huffington Post's Thrive conference to share what success means to them.

  • How Randi Zuckerberg, Adam Grant, Other Busy Leaders Find Time To Give Back

    Between work, family and financial obligations, busyness has become a full-blown epidemic, leaving scores of men and women feeling stressed out, dissatisfied with their lives and utterly zapped of energy. "Research has proven that compassion and giving are a short cut to happiness," HuffPost President and Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington explained at The Huffington Post's Thrive conference last week. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • 6 Top Foods For Your Eyes

    Estimates suggest that 21 million Americans have some sort of functional vision problem or eye condition, and vision loss is among the top 10 disabilities in adults in the U.S. While some problems are more serious and not preventable, there are things that can be done to promote good, general eye health, and eating well is one of them. "Eating well affects the entire body," said Judy Caplan, a registered dietitian and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

  • SustainAbility: NY Farm Gives Adults With Autism 'A Life's Work'

    When Wendy Kaplan gathered her 26-year-old daughter Rachel's circle of support to discuss options for living independently, she thought they would talk about moving to an apartment. Thus began SustainAbility, a one-acre farm is in the height of its inaugural season at the Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Wendy and Rachel come six days a week.

  • How Multiple Diseases Affect Breast Cancer Survival

    Older women who have breast cancer are less likely to survive if they also also diagnosed with another disease, according to a sweeping new study released today. Approximately half of the older women surveyed had at least one of 13 additional conditions, such as a previous cancer, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetes, liver disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. Notably, patients with stage 1 tumors and one or more additional conditions had survival rates that were equal to -- or worse than -- their counterparts who had stage 2 tumors and no additional conditions.