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To shine a light on dementia, this woman wrote a book in disappearing ink: 'Each copy fades in a different way'

The book was created alongside Maggie Watson, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia in 2021.

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Living near the ocean might actually help you live longer, new study finds

We’ll take a hefty dose of ocean breeze, please.

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Good News This Week: August 23, 2025 - Wind Phones, Ramps, & AI Glasses

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Med student launches 'little free podiatry practice' to help homeless get back on their feet — literally

In addition to wound care and vitals, she provides patients with new shoes and other hygiene items.

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Good News This Week: August 16, 2025 - Shoes, Cheese, & Wheelchairs

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In the event a disaster strikes your community, here's how you can protect your health

Your guide to the biggest health consequences of extreme weather — from mosquito-and tick-borne illnesses to mental health issues — and how to best prepare for them.

A man in a wheelchair cruises down a trail in Rocky Mountain National Park

Another national park is rolling out all-terrain wheelchairs, so everyone can take a hike

This makes the park one of 28 national park sites to offer free mobility devices to visitors.

The front of a brick building reads "American Red Cross Donation Center"

This man has donated a total of 100 gallons of platelets to the Red Cross every two weeks for 30 years: 'Because I can'

The 62-year-old Portland, Oregon bus driver has been visiting the Red Cross every two weeks for most of his life.

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Good News This Week: August 9, 2025 - Books, Butterflies, & Water

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A person's forearm is covered in a 3D-printed turquoise cast

This student's life-changing injury made him realize how 'outdated' traditional casts are. So he 3D-printed a better one

The design student invented Morphapaedics after the restrictive and isolating experience of his own painful injury.

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Colorful affordable housing complex looks like it came straight from a Wes Anderson movie

Volante, a new social housing scheme in the Netherlands, flips the script on affordable homes.

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Good News This Week: August 2, 2025 - Gardens, Wolves, & Corals

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Health Good News

People, organizations, and governments improving people's health

To shine a light on dementia, this woman wrote a book in disappearing ink: 'Each copy fades in a different way'

Living near the ocean might actually help you live longer, new study finds

Good News This Week: August 23, 2025 - Wind Phones, Ramps, & AI Glasses

Med student launches 'little free podiatry practice' to help homeless get back on their feet — literally

Good News This Week: August 16, 2025 - Shoes, Cheese, & Wheelchairs

In the event a disaster strikes your community, here's how you can protect your health

Another national park is rolling out all-terrain wheelchairs, so everyone can take a hike

This man has donated a total of 100 gallons of platelets to the Red Cross every two weeks for 30 years: 'Because I can'

Good News This Week: August 9, 2025 - Books, Butterflies, & Water

This student's life-changing injury made him realize how 'outdated' traditional casts are. So he 3D-printed a better one

Colorful affordable housing complex looks like it came straight from a Wes Anderson movie

Good News This Week: August 2, 2025 - Gardens, Wolves, & Corals

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