3BL Media's Blog – January 2012 Archive (7)

ConAgra Foods, Inc., announced today that the community exceeded this year’s goal of raising 1 million meals for the hungry through the fifth annual “Shine the Light on Hunger” campaign. This year’s campaign achieved unprecedented results, raising the equivalent of 1,032,835 meals through both in-kind and cash donations to Food Bank for the Heartland.  “Thanks to the generosity of our community, there will be fewer people wondering where their next meal…

Study of half a million pregnant women in the United States finds 15.5% of those tested were positive for gestational hypothyroidism, much higher than prior estimates.

The study is part of Quest Diagnostics Health Trends, a series of reports provided as a public service on health conditions based on the company's uniquely large repository of laboratory testing data. Other Quest Diagnostics Health Trends reports have focused on gestational diabetes,…

5th Annual All Kids Can CREATE Launches on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday and Encourages Students of All Abilities to Submit Original Artwork. …

Check out our new blog by Choose You contest winner Linda Tallau, as she shares how she is getting back on track with Choose You!…

Updated guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention from the American Cancer Society stress the importance of creating social and physical environments that support healthy behaviors.