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NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 2011 marks a banner year for WhyHunger with the most successful Hungerthon in the annual event's 26-year history! Aided by its partners at SiriusXM, CBS Radio (including NYC's WFAN 660 and WCBS 880), and charitybuzz, WhyHunger raised a record $764,000 for the fight against hunger and poverty, via its online auction and two-day radiothon. This year's top Hungerthon earners, some of which brought in bids over $20,000, included: Bruce...

Female students who were more optimistic achieved significantly higher grades than their less optimistic peers, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. For male students, however, too much optimism led to overconfidence and less studying, resulting in lower grades. “Optimism in male students can lead to overconfidence or an attitude of ‘things will work out for the best’,” according to Tamar Icekson, a Ph.D. student in BGU’s Guilford...

Targeted financial incentives for patients can lead to health behavior change Financial incentives work for doctors. Could they work for patients, too? Could they encourage them to change unhealthy behaviors and use preventive health services more? In some cases, yes, according to Dr. Marita Lynagh from the University of Newcastle in Australia, and colleagues. Their work, looking at why financial incentives for patients could be a good thing to change risky health behaviors, indicates that...

ATLANTA, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Loyaltyworks, a leading provider of business incentive programs is now providing a Human Resources application suite to support employee recognition and engagement. This is a new offering into their current line of module offerings available in RewardTrax, the SaaS (Software as a Service) technology platform that powers their online incentive programs. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111117/CL09110LOGO) The new HR module provides the...

Consumers who believe they are making progress toward their goals are motivated by limited product variety, unlike people who think they are further from their goals, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. "Consumers often buy products to help them pursue their goals," write authors Jordan Etkin and Rebecca K. Ratner (both University of Maryland). "For example, if someone has a goal to be physically fit, the person may buy a variety of protein supplements (bars,...

SINGAPORE, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRX Limited ("Volition") (VNRX.OB), a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, HyperGenomics Pte Limited ("HyperGenomics"), has signed a contract which is expected to provide Volition with its first revenues. Volition has been commissioned to develop epigenetic profiling signatures from blood. HyperGenomics Chief Scientific Officer Mark Eccleston...

Workoutlog.net launches fitness tracker designed specifically to motivate people so they can reach their fitness goals. Danbuy, CT (PRWEB) November 11, 2011 WorkoutLog.net today launched the first fitness tracker designed soley to motivate people so they not only meet, but exceed their fitness goals. The goal was to create a fitness tracker that was dead simple to use and also every feature be designed to increase people's motivation. The interface allows people to track their daily...

Children should be enjoying the time of their lives, yet many can become afflicted with issues of low self-esteem, poor self-image and generally not feeling as though they are not good enough. Dr. Yvonne Corppetts is on a mission to stop the biggest lie ever told. Columbia, South Carolina (PRWEB) November 02, 2011 It is never too late or too early to teach children about living their best life and to stay out of the rut. Motivational speaker and author, Dr. Yvonne Corppetts, is taking...

Regular physical activity is associated with a lower risk of suffering depression in old age. This is shown by one of the largest studies on elderly Europeans to have been carried out, by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, among others. Research also shows that self-determined motivation and perceived competence are important factors in persuading elderly people to exercise more. "We do not yet know for sure what the causal relationship between physical activity and...

DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Determined to maintain the most comprehensive assortment of gift cards online, Incentive CardLab has expanded its selection to better serve the corporate market for employee and customer incentives. Through the addition of retail store and e-gift cards, Incentive CardLab now encompasses a variety of unique incentives that businesses and recipients need. Established in 2006, Incentive CardLab began offering the corporate market customized, prepaid...