Recovery from trauma or addiction can be a painstaking and rigorous process that doesn’t just involve physical recovery. It involves tough psychological work that people can go through with the help of a therapist, but largely progress is made on one’s own. That doesn’t mean … [Read more...] about The TILT Time Machine: for those who need help most
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Breast cancer survivor develops app to help other conduct self-breast exams
"I'm not an app developer. I'm just like a passionate advocate," Jessica Baladad tells WTVF. The 36-year-old woman from Tennessee is the creator of "Feel For Your Life,” an app that helps people conduct self-breast exams from home. After having a benign fibroadenoma removed in … [Read more...] about Breast cancer survivor develops app to help other conduct self-breast exams
This app helps distribute food to people experiencing hunger
According to Feeding America, as many as 35 million Americans experienced food insecurity prior to Covid-19. As a result of the pandemic, that number has grown to 42 million in 2021. Pittsburg nonprofit 412 Food Rescue thinks that the root problem of hunger lies in the … [Read more...] about This app helps distribute food to people experiencing hunger
This app lets you cut your emissions by funding climate-positive projects
With all the unavoidable necessities of modern life and their associated environmental impacts, living a truly sustainable lifestyle may seem like an impossible undertaking. A newly launched startup would beg to differ. Enter Treepoints, a new app that gives users reward … [Read more...] about This app lets you cut your emissions by funding climate-positive projects
This app helps people keep their communities free of litter
Clean-ups might make public spaces a little bit neater but they’re far from actually solving the problem of litter in the long-run. The Litterati app wants to change that by giving people a platform to upload information about the litter they collect outside and share it … [Read more...] about This app helps people keep their communities free of litter