The Happiness Report (3.1.22)

Higher Olive Oil Intake Associated With Much Lower Risk of Death From Various Diseases

Replacing margarine, butter, mayonnaise, and dairy fat with olive oil was associated with lower mortality risk from diseases, according to a large new study.

Consuming more than 7 grams of olive oil daily (1 and 1/2 teaspoons) is associated with lower risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative and respiratory diseases, according to a new study.

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Source: Good News Network

Widowed hospital volunteers find love again in their 70s: "The man upstairs put us together for a reason"

After his wife passed away a few years ago, 73-year-old Ron Hill wanted to get out of the house. So he decided to give back and started volunteering at HCA Healthcare's Trident Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina, every Wednesday. Similarly, 78-year-old Pat LoPresti, who lost her own husband, volunteered at the hospital on Thursdays.

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Source: CBS

Faithful dog helps carry backpack for girl when she gets home from school

Each day when Autumn returns home from school, her faithful dog is waiting for her to help carry her backpack up the driveway.

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Source: TODAY

Teachers are sharing their students' wildest excuses that actually turned out to be true

Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers and college professors have heard every excuse in the book. Whether it’s a third grader claiming their “dog ate my homework” or a college freshman claiming their grandmother died to get out of a test, they’ve heard it all a billion times.

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Source: Upworthy

In Sickness And Health: Couple Ties Knot Mere Hours Before Bride’s Heart Transplant.

It’s not every day that you give someone your heart, and then immediately get a new one!

Kimberly Woods of Goshen, Indiana was just 12 years old when she was diagnosed with Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a disease that causes the heart muscle to thicken. HCM is hereditary; Kimberly’s mother and brother also have it.

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Source: Inspire More

"We went from not even having our licenses to saving people's lives": Group of young adults step up amid EMT shortage in New York town

When people call for an ambulance in Sackets Harbor, New York — and the crew shows up at their door — almost everyone has the same reaction.

"A lot of people just come up and ask you, 'Wait, how old are you?'" Cooper Antonson said.

"'You're the EMT?!'" Grayden Brunet said of how people have reacted.

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Source: CBS

Cat Hilariously Stares Down Camera During Zoom Calls

Abby Tomlinson says her cat Pixie loves to join her on her Zoom meetings.

The photo she posted is absolutely hilarious.

"My cat has become OBSESSED with sitting in on my zoom calls and has now perfected the art of glaring straight down the camera," Tomlinson said.

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Source: Sunny Skyz