Past research has shown that helping others has a wide variety of benefits: Being kind and helpful can make us happier, give us a sense of purpose and meaning, and even lower our blood pressure.

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There are so many ways to help other people. And when you lend a hand, you not only give someone else a leg up, but you make yourself feel pretty darn good, too. These quotes about helping others will ...

It’s easy to feel, these days, that we’re swirling in a coronavirus-induced vortex of helplessness. In many regions, COVID-19 case counts are jumping dramatically. Health care workers face impossible ...

Helping other people has always been framed as a moral choice, but a growing body of research suggests it might also be one of the most practical ways to keep the brain sharp with age. Instead of an ...

It’s wonderful to live in a world where so many people help others so often. Lots of people devote a great deal of time to providing assistance and support to others. In many countries, people train ...

Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%. In the latest evidence that meaningful social connections bolster health, a team from The ...

Jay Worrall, president of Helping Harvest, knew the fresh food bank could reach more people in need, if it only had a way of processing and repackaging bulk foods. But without that capacity, the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Helping Hand Home for Children has been changing lives for kids for 132 years. It’s a place children go to heal after abandonment, physical, emotional and sexual abuse or neglect. “The ...

Raleigh's Helping Hand Mission is struggling to provide an Easter egg hunt for the families it serves after a crash at one of its home sites. Long lines were outside Helping Hand Mission on Sunday as ...