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Managing Diabetes

Karen Chambers, the director of product development for IMAN Cosmetics in New York City—and an ordained interfaith minister—had just finished her seminary thesis in May 2009, when her primary doctor called to tell her that she had diabetes. She was in disbelief. Chambers, then 41, had visited her physician for a routine checkup and believed feeling tired and over-extended was a natural result of managing both work and school. “I felt a bit lethargic but it’s kind of hard to tell whether that’s just life or something more serious,” says Chambers. “It absolutely shocked me. I was like, ‘Am I going to have to test my blood every day or stick my finger?’”

  • Entrepreneurship

Network Marketing Or Pyramid Scheme? How to Tell

Whether it's lack of sales experience or bad luck, many people fail at network marketing, or multilevel marketing (MLM), as the industry is also called. And while many MLM companies are legitimate, others–better known as pyramid schemes–prey upon the unsuspecting. Determining how much money you can really make and identifying the schemes can sometimes be bigger challenges than selling the products or recruiting people into the network.

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How To Raise a Scientist

“It is not an achievement gap, it is an exposure gap,” says Magloire, a former biologist, epidemiologist, and master instructor for the Princeton Review. “The earlier we engage them in STEM, the earlier we encourage those who have that ability and [the more] we will start seeing those numbers rise.”

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