It's easy to overlook the most important health statistic of the past century. Life expectancy has increased dramatically in the U.S., from 51 years in 1910 to nearly 79 years (81 years in women, 76 years in men) in 2010.1 This increase converts to nearly 3 years of additional life every decade or ...
Date Posted: February 26, 2015
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A new relationship - whether personal or professional - is a lot like buying a new car. Driving it off the lot is pure bliss. And like a car, when a relationship breaks down, it's overwhelming. A trained eye knows when a car is in trouble. The same ...
Feb 26
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
GOA short film depicting two parents’ coming to terms with their son’s homosexuality has gone viral in China, garnering ...
Feb 25
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Mental ...
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A wandering mind can lead to accidents and lost productivity. Now, a study finds that real-time brain monitoring can be used to help people regain focus.
Feb 24
Categories: Mindfulness
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Scientists have discovered that switching on one area of the brain chemically can trigger a deep sleep.
Feb 24
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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One in five suicides around the world is caused by this and the figure is rising.
Feb 23
Categories: Suicide Prevention
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Strokes are areas of damage in the brain caused by blocked blood vessels or bleeding. They can set off a host of problems, including paralysis or impaired vision. Cognitive and behavioral changes after stroke are common yet often overlooked because ...
Feb 23
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Personality problems
GOThere is a growing number of addiction treatment centers found in China, Korea and Taiwan that deals with an emerging form of ...
Feb 21
Categories: Addictions
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Science suggests a funnier workplace should be a more effective one, encouraging positive mood and a playful, open approach. But much of the evidence to date rests on theoretical argument or lab experiments. Now a new study of genuine team meetings ...
Feb 21
Categories: Happiness, Workplace Issues
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Social anxiety is strongly linked to higher levels of alcohol abuse, possibly due to the way alcohol lubricates vocal chords and actually allows nervous folks to speak in public. A little social helper to get you through meeting new friends, right?
Feb 18
Categories: Anxiety, Panic issues
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“We are building a castle and it’s going to be magnificent .”
Feb 18
Categories: Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem, Self-Love
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Sleep is important, and perhaps it's most important when you're young
Feb 18
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Sleep Disorders
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The "undercover" economist Tim Harford (he has a book and writes column at the Financial Times by that title) has explained the theories for why prices in our world end in "9." First is something called the left-digit effect, which suggests that ...
Feb 17
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Karl Pillemer, a Ph.D. gerontologist at Cornell University, has spent the last several years interviewing hundreds of older Americans to systematically collect their practical wisdom. Among other questions, he asked these oldest Americans what ...
Feb 17
Categories: Happiness
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Nearly 60,000 people with a severe mental illness will share an extra $1.3 billion in funding - the single biggest boost under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Feb 16
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Over the past decade, there have been many encouraging findings suggesting that mindfulness training can improve a broad range of mental and physical health problems. Yet, exactly how mindfulness positively impacts health is not clear.
Feb 16
Categories: Mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation
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