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World’s Oldest Person Dies At 116 - MSNBC
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bolden, recognized as the world’s oldest person, died Monday at a Memphis nursing home, not far from the Tennessee fields she and her husband farmed as teenagers almost 100 years ago.
Ads Blamed For Childhood Stress - Guardian Unlimited
Children are being groomed for a lifetime of consumerism by marketing that targets them directly and puts pressure on them to keep up with images of how they should look and what they should own, resulting in stress, depression and low self-esteem, a report by the left-leaning thinktank Compass warns.
Italian Man Ignites Euthanasia Fight - BBC
The man, Piergiorgio Welby, has muscular dystrophy and is paralysed. He wants doctors to be allowed to turn off his artificial respirator. The high-profile case has sparked fierce debate in mostly-Roman Catholic Italy, where euthanasia is illegal and the Church forbids it. The judge is expected to deliver her verdict within a week.
Laughter Really Is Contagious - MSNBC
If you see two people laughing at a joke you didn’t hear, chances are you will smile anyway — even if you don’t realize it. According to a new study, laughter truly is contagious: the brain responds to the sound of laughter and preps the muscles in the face to join in the mirth.
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