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Money might not buy happiness but how you spend your money could just make you happier according to a new study conducted by the Harvard Business School and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
The results of the study, published in the latest edition of Science, were based on a series of experiments that examined […]
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Phantom pain felt by amputees in their missing limbs is nothing new. This bizarre phenomenon has been around since at least the Civil War era. But as the U.S. marks its fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, we are finally seeing the emergence of a new and very unlikely source of phantom pain therapy: […]
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I have a bit of a thing with interior design. I’m not saying I’m Martha’s prodigy or anything, I’m just saying I’m on the other side of obsessed with HGTV and the likes. But alas, if you love monkeying with design like me, we have a new (and very welcome) assignment: Redecorate to lose weight.
Here’s […]
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Were you able to catch Discovery Channel’s Human Body: Pushing the Limits Parts 1 and 2 last week? If you did, what were your thoughts? I found it amazing. I learned a ton and was captivated from start to finish.
This Sunday, March 9, Parts 3 and 4 will air. These are the final segments in […]
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Television. TV. The Boob Tube. The Idiot Box. So many terms of endearment, it almost makes this hunk of technology seem so innocent.
But it’s not.
According to this article on NewYorkTimes.com, an astonishing HALF of American children have televisions in their bedrooms. Half! In fact, one […]
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Sorry folks, but we’re not telling you to hunker down for a nap here (although you’re certainly welcome to…it’s the freakin’ weekend, after all). Nope, what we want you to do is close your eyes for a moment and visualize yourself achieving a goal you’ve set (or plan to set). It can be anything […]
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Cyberchondriac (sy bur KA WN dree ak) n.
- a person who imagines they have a particular disease because their symptoms match those listed on an Internet health site.
You’re spending an extraordinary amount of time on the internet seeking out information on medical conditions, digging yourself deeper and deeper in into the abyss.
Does that make […]
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There’s a new movement in the medical world, and what better time to address it than right after New Year’s - you know, with one of your top resolutions being “get organized” and what not. (Right?!?)
The deal? All that clutter you’ve dismissed as nothing more than a nuisance…is actually harmful to your health.
This is […]
By Liberty -- 7 comments
Are You a Hot Head?
If you’re the quick-trigger, pissed-off type, then bully for you. Looks like you’re more apt to get things done.
A recent article in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin says that quick-to-blow individuals are better at thinking critically than those passive types. The reason being? Anger is a motivator which allows you […]
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New Yorker’s are renowned fast talkers. But even they can’t keep up with the world’s fastest talking woman. Meet Fran Capo, a New York stand-up comedian and motivational speaker, who made the Guinness Book of World Records by talking 603.32 words in 54.2 seconds.
To give you an idea of how fast that is Abraham Lincoln […]
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