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- December 15, 2010
The holidays are a tricky time for shopaholics, an estimated 6% of the U.S. population, as bargains beckon and cultural cues egg people on to spend. Compulsive buying disorder, as it's officially known, is generally considered an impulse-control problem. Many compulsive shoppers also suffer from depression, anxiety, substance-abuse or eating disorders, and about half of
READ MOREHow safe is your personal information? An investigation by the 60 Minutes team explains what you really need to know about data brokers and how they get your information. Producer Maria Gavrilovic explains: “The majority of these companies don’t even consider themselves a data broker. They like to call themselves an app maker or a marketing company or a retailer.”
READ MORE“The grief felt like a void, like it was sucking me in and pushing on me, pulling me in and I couldn’t even see or breathe. People who have been through this told me it gets better. And I didn’t really believe them. I want other people who go through things to believe it does get better.”
READ MOREDespite her love for her vintage Mercedes, Singer Sheryl Crow will be auctioning off her designer vehicle to benefit victims of the Joplin, MO tornado. She hopes to raise over 100,000 for the Joplin Schools Recovery Fund. Ecorazzi, 7/27/2011
READ MORESheryl Crow believes her benign brain tumor may have been the result of using cell phones too much. NY Daily News – 09/10/12
READ MORESherri Shepherd, co-host of "The View," lives with type 2 diabetes. She says the disease has forced her to lose weight, eat better, and get physically active- for her son. Shepherd's friend, the Oscar-winning actress and comedian Mo'Nique, had some inspirational words of advice: "We keep saying we would die for the people we love.
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