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Prince, opioids and the rest of us: America needs a massive public education campaign to help people hooked on Percocet and related drugs0
- Health & Healing
- May 11, 2016
Have you ever been prescribed a painkiller? Did the doctor tell you that opioids like Persoset, Vicatin and Fentanyl, while effective in the short term, can become highly addictive? Did you think that it couldn’t happen to you?
READ MOREPreterm birth linked to chemicals0
- Environmental Well-Being
- November 28, 2013
A group of chemicals that mimic hormones, called phthalates, which are contained in processed foods and personal care products, have been linked to an increased risk of preterm delivery for pregnant women. According to the study in JAMA Pediatrics, women with higher levels of phthalates were two to five times more likely to deliver before 37 weeks.
READ MOREPracticing the Practical Power of Gratitude0
- GOOD FOR YOU Guest Experts
- July 10, 2011
By Jerry Posner More and more, I’m reading articles and scientific studies linking “happiness” to “gratitude.” This is pretty much a no-brainer: the more gratitude and thankfulness I feel, the happier I become. The more appreciation I express to others, the more happiness I spread. I don’t think we need too much research here –
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Practicing gratitude could help you live longer, according to new study0
- Featured
- July 18, 2024
Now more than ever, a message worth heeding: “Gratitude is powerful: powerful for happiness, powerful for addressing at least more minor depressive symptoms, powerful for improving health, powerful for protecting against premature death — and it is something that anyone can do.” Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, senior study author, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
READ MOREPractice Makes Perfect—And Not Just for Jocks and Musicians0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 2, 2012
Rehearsing tasks, from teaching to medicine to consumer service, frees the brain for complex work. What drives mastery is encoding success—performing an action the right way over and over. The Wall Street Journal, 10/27/2012
READ MOREPowering Employees With More Than a Paycheck0
- Business
- November 16, 2013
Tony Schwartz, chief executive of the Energy Project and author of “Be Excellent at Anything: The Four Keys to Transforming the Way We Work and Live,” shares how companies can empower employees and engage them in the workplace. As Schwartz says, “Rather than trying to demand more and more from employees, employers need to invest
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