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7 Reasons Crying Is Good for You

divinecaroline.com | November 25, 2009

Read More: Anxiety, Bacteria, Clarity, Crying, Dehydration, Emotions, Germs, Grief, Health, Hydration, Mental Health, Psychology, Relationships, Sadness, Spirituality, Stress, Tears, Toxins, Wellness

Tears are just one of many miracles we taken them for granted every day. Here are seven ways tears heal us physiologically, psychologically, and spiritually....

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Sleep Better: How To Beat Holiday Jet Lag

health.com | November 25, 2009

Read More: Exhaustion, Family, Holiday, Holiday Travel, Holidays, Insomnia, Jetlag, Sleep, Sleep Disorder, Sleep Study, Thanksgiving, Travel

The disruption to normal schedules caused by flying and especially jet lag can wreak havoc on sleep patterns....

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Walking And Talking On Phone Dangerous For Seniors

LiveScience | November 25, 2009

Read More: Accidents, Aging, Anxiety, Cell Phones, Cells, Confusion, Distraction, Elderly, Multitasking, Phones, Seniors, Stress, Unitasking

For older people, gabbing on a cell phone while walking across the street may increase the chances of being run over, according to a new...

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Hormone Oxytocin Linked To Kindness

nytimes.com | Natalie Angier | November 25, 2009

Read More: Civilization, Evolution, Hormone, Hormones, Human Kindness, Kindness, Oxytocin, Relationships, Science

Be thankful for your brain's supply of oxytocin, the celebrated peptide hormone that helps lubricate our every prosocial exchange that make human society possible....

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Meditation Has Physiological Benefits, Study Says

nytimes.com | Roni Caryn Rabin | November 25, 2009

Read More: Anxiety, Blood Pressure, Calm, Coronary Disease, Happiness, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Meditation, Peace, Spirituality, Stress, Stress Relief, Stroke, The Balanced Life, Wellness, Yoga

Could the mental relaxation produced by transcendental meditation have physiological benefits? A study presented last week at the American Heart Association suggests that it may....

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Why Obama Doesn't Write Families Of Soldiers Who Commit Suicide

| November 25, 2009

Read More: Barack Obama, Military Suicides, Obama Letters To Soldiers, Soldier Suicides

Wednesday's Wall Street Journal reports on a longstanding White House policy that Presidents do not send condolence letters to families of U.S. soldiers who commit...

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Too Fat To Graduate? Lincoln University's BMI Requirement Causes Uproar

| November 24, 2009

Read More: Lincoln University, Lincoln University Bmi, Lincoln University Fat, Lincoln University Too Fat To Graduate, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic

Lincoln University students now have one more hurdle to pass before they graduate: losing weight. According to a recently instituted requirement, university students with a...

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Pew: Recession Brings Many Young Adults Back To The Nest

Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends Project | Wendy Wang & Rich Morin | November 24, 2009

Read More: Economic Crisis, Economy, Family, Holidays, Money, Parenting, Pew, Pew Study, Recession

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center finds that 13% of parents with grown children say one of their adult sons or daughters has moved back home in the past year.

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Swine Flu RECALL: H1N1 Vaccine Pulled In Canada

AP | MEERA SELVA | November 24, 2009

LONDON — Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 swine flu vaccines after six reports of serious allergic reactions among...

Mom: Marijuana Saved My Autistic Son's Life (VIDEO)

| November 23, 2009

Read More: Autism, Joey Perez, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Marijuana Autism, Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana Autism, Mieko Hester-Perez, Perez Marijuana

Kids may seem an unlikely group to include in the medical marijuana debate, but some children with autism are reaping life-changing benefits from the drug....

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Liver Damage May Be Prevented By Herbal Medicine

medicalnewstoday.com | November 23, 2009

Read More: Alternative Medicine, Cabbage, Diet, Eastern Medicine, Health, Herbal Medicine, Liver, Liver Damage, Natural Medicine, Nutrition, Peptic Ulcer, Toxicity, Ulcers, Wellness, Wheat

A well-known Eastern medicine supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University...

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Is Binge Eating A Psychiatric Disorder?

latimes.com | Melissa Healy | November 23, 2009

Read More: Anorexia, Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Consumption, Eating, Health, Obesity, Overeating, Psychiatric Disorder, Self Control, Wellness, Willpower

Psychiatrists must decide whether "binge eating disorder" stands alongside anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as a separate psychiatric condition -- identifiable by a distinct set...

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Being A Grandparent Is Not Always A Breeze

guardian.co.uk | Michele Hanson | November 23, 2009

Read More: Attention, Grandchildren, Grandmothers, Grandparenting, Grandparents

One has to take great care not to offend the new mothers, by advising or using old-fashioned methods. To a sensitive daughter/daughter-in-law, help and advice...