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Eating Dark Chocolate Daily May Improve Metabolic Stress Response, Nestlé Researchers Say

Medical News Today   |  Catharine Paddock   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Dark Chocolate, Dark Chocolate Reduce Stress, Dark Chocolate Stress, Journal Of Proteome Research, Metabolic Stress, Nestle, Nestle Research Center, Nestle Researchers, Sunil Kochhar
A new study by Nestlé researchers suggests that eating a few pieces of dark chocolate every day may improve the metabolic response of people who...

Does The Flu Vaccine Matter?

The Atlantic   |  Clayton M. Christensen and Jason Hwang   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Flu, Flu Vaccine, Medimmune, National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases, President’s Council Of Advisors On Science And Technology, Swine Flu, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu Vaccination, Swine Flu Vaccine, Tamiflu, U.S. Food And Drug Administration, World Health Organization
Vaccination is central to the government's plan for preventing deaths from swine flu. But what if everything we think we know about fighting influenza is...

The Charter For Compassion

GOOD   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Compassion, Dalai Lama, Karen Armstrong, Paul Simon, Spirituality
TED Prize winner Karen Armstrong just released her Charter for Compassion. Here it is, read by a perfectly representative demographic cross-section of humanity. The charter...

Magical Thinking: The Psychology Of Irrational Beliefs

Psychology Today   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Atheism, Beliefs, Emotional Wellness, Magical Thinking, Religion, Spiritual, Spirituality, Superstitions
You are wired to find meaning in the world, a predisposition that leaves you with less control over your beliefs than you may think. Even...

Do You Speak Or Eat Your Mind?

divinecaroline.com   |  Melissa McCreery   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Anxiety, Comfort Eating, Eating, Emotional Well-Being, Emotions, Food Addiction, Health, Relationships, Stress, Well-Being, Wellness, Women's Health
Women who feel strong and competent in other areas of their lives, feel so uncomfortable with anger and frustration that they turn to food to...

Heart Disease: Protect Yourself With Fresh Garlic

cnn.com   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Alternative Medicine, Antioxidants, Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular-Disease, Connecticut School Of Medicine, Food Chemistry, Garlic, Health, Heart, Heart Disease, Natural Medicine, Wellness
Here's a new garlic discovery I hope you will make use of: researchers have discovered why freshly crushed garlic protects your heart....

'Socially' Acceptable Medicine

nytimes.com   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Friends, Friendship, Happiness, Health, Health Care, Obesity, Siblings, Social Networking, Social Networks
While there have been plenty of studies of how pairs of people, especially spouses, affect each others' health, there have been far fewer studies of...

Brain Scans Reveals Invisible Damage Of PTSD

AP   |  LAURAN NEERGAARD   |   November 10, 2009

Read More: Afganistan, Brain, Brain Damage, Brain Scan, Health, Iraq, Mental Health, Military, Neuroscience, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Ptsd, Veterans, Wellness
WASHINGTON — Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries – signature...

Surviving Cancer: Today Is My Cancerversary

parenting.com   |  Erin Zammet Ruddy   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Backetball, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Survivors, Chemo, Chemotherapy, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Health, Inspiration, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Leukemia, Wellness
I may never be cured, but eight years later, I am still here. And I am a wife, a mother, a pregnant lady and (pretty...

Marigold Soothes Skin

nytimes.com   |  Anahad O'Connor   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Alternative Medicine, Antiobiotics, Contact-Dermatitis, Health, Marigold, Natural Medicine, Natural Remedy, Remedies, Skin Inflammation, Skin Irritation, Wellness
Herbal advocates have long promoted extracts from the plant Calendula officinalis, also known as the marigold, as a substitute....

PTSD: Fort Hood Shooting Shines Spotlight

ABC News   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Army, Crime, Fort Hood, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Ptsd, Troops, US Soldiers, Veterans, Veterans PTSD
Rates of PTSD, which may or may not have played a role in Hasan's case, along with traumatic brain injuries, are soaring, and are a...

Humans Still Evolving As Brain Shrinks

LiveScience   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Brain, Brain Scans, Brain Shrinking, Cognitive Science, Dna, Evolution, Evolving, Human Brain, Human Genome, Neuroscience, Science, Scientific Research
Evolution in humans is commonly thought to have essentially stopped in recent times. But there are plenty of examples that the human race is still...

Yoga Helps Kids Channel Energy, Emotions

cnn.com   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Atlanta, Children, Decatur, Downward Dog, Emotions, Happiness, Health, Kids, Pilates, Spirituality, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga For Kids, Yoga Studio
Once an oddity reserved for only the crunchiest communities, downward dog for the grade-school set is now being taught in studios from Minnetonka, Minnesota, to...

Few Americans Make End-Of-Life Wishes Known

hosted.ap.org   |  Matt Sedensky   |   November 12, 2009

Read More: Aging, Americans, Death, Death And Dying, Dying, Dying Wish, Elderly, End Of Life Care, Grief, Health, Health Care, Loss, Mourning, Nursing Home, Relationships
Unlike most Americans, Lillian Landry made her end-of-life decisions years ago: no heroic measures to save her and even instructions on the bar where mourners...

Weight Gain Linked To Bacteria In Intestines

latimes.com   |  Thomas H. Maugh II   |   November 12, 2009

Read More: Bacteria, Digestion, Fat, Food, Health, Intestines, Science, Stomach, Weight Gain, Wellness
A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, making it easier...
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