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Being At The Top Of The Corporate Ladder May Actually Make You Healthier

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Stress, Video, Genetic Expression, Work-Related Pressure, Social Rank, Immune Responses, Pnas, Social Status, Beth Archie, Study, University of Notre Dame, Business News

Being a CEO isn't only preferable for your wallet, it may also be desirable for your health. Those at the top of the ladder are more likely to exp...

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Five Best Ways To Revise For Exams, By An Oxbridge Applications Consultant

Sarah Slater | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: UK Teachers, Revision, UK Students, UK Schools, Learning, Study, Advice, Exams, UK Universities & Education News

Students all over the world are facing the music with school exams in full swing at the moment - not to mention finals for those already at university. And with students being tested on more information across a wide range of subjects, remembering what you've been taught is vital.

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SHOCK: The Cigarette Brand That Teenagers Love

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Video, Smoking, Ciggarettes, Newport, Business News, Camel, Cigarette Warnings, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Cigarette Smoking, Study, Business News

Which tobacco brand is increasing its cigarette sales among youngsters? Camel gained over 20 percent more market share among 12-17 year olds and o...

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Male Underwear Models: Just People

Michael Kleinmann | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Psychological Science, Université Libre De Bruxelles in Belgium, Philippe Bernard, Male Models, Study, New Research, Journal, Culture News

According to a new study, men and women in sexy underwear ads are processed astonishingly differently by the human brain.

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Study Shows That Left-handers Are Not the Product of Witchcraft After All

Brandon G. Withrow | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Left-Handed, Religion, Sports, Baseball, Evolution, Northwestern University, Study, Hockey, Science News

A new study at Northwestern University shows that left-handedness is the product of cooperation and competition in evolution.

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Why Corporations Should Reconsider Throwing Money At Washington

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Corporate-Political-Expenditures, Video, Lobbying, Business News, Political Donations, Corporate Political Donations, Citizens United, Study, Campaign Finance, Business News

Corporations might want to reconsider throwing large sums of money at Washington. That's because these contributions correlate with poor company...

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Ten Best Employers Of American Veterans: Report

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Military Jobs, Military Experience, Booz Allen Hamilton, Payscale, Veteran Unemployment, Veteran Unemployment Rate, Business News, Top Employers of Veterans, Veteran Employers, Study, Veterans, Business News

The employment picture for veterans can often seem bleak. Fortunately there are some companies that are trying to change that. Booz Allen Hamilton...

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Can Bananas Save Your Life?

Anneli Rufus | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Lima Beans, Eat, Chick-Fil-A, American College of Cardiology, Bananas, Thailand, Study, Potassium, Sugar, Food News

A new study suggests that eating three bananas a day could cut your risk of having a stroke by 21 percent.

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Are Businesses Prepared For Boomers To Retire?

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Baby Boomers, Retirement, Aarp, Society for Human Resource Management, Business, Boomers, Study, Business Retirement, Fifty News

As baby boomers reach retirement age and leave the workforce, their exit may cause problems for unprepared businesses, according to a recent study con...

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10 Industries Where People Are Getting Fired

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Layoffs, T Mobile, Job Cuts, Employee Cuts, Telecommunications, Business News, March, Call Centers, Study, Business News

Many Americans working at call centers were down on their luck last month. Telecommunications firms experienced the most planned job cuts in March...

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Drinking Could Make You Smarter

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Creativity Drinking, Problem Solving, Alcohol Smarter, Alcohol, Beer, Creativity Alcohol, Beer Smarter, Beer Smart, Alcohol Smart, Alcohol Study, Study, Drinking, Video, Food News

Can drinking beer make you smarter? Perhaps, according to a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Cognitive psychologist Jennifer Wi...

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Child's Cancer Doesn't Raise Divorce Risk, But Why Should It?

Natasha Burton | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Marriage Children, Divorce, Children, Divorce Children, Divorce Cancer, Cancer, Children's Health, Children Cancer, Study, Divorce News

If there was ever a time to stay together for the kids, so to speak, isn't it when one of them is battling a life-threatening illness?

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Money Study Compares Compassion Of Rich, Poor

| Daisy Grewal | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: 1 Percent, Wealthy, The 1%, Empathy, Research, Money, Wealthiest People, Science, Rich, Compassion, Study, Poor People, Selfish, Richest People, Rich People, Video, Occupy Wall Street, Social Class, Wealthy People, Science News

Who is more likely to lie, cheat, and steal—the poor person or the rich one? It’s tempting to think that the wealthier you are, the more likely y...

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Could THIS Be The Reason For The Cheating Epidemic?

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: College Professors, Trust Levels, Video, Academic Dishonesty, Cheating, Lukas Neville, Academia, Cheating in College, Income Inequality, Study, College Cheating, College News

A new study published in the journal of Psychological Science suggests income inequality could be one root of cheating in college. According to Cle...

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Contrary To Prediction, Post 50s Are Actually Retiring: Study

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Retirement Study, Boomer Study, Metlife Retirement, Baby Boomers, Retirement, Metlife, Boomers, Study, Fifty News

Although many experts have been predicted that midlifers would opt to remain in the workforce long after retirement age, a rising number of them are c...

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Why Poaching Star Employees Might Not Be The Best Idea

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Hiring-Trends, External Hiring, Job Performance, John Thain, Hiring Source, Salary, Business News, Jobs, Hiring, Pay-Scale, Study, Business News

Companies in search of high-performing workers shouldn't look much further than their own offices, according to new research. Workers hired from o...

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Survey Reveals Sea Change In Conservatives' View Of Science

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Politics, Video, Conservatives and Science, Science, Public Opinion, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative Attitudes Toward Science, Democrats, Study, Republicans, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/29/2012 07:40 AM EDT on LiveScience Politically conservative Americans have lost tr...

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In One Country, Rich Tricking Poor Into Giving Up Organs

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Video, Kosovo Organ Trafficking, Organ Transplant, Bangladesh, Business News, Organ Trafficking, Study, Organ-Donor-List, Business News

Some people just aren’t content waiting in line with everybody else. Wealthy people are bypassing donor lists by duping poor people in Banglades...

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Americans Hold High Opinion Of Colleges

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Opinion Research, Independents, College, Favorability Rating, College News, Pew Research Center, Pew Center, Conservative Republicans, American Opinion, Study, Liberal Democrats, Universities, College News

Americans across party lines have a pretty high opinion of colleges. In a new Pew Research Center poll, only small businesses and technology compan...

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Eating Disorders Caused By Nutrition/Fitness Education In Schools? I'm Not Buying It

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Childhood Obesity, CS Mott, Eating Disorders, Nutrition Education, School-Based, Study, Education News

Schools are where our children spend the bulk of their waking hours. Accordingly, what happens at school undoubtedly shapes a child's lifelong health habits, for good or for ill.

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Casino Industry Accounts For Significant Slice Of U.S. Economy: Study

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Gambling, Taxes, Casinos, Video, Gdp, Research, Revenue, New Research, Business News, Florida, United States, Massachusetts, Gross Domestic Product, Recession, Study, Business News

As the U.S. economy sagged, gambling was there to try and prop it up. At least that's the finding of the American Gaming Association. The trade ass...

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Towards a Better Understanding of Climate Effects on Species

Astrid Caldas | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Competition, Species Dispersal, Conservation, Climate Change, Species Distribution Models, Adaptation, Study, Green News

No species exists on its own; rather, an unknown number of interactions such as competition for food and habitat and spatial displacement are constantly happening, and in turn affecting the status of said species.

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Why Is It So hard To Make The Life Changes We Seek?

Sam Sommers | Posted 03.30.2012

Are you looking to be a happier, more productive, more successful person? Are you in the market for self-help? Then the better advice is stop putting so much effort into finding your "authentic" self. Learn to embrace the self as flexible.

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Can Cocktails Save Your Life?

Anneli Rufus | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Gin, Cocktail, Moderate, Health, Alcohol, Mortality, Wine, New Year, Drink, Study, Antioxidant, Food News

While too much is definitely too much, a surprising number of new studies suggest that moderate alcohol consumption can actually benefit our health and help us live longer than drinking no alcohol at all.

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Arguing With Mom Protects Teens From Peer Pressure

m.theatlantic.com | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Teen-Peer-Pressure, Teen Drug Use, Peer Pressure, Parenting, Parenting post50, Giving-in-to-Peer-Pressure, Study, Parenting Advice, Parents, Teenagers, Fifty News

Adolescents who are comfortable expressing their opinions at home can more easily resist negative influences to use drugs or alcohol....

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