Do You Want To Live To Be 100?
Research shows that we have more control over how our bodies' age then previously thought. Not only can you live longer than your parents, you can live more fully as you age. The determining factor is lifestyle.
Research shows that we have more control over how our bodies' age then previously thought. Not only can you live longer than your parents, you can live more fully as you age. The determining factor is lifestyle.
Vicky Ward | Posted 07.21.2008 | Business
People in every sector fear they could be laid off at any second. Divorce rates are up; personal trainers are losing their clients. No one has the time or inclination to work out. The toll is unguessable.
The Wealth Report | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business
Buying overpriced indulgences may feel good in the short term, but you pay the price later. Or at least that's the conventional wisdom. But a study b...
Alexandra Levit | Posted 07.02.2008 | Living
Did you know that people get physically tired because of emotional factors like boredom, frustration and anxiety? True intellectual stimulation, on the other hand, doesn't exhaust us at all.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living
It's worth noting that adequate sleep can lower your risk for heart disease and lower some of the risk factors, such as diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure.
Michelle Haimoff | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living
Here are six places in Manhattan where you're unlikely to run into anyone you know and where, for once, you might actually be able to hear yourself think.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living
If you suffer from chronic insomnia and have adolescent kids, they could be at a higher risk not only for insomnia themselves, but also for suicidal behavior and for using drugs that induce sleep (like hypnotics).
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living
Are you an insomniac? If so, then which kind? The one who flat-out can't ever get to sleep? Or are you the type who falls asleep okay but then has a r...
Christine Hassler | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living
Baby-boomers did not grow up with messages like "work should be fun" and "be passionate about your career." To them, a job is a job.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.16.2008 | Living
Stress is a fact of life and unfortunately debt has also become a fact of life for many of us. I have no doubts that today's intense stress levels are adversely affecting the quality and quantity of our sleep.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living
My gut feeling is that having it all, including sleep, is a tall order. And recent research proves it.
Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time -- and that's good enough to start a war or make some money.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 04.23.2008 | Living
The clock ticks faster on Sunday night. Or so it seems.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 04.07.2008 | Living
Emotions, it turns out, impact our thinking more than our thinking impacts our emotions. When our emotions are out of control, so is our thinking. And when we can't bring our feeling and thinking into some sort of balance, our life and our relationships show it.
BBC | Posted 03.19.2008 | Living
Parents with stressful lives may be making their children as well as themselves vulnerable to illness, research suggests. A University of Rochester s...
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 03.05.2008 | Living
One of the best ways to lower the stress level in your life is to discipline yourself to do the little things that will help keep stress at bay.
New York Magazine | Posted 01.14.2008 | Living
Five excruciatingly harried New Yorkers explain how they cope....
Linda Stone | Posted 01.09.2008 | Living
People often say we're multi-tasking ourselves to death. Is that really what we're doing? I call what we're doing today continuous partial attention.
Kathleen Reardon | Posted 12.20.2007 | Living
The world would be a better place if the more constructive among us knew about UREPS and choice points. Without this knowledge, we can't negotiate effectively. We're victims of habit.
Deborah King | Posted 12.11.2007 | Living
Americans feel increasingly stressed and helpless. Among the most common problem people give voice to are feelings of overwhelming anxiety and depression.
Anne M. Plant | Posted 11.29.2007 | Living
I notice that many of us are suffering from being too busy to take care of our health- even in small ways.
Kevin Powell | Posted 11.28.2007 | Living
I overstand why Black males in America do what we do. So many of us simply do not know how to take care of ourselves, holistically, in the face of the multiple challenges we confront every single day.
Dr. Joshua Coleman | Posted 11.20.2007 | Living
The holidays elicit strong feelings about family -- hopeful, regretful or homicidal.
Toronto Sun | Mike Strobel | Posted 09.13.2007 | Entertainment
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Carolyn Anderson | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living