Love Makes Kids Smarter – HUG YOUR KIDS MORE!

For some odd reason, it takes constant reminders that we primates need nurturing.
In a recent study of 46 baby chimpanzee orphans, Kim Bard of the University of Portsmouth in England and her colleagues demonstrated that primate babies that have tight relationships with mother figures do much better on cognitive tests than babies who receive only [...]

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What To Do with Your Unused Pharmaceuticals (Find a Take-back Locations)

Thinking about cleaning out your medicine cabinet?  If you’re willing to do a little bit of homework, you can learn how to responsibly get rid of expired or unwanted pills, capsules, and other prescription drugs.  Even getting your neighborhood pharmacy to adopt a very inexpensive Green Pharmacy Tool Kit can make a huge difference in [...]

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How to Reduce Job Related Stress

Our surroundings directly affect our health and wellness: consider that we spend 40 or more hours on the job weekly. Creating an inspiring environment for wellbeing in our working space is crucial to living a long and meaningful life.

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Relaxation Skills Help Some Skip Hypertension Meds

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Learning stress management techniques could help people with a type of high blood pressure common among the elderly to eliminate their need for antihypertensive drugs, a new study shows.

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Happiness May Be Good for Your Health

In a study of nearly 3,000 healthy British adults, lead by Dr. Andrew Steptoe of University College London, found that those who reported upbeat moods had lower levels of cortisol — a “stress” hormone that, when chronically elevated, may contribute to high blood pressure, abdominal obesity and dampened immune function, among other problems.

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Breast-Feeding Cuts Food Allergy Risk

New findings on food allergies scheduled to be presented this week at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Dallas.
“A review of 18 studies demonstrates a significant protective effect of exclusive breast-feeding for at least three months for children with high risk for atopy (genetic tendency to develop allergic [...]

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Name that Feeling: You’ll Feel Better

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Putting feelings into words makes sadness and anger less intense, U.S. brain researchers said on Wednesday, in a finding that explains why talking to a therapist — or even a sympathetic bartender — often makes people feel better.
They said talking about negative feelings activates a part of the brain responsible for [...]

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Yoga May Help Treat Depression, Anxiety Disorders

HealthDay News reported that Yoga’s postures, controlled breathing and meditation may work together to help ease brains plagued by anxiety or depression, a new study shows.
Brain scans of yoga practitioners showed a healthy boost in levels of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) immediately after a one-hour yoga session. Low brain levels of GABA are associated with [...]

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Beat the Blues by Going Green!

A walk in the country is an effective alternative to chemical anti-depression treatment, a leading mental health charity said Monday, calling on British doctors to prescribe outdoor activities.
The Mind charity said so-called “ecotherapy” could help millions of people with mental health problems after two studies it commissioned suggested it could have significant benefits for sufferers [...]

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Minorities Prefer Counseling for Depression to Drugs

SOURCE: General Hospital Psychiatry, May 2007
In an Internet survey of about 75,000 Americans, researchers found that African Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans were two to three times more likely than whites to say they’d rather be treated with talk therapy than with drugs for depression.
Minorities were also less likely to believe that depression stems from [...]

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