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President Obama and Vice President Biden Promote Running and Hydration

Posted on March 10, 2014 by
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Are Fussy Egg Handlers Rational?

Posted on March 10, 2014 by

Are you a fussy egg handler, quickly washing your hands after touching raw eggs and never, never licking batter from a spoon or bowl if a raw egg has been mixed with it (for fear of salmonella)? In terms of … Continue reading →

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Artificial Sweeteners are a Better Choice Than Sugar

Posted on February 11, 2014 by

Including for your children. At least according to Dr. A. E. Carrol: __________ As for me, I’m a big consumer of Diet Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice–I probably drink about a liter or two of it a day. It has Splenda … Continue reading →

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Who Exercises in the United States? And What Does It Mean?

Posted on January 8, 2014 by

Who exercises in the United States? Richard Florida of The Atlantic summarizes some recent research: [E]xercise may treat diseases as effectively as drugs, as one BMJ study recently showed. Everyone knows it, but not everybody does it. Just a month after making those New … Continue reading →

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Want to Get Out of a Depressive Funk?

Posted on January 1, 2014 by

Pick a card. Imagine each of the following as a card, pick one, and move toward it: courage; mastery; discipline; desire; productivity; acceptance; laughter; imagination; assertion; reason; beauty; silence; hope; organization; truth; efficiency; meaning; wholeness; love; justice; travel; home. In other words, … Continue reading →

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Surprise, Surprise: Obamacare Works for a Small-Business Owner

Posted on December 12, 2013 by

This was in The New York Times earlier this week: Rachel Bryant, a small-business owner who lives just outside Winston-Salem [N.C], felt unlucky when she received a notice from Blue Cross saying that her plan was being canceled and that the … Continue reading →

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Thinking “Stress Can Kill You” Can Kill You

Posted on November 29, 2013 by

Kelly McGonigal explains: __________ At the end of this YouTube TED talk, in interview with the host, McGonigal offers two take-away recommendations: pursue meaning in your life, not the avoidance of stress; and trust yourself to cope with the stress … Continue reading →

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Is Obamacare a Train Wreck?

Posted on October 13, 2013 by

In today’s NYT is an article on the initial failure of the Obamacare website’s functioning (healthcare.gov) that nevertheless contains a ray of hope: Administration officials have said there is plenty of time to resolve the [portal] problems before the mid-December … Continue reading →

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Get Loose: When’s the Last Time You Really Opened Out Your Body?

Posted on October 10, 2013 by

Research suggests that opening out the body with postures reminiscent of Blake’s Vitruvian man increases esteem, confidence in speaking, and risk-taking. Two ways to open your body are to do some very particular yoga postures or dance. In the below video, Daft Punk … Continue reading →

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Yes, You Belong Here (Fake It Till You Become It with a Little Help from Yoga)

Posted on October 8, 2013 by

One thing that college is about is learning to assert yourself in writing and speech–to tell others what you think–and below is an exceptionally inspiring TED talk by Harvard professor Amy Cuddy for getting yourself in the bodily and mental … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s Exchanges are a Good Thing

Posted on October 1, 2013 by

This woman’s story is illustrative of why:

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Charles Duhigg on Habit

Posted on September 5, 2013 by

I’ve been reading NYT reporter Charles Duhigg’s new book on habit formation, and it’s excellent. Here he is giving a brief TED talk on the subject:

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A Pretty Good Reason to Think Flu Shots are Good for You

Posted on August 27, 2013 by

Your health insurance company likes them. If a health insurance executive compares the data of two populations–say, 100,000 people who have had flu shots and 100,000 people who haven’t–she finds something significant: the rates of illness and mortality in the … Continue reading →

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What’s the Single Best Thing You Can Do for Your Brain and Health?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by

This piece of advice comes from Matthew Walker, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at UC Berkeley, as reported at The Atlantic Monthly website: “I think you have about 16 hours of optimal functioning before the brain needs to go offline … Continue reading →

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Obamacare: You Fund It, You Own It

Posted on August 4, 2013 by

It’s entertaining to watch the Tea Party right send the Republican Party over the cliff, as in this ad pressing Mitch McConnell to defund Obamacare: __________ The Republican leadership clearly recognizes that it cannot defund Obamacare without a stand-off with … Continue reading →

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Love Your Hippocampus, Don’t Eat It

Posted on July 30, 2013 by

This should motivate you to manage your stress better. In The New York Times this past weekend was the following on hippocampus research: Peter Gianaros, a neuroscientist at the University of Pittsburgh, […] found that, among a group of 48 … Continue reading →

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A (Dark) Thought for Spring

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Sara Davis, writing for The Smart Set website from Drexel University, links contemporary zombie fascination with vanitas still life Dutch paintings (and Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible): [T]oday’s bogeyman and morality tale is a decaying body, a walking (or running) … Continue reading →

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A New Olympic Sport is Born?

Posted on January 12, 2013 by
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An Atheist Speaks From The Heart About Aging

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

Try not to cry. __________ One of Maurice Sendak’s books is here.

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Have You Gotten Your Flu Shot?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Everyone in my family has gotten vaccinated, including my six and nine-year old daughters. How about you? This is at the CDC website today: Significant increases in flu activity in the U.S. in the last three weeks indicate that an early flu … Continue reading →

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