I recently watched the 2005 Stanford University Commencement Address by Steve Jobs. Perhaps you have already seen it - the website reports 1.4 million hits! - but it was new to me, and it contained some excellent points about the good life that I would like to mention here. I know little about Steve Jobs, so I will focus on the message and not the messenger. That said, this particular message was also about the messenger. Specifically, his 15-minute talk consisted of three personal stories, and it is one of the best speeches I have ever heard, especially of the commencement address genre.
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Psychology Today: The Good Life
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Steve Jobs: Lessons for the Good Life
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - The Dream and the Data
18 Jan 2010 | 6:20 amI have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.- Martin Luther King, Jr. (August 28, 1963) Today - January 18, 2010 - those of us in United States and elsewhere celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. In my own small way, I would like to celebrate by offering some comments on one of the best-known lines from his "I Have a Dream Speech." Yes, we should judge people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Work by positive psychologists over the… -
There Are No Bad Racks
16 Jan 2010 | 5:46 amThis blog entry is about Scrabble, where one's "rack" is the seven tiles in front of you that you want to play in a way to produce a high score and/or to prevent your opponent from doing the same and/or to set yourself up for future high-scoring plays. This blog entry is also about Scrabble as a metaphor for the good life, just in case you are not a dedicated Scrabble player like I am. But if you do play Scrabble, my advice here is useful. :) Scrabble is deliciously middle-brow, which is why I like the game. When psychologists have studied complex problem-solving, they have often opted to… -
Optimism Goes Underground
14 Jan 2010 | 7:44 amIn a previous blog entry, I discussed recent criticisms of positive thinking and especially positive psychology. Is the United States being undermined by the tendency to look on the bright side? I concluded no, but maybe that was rash. It has just come to my attention that "optimism" has infiltrated the New York City subway system. Along with giant alligators and rats the size of terriers, yet another potential horror lurks beneath the unsuspecting streets of New York. Optimism! And this is not an urban legend. You can read about it on the Internet, so it must be true. In what is obviously a… -
The Positive Analogue of a Phobia
12 Jan 2010 | 6:09 amI don't just write blog entries for Psychology Today - I also read them, at least those that are flagged as "essential" or "most read" posts. My strong suspicion is that the title of an entry draws readers more than the content, which is why I try to title my own entries in provocative ways, sometimes even stooping to using profanity or near-profanity in them. I have drawn the line - so far - at writing about Tiger Woods. Accordingly, when I came up with the idea for this particular entry, I hesitated about writing it because I didn't know how to title it. The obvious title would be…
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The Happiness Project
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Are You in a Book Group? Want a Reading Group Guide?
8 Feb 2010 | 8:27 amHappiness is a great book group meeting! I'm in three book groups -- one in which we read books aimed at adults, two in which we read book aimed at children and young adults. Being part of these books groups is among the joys of my life. So I'm a big fan of book groups. In general, I've heard, book groups don't choose books that are only available in hardback, so I've been surprised to hear from a lot of people that their groups have read The Happiness Project. It's thrilling to imagine a book group reading my book. Zoikes! If you do choose The Happiness Project, if you'd be interested, you… -
"There Is Certainly No Greater Happiness..."
8 Feb 2010 | 5:44 am“There is certainly no greater happiness, than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow.” -- Samuel Johnson * A reader sent me the link to this fabulous item on etsy -- a great, stylish way to track resolutions. I love it! * Want to launch a group for people doing happiness projects together? I'm in a group like that myself, and I love it! If so, read more here and sign up here for a starter kit to help get you going. -
Schedule Time for Play.
5 Feb 2010 | 11:54 amI’m working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. Join in -- no need to catch up, just jump in right now. Each Friday’s post will help you think about your own happiness project. One of my favorite resolutions – but also kept with great difficulty – is to Schedule time for play. I often get teased about this resolution, because people think it sounds incongruous, and even silly, to schedule time for play. Play should be spontaneous, right? Aren’t we naturally alert for… -
Happiness Is…A Great Book Event in Toronto.
5 Feb 2010 | 11:38 amI had such a great time in Toronto – I’d never been to Toronto, or even Canada, before this trip. I met a lot of interesting people during the day, and last night the famous Heather Reisman of Indigo Books and I had a conversation at one of the wonderful Indigo bookstores. Interesting note about Toronto: I saw a street sign that said, “Pedestrians obey your signals.” You don’t see this in New York City! We dart out the minute we see a break in traffic. * Interested in starting your own happiness project? If you’d like to take a look at my personal Resolutions Chart, for… -
"Marriage is About...Tea, Doctor's Appointments, Trivia, Quirks."
4 Feb 2010 | 10:39 amFrom time to time, I post short interviews with interesting people about their insights on happiness. During my study of happiness, I’ve noticed that I often learn more from one person’s highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do from sources that detail universal principles or cite up-to-date studies. I’m much more likely to be convinced to try a piece of advice urged by a specific person who tells me that it worked for him or her, than by any other kind of argument. The relationships among love, marriage, and expectations are some of the most complex and important issues within the…
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Journal of Positive Psychology
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Editorial
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Experiencing flow: Is doing it together better than doing it alone?
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Sex differences in forgiveness and mental health in recently married couples
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A question of balance: Time perspective and well-being in British and Russian samples
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The Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being: Psychometric properties, demographic comparisons, and evidence of validity
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Innate Intelligence - The Science of Thriving
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Pay it Forward: Elevation Leads to Altruistic Behavior
3 Feb 2010 | 11:07 amSeeing someone perform a virtuous deed (especially if they are helping another person), makes us feel good, often eliciting a warm, fuzzy feeling in our chest. This positive, uplifting emotion, known as “elevation,” might make us feel great, and also gets us to go out and perform good acts ourselves. Read the article. Psychological Science, February 2010 -
Pheromones in male perspiration reduce women’s tension
3 Feb 2010 | 2:33 amScientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia have found that exposure to male perspiration has marked psychological and physiological effects on women: It can brighten women’s moods, reducing tension and increasing relaxation, and also has a direct effect on the release of luteinizing hormone, which affects the length and timing of the menstrual cycle. Read the full article -
Happy people may have more immunities to common cold
3 Feb 2010 | 2:32 amPeople who are energetic, happy and relaxed are less likely to catch colds, while those who are depressed, nervous or angry are more likely to complain about cold symptoms, whether or not they get bitten by the cold bug, according to a recent study. Psychosomatic Medicine, July 2003 -
Cold Hands, Warm Heart
3 Feb 2010 | 2:28 amWhen someone is described as “chilly,” we understand it means “unfriendly” and not that they should put on a sweater. But using low temperature to capture social remoteness is more than just a convention of language. According to a number of studies, there may be a psychological reason for connecting temperature and social relationships. In a 2008 study, when volunteers were asked to think about a time they felt socially rejected, they described the temperature in the room as being significantly colder than did volunteers who recalled an experience in which they felt socially… -
Parenting can override effect of genes in how babies respond to stress
3 Feb 2010 | 2:23 amNow, it appears how infants respond to stress is linked to if they have a particular form of a certain gene, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Just as significantly, researchers say they have also found that good parenting – as early as within the first year of a child’s life – can counter the effect the gene has in babies who initially do not respond well to stressful situations. Read the full article
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NIMH | Recent Updates
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NCDEU 2010: New Research Approaches for Mental Health Interventions
NCDEU is a scientific meeting that focuses on the latest developments in psychopharmacologic clinical trials research and related methodology. Co-sponsored by NIMH and the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP), the meeting brings together over 1200 academic and industry investigators, research pharmacists, and clinicians and provides state-of-the-art workshops, panels, posters, and other special sessions devoted to advancing clinical research. Through its highly successful New Investigator Program, NCDEU emphasizes the development of research careers for those relatively new… -
Teaching Teens About Abstinence May Delay Sexual Activity, Reduce Risk Behaviors
Teens who received a behavioral intervention centered on abstinence were more likely to delay first sexual contact than teens who received a control intervention focusing on general health promotion, according to an NIMH-funded study. Though differing from federally funded abstinence-only programs, the researchers describe how an abstinence-based intervention may help delay sexual activity among adolescents in the February 2010 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. -
Genes and Circuitry, Not Just Clinical Observation, to Guide Classification for Research
NIMH is launching a long-term project aimed at ultimately improving treatment and prevention by studying classification of mental illness, based on genetics and neuroscience in addition to clinical observation. The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project is not intended to replace psychiatry’s existing diagnostic system for practitioners and will proceed in an independent direction, said Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D., Director of the NIMH Division of Adult Translational Research, who is directing the effort. By taking a fresh look – without preconceived categories – the project aims to improve… -
Same Genes Suspected in Both Depression and Bipolar Illness
Researchers, for the first time, have pinpointed a genetic hotspot that confers risk for both bipolar disorder and depression. People with either of these mood disorders were significantly more likely to have risk versions of genes at this site than healthy controls. One of the genes, which codes for part of a cell’s machinery that tells genes when to turn on and off, was also found to be over-expressed in the executive hub of bipolar patients’ brains, making it a prime suspect. The results add to mounting evidence that major mental disorders overlap at the molecular level. -
From Neurons to Thought: Coherent Electrical Patterns Observed Across the Brain
Amidst the background hum of electrical signaling generated by neurons in the brain, scientists have found that local groups of neurons, firing in coordination, sometimes create a signal that is mirrored instantaneously and precisely by other groups of neurons across the brain. These transient episodes of coherence across different parts of the brain may be an electrical signature of thought and actions.
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ScienceDaily: Mental Health News
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Depressed people feel more gray than blue
9 Feb 2010 | 5:00 amPeople with anxiety and depression are most likely to use a shade of gray to represent their mental state. Researchers describe the development of a color chart, the Manchester Color Wheel, which can be used to study people's preferred pigment in relation to their state of mind. -
Financial hardship contributes to diagnosis anxiety
7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pmWomen with medium or low levels of income are more susceptible to anxiety and depression after ductal carcinoma in situ diagnosis. -
High sensitivity to stress isn't always bad for children
7 Feb 2010 | 8:00 amResearchers looked at 338 kindergarteners, as well as their teachers and families, to determine how family adversity and biological reactivity contribute to healthy development. They found that children who had significantly stronger biological reactions to a series of mildly stressful tasks designed to look like challenges in their daily lives were more affected by their family contexts, both bad and good. -
Early abuse tied to more depression in children
7 Feb 2010 | 2:00 amA study of 500 low-income children ages 7 to 13, about half of whom had been abused and/or neglected, aimed to find out whether abuse early in life and feelings of depression affected cortisol ("stress hormone") levels. Study results suggest that there are different subtypes of depression, with atypical cortisol regulation occurring among children who were abused before age 5. -
Moms' depression in pregnancy tied to antisocial behavior in teens
6 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pmResearchers studying 120 British youth from inner-city areas found that mothers who became depressed when pregnant were four times as likely to have children who were violent at 16. This was true for both boys and girls. The mothers' depression, in turn, was predicted by their own aggressive and disruptive behavior as teens.
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New Scientist - Mental Health
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Star students, beware bipolar disorder
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Damning verdict on doctor who linked MMR and autism
29 Jan 2010 | 4:41 amTwelve years after claiming that the vaccine might cause autism, Andrew Wakefield is closer than ever to being banned from practising as a doctor -
Drug for depression tried on stressed-out rats
28 Jan 2010 | 6:17 amAn anti-inflammatory drug that keeps brain cells coming could be the key to treating some kinds of stress and depression -
Flu in pregnancy changes fetal brain
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It's lack of balance that makes skunk cannabis do harm
26 Jan 2010 | 6:24 amStreet cannabis has been made stronger by breeding out a compound that seems to have antipsychotic powers, argue Amanda Feilding and Paul Morrison
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World of Psychology
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7 Office Depression Busters: Tips for Work Depression
9 Feb 2010 | 4:25 amIn his classic, “The Prophet,” Kahlil Gibran writes: Always you have been told that work is a curse … But I say to you that when you work you fulfill a part of earth’s furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born. Unfortunately Kahlil’s words don’t jibe with a new Australian study that found almost one in six cases of depression among working people caused by job stress, that nearly one in five (17 percent) working women suffering depression attribute their condition to job stress and more than one in eight (13 percent) working men. In the last… -
Introducing the Pop Psychology Blog
8 Feb 2010 | 7:11 amGenders issues in mainstream psychology are of interest to a great many people, us included. So we’re happy to welcome Yale University student, Johannah Cousins, as our newest blogger to be blogging about the intersection of gender issues and pop psychology in her new blog, Pop Psychology. Johannah Cousins is a senior English major at Yale University with a focus on gender studies and contemporary popular culture. She recently completed her senior thesis, an analysis of the cultural and feminist context of the Twilight series. She is a film and music critic and staff writer for the Yale… -
Watching Others Do Good, Clean Scents Promote Altruism
7 Feb 2010 | 8:05 amWhat would you say if I told you that simply observing people thanking others induced more altruism? The simple act of watching someone else do something uplifting or a good deed motivates us to also do good. At least that’s what researchers found in a recent demonstration of this effect at the University of Plymouth. In two experiments, researchers (Schnall et al., 2010) tested the level of altruistic behaviors amongst female students by asking them to view TV clips of three kinds — a neutral clip showing scenes from a nature documentary, an uplifting segment from “The Oprah… -
Facebook Continues to Dominate Among Youth
6 Feb 2010 | 7:17 amLast week, we discovered that 4 out of 5 teens prefer and use Facebook over the leading sugarless gum. Oh, sorry, I meant to say that while 7 out of 10 (73% to be exact) teens use social networking websites like Facebook, only 1 in 12 teens use Twitter. Clearly, the still-in-place-to-be is on Facebook and other social networking websites like it. The new data comes from our friends over at the Pew Internet and American Life Project, who conducted a phone survey in the middle of last year of 800 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. And while teens continue to embrace social networking,… -
Newsweek: Do Antidepressants Work? For Many People, YES!
5 Feb 2010 | 4:39 amI admire Newsweek writer Sharon Begley’s work … especially when she explains ways we can try to rewire our brain. But I found last week’s cover story irresponsible. If, for no other reason, than its title and subtitle: “The Depressing News About Antidepressants: Studies Suggest That the Popular Drugs Are No More Effective Than a Placebo. In Fact, They May Be Worse.” Then I may as well kill myself. That’s how I would have read the article four years ago, before I started questioning all the information available today on mood disorders and drug treatment,…
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Psych Central News
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Brain Region Connected to Fear of Money Loss
9 Feb 2010 | 4:08 amScientists have learned that a fear of losing money is tied to a specific structure in the brain. Caltech neuroscientists discovered the amygdalae, two almond-shaped clusters of tissue located in the medial temporal lobes appear to be involved with emotions related to money. The finding, described in the latest online issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offers insight into economic behavior. Traditionally, the amygdala is known to be involved in emotional reactions and is implicated in depression, anxiety, and autism. The study involved an examination… -
Financial Stress Impacts Breast Cancer Anxiety
9 Feb 2010 | 4:08 amA new study discovers women with modest to low incomes are at risk of becoming anxious and depressed after a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a precancerous breast condition. The research is published online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study suggests that women with financial hardship may benefit from psychosocial interventions that are designed to accommodate their unique needs. While research suggests that education and financial status, also known as socioeconomic status, can affect mental and physical health, few studies have… -
Mediterranean Diet May Help Memory, Cognition
9 Feb 2010 | 4:07 amA study presented at the annual meeting of the the American Academy of Neurology suggests a Mediterranean diet may help people avoid common mental problems associated with aging. Investigators found that people who ate a Mediterranean-like diet were less likely to have brain infarcts, or small areas of dead tissue linked to thinking problems. The Mediterranean diet includes high intake of vegetables, legumes, fruits, cereals, fish and monounsaturated fatty acids such as olive oil; low intake of saturated fatty acids, dairy products, meat and poultry; and mild to moderate amounts of alcohol. -
Feeling “Gray” Is Characteristic of Depression
9 Feb 2010 | 4:07 amA new study suggests individuals with depression or anxiety characterize their mental state as a shade of gray. Scientists developed a tool to study the relationship between color choice and mood. The instrument, termed the Manchester Color Wheel, documents an individual’s preferred pigment in relation to their state of mind. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Medical Research Methodology describe how they developed the color chart. Peter Whorwell, professor of medicine and gastroenterology at University Hospital South Manchester, worked with a team of researchers from the… -
Researchers Focus on Mood Disorders
8 Feb 2010 | 5:43 amAccording to experts, 44 million Americans are affected by some type of mood disorder each year. The disorders include depression and bipolar disorder and as a whole are one of the most common form of illness. The disorders are believed to result from a chemical imbalance in the brain with environmental factors often triggering or buttressing outbreaks. Researchers are now focusing on these neurobiological mechanisms with the initiative the centerpiece of a new Center of Excellence located at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. “We need to link those discoveries to a…
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Finding Optimism
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Beyond Blue: Surviving Mental Illness
12 Jan 2010 | 5:56 pmI read two kinds of books. Quick, enjoyable, check-the-brain-out, junky fiction, and books that need to be read slowly, thought about, re-read and then considered some more. Therese Borchard’s new book, “Beyond Blue”, is in the second category. Personal accounts of mental illness have formed their own genre in recent years, and for many people there isn’t much room left on the bookshelf. But “Beyond Blue” is different. Therese has sewn helpful and factual information seamlessly through the book, without being narrow or preaching. Her chatty, humorous,… -
I’ve decided to be well for a whole year. Am I crazy?
31 Dec 2009 | 5:34 amThat’s my only resolution. Do you think someone can “resolve” to be well? More so, someone with a chronic mental illness that is alive and kicking? If 2009 is my benchmark then my chances look slim. I have good reasons to be motivated. Other people are better off when I’m well. My wife and kids are much happier, and very relieved. I can communicate calmly with my business partners. I get on better with my parents and friends. Being depressed is miserable. Hypomania is great for a while – I get a lot of mowing done – but it ends in misery too. For everyone,… -
The Best Blogs in My Feed Reader
18 Dec 2009 | 4:13 amI’m guessing that you’re reading this post in a feed reader, and this is one of many blogs that you subscribe to. I’m always looking for new, helpful, funny or interesting blogs to try, and I’m sure you are too. Here is a list of my favorites. Please add yours in the comments! My Medicated Cartoon Life. This has been my favorite blog for over 2 years, but sadly it’s slowing to a crawl. Perhaps the Bitter Animator has less to be bitter about. I hope so. I also hope he continues to share his life in new (and old) ways. In the meantime I might snap up another… -
Creativity on the Divinest Sense
7 Dec 2009 | 4:54 pmIt’s widely believed that mentally ill folk make a special contribution to the creative arts. I have to say I subscribe to that view. :) Unfortunately the number of communities online, in this particular “space”, are few and far between. More importantly there is always more room for us to help one another, break down barriers, and engage with the world. There is a site called Divinest Sense that has just launched, which looks like it could fill a good chunk of this vacuum. The following text is a contribution from Meg LeDuc, the founder and co-ordinator of the site. Please… -
Health Monitoring and a Flawed Body
19 Nov 2009 | 12:19 amThe things you can figure out by monitoring your health! I recently discovered that I get really bad night sweats if I drink a lot of milk before bed. By a lot of milk I mean half a liter (about a pint for the rest of you). I don’t usually drink a pint of milk before bed, so this wasn’t easy to pick. But today I Googled it, and sure enough there is a little bit of anecdotal evidence. It’s not common, but I have company. And apparently it’s not all milk, just pasteurized milk. So I have some more testing to do. I’m a great believer in self-tracking, which is why I…
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Dr. Neill Neill's Practical Psychology for Capable People
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Does External Change Cause Internal Change in a Relationship?
31 Jan 2010 | 4:57 pmHave you ever noticed that as you grow older in a relationship, each partner changes? Sometimes the change is internal brought on by a great external change in your relationship—like the birth of a new baby. Do you notice that your partner has changed? Or do you still view them as they were when you first got together? -
Overwhelmed? How to Conquer it
17 Jan 2010 | 2:06 pmIf you want to be at the top of your game, you must close cycles. The principles apply to your career, your marriage and your life. Overwhelm is a consequence of having too many open cycles. -
Good Communication and Personality Style
9 Jan 2010 | 10:16 amGood communication is the hallmark of a healthy relationship. However, communication often falters when one or both parties fail to take personality style into account, especially when making decisions. Guilty as charged… -
Dieting-The Season that Follows the Holidays
3 Jan 2010 | 7:38 pmFor many people the holidays involve quite a bit of food and beverage intake in the celebrations; yes, even excess. Then in January diets abound and gym memberships surge. -
Reduce Food Cravings
20 Dec 2009 | 5:21 pmFood craving leads to consumption. Consumption leads to more food cravings. 'Tis the season for eating, drinking and otherwise celebrating with others...a great time of enjoyment, love, generosity and generally good feelings...good feelings accompany eating. And...we eat for those good feelings associated with foods we ate in the past...And we end up eating too much.
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ScienceDaily: Depression News
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Depressed people feel more gray than blue
9 Feb 2010 | 5:00 amPeople with anxiety and depression are most likely to use a shade of gray to represent their mental state. Researchers describe the development of a color chart, the Manchester Color Wheel, which can be used to study people's preferred pigment in relation to their state of mind. -
Financial hardship contributes to diagnosis anxiety
7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pmWomen with medium or low levels of income are more susceptible to anxiety and depression after ductal carcinoma in situ diagnosis. -
Early abuse tied to more depression in children
7 Feb 2010 | 2:00 amA study of 500 low-income children ages 7 to 13, about half of whom had been abused and/or neglected, aimed to find out whether abuse early in life and feelings of depression affected cortisol ("stress hormone") levels. Study results suggest that there are different subtypes of depression, with atypical cortisol regulation occurring among children who were abused before age 5. -
Moms' depression in pregnancy tied to antisocial behavior in teens
6 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pmResearchers studying 120 British youth from inner-city areas found that mothers who became depressed when pregnant were four times as likely to have children who were violent at 16. This was true for both boys and girls. The mothers' depression, in turn, was predicted by their own aggressive and disruptive behavior as teens. -
Melatonin precursor stimulates growth factor circuits in brain
5 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pmN-acetylserotonin, the immediate precursor to melatonin, activates the same growth circuits in the brain as BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor). The results have implications for how some antidepressants function and suggest that the molecules and pathways involved in mood regulation and circadian rhythms are intertwined.
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Topix: Bipolar Disorder
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Translational research in bipolar disorder: emerging insights from genetically based models
9 Feb 2010 | 2:50 amE-mail: guangchen@mail.nih.gov Received 8 November 2009; Revised 26 December 2009; Accepted 31 December 2009; Published online 9 February 2010. -
Bipolar medications and weight gain
6 Feb 2010 | 7:55 amDr. Daniel Hall-Flavin, board certified in general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry, is a St. -
Trileptal
5 Feb 2010 | 3:33 pmRecently a lot of people have been searching the internet for information about Trileptal , which is an anticonvulsant drug used as a mood stabilizer in treating bipolar disorder. -
Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3beta Haploinsufficiency Mimics the...
3 Feb 2010 | 3:24 pmTags Abstract Lithium is widely used to treat bipolar disorder, but its mechanism of action in this disorder is unknown. -
Are bipolar disorder and schizophrenia very similar?
2 Feb 2010 | 3:15 pmThank you for your question! It will be reviewed and considered for posting on CNNHealth.com. Questions and comments are moderated by CNN and will not appear until after they have been reviewed and approved.
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You Are Truly Loved
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Parroting Spiritual Pointers
5 Feb 2010 | 1:30 pmAwareness. Consciousness. Silence. Stillness. Presence. Being. Isness. This. Aliveness. Existence. Spaciousness. So many words and they are all useful. In fact it can sometimes be helpful to change them around a bit lest people get stuck on one conceptual word as if it literally is IT. I’ve seen so many people (myself included here) who’ll go around saying “It’s all an illusion. None of this is real. You’re already it. Just wake up and realize we’re all one.” Great, cool. The thing is that as @oshum said, these words become like a dull sword, unable… -
It’s Okay to Feel Good and Enjoy the World!
3 Feb 2010 | 12:19 pmSuggestions and pointers can be very useful, but we may eventually outgrow them. Teachings are helpful up to a certain point, but we must eventually let them go or else they will become limitations. It’s almost like sitting in a big slingshot. The slingshot will sling you forward, but if you continue holding on for too long, what once propelled you forward will eventually hold you back. Enjoying the World For example, one such teaching that I’m finding that it’s time to let go of is, “It is the ego which seeks to be constantly entertained. It does so as a substitute… -
Movie Review: Avatar
1 Feb 2010 | 9:29 pmAlright so first off, if you haven’t seen Avatar yet, you gotta go watch it!! Whether you choose to watch the movie in 2D or 3D, both offer an amazing experience. For those of you unfamiliar with the plot, the movie takes place on a distant planet named Pandora that is home to these blue humanoid aliens called the Na’vi. They are very much like the Native Americans with bows and arrows and a deep appreciation and respect for life and an understanding of the interconnectedness of all life. The US military comes in to basically drive them out so they can mine for this mineral called… -
Jim Carrey’s Awakening
29 Jan 2010 | 2:02 pmIt’s quite beautiful to see awakening being discussed by and experienced by big name celebrities now, bringing enlightenment off the mystical mountaintop and right here into our everyday lives. -
The Beauty of That Which Can Not Be Named
27 Jan 2010 | 8:52 pmUnion by Mario Duguay There’s an old saying that the only thing permanent is impermanence. Our life experience is one of learning better ways to interact with this changing flow. And yet simultaneously there is this eternal unchanging presence. It seems to be part of neither existence nor nonexistence… It is a manifestation of nothing. It is unmanifest. It is. All that can really be said is that it is. We can go within and tap into this and find that when resting in this place, it’s as if we are home, and I mean really home. In this place there is no longing for anything…
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Manifesting with the Law of Attraction
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The “Magic” of Affirmations
29 Jan 2010 | 10:01 pmWhat you think about influences what you notice in your environment. Think thoughts of abundance and you will find that abundance appears uppermost in your experience. An element of becoming a conscious thinker is to notice what gets your attention. Right now, there are an infinite number of things that are happening in your physical environment. But, [...] -
Living In The Now
18 Jan 2010 | 10:18 pmThere are three basic areas or modules of time that are most commonly referred to: 1)The Past 2)The Present 3)The Future What I would like to do is have you work out where the “present” is though. In the time it has taken you to read just those last few words, that space in time that we might [...] -
Achieving Success In The 21st Century: The “New” Rules of Engagement
8 Nov 2009 | 7:57 amAll the “sure” boats to success have seemingly gone down. On a daily basis I hear people muttering a new belief: “Success just isn’t possible right now.” The drive to achieve ones goals, dreams and aspirations have been chucked overboard as impossible rubbish and have been replaced with a new belief: “It’s [...] -
The History of the Secret Laws of Attraction
2 Nov 2009 | 7:55 amThe book the Secret by Rhonda Byrne brought the law(s) of attraction to mainstream media attention. Everyone from Larry King and Ellen DeGeneres to Oprah covered the book during it’s heyday in 2006. Paris Hilton even mentioned the book saying, “The Secret such an amazing book. This is my third time reading it. I really do [...] -
Inevitable Changeless Law
29 Oct 2009 | 3:39 pmHow serious do you think people take the law of attraction.? Just because the word ’law’ is mentioned doesn’t mean people are equating this ‘new age’ belief as credible truth. We are living the days were the mottos, ’rules are meant to be broken’, has exceeded popularity and moved well [...]
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Brains On Purpose
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I will be away for several days
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Learning and the Brain: Some conferences for all of us who are teachers and learners
2 Feb 2010 | 9:35 amConflict resolution is about learning. From Learn, baby, learn: Resources to help facilitate brain learning and mind changing: Resolving conflict typically requires our learning much, including the parties' positions, interests, and stories. Growing as a conflict professional requires that we be learning about ourselves, too, both in the room and away from sessions. We are not the only ones who... -
Neurososcience "evolved from an interdisciplinary specialty to a full fledged scholarly discipline"
28 Jan 2010 | 11:12 amUsing new methods of analysis, researchers have tracked 10 years of neuroscience. One member of the team was quoted in a release. "We wanted to map changes in science over the past decade. To do so, we started with more than 35 million citations between the articles in over 7000 scientific journals. This network of citations represents the flow of... -
Brain talk: How to talk with your clients about neuroscience
26 Jan 2010 | 4:22 pmLast November, I posted a poll in a post titled Do you tell your clients about neuroscience? A quick poll. I appreciate the time and thought taken by those who responded. The first question I asked was How much information do you typically share with your clients about neuroscience? 1=Not Much, 5=Everything I Know The responses: 1 - 5.6% 2... -
Our hidden brain: How much of an influence does it have on our decisions?
26 Jan 2010 | 3:07 pmFor those of you always happy to learn more about the decision-making process (isn't that true of all conflict professionals?), here's a new book for you: The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives. Right now you can click to listen to an NPR interview of the author Shankar Vedantam; it...
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Topix: Neuroscience
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New era of pain drugs advanced by Barrow researcher
9 Feb 2010 | 9:59 amResearch led by a scientist at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has opened the door for the advancement of a new category of painkillers, called TRPV1 antagonists. -
The mobile communication device in your head.
9 Feb 2010 | 9:09 amHere's a real-life horror story: Five people have been found buried alive inside their bodies . -
Social Studies
9 Feb 2010 | 9:06 amMichael Kesterton Published on Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010 11:14AM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Feb. -
'Right to die' for elderly back at centre of Dutch debate
9 Feb 2010 | 8:35 amAll Dutch people over 70 who feel tired of life should have the right to professional help in ending it, demands a citizens' initiative in the Netherlands called Out of Free Will. -
Color test shows CEOs are different - take the test
9 Feb 2010 | 7:51 amAsk CEOs to pick their favorite color and what they select will often be very different than what most people would pick.
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MSN: Neuroscience
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A Conversation With Samuel Wang - New York Times
9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 amAt his Princeton laboratory, Samuel Wang is searching for basic information on how the brains of humans and dogs work. Dr. Wang, 42, an associate professor at the university, also spends time popularizing breakthroughs in his specialty ... -
Emory receives $2.4 million to improve humanities - Atlanta Journal Constitution
8 Feb 2010 | 8:18 pmThe grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow the college to refocus the humanities around interdisciplinary areas and and to recruit new faculty, officials said. The university plans to create a "Society of Fellows" -- a cohort or ... -
Brain Location for Fear of Losing Money Pinpointed -- The Amygdala - Science Daily
8 Feb 2010 | 8:04 pmResearchers at the California Institute of Technology studied a phenomenon known as 'loss aversion' in two patients with lesions to the amygdala, a region deep within the brain involved in emotions and decision-making. The results of the study, part ... -
New robot joins Three Rivers ER - TMCnet
8 Feb 2010 | 7:54 amLOUISA, Feb 08, 2010 (The Daily Independent - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Three Rivers Medical Center, in partnership with St. Mary's Regional Neuroscience and Stroke Center, has acquired a RP-7 Remote Presence Robotic ... -
Uncorrelated Activity in the Brain - Science Daily
7 Feb 2010 | 10:43 pmTheir findings provide detail as to how the brain accesses and processes information. "Understanding healthy neuronal activity is one of the first steps to unlocking the brains of those with illnesses such as autism," said Dr. Andreas S. Tolias ...
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SharpBrains
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The Evolution of Empathy
2 Feb 2010 | 6:28 am(Editor’s Note: we are pleased to bring you this article thanks to our collaboration with Greater Good Magazine). The Evolution of Empathy Empathy’s not a uniquely human trait, explains primatologist Frans de Waal. Apes and other animals feel it as well, suggesting that empathy is truly an essential part of who we are. Once upon a time, the United States had a president known for a peculiar facial display. In an act of controlled emotion, he would bite his lower lip and tell his audience, “I feel your pain.” Whether the display was sincere is not the issue here; how we are… -
Will the Apple Tablet Support or Hinder Users’ Cognitive Fitness?
26 Jan 2010 | 7:20 amRumor has it that Apple is going to announce a tablet computer, which may well become a revolutionary new way for users to read and experience all kinds of educational content. Will it support or hinder our Cognitive Fitness? In this article, I describe the criteria that a tablet computer—and its technological ecosystem—must meet in order for the solution to make users more knowledgeable and smarter. To achieve these lofty goals, the tablet must be much more than an “e-reader”. The offering must be an integrated learning environment with which users transform the information that… -
Cognitive Enhancement via Drugs vs. Software
25 Jan 2010 | 1:27 pmSharpBrains Summit participant Peter Reiner, from the National Core for Neuroethics at the University of British Columbia, shares his main Summit take-aways on the potential and challenges of non-invasive technologies for brain fitness. He synthesizes the opportunity well: 1) Cognition is not monolithic 2) Software is adaptive 3) and seems safe, elaborating that: “Will brain fitness software dominate the world of cognitive enhancement? Prior to this conference I was quite skeptical, but the overall impression that I was left with was that brain fitness software may turn out to have some… -
SharpBrains Summit starts today
18 Jan 2010 | 5:16 amThe SharpBrains Summit is ongoing, with 242 participants in 15 countries! thanks to the IT brains at the Institute for The Future and collaborators such as Anett Gyurak, Pascale Michelon and Camille Finley, event is going great. If you Twitter, you can follow my updates here. The Summit hashtag/ feed is #sharp2010. Participants who were actively tweeting the first day: @IFTFHealth @rodfalcon @positscience @billiamjames @drg @FitLifeClubs @performbetter @YoungDrivers @AOborne (Registration is closed now for new participants, please subscribe to our eNewsletter if you want to learn about future… -
Working memory: a better predictor of academic success than IQ?
10 Jan 2010 | 5:38 amWorking memory is the ability to hold information in your head and Pic: Flickr (Plasticinaa) manipulate it mentally. You use this mental workspace when adding up two numbers spoken to you by someone else without being able to use pen and paper or a calculator. Children at school need this memory on a daily basis for a variety of tasks such as following teachers’ instructions or remembering sentences they have been asked to write down. The main goal of our recent paper published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology was to investigate the predictive power of working memory and IQ…
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ScienceDaily: Nutrition
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Mediterranean diet may lower risk of brain damage that causes thinking problems
9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 amA Mediterranean diet may help people avoid the small areas of brain damage that can lead to problems with thinking and memory, according to a new study. -
Beer is a rich source of silicon and may help prevent osteoporosis
9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 amA new study suggests that beer is a significant source of dietary silicon, a key ingredient for increasing bone mineral density. Beers containing high levels of malted barley and hops are richest in silicon. -
Blueberries counteract intestinal diseases
9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 amIt is already known that blueberries are rich in antioxidants and vitamins. New research shows that blueberry fiber is important and can alleviate and protect against intestinal inflammations, such as ulcerative colitis. The protective effect is even better if the blueberries are eaten together with probiotics. -
Soft drink consumption may markedly increase risk of pancreatic cancer
9 Feb 2010 | 2:00 amConsuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly twofold compared to individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to a new study. -
Childhood obesity: It's not the amount of TV, it's the number of junk food commercials
8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pmThe association between television viewing and childhood obesity is directly related to children's exposure to commercials that advertise unhealthy foods, according to a new study.
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MedicalNewsToday: Nutrition
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Tax On Sugared Drinks Loses Appeal, Tanning Salons Still Fighting
9 Feb 2010 | 4:00 amLos Angeles Times: "Only months ago, supporters of the soda tax saw it as an idea whose hour was near. The sheer magnitude of the medical cost of obesity added urgency to the issue ... But opponents questioned any link between sugary drinks and obesity, and expressed concern about a slippery slope of taxes on other products... -
Canadian Dietitians 'Dish Up' Gold Medal Advice And Menus For Olympic Athletes
9 Feb 2010 | 3:00 amDietitians are key members of the Olympic team - advising elite athletes on what to eat and ensuring they get the right foods to fuel them during their competitive events. "In addition to the rigorous coaching, training and commitment, Olympic athletes need the right foods every day for success... -
Drinking Beer Could Be Good For Your Bones, Study
9 Feb 2010 | 1:00 amA new study suggests that beer is a significant source of dietary silicon, a key ingredient for increasing bone mineral density... -
Mediterranean Diet May Lower Risk Of Brain Damage That Causes Thinking Problems
9 Feb 2010 | 1:00 amA Mediterranean diet may help people avoid the small areas of brain damage that can lead to problems with thinking and memory, according to a study released that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10 to April 17, 2010... -
"Measuring Up" - Leading Health Groups Recommend WHO Growth Charts To Track Babies' And Children's Growth
9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 amFour leading national health professional associations have collectively recommended the adoption of the World Health Organization (WHO) Growth Charts for monitoring the growth of Canadian children in all primary health care and clinical settings...
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Medicinal Food News
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Mediterranean diet may help prevent dementia, study says
9 Feb 2010 | 5:00 amEating a diet rich in healthy fats and limiting dairy and meat could do more than keep your heart healthier. It could also help keep you thinking clearly -
Study finds beer is a rich source of silicon, may help prevent osteoporosis
8 Feb 2010 | 5:00 amA new study suggests that beer is a significant source of dietary silicon, a key ingredient for increasing bone mineral density. -
Men who eat soy may have lower lung cancer risk
7 Feb 2010 | 5:00 amMen who don't smoke and eat a lot of soy may have a lower risk of lung cancer, according to a new study -
Tests Show Top Tuna Brands Have High Mercury Levels
6 Feb 2010 | 5:00 amTests on more than 300 samples of canned tuna from the top three brands in the United States revealed that more than half contained mercury levels above what's considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency -
Diet changes improve older adults' cholesterol too
1 Feb 2010 | 5:00 amOlder adults can cut their cholesterol levels by revamping their dietary fat intake -- even if they are already on cholesterol-lowering statins, a new study finds
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Healthy Eating & Nutrition News
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BBC Panorama - The hunt for healthy food for children
27 Jan 2010 | 3:44 amBBC News - Panorama - The hunt for healthy food for children Tremendous expose of children's food and tricks currently being used to dupe parents.Cow & Gates excuse for the high sugar in their follow on milk was a study that showed high protein children's diets lead to obesity.However what the study actually reveals is that too much meat and dairy can lead to obesity and certainly NOT that sugar is better than fat and protein!The study from the Research Institute of Child Nutrition revealedThe ages of 12 months and 5-6 y were identified as critical ages at which higher total and animal, but… -
Free Weight Loss and Health Advice
19 Jan 2010 | 2:45 pmThe Diet & Fitness ShowFree weight loss and optimal health advice at Olympia, London on Sunday 24th January.Leading UK weight loss expertYvonne Bishop-Weston will be explaining her no diet, no calorie counting approach to weight loss and optimal health at Olympia in London this Sunday afternoon at 2pmDiscover her secrets to sustainable weight loss and optimal healthNutritionists London -
The commuter diet: Don't starve yourself, just eat | Health & Beauty
7 Jan 2010 | 3:18 amThe commuter diet: Don't starve yourself, just eat | Health & BeautyMore of the same from "The Food Dr", nutritionist Ian Marber - but it really is that simple. They say that if you tell a truth enough times it becomes a fact, or is a fact becomes a truth.... Whilst the voice of reason is growing louder from nutritionists like Marber and Yvonne Bishop-Weston equally the likes of Dieticians, "Doctors" such as Ben Goldacre desperately cling to Diet Culture with advice that justs leads the general public to be more overweight and getting more ill. Ian leads by example he's not genetically… -
bmj.com: Ben Goldacre
6 Jan 2010 | 8:09 ambmj.com: Just found this lovely response to The Bitch Doctor from Dr John Briffa on the BMJ website ........ it's old but worth revisiting.John P Briffa,Doctor and health writerWoolaston House, 25 Southwood Lane, Highgate, London N6 5ED Dr Goldacre’s opinion piece [1] takes a broad swipe at media nutritionists by focusing on some silly thinking and the ‘pseudoscience’ that undoubtedly can sometimes be found in the area. The author takes particular exception to Gillian McKeith’s claim that chlorophyll is rich in oxygen and that eating plenty of it will help to… -
Must Have Cookbook This Christmas
17 Dec 2009 | 4:15 amMust have addition to a cookbook shelf : Formally the domain of eccentric celebrities, now polititions, business men such as Richard Branson, and mainstream health professionals are recognising the benefits of eating less meat for both optimal health and the environment.It's getting to the stage where you'll soon be branded a food fascist or culinary racist if you can't provide a delicious and innovative healthy vegan dish at your restaurant.The chance of a vegan guest at your Christmas celebration or dinner party is now greater than at any time in history - there has been a massive surge in…
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Health Supreme
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'Third-hand smoke'? - Health Supreme NewsGrabs Wednesday, 9 February 2010
9 Feb 2010 | 1:04 amBBC reports on a Berkeley study that introduces yet another level in the anti-smoking campaign: Not only is second hand smoke causing cancer, but now "third hand smoke" is bad for your health as well. Wait a minute. What are those people trying to cover up? What about hundreds of thousands of deaths from pharmaceuticals, what about chemical toxins of all kinds we find in the environment and in our food, what about depleted uranium being liberally vaporized in "theaters of conflict", what about radioactivity from leaks in our power plants, what about microwave pollution… -
Amino acid imbalance may be cause of autism - Health Supreme NewsGrabs Thursday, 4 February 2010
4 Feb 2010 | 8:38 amAmino acid imbalance may be cause of Autism A New Jersey based think tank, The Center for Modeling Optimal Outcomes, LLC made an inadvertent and amazing discovery. According to The Center's founder, William McFaul, a retired business person and not a member of the scientific community, "Because of its universal applicability, our Life Sciences group has already used the model as a tool to identify highly probable causal paths for several illnesses and disease entities. Autism was one of most difficult illnesses The Center had attempted to analyze. If it hadn't been for so many parents… -
The Rise of Marketing-Based Medicine - Health Supreme NewsGrabs Monday, 1 February 2010
1 Feb 2010 | 3:11 amBy the way ... today's date is 01022010 ... if we adopt the European way of writing dates. Palindrome anyone? The Rise Of Marketing-Based Medicine “While much excitement has been generated surrounding evidence-based medicine, internal documents from the pharmaceutical industry suggest that the publicly available evidence base may not accurately represent the underlying data regarding its products,” they write in Bioethical Inquiry. “We propose that while evidence-based medicine is a noble ideal, marketing-based medicine is the current reality…Although many internal industry documents… -
Whistleblowers Charge: Psychiatric Prescriptions are Medicaid Fraud - Health Supreme NewsGrabs Tuesday, 26 January 2010
26 Jan 2010 | 7:25 amPsychRights whistleblower suit challenges psychiatric prescriptions, charges medicaid fraud "Even though the drug companies have been using these methods to induce psychiatrists to prescribe these drugs, it is the psychiatrists' responsibility to base their decisions on the facts, not drug company marketing," said Mr. Gottstein, continuing, "the uncritical acceptance of pharmaceutical company hype represents a massive betrayal of trust by the psychiatrists prescribing these drugs to children and youth." AstraZeneca 'suppressed' drug test data Thousands of patients are suing AstraZeneca in US… -
Poison Control Statistics Prove Supplement Safety - Health Supreme NewsGrabs Saturday, 23 January 2010
23 Jan 2010 | 6:23 amPoison Control Statistics Prove Supplements' Safety: No Deaths from Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids or Herbs There was not even one death caused by a dietary supplement in 2008, according to the most recent information collected by the U.S. National Poison Data System. The new 174-page annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers, published in the journal Clinical Toxicology, shows zero deaths from multiple vitamins; zero deaths from any of the B vitamins; zero deaths from vitamins A, C, D, or E; and zero deaths from any other vitamin. Additionally, there were no deaths…
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Healthy Food & Healthy Living
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10 healthy cooking tips for great flavor with less salt
8 Feb 2010 | 3:05 amI devoted last week’s post to salt, and to the fact that we consume, to our detriment, two-to-three times our recommended daily upper limit of salt. The bulk of this excess intake comes unnoticed and hidden in processed and restaurant (especially fast-food restaurant) foods. The best way to deal with our salt overload is to minimize highly processed foods in our diet. (To be honest, if salt were the only issue with these highly processed foods I wouldn’t get so excited. Not everyone becomes hypertensive, and not every hypertensive person is sensitive to salt, but it so happens that salt… -
Just a pinch of salt for health
1 Feb 2010 | 3:05 amWorld Salt Awareness Week starts today, and it’s the perfect time to look at salt and health. Salt runs in the veins of language. There are reminders everywhere of salt’s former glory. The word “salary” is derived from salt (Roman soldiers were paid in salt), and salt is at the root of “sauce”, “salsa” and “salad”. Ancient wars were waged over the control of salt. Today, a modern war on salt—salt reduction—is looming in the horizon. And for good reason. While salt is a dietary mineral we can’t live without, most of us take in two or three times the daily recommended… -
What do burgers and fries have to do with diabetes?
25 Jan 2010 | 3:02 amMorgan Spurlock gained 25 pounds and suffered physically and emotionally after eating exclusively at McDonald's for just one month in his excellent documentary Super Size Me. But that’s not the reason “minimize fast food” is the rallying cry of almost all serious health and weight-loss advocates. Spurlock’s personal experiment makes for good entertainment, but personal stories aren’t scientific proof, and can also lead to the wrong conclusion. There are, in fact, a few well- publicized stories of people losing weight on a McDonald’s regimen (read carefully, though: what these… -
Why do we care what the Surgeon General weighs?
18 Jan 2010 | 3:39 amAs soon as President Obama announced Dr. Regina Benjamin as his pick for surgeon general last July she came under fire for—can you believe it?—her weight! Dr Benjamin’s figure has received more scrutiny and bashing from bloggers and commentators than her exemplary qualifications and achievements. Last Monday, on Dr. Benjamin’s swearing-in date, she gave an interview to Good Morning America, in which she honestly responded to the comments about her figure. “Most women want to be attractive,” she said. “You don’t want to see negative things, people calling you names. So it was… -
Immunity boosting foods? Really?
11 Jan 2010 | 3:00 amThe connection between diet and health was proposed some 24 centuries ago by Hippocrates, and I can imagine he first heard of it from his mom, who heard it from her ancestors. Today, grandmas, moms and physicians have piles of scientific evidence supporting their observations and advice. It’s true: Diet does play an important role in health. We’re learning more each day and the discovery is fascinating. Unfortunately, scientific discoveries are being overly-interpreted to promote the sale of foods, and scientific jargon appears all too often as buzzwords on packaged goods. Our latest Flu…
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Natural Health Restored
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Healthy Breakfast Recipes
8 Feb 2010 | 12:50 pmStart your day the right way with these healthy breakfast recipes. -
The Importance of Breakfast, THE Meal You Should Never Skip
8 Feb 2010 | 12:44 pmLearn about the importance of breakfast and why you should make it the largest meal of your day. -
Natural Toothpaste
8 Feb 2010 | 5:53 amLearn why you should be using natural toothpaste and toothpaste alternatives such as ToothSoap instead of commercial brands. -
On Two Meals A Day
7 Feb 2010 | 9:34 amWhen you live in a world where eating is the norm (it occurs everywhere, at any time of day and night, and in places and situations not allotted to it) -
It's Working For Me
7 Feb 2010 | 9:34 amI recently changed to 2 meals a day to help normalize my weight - actually from being underweight. I found that I gained several pounds in a short time.
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Food Renegade
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Introducing an E-Course in Traditional Foods Preparation
9 Feb 2010 | 10:34 amPreparing Real Food can be daunting. If you've never baked a loaf of bread, how are you supposed to suddenly master making sourdough or using sprouted grains? What if you've never made yogurt, cheese, or sauerkraut? Let's say you decide to tackle one of these tasks, now what? Where do you go from there? Books like Nourishing Traditions can be overwhelming. There's just too much to practically change all at once. How do you know where to start? That's why I'm so excited to introduce you to a new online course developed by fellow blogger Wardeh Harmon. [[This is a summary only. Keep reading by… -
GIVEAWAY: Healthy Eats Here! Restaurant Guide
8 Feb 2010 | 11:50 amIf you're at all like me, you like it when other people cook. Don't get me wrong, I *love* cooking, but after creating 3 Real Food meals a day for my entire family, it's nice to take a break and eat out. But does that break really have to come at the cost of delicious, Real Food? Particularly on a special day like Valentine's Day? Holly Hickman believes it doesn't. In her travel-intensive career, Holly has spent years accumulating research on places to dine out that source their foods well. Recently, she compiled a killer dining guide to restaurants all across the U.S. You want restaurants… -
Fight Back Friday February 5th
4 Feb 2010 | 8:00 pmWelcome to yet another Fight Back Friday! Today we're bringing together another collection of recipes, tips, anecdotes, and testimonies from members of the Real Food Revolution. Who are they? Why, they're the Food Renegades. You know who you are -- lovers of SOLE (Sustainable, Organic, Local, and Ethical) food, traditional food, primal food, REAL food, the list goes on. I believe that by joining together, our influence can grow, and we can change the way America (and the industrialized world) eats! So, let's have some fun. [[This is a summary only. Keep reading by clicking on the Title… -
Real Food for Superbowl Sunday
4 Feb 2010 | 1:54 pmI try to avoid Superbowl Sunday. Maybe it's un-American of me, but I always make it a goal to not know who's playing who or even (if possible) when the game is. It's not because I dislike football, but because I loathe how saturated with advertising American culture is. This single football game has more advertising dollars thrown at it than just about any other event in the entire year. So, I play a game with myself. Can I avoid all the advertising? Can I possibly make it past a Superbowl Sunday without noticing who's playing, or even that they're playing? Of course, I always fail. Even if I… -
Just Say No To UHT Milk
4 Feb 2010 | 1:16 pmI'd been a raw milk drinker for years. Yet I hadn't expected to respond so viscerally to the glass of Horizon organic milk my friend poured for me. After all, that's what I'd drunk for years before making the switch to raw milk from grass-fed cows. "Yuck. This tastes burnt!" I said. That's when I saw it. The milk had been ultra-high temperature pasteurized. In fact, more than 80% of the organic milk sold in the U.S. is UHT pasteurized. It's why I don't drink organic milk. [[This is a summary only. Keep reading by clicking on the Title above.]]
