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"Paying People to Lose Weight Helps Drop Pounds and Health-Care Costs"
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Find Yourself Packing It On? Blame Friends
"The answer, the researchers report, was that people were most likely to become obese when a friend became obese. That increased a person’s chances of becoming obese by 57 percent."
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In Small Packages, Fewer Calories and More Profit
"In three years, sales of 100-calorie snack packs have passed the $20-million-a-year mark, as consumers don’t seem to mind paying more for less."
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Better living through self deception
"Perhaps the way to true personal acheivement and happiness is through lying to yourself instead of being honest, loafing instead of practicing, and purposely forgetting information."
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A public service video from the Organic people. Love Obi-Wan Canole.
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Get the message: it's the medium
TV can be dangerous to your health.
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Texas Governer Orders HPV Vaccine
Surprise move mandates shots for schoolgirls to prevent sex virus that leads to cancer
Scott Adams, illustrator of Dilbert, came down with something called Spasmodic Dysphonia. Basically you're brain forgets how to speak in normal context. No one had ever recovered. Until now . . .
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"Reginald Pike's Yael Staav takes us from model to billboard in under 60 seconds in this impressive new spot from Dove."
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Steven Johnson on THE GHOST MAP
"Author Steven Johnson discusses the most intense outbreak of cholera in Victorian London - and what it means to us today, from the way we understand cities, science, disease, and the modern world."
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Using incentives to increase hand-washing amongst doctors.
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Rich people spend less time lying in bed trying to fall asleep than poor people.
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How a husband-and-wife team used clever marketingâ€â€and health claimsâ€â€to turn a weird fruit into liquid gold.
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Social Isolation Growing in U.S., Study Says
The Number of People Who Say They Have No One to Confide In Has Risen
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Wheelchairs given design makeover
A designer who has spent most of his career working on parts for Formula One cars has come up with a new, off-road wheelchair.
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Drinking coffee cuts alcohol's harmful effects
Just a cup a day helps prevent cirrhosis of the liver, researchers say
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Things You Didn't Know About Your Body
"The world's most amazing, practical, and powerful health tips for men"
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"So if you want to become an early riser (or just exert more control over your sleep patterns), then try this: Go to bed only when you’re too sleepy to stay up, and get up at a fixed time every morning."
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A public service by Panasonic Oxyride batteries.
Apple teams up with Nike to help people track their running. You put a little thing in your shoe and connect another to your iPod and it tracks distance, speed and all that good stuff. When you're done running it downloads automatically.
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A day in the life of a 24-hour gym.
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Lactic Acid Is Not Muscles' Foe, It's Fuel
"The notion that lactic acid was bad took hold more than a century ago, said George A. Brooks, a professor in the department of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley. It stuck because it seemed to make so much sense."
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Danah Boy writes about her experience using marijuana for medicinal purposes over valium.
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Why can't you pay attention anymore?
All of that data flying at you by e-mail, instant message, cell phone, voice mail and BlackBerry--it could actually be making you dumber.
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Finding Happiness in a Harvard Classroom
Six tips for happiness from Tal Ben-Shahar.
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Bottled Water: Nectar of the Frauds?
"For a fraction of [the $100 billion spent yearly on bottled water], everyone on the planet could have safe drinking water and proper sanitation, the Washington, D.C.-based organization said this week."
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"Here are some of the endless numbers of activities that can stimulate your brain. The one key ingredient is to have an open mind."
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The Great Non-Amber-Colored Hope
"And if ClearRx is a success, you can be sure that no one will be happier than the graphic design community. Starved for years for persuasive proof that graphic design can make a difference, we finally have an icon to call our own."
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Why do Americans love it so much?
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Over 100 Quick and Easy Healthy Foods
"The World’s Healthiest Foods has an excellent list of healthy foods which need less than 30 minutes of preparation and cooking times. "
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Can woman live on Mickey D’s alone?
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"The line that has long separated human beings from the machines that assist them is blurring as complex technologies become a visible part of people who depend upon them."
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Ad Slogans That Would Be Perfect for Levitra, But, Unfortunately, They Have Already Been Used.
McSweeney's: "Like a rock."
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"With help from experts and product manufacturers, Real Simple has compiled a guide to expiration dates. These dates are offered as a rough guideline."
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Your Central Nervous System: Your Biological Key to Productivity
Strategies to make your body work for you
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Surviving a lightning strike.
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The Education of Elisabeth Eckleman: Back to School
The Morning News: "In this installment, Elisabeth heads back to school with fresh eyes and provides a shoulder for Katâ€â€a friend in need, indeed."
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The fatal grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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New Scientist: "There are lots of tricks, techniques and habits, as well as changes to your lifestyle, diet and behaviour that can help you flex your grey matter and get the best out of your brain cells."
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The Education of Elisabeth Eckleman: Home, Alone
Elisabeth goes home to see her momâ€â€without Bradâ€â€and then meets an old friend with an attractive offer.
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Telegraph: "The medicinal properties of antioxidants in red wine are well known, but delegates at a biochemistry conference were told that whisky offered "even greater health benefits"."
An Open Letter to the State of New York.
McSweeney's: "Feel free to use my body as it lies dormant as a site for school field trips. Make sure there is what I will call a "poker stick" next to the bed. Television has told me that kids enjoy taking a stick and poking bodies that don't move, so I
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The Education of Elisabeth Eckleman: Date Unknown
In this installment, Elisabeth questions how she feels about Chad, but then the unthinkable happens.
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You can do anything - but not everything.
David Allen, one of the world's most influential thinkers on personal productivity, offers his unique advice on how to keep up the pace -- without wearing yourself down.
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All leadership comes down to this: changing people's behavior. Why is that so damn hard? Science offers some surprising new answers -- and ways to do better.
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Pub chef bitten by deadly spider
A chef bitten by a deadly spider in his pub kitchen was saved after experts were able to identify the creature from a picture on his mobile phone.
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"1. Don't let any material thing come into your home unless you absolutely love it and want to keep it until it is beyond repair."
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Some easy to remember ways to figure out just how much food your eating/should be eating.
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US accused of trying to block abortion pills
Guardian: "The US government is trying to block the World Health Organisation from endorsing two abortion pills which could save the lives of some of the 68,000 women who die from unsafe practices in poor countries every year."
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A School of Visual Arts Grad Remakes the Pill Bottle
How the pill bottle was remadeâ€â€sensibly and beautifully.
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Wired News: "A harmless bacterium that binds to the HIV virus has been discovered by medical researchers. The find may lead to a cheap way to control infection."
Cookie Monster Advocating Eating Healthy
AP: " "Even Cookie Monster is learning to control his cookie cravings," Frist told me by e-mail. "His sage advice opened our eyes to the simple joys of a tasty cookie and now reminds us that moderation is the key to healthy living.""
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MSNBC: "Your Vulfix Shaving Brush should be allowed to air dry in a "Bristles Down-ward" position after use. Doing so will assure long brush life and proper bristle shape retention. Never enclose your brush in a sealed container while still damp."
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Ten Ways to Relax and Reduce Stress
The following are some wonderful ways to reduce anxiety, agitation and stress and promote relaxation, calm and peace within yourself.
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Brain chip reads man's thoughts
A paralysed man in the US has become the first person to benefit from a brain chip that reads his mind.
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Experts agree it takes 21 days to break a bad habit and form a new one.
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An opinion on the Terri Schiavo case from the New England Journal of Medicine
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From the Better Sleep Council
Aubrey de Grey is helping humans live forever, whether or not he's a real biologist.
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Listen to music to help you sleep
Researchers have shown just 45 minutes of relaxing music before bedtime can make for a restful night.
Why Ear Candling Is Not a Good Idea
Who knew? I guess it's no ear candling for me
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