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Sex and happiness
There are some things of which even a little is too much; deep-fried cheese, 80s British electronica bands and Adam Sandler movies spring to mind as prime examples. On the ...
News from: Social Indicators Research
Happy thoughts
We all search for happiness but where are you looking? It is tempting to think that happiness lies on the other side of a lottery win, or perhaps under ...
News from: Psychological Science
Kilt up for fertility
Kilt wearing is something proudly done by those of Scots heritage but it is regarded with a touch of trepidation by others. A kilt may look imposing but as ...
News from: Scottish Medical Journal
The anti-ageing diet
The figures associated with the anti-ageing market are staggering. The global industry is already estimated to be worth around US$100 billion. Things are not slowing down either. A report ...
News from: Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
Beet blood pressure
Beetroot makes a tasty and colourful addition to your salad but it also offers a range of health benefits. It has been shown to be good for your brain, ...
News from: Hypertension
Mindful exam performance
There are times when we all need to perform at our best under pressure. There are times when everything that you know has to come together and be expressed in ...
News from: Psychological Science
Your unique breath print
Just ask anyone who has found herself or himself immersed in the medical system and you will find out that there are a myriad of test procedures today aimed ...
News from: PLoS ONE
Long live friends
We all know the value of friends. How else would you know if you had made an appalling choice of boyfriend/girlfriend without friends to tell you? Without friends, who would ...
News from: PNAS
Fishing for a long life
Fisher-folk will tell you that the act of fishing makes your life better and longer. They advocate the calmness of the pursuit, the communion with nature, and the retreat ...
News from: Annals of Internal Medicine
Breakfast is the key
There is nothing new about the idea that breakfast is the most important meal of the day…or is there? A new study has shown just how important what you have ...
News from: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Love and weight gain
Marriage is an institution that seems to be holding on and even making a bit of a resurgence. Statistics across Australia and the US show that the raw numbers of ...
News from: Health Psychology
Meditation breeds c-OM-passion
Meditation has been around for a long time. There is conjecture that it dates back hundreds of thousands of years to times when hunter-gatherers sat around a fire and ...
News from: Psychological Science
Views to a kill
Reports of the death of cinema have been greatly exaggerated. You might think that with the growth of personal handheld smart devices that can download everything from interactive multiplayer ...
News from: International Communication Association
Oiling up immunity
When is the last time that you saw a salmon with arthritis? OK, maybe you don’t socialise too frequently with our aquatic brethren (shame on you for not getting out ...
News from: Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Organic diets fly
Medical and scientific research is a delicate balancing act. For ethical reasons you just can’t intervene, or withhold resources, in human populations. While we also have obligations to nurture and ...
News from: PLoS ONE
Work it out
There are lots of different attitudes to work. Confucius is credited with saying, “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your ...
News from: Mind
Kids in the kitchen garden
How do you respond to being lectured? If someone offered the answers to life, the universe and eternal happiness with one hand on their hip, a finger wagging and an ...
News from: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour
The coffee of youth
To paraphrase Monty Python, what have the Greeks done for the rest of us? Yes, sure, there’s democracy, but apart from that what have the Greeks given the world? Oh, ...
News from: Vascular Medicine
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