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A weekend spa retreat sounds heavenly, but between work, the kids and the bank account, who can possible pull it off? The good news is that you don't really need one to relax and rejuvenate. With practice, you can boost your well-being practically anywhere, anytime. Here are some easy, no-cost ways to relax and refresh without ever leaving home, from Woman's Day magazine: Give yourself a rub Read more...

Eastern philosophy guru Deepak Chopra says he has one way to reform our sorry state of health care: by reconnecting with our spiritual side. Once we do that, he said, we'll alter the structure of our brains, optimize our genetic functioning and stop taking so many unnecessary medications. Chopra calls this the biology of happiness and expounds on it in his latest book, "Reinventing Read more...

FARMINGTON, N.M. -- Twin green lights move back and forth horizontally across a screen, at times blending into a single fluorescent line. Diane Hebbard slides her right foot in and out of her sandal in nervous tension as Bill Eubank guides her on a journey into the past. Hebbard, a teacher at Navajo Ministries, is afraid of heights. Eubank, a counselor at the ministries, specializes Read more...

People suffering from common mental health problems like anxiety or depression are more likely to become obese, researchers said. The risks increase every time a person suffers an episode of feeling depressed or anxious. The research was carried out on more than 4,000 adults (3,122 men and 1,241 women) aged 35 to 55 who were followed for more than 19 years. They were asked questions Read more...

A distraught man staggers into a psychiatrist's office and slumps into a chair. "You've got to help me, Doc," he says. "I'm losing my memory." "Tell me about it," says the shrink. "Well," says the man, "I once had a successful business, a wife, home and family. I was a respected member of the community. But all that's gone now. Since my Read more...

As the thermometer goes up, so does your mood -- according to a new University of Colorado study. CU scientist Christopher Lowry, an assistant professor of integrative physiology, received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue studying the link between temperature and mood. The grant is paid for with a Faculty Early Career Development Award. "Whether lying Read more...

Researchers have a new remedy for women who want to stave off heart disease: Take a dose of optimism. More specifically, a new study of more than 97,000 post-menopausal women found that those with positive attitudes had a lower risk of developing heart disease than their pessimistic counterparts. Their risk of developing heart disease was 9 percent lower, and the risk of dying from any Read more...

It appears a surprising number of baby boomers are engaging in the type of behavior usually associated with college-aged kids: binge drinking and smoking dope. But unlike the younger generation, the problem is easier to hide. Those were the findings of two reports published this week. The first, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, surveyed over 11,000 adults between the ages of 50 to Read more...

Whether on the golf course, in the classroom, on stage or in the office, you may have experienced what experts call performance blocks. With some cases being more severe than others, there are specific treatments available for those who seek it. "People develop problems related to performance for a number of reasons," said Dr. Jack Watson, associate professor of sport and exercise Read more...

It is probably safe to say that the Baby Boom generation, the first wave of which is just now contemplating senior citizenship, will follow the words that poet Dylan Thomas wrote to his dying father: "Do not go gentle into that good night." But raging against the dying of the light, as Thomas urged his father to do, is going to mean "a significant shift in the paradigm about Read more...

In 2005, Leo Babauta, a writer, husband, and father of six, quit smoking, took up running, shed excess weight, and started on a quest to become debt-free, better organized, more productive, happier and healthier. Babauta has accomplished all that and more. Just as his running progressed -- one step at a time -- until he had completed a marathon (several actually) he has been methodical in Read more...

PINEHURST, N.C.  -- Just a few weeks ago, Freddie Cockerem couldn't walk at all. But on Thursday, he walked the dog. Cockerem, a 70-year-old rehabilitation patient at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, was taking part in one of the hospital's newest programs -- animal-assisted therapy. The program uses specially trained dogs to help patients strengthen their bodies through Read more...

If you want your next presentation to be a home run, don't wear a red shirt to the meeting – don't even sit next to someone else wearing red tie. University of Rochester researchers say the color red has such a deep association with failure and error for most people in our culture that even getting a glimpse of the color before taking a test or performing an important task can profoundly affect Read more...

People age 50 and older performed worse on special tests after having moderate amounts of alcohol, but they did not know it, U.S. researchers said. The University of Florida researchers said that although people 50 or older in the study metabolized alcohol similar to how younger people did, they performed worse on special tests after having moderate amounts of alcohol and did not always Read more...

When your elderly parent stumbles or slurs his words, it may not be due to normal aging. He could be one of the millions of senior citizens who have issues with alcohol.The latest National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism statistics estimate that 20 percent of people over the age of 55 abuse alcohol to a problematic extent; 5-6 percent - between 1.1 and 2.3 million of them - are Read more...

What’s to blame for the global financial meltdown? Is it the banks? The government? Greed? Try DNA. New research from scientists at Northwestern University has linked two specific genes to risk-taking in financial investment decisions. The researchers started with the theory that many of the investors who took the excessive risks that led to the current financial crisis may carry two gene Read more...

TOKYO -- In Japan, "What's your type?" is much more than small talk; it can be a paramount question in everything from matchmaking to getting a job. By type, the Japanese mean blood type, and no amount of scientific debunking can kill a widely held notion that blood tells all. In the year just ended, four of Japan's top 10 best-sellers were about how blood type determines Read more...

If you've ever tried to reason with a toddler who's playing with fire (literally or figuratively), you know how effective that can be. Better strategy, create a distraction. Same goes for you and whatever unhealthy habit you've been trying to wean yourself from. While you can intellectualize ad nauseam about why you should change your ways, there's a part of your brain that's a screaming two year Read more...

I'm not surprised at the latest findings that more than 30,000 people are addicted to over-the-counter painkillers in the U.K. A Medical Practitioners' (MPs) report on drugs misuse reveals that some take a staggering 70 pills a day, which can result in serious side effects such as liver damage and stomach ulcers. People assume any pills they buy at the drug store without a prescription are Read more...

If one bothered to notice, we would see that most reports about "violence" are really stories about "violent males." That is not to say that females aren't violent. It is just that the male predominance is overwhelming. Yet we speak of these events in gender-neutral language as "school" violence, or "teen violence," or "terrorist" violence. Read more...