Category: Lifestyle
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How to Recognize Health Misinformation
From foods to skin creams to ice baths. We’re inundated with health misinformation. Products that say they’ll improve our health, cure disease and make us live longer. For some, the claims may be true, but for many, it can be hard to tell fact from fiction. While a lot of these products don’t live up…
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Struggling with your New Year’s Resolution?
If you made a New Year’s resolution this year, great. If you’ve stuck with it, even better. But if you haven’t, or feel like you’re struggling with it, take heart, you’re not alone. It’s believed that 80% of people have given up on their resolutions by mid-February. The most common resolutions are those dealing with…
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Got the winter blues? You’re not alone.
If you’re feeling the winter blues or getting down about the long dark nights, you’re not alone. The third Monday of January has been labelled as Blue Monday as one of the most depressing days of the year. It’s around this time post-holiday boredom sets in and people find their New Year’s resolutions faltering. And…
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The Science Behind Smiling
The smile. A simple gesture but with so much power. Nothing comes close to the return on investment of a smile to make you feel better. Not only that, your smile has the power to lift the mood of others around you. And there is science behind smiling. A smile is universally recognized throughout the…