He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not. The sacrificial flower is plucked bald and flower petals are strewn about the floor; it’s a familiar feeling for most people — wanting. A recent study of female Facebook users found women enjoyed the uncertainty. Yes, ladies, we relish the tease. […]
Everyone knows that if you sprain your ankle or have a headache, you can take acetaminophen to relieve the pain. After all, it is one of the most popular over-the-counter drugs for physical pain relief. But what if it could help emotional pain too? According to a study published in Psychological Science, scientists have shown that […]
Parents spend a lot of time worrying about whether or not their kids will like the gifts they get for the holidays. There is also that nagging feeling about toy safety with recalls seemingly happening every day. But while it’s important to think about safety, especially during times like Christmas, you don’t want to get […]
A recent study found that Facebook not only enables narcissistic tendencies, it encourages them. The study done at York University in Canada looked at 100 college-aged students, examined their personal Facebook page and rated their narcissistic tendencies. What the researchers learned about narcissism shouldn’t surprise us but it provides interesting insight to who is using […]
You’ve had a good year; you got a bonus and a raise, so you’re so much happier, right? Well, if you’re what a recent study calls a “frustrated achiever” probably neither of those things made you any happier. A frustrated achiever is defined in the study as “an individual[s] who reports, in a given year […]
From scientists to love gurus, many have tried to extract the traits, physical and psychological, that compel one mate to select another. If you feel compelled to cultivate the latest products, potions or traits promising desirability and love, consider that what attracts you to another and vice versa may have already been long encoded into […]
My friend told me he beats the winter blues by heading to a tanning bed to get his sun. My friend was not diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder, but like most people the short winter days bum him out.
Seasonal Affective Disorder is the technical term for the sadness some people experience in relationship to the changing of the seasons. One of the most effective ways to treat S.A.D. is with light therapy
While occasional tummy aches may be a normal part of childhood, chronic abdominal gas pain, bloating, diarrhea, or constipation that doesn’t respond to common remedies is not. Now, researchers are proposing a possible culprit behind up to half of these puzzling cases of chronic childhood stomach upset: dietary fructose intolerance, otherwise known as fructose malabsorption. The study, […]
