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Doing this simple activity will send your brain into ‘pleasure overload’John Anderer

As much as we all would love to feel good all the time, it’s very much possible to have too much of a good thing. Read More

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This food has the power to help those who have this common disease Sarah Dillon

You may be surprised. Read More

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This side effect from being interrupted at work is one you would never expect Kyle Schnitzer

Maybe a fire alarm drill happens just as you’re about to make a big presentation; that’s a bummer — but most of the time, it comes from the know-it-all employees or the chatty boss that chine in just when you’re about to prove a point. Read More

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People with these two qualities handle stress the best CW Headley

In a new paper published in the journal Consulting Psychology, researchers determined the optimal way to achieve mindfulness, as well as the characteristics that best facilitate it. Read More

Health

This is why you aren’t popular anymore, according to Harvard scientists CW Headley

For instance, it is not uncommon for us to lose touch with friends as we age. We may attribute the reasoning to increased life responsibilities but new data conducted by a team of researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology offers a more compelling explanation. Read More

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The reason why December may be the deadliest month in the pandemic yet CW Headley

There are emerging reports on COVID-19’s evolution. The particular coronvirus responsible for the disease is a fast-acting RNA virus: every time it replicates genetic material it does so uniquely, giving it more opportunities to perfect its tranmittiability. Read More

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This is why your memory is so poor Kyle Schnitzer

Scientists at Stanford University believe that the secret to understanding why we forget certain pieces of information when trying to remember something. Read More

Health

80% of COVID-19 patients don’t have enough of this in their body Kyle Schnitzer

Eighty percent of 216 COVID-19 positive patients reported having vitamin D deficiencies when they entreated the Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla in Spain, according to a new study. Read More

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Here’s what the COVID-19 vaccine will and won’t do CW Headley

Broadly speaking, a successful vaccine appears to mean time for clinicians and health systems to play catch-up. A successful vaccine does not seem to mean normalcy, at least not in the way we’re all hoping. Read More

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