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Money v. Happiness
Read more: Money v. HappinessPsychCentral: Money Impedes Our Ability to Enjoy the Little Pleasures in Life, says study. Simply seeing a picture of money — which appears to prime our brains, increasing the concept of money at a level below awareness — seems to impede our ability to enjoy life’s little pleasures.
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Driving Cell-Drunk
Read more: Driving Cell-DrunkOprah’s been on the march against distracted driving for a while. Now, reports ScienceDaily, MDs are weighing in in the New England Journal of Medicine. One study showed talking and driving posed a four time greater risk than undistracted driving. A second study suggested texting raised the risk of collision by a factor of 23.
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Sober Living
Read more: Sober LivingA profile of an upscale, gay sober living house in the NYT: Avoiding the Undertow of Temptation. “A critically important component of recovery for people is a sense of community, not isolation,” said Robert J. Lindsey, president and chief executive of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. In sober share houses, the people…
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Depression, Weight, and Sleep (3 Articles)
Read more: Depression, Weight, and Sleep (3 Articles)Another set of three articles–ultrasounds, waistbands, and parenting–related by being a little more interesting than the others coming up in Google Reader right now: Brain stimulation with ultrasound may enhance cognitive function Link between depression, abdominal obesity confirmed by new study First-time parents’ daily sleep duration predicts their relationship satisfaction
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Pain Anger Memory (Three Articles)
Read more: Pain Anger Memory (Three Articles)Three clicks to three articles on three topics: Pain, Depression Linked (PsychCentral) Exercise May Ward Off Anger (WebMD) Memory Improved By Saying Words Aloud (PsyBlog)