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 Health & Beauty
Desk Rage Spoils Workplace For Many
 Ellen Wulfhorst
Get out of the way, road rage. Here comes desk rage. Anger in the workplace - employees and employers who are grumpy, insulting, short-tempered or worse - is shockingly common and likely growing as Americans cope with woes of rising costs, job uncertainty or overwhelming debt.
Sexual Phobias: Understand And Overcome
 Abby Kapoor
Some people have phobias that deal with heights, insects or spiders, high places, lightening, enclosed spaces etc. Living with any kind of phobias is quite difficult but if one suffers from sexual phobia (phobia related to sex) then it will affect both his social and sexual life altogether.
Mind's Eye Influences Visual Perception
 Melanie Moran
Letting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery - what we see with the “mind’s eye” - directly impacts our visual perception.
Get Smart About What You Eat And You Might Actually Improve Your Intelligence
 Cody Mooneyhan
New research findings published online in The FASEB Journal provide more evidence that if we get smart about what we eat, our intelligence can improve.
And God Said, "Just Do It"
 David Van Biema
Genesis, chapter 2 verse 24, says a man "shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh." But how liberally to define cleave? That was the very special Bible query the Rev. Stacy Spencer and his wife Rhonda took up last month with 252 married people at their New Direction Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn. And the Spencers' answer was ... encouraging.
Homosexual Behavior Due to Genetics and Environmental Factors
 Sian Halkyard
Writing in the scientific journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, researchers from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, and Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm report that genetics and environmental factors are important determinants of homosexual behaviour.
Antipsychotic Drugs Triple Risk of Death for Dementia Patients
 Elizabeth Lopatto
People with dementia more than tripled their risk of death or hospitalization within a month of taking antipsychotic drugs to silence their agitation, according to a study.
Trust Drug May Cure Social Phobia
 BBC News
A nasal spray which increases our trust for strangers is showing promise as a treatment for social phobia, say scientists from Zurich University.
Wesak – Making the Most of the Spiritual New Year
 JOY!
The entire week leading up to Wesak, (also known as Buddha's Birthday) holds high holy energy for anyone to tap into. That's why I am holding a miniature Wesak Festival at the hidden hot springs in Puerto Vallarta on Monday May 19th.
The Growing Wave of Teenage Self-Injury
 Jane E. Brody
Here are some of the reasons young people have given for why they deliberately and repeatedly injure their own bodies, a disturbing and hard-to-treat phenomenon that experts say is increasing among adolescents, college students and young adults.
Obesity Linked to Increased Risk for Dementia
 Johns Hopkins University
Obesity may increase adults’ risk for having dementia, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
High Self-Esteem is Not Always What It’s Cracked Up to Be, Says UGA Psychologist
 Kim Osborne
It was once thought that more self-esteem necessarily is better self-esteem. In recent years, however, high self-esteem per se has come under attack on several fronts, especially in areas such as aggressive behavior.
Tranquillisers Putting Children's Lives at Risk
 Sarah Boseley
New evidence has shown children's lives are being put at risk by a surge in the use of controversial tranquillising drugs which are being prescribed to control their behaviour, the Guardian has learned.
Is True Love Worth the Hassle?
 Betsy Hart
Every once in a while I scan the advice columns for a little view into humanity. More than every once in a while I come across something that seems to encapsulate where our crazy culture is in its thinking about relationships.
Good Sexual Intercourse Lasts Minutes, Not Hours, Therapists Say
 Vicki Fong
Satisfactory sexual intercourse for couples lasts from 3 to 13 minutes, contrary to popular fantasy about the need for hours of sexual activity, according to a survey of U.S. and Canadian sex therapists.
Yes, Running Can Make You High
 Gina Kolata
The runner’s high: Every athlete has heard of it, most seem to believe in it and many say they have experienced it. But for years scientists have reserved judgment because no rigorous test confirmed its existence.
Is Our Happiness Preordained?
 Laura Blue
Though most of us spend a lifetime pursuing happiness, new research is showing that that goal may be largely out of our control. Two new studies this month add to a growing body of evidence that factors like genes and age may impact our general well-being more than our best day-to-day attempts at joy.
Musings on Mortality - Leaving a Legacy
 Pamela Thompson
The "D" word is not one with which most people in the Western world are comfortable. The Wise Wo-men of Vallarta are pleased to present the Amazing Norma Schuh: "Musings on Mortality - Leaving a Legacy" on March 19th at the IFC.
Teenage Sex Fantasies and Sad Facts
 Betsy Hart
When I was 14, this was my "sexual" fantasy: I would go to a concert featuring Paul McCartney. He would spy me from the stage, think I was cute and ask to meet me after the concert. We would talk, hold hands, maybe even snuggle a bit. That was my fantasy. All of it.
Smoking Doesn't Make You Happy
 Andrew Gould
If you are planning to ignore the messages of national No Smoking Day on 12th March by claiming that smoking is one of the few pleasures left to you, then recent research from the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England may make you think again.
Antidepressant Drugs Don't Work – Official Study
 Jeremy Laurance
They are among the biggest-selling drugs of all time, the "happiness pills" that supposedly lift the moods of those who suffer depression and are taken by millions of people every year. But one of the largest studies of modern antidepressant drugs has found that they have no clinically significant effect.
Intentional Living Workshop in Vallarta
 PVNN
Author and psychologist Linda Abbott Trapp will be presenting a free Intentional Living Workshop on Tuesday, February 26th from 10 am-12 noon at the Christian Community Church, next to Parque Hidalgo in downtown Puerto Vallarta.
As Depression Symptoms Improve with Antidepressants, Hopelessness Can Linger
 Katie Vloet
People taking medication for depression typically see a lot of improvements in their symptoms during the first few months, but lagging behind other areas is a sense of hopefulness, according to new research from the University of Michigan Health System.
Second Pursuing The Secret Workshop
 PVNN
Back by popular demand, former IBM training executive, Larry Sheldon, will be conducting his second six-week workshop of the season based on the runaway NY Times Best Seller, The Secret, starting on February 7th, 2008.
Don't Worry, Be (Moderately) Happy, Research Suggests
 Diana Yates
Could the pursuit of happiness go too far? Most self-help books on the subject offer tips on how to maximize one’s bliss, but a new study suggests that moderate happiness may be preferable to full-fledged elation.
Study Finds an Equal Level of Commitment
 American Psychological Association
Same-sex couples are just as committed in their romantic relationships as heterosexual couples, say researchers who have studied the quality of adult relationships and healthy development.
Bright Light Therapy Eases Bipolar Depression for Some
 University of Pittsburgh
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic studied nine women with bipolar disorder to examine the effects of light therapy in the morning or at midday on mood symptoms.
Pursuing The Secret Workshop
 PVNN
Beginning on January 9th, ex-IBM training executive and partner of Len of the salon blu by Len, Larry Sheldon, will be conducting a six-week workshop based on the runaway NY Times Best Seller, The Secret.
How to Beat the Holiday Blues
 PVNN
Not to be missed events on HealthCare Resources' December Calendar begin on the 4th with an important and relevant speaker program - Clinical Psychologist Dra. Mara Karpel speaking on "How to Beat the Holiday Blues."
The Veteran Suicide Epidemic
 CBS News
They are the casualties of wars you don't often hear about - soldiers who die of self-inflicted wounds. Little is known about the true scope of suicides among those who have served in the military.
Emotional Intelligence and the Use of Tobacco and Cannabis
 Joaquin Limonero
The term Emotional Intelligence could be defined as the capacity to perceive, comprehend and regulate one's own emotions and those of others so as to be able to distinguish between emotions and use this information as a guide for one's thoughts and actions.
Self Mutilation: Some Teens Hurt Themselves to Deal With Emotional Pain
 Ashley Meeks
Everyone knows that skin naturally recoils from the sharpness of a razor. But sometimes, it doesn't. Not everybody knows that. Like the 14-year-old with the horizontal slashes across her arm.
Suicide Increasing Among Mexican Youngsters
 Prensa Latina
The number of suicides for economic reasons among Mexican youngsters has increased four fold in the last 15 years, a study by the National Statistics, Geography and Computing Institute (INEGI), released by Mexican press, revealed on Saturday.
Why it is Impossible for Some to ‘Just Say No’
 Michael Inzlicht
Drug abuse, crime and obesity are but a few of the problems our nation faces, but they all have one thing in common - people’s failure to control their behavior in the face of temptation.
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