Archive for April 23rd, 2009
Fancy cars, flowers, and expensive dinners are pretty normal parts of human courting behavior that are well-known for cutting a hunk out of a man’s paycheck, if not occasionally his ego. But does all of this courting also take a slice off his life? One British geneticist thinks so. “It’s well-established in many species that [...]
Just as negative emotions impair heart function, pleasant, relaxing emotions have a positive effect on the heart. It is very important to take time out of your day, even if it is only ten minutes to do something that makes you happy. Our lives can be busy and stressful, leaving no time for fun and [...]
Every day for the final three weeks of his life, the ailing King Charles V of Germany and Spain demanded to have a funeral service and to be carried around in the coffin that would eventually be used for his burial. After all, funerals are for the living, right? Though you won’t likely be able [...]
How can one go about changing personal health behaviour, especially among those whose motivation is low? One way is to control everything by law. Although many of us would resist this idea, our lives are already controlled far more than we often realize. Laws already control certain health behaviours, but where legal regulation is not [...]
A routine visit to the doctor totally changed Tammy Munson’s life. Tammy, a 33-year-old resident of Jamestown, New York, admits that she knew very little about good nutrition when she was younger. Even though she routinely ate high-fat foods such as Buffalo wings, pepperoni pizza, and french fries, she couldn’t understand why she kept packing [...]