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  • Study: Psychological support helps heart attack patients live longer

    Published October 14, 2013

    Taking the time to talk to patients about their treatment, using music therapy and prayer might be keeping heart attack patients alive longer. A recent study suggests psychological interventions reduced deaths and cardiovascular events in heart disease patients by half

  • Major mid-life stress may raise Alzheimer's risk

    Published October 01, 2013

    Going through a major life crisis can have long-term consequences on your mental and physical health according to a new study, which found a link between major life stressors, like divorce, and developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life

  • Omega-3s don't prevent cognitive decline

    Published September 26, 2013

    If you’ve been munching down walnuts and scarfing up fish to fortify your brain against cognitive decline, you may be fueling up on omegas for naught.

  • 48 hours: How long would you run for charity?

    Published September 17, 2013

    Many joggers in NYC run around the Central Park’s reservoir, a 1.5 mile loop, more ambitious runners tackle the 6-mile loop around the entire park. But imagine running that loop around the park for 48 hours straight? Eric Gelber, 46, plans to do just that

  • The cities that eat the healthiest working meals

    Published August 28, 2013

    An online food-ordering business mined its data to find out which cities are ordering the healthiest lunch or dinner while at work. And the winner is...

  • Visit the doctor. . .at work?

    Published August 22, 2013

    For decades, large companies have had on-site health care, but these clinics usually focused on work-related injuries. In recent years, clinics have begun to expand, becoming fully staffed primary care offices, treating everything from a sore throat to diabetes

  • Workplace bullies target less attractive employees

    Published August 14, 2013

    Some workplace bullies will target anyone for any reason. But preliminary research has shown that less attractive employees are more likely to become victims of bullying than others.

  • Study: Working moms' stress levels linked to 'mental labor'

    Published August 13, 2013

    We all know how challenging it is to juggle the responsibilities of work and family, but a new study is highlighting just how much time parents spend thinking about and planning all the details of family life

  • Does having a neat or sloppy desk influence the way you think?

    Published August 07, 2013

    Researchers found that working at a clean and tidy desk promotes socially acceptable behaviors, like generosity and healthy eating, whereas working at a sloppy desk promotes out-of the-box thinking and an openness to new ideas.

  • Camping may help retrain your body rhythm

    Published August 01, 2013

    A new study has found just how much electric lighting affects our sleep wake cycles. The study, published online in the journal Current Biology, also found that all it takes is a week of camping in the great outdoors to synch your body to the rising and setting of the sun.