“Prof Paul Dolan, a ‘happiness expert’ from the London School of Economics, says our desire to keep up with the Joneses and have a family because that is expected of us can be detrimental to our wellbeing.”Key to Happiness
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“In one of Martinescu’s studies, published this year in Frontiers in Psychology, she and her colleagues surveyed people about their experiences with gossip in the workplace. In the study, participants were asked to “describe a specific situation in which a co-worker said something either positive or negative about their work performance behind their back to another co-worker.”
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New Type of Dementia Found!!!!
Millions of elderly people have a form of dementia that has been misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers.
One expert called it the most important dementia finding in years.
The condition, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, or Late, shares similar symptoms to Alzheimer’s, but it is a distinct disease, the journal Brain reports.
Vitamin Shoppe to Sell Edible CBD!
The Vitamin Shoppe started stocking its shelves with oral CBD soft gels this week and will start selling CBD drops by the end of the month. It’s one of the first major national retailers to sell CBD supplements since Congress legalized the cannabis derivative in December. The move flies in the face of guidance from the Food and Drug Administration that prohibits companies from adding CBD to dietary supplements until the agency has a chance to write new rules regulating its sale.
Cancer patients using alternative therapies may hesitate to tell doctors
(Reuters Health) – One in three U.S. patients with a cancer diagnosis has recently used non-standard therapies to manage their disease – but many haven’t told their doctors, survey data suggest.
Among patients who said they used so-called complementary and alternative therapies, such as herbal supplements and yoga, nearly 30 percent did not disclose this use to their physicians, researchers wrote in a letter published in JAMA Oncology.
Cancer patients using alternative therapies may hesitate to tell doctors
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