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Eating Fruits and Vegetables Improve Mental Health
According to the researchers, high mental well-being is more than the absence of symptoms or illnesses. The condition of feeling good and functioning well is the key to true happiness. Everyone knows eating 5-7 servings of fruits...
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Brain workouts: Fact or Fad?
The idea: I’m sure by now, most of you have seen or heard an ad about training your brain. They suggest you can improve your cognitive thinking abilities or even increase your intelligence. Sites such as Luminosity, Happy Neuron,...
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10 New Drugs That Are Killing Teens
10 New Drugs That Are Killing Teens Teens are constantly looking for new drugs to get high and this search can lead them to experiment with dangerous unknown substances. This list is meant to help parents learn about these new...
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The Path to Pot is Littered With Lies
How can we overcome agendas? There is an absurd amount of hype and mythology surrounding marijuana from those who oppose its use, as well as from those who support legalizing it. Each side rattles off statistics that cater to their...
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An Antioxidant Battles Damage Caused By Cocaine
A Fighting Chance For Addicts Is it possible to reverse habitual behaviors of drug abusers? Specifically the behaviors of those who abuse cocaine? Dr. Laura Corbit and Professor Bernard Balleine from the University of Sydney may have...
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Do You Know Why You Do Anything Twice? If Yes, You...
Understand why you keep going back for more! If you know why you do anything twice, you understand addiction. Addiction begins in the need to survive and feel pleasure, both of these primary human concerns are directed and supported...
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Virtual Reality Helping Autistic Children Learn
If you follow the technology industry at all, you may have heard about Facebook buying the virtual reality headset known as “Oculus Rift.” If you haven’t heard about it, Oculus Rift is designed to immerse the user into...
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Pain Killer Addiction Is Ruining Lives
The shortest road from pain to euphoria can be in a pill. A few years ago, I was moving my office and as we were lifting a very heavy solid wood desk, my hand slipped and I dropped the desk on my foot. As I dropped to the floor in pain,...
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Why Science Literacy is Important for Teens
We live in a world that is rapidly developing new technologies. Some have called our current time period the “Technological Revolution," akin to the Industrial Revolution of the 1700-1800’s. Importance There is a growing...
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