Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Reena Ghildyal, University of Canberra
Spring is a favourite time of year for many – as the earth rejuvenates, lawns become green and trees blossom. But for the 15% of Australians who get hay fever, it can be a struggle to get through the season.
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- Written by: Cissi Williams
I often get the question how I manage to find the time to do so many things, and my answer is always the same: I have learnt to give myself time. In order to not get overwhelmed, or waste my inner energy, I had to learn how to structure my life in such a way that there was plenty of relaxation time...
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- Written by: Doug Bennett, University of Florida
Exercise releases irisin, a hormone that helps the body shed fat and keeps it from forming, new research shows.
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- Written by: Gillian Kiley, Brown University
A decrease in the average level of lead in a preschooler’s blood reduces the probability of that child being substantially below proficient in reading by the third grade, report researchers.
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- Written by: InnerSelf Staff
Opponents and proponents of genetically modified food have invoked science in their arguments, but science has no definitive answer.
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- Written by: Elin Gray, Edith Cowan University
Breast cancer could be detected using a blood test, according to reports out today. Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) are working with counterparts in France to make this form of cancer detection, that is far less invasive and expensive than other tests such as biopsies, a reality.
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- Written by: Andy Henio, Michigan State University
People with a happy spouse are much more likely to report better health over time, according to a new study of 1,981 couples. This occurred above and beyond their own happiness.
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- Written by: Andrew Lavender, Curtin University
We’ve all had the experience of standing up and hearing a loud pop in our back or hip, or trying to tiptoe through the house only to have our foot make a cracking sound each time we take a step. So what’s happening in our joints when this happens, and is it a bad sign?
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- Written by: Ashley Trentrock, ?University of Pittsburgh
Women who experience hot flashes and night sweats earlier in life are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than women with later-onset menopausal symptoms, a new study finds.
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- Written by: Cynthia Lee, McGill University
The brain’s biological clock likely explains why we want to down a glass of water before going to sleep.
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- Written by: Joan Borysenko
I wanted to know precisely why I felt like a zombie. Was I stressed out of my mind, overloaded with information that was jamming my gray matter and making myself so crazy-busy that I was running on empty? Had I become a poster child for Prozac, or was I...
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- Written by: Ruslan Medzhitov, Yale University
Think back to the last time you came down with a cold and what it felt like to be sick. For most people, the feeling of sickness is a set of psychological and behavioral changes including fatigue, lethargy, changes in appetite, changes in sleep patterns and a desire to be away from others.
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- Written by: Joanna Poulton, University of Oxford
A baby boy, the first child to be born using a new technique that incorporates DNA from three people, is now five months old.
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- Written by: Oliver Sutcliffe and Robert Ralphs, Manchester Metropolitan University
Synthetic cannabis, of which Spice is an example, is linked to serious health issues ranging from difficulties breathing to psychotic episodes.
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- Written by: John Mathers, Newcastle University
It’s been one of the most astonishing changes in human anatomy. In just one generation, people all over the world have got a lot bigger.
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- Written by: Julaine Allan, Charles Sturt University
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a synthetic chemical made from a substance found in a fungus that grows on rye and other grains, called ergot.
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- Written by: Jim Erickson, University of Michigan
Mercury contamination is widespread across western North America in the air, soil, lake sediments, plants, fish, and wildlife, according to new research.
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- Written by: Tara MacIsaac, Epoch Times
Researchers at George Washington University compiled data from household dust samples collected throughout the United States and found 45 potentially toxic chemicals used in many common products, such as vinyl flooring, personal care and cleaning products, building materials, and furniture.
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- Written by: Jason Yosar, The University of Queensland
Nearly one-third of Australians aged 55 or over (or around 1.5 million people) have an untreated cataract. In 2013-14, there were 229,693 hospital admissions for cataract surgeries, making cataracts one of the most prevalent conditions among Australians.
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- Written by: Clare Collins, University of Newcastle
A friend reckons he has it good. His partner cooks a bacon-hash-brown-fry-up for breakfast every day. “Are you sure?” I said. “Cause that’s exactly what I would feed my partner if I wanted to bump him off!”
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- Written by: Richard E. Peltier, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Anyone who has stepped off an airplane in one of the major cities of the developing world has encountered profound and noxious air pollution. In New Delhi, Jakarta,
