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Lawyers With Lowest Pay Report More Happiness
A study published this week found that prestigious jobs were not linked to more well-being and that public-service work correlated with less alcohol consumption.
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Well: Should Pregnant Women Eat More Tuna?
For years pregnant women have been warned about eating tuna due to worries about mercury exposure. But now a federal panel has reignited the debate about the benefits and risks of eating tuna and other seafood during pregnancy.
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For Teenagers, Early School Start Means More Car Crashes, Study Finds
Teenage drivers who have a later school start time have fewer car accidents, according to a new study in The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
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Fitness Center Shuffle Leaves More Room For Equipment
Fitness Center Shuffle Leaves More Room For Equipment
At its inception in 2010, the city fitness center was opened to take the place of the Northland Pioneer College gym, which was closed due to campus expansion. The city reached an agreement with NPC to obtain much of the fitness equipment from the gym …
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The Bad Air in Our Gyms
For the new study, Ms. Ramos obtained permission from 11 Lisbon gyms to position air-quality monitors in each site's weight room and several studios. The machines were set to measure pollutants during the late afternoon or evening hours, when the gyms …
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Major Link Soccer: Marco Pappa, Latino del Año
When thinking about what helped their team chemistry this season, the Whitecaps of course credit their coaches, and players, but a surprise to some might be Aidan Prem, a 19 year-old who has been working for the team's equipment staff since February.
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Boulder workout: Pilates Circuit
It's a great "sampler platter" kind of class to experience different movements — and because it's twice the size (six participants) of the equipment class, it's a lot cheaper: $ 18 per class instead of $ 30. This allows students to get semi-private …
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Study of Organic Crops Finds Fewer Pesticides and More Antioxidants
A comprehensive review of earlier studies found higher levels of antioxidants and lower levels of pesticides in organic fruits and vegetables compared with conventionally grown produce.
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With this machine, Slinky hits the gym more than you do
With this machine, Slinky hits the gym more than you do
There's a new gizmo for your desktop: the Never Ending Slinky Machine (aka Project NESM). It's like a little treadmill for your Slinky. You might remember that Slinky was first caught exercising in this viral video from 2012. But now, London-based …
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Who's the hot mum on the treadmill?
The 29-year-old looked fit as a fiddle in this picture uploaded on Instagram on Wednesday morning. “#Multi-tasking, Priceless morning of entertainment watching mum on the treadmill/learning scripts #GettingBackIntoIt,” she wrote. Is the script reading …
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Applied Science: In Pitching Veggies to Kids, Less Is More
To persuade children to eat healthy food, new research suggests that giving no message at all trumps any other persuasion.
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Gratitude Makes For More Satisfaction: Baylor University
Gratitude Makes For More Satisfaction: Baylor University
It's called the Treadmill of Consumption. We continue to purchase more and more stuff but we don't get any closer to happiness, we simply speed up the treadmill.” Study results were based on an analysis of 246 members of the department of marketing in …
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Common Treadmill Mistakes
However, there are are many mistakes people commit on the treadmill – some that defeat the purpose of your workout whereas some increase the risk of injuries. We spoke to fitness experts to find out which are most common mistakes and why you should …
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Educators “Walk the Walk” with TrekDesk Treadmill Desk
Innovative educators across the country are no longer willing to take this sitting down and some have implemented a new plan of attack which includes the TrekDesk Treadmill Desk to get things moving again. Already in use at many universities and …
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