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Addressing Mental Health At Work: 10 Factors

Simple Daily Habits to Boost Your Mental Health at Home

The significance of mental health cannot be overstated in today’s fast-paced work environment. It’s crucial to ensure employees’ health and productivity. Thus, organizations must recognize and address workplace mental health issues. The ten factors, which emphasize psychological safety, are widespread. These ten factors can help organizations create a mentally healthy workplace. Still, tailoring them to …

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Less Than Half Of Americans In Relationships Rate Their Sex Life As Excellent

Pucker Up And Plant A Smooch

Only 36% of Americans currently in relationships rate that their sex life is excellent, according to a random double opt-in survey commissioned by LELO and conducted by OnePoll of 5,000 Americans evenly split by state. Finding love in 2023 may be tougher than ever according to the results of this survey. New Hampshire may be …

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Love Isn’t The Drug: Oxytocin Supplements Unlikely To Mend Marriages

Bones Affect Appetite & Metabolism

Taking the ‘love hormone’ is unlikely to be a miracle cure to mend marriages, suggests University of Essex research. The study – in collaboration with Cardiff University – has shown that therapy helps men read emotions more than dosing with oxytocin, which is released naturally and plays an important role in regulating behavior, such as …

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Getting Back Into Sexual Sync

Getting Back Into Sexual Sync

It’s common for longtime partners to fall into romantic ruts. “You don’t stay newlyweds for life, and there are times when romance and sex get routine and less exciting,” says Dr. Sharon Bober, director of the Sexual Health Program at Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. What can you do when you and your partner are sexually …

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The Roseto Effect: The Amazing Power Of Relationships For Heart Health

Using Chinese Medicine To Target Inflammation & Intervene Coronary Heart Disease

Article courtesy of: Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world’s top cardiologists, best selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care. Most people have heard of the famous long term study of over 6,000 residents …

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Old Friends

Docs May Have Trick Up Their Sleeves Fighting Germs

Article courtesy of : Nicholas DiNubile MD, who is devoted to keeping you healthy in body, mind, and spirit. “It is more important to know the patient who has the disease, than the disease that has the patient” ~ Sir William Osler Lately I’ve been concerned about the “doctor hopping” that has been going on. …

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Family Meals Lead To Stronger Bonds & Healthier Eating Habits

Taking A More Healthful Approach To The Holidays

Meals can be a good way to bring people together, and this may be especially true for families with young children. According to a recent study led by the University of Delaware family dining leads to better dietary practices and stronger family bonding. As Americans celebrate National Nutrition Month, this family meal movement study was …

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Concerns about Relationships May Raise Vulnerability to Illness

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Concerns and anxieties about a person’s close relationships may be a chronic stressor that can compromise immunity. Whereas it is generally considered to be normal to have transient concerns about one’s close relationships, a high level of anxiety – known as “attachment anxiety,” where people worry constantly about many of their relationships – may lower …

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