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Love & Well-Being: Small Moments Of Positivity Boost Mental Health, Maybe Physical Too

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Love & Well-Being: Small Moments Of Positivity Boost Mental Health, Maybe Physical Too
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Love & Well-Being. Even Small Amounts May Make A Big Difference For You:
Sometimes in life, it can be hard to work on several problems.

Hence, the philosophy of keeping it simple.

And because of that, there are many worthwhile facets of life we need to be reminded-of, and this can be the same with our health.

Where the average person who doesn’t say they have no time for it, mainly focuses on nutrition and exercise.

But if a new PSU study is to be believed, then it’s the little-things in overlooked areas that just might make a big difference over time…

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Productivity & Classical Music: Put On Your Headphones And Get Bach To Work, Or We’ll All Go Baroque!

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Productivity & Classical Music: Put On Your Headphones And Get Bach To Work, Or We’ll All Go Baroque!
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Classical Music & Productivity. The Mozart Effect Might Work; er, At-Work:
Many of us listen to music on more-or-less a constant basis.

It’s often the soundtrack to our lives and can either reinforce, or substitute an emotional component to the day.

And while many of us would think it’s fairly-innocuous because we are usually the ones choosing what to listen to,

A small informal study suggests that depending on the context, what you listen to may be very important to how well you perform at all kinds of work…

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Sleep Deprivation Dangers: Chronic Lack Of Sleep Can Hurt A Lot More Than Just Your Alertness

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Sleep Deprivation Dangers: Chronic Lack Of Sleep Can Hurt A Lot More Than Just Your Alertness
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Sleep Deprivation & Cognitive-Function. Alertness Is Only The Beginning:
One of the typical habits many people have is operating based on assumptions.

It’s not always a bad idea, because we each come from a context we’re born into, that teaches us a worldview.

And life is already too complex, so we often need a type of shorthand.

Especially for stored-knowledge that gets handed down over time.

But those ideas can often be wrong at the start, or become obsolete with time.

And some researchers from Michigan State are finding out anyone interested in both Health & Productivity is making a huge mistake in their assumptions about sleep…

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Deep Sleep Detox: Your Brain’s Self-Cleaning Rinse Cycle May Prevent Alzheimer’s; If You Sleep Well

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Deep Sleep Detox: Your Brain’s Self-Cleaning Rinse Cycle May Prevent Alzheimer’s; If You Sleep Well
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Deep Sleep Vs. Dementia, Your Brain’s Detox Cycle May Help:
There are a lot of mysteries still out there in the world for Science to solve.

Whether it’s why nature, people, or even diseases exist in the odd ways they do.

During that investigation some ancient ideas are refuted, or even confirmed in some cases.

But for one part of us, Technology is only in its early stages of being able to confirm those ancient conceptual insights.

And a recent investigation by a BU led team may have just found out a function of sleep that is very important for one of our worst health nemeses…

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Overactive Brain & Lifespan: Surprising Research Shows 1 Factor Can Make Your Life Shorter

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Overactive Brain & Lifespan: Surprising Research Shows 1 Factor Can Make Your Life Shorter
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The Overactive Brain’s Effect On Lifespan. One Factor May Decide:
So living longer is a mystery we’ve been trying to decode forever.

That’s why “The Fountain Of Youth” is such an enduring symbol/catchphrase.

And one of the best things Science can do is to solve that problem; especially if we can also stay healthy at the same time.

Unfortunately, news and innovation in the longevity department is really slow to arrive and few developments offer some kind of magic fix.

But in some recent work by a Harvard team, researchers might have found the first few steps in a new direction; they might even have some ancient precedent…

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Trees & Mental Health: Nature Therapy Benefits From Greenspace Still Attainable In Your Town, If…

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Trees & Mental Health: Nature Therapy Benefits From Greenspace Still Attainable In Your Town, If…
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Trees & Mental Health. Specific Green Spaces May Help Mind & Body:
Just like we talked about before, as more data becomes accessible, Science is going to newer and weirder places to find solutions to problems.

The other side of that is science going to similar places to find Benefits, too.

And what does everyone’s Mom keep saying when they’re little? Go outside and play.

Aside from the Exercise, Vitamin D, and the Novelty,

There has always been something about being out in Nature that just seems to do us good.

But what is it? Some Australian researchers may have just figured that out…

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Air Pollution & Depression: Psychological Disorders May Be Linked To What You Breathe

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Air Pollution & Depression: Psychological Disorders May Be Linked To What You Breathe
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Air Pollution, Depression, & Bipolar. Stealthy Threats Are Hard To Escape:
Science has been trying to decode the origins and fixes to different problems for a long time.

And one set that still baffles researchers to this day is psychological problems.

Where do they come from? Chemical Imbalance? Genetics? Aliens?

The problem for many stealthy health issues is that there are few easy answers or perfect 1-shot treatments.

And in the latest effort to track them down, a team led by U. Chicago is going after mental-illness in an odd place: Air Pollution…

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Smartphone Games Vs. Stress: Can They Beat Meditation For Happiness & Relaxation, Or Not?

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Smartphone Games Vs. Stress: Can They Beat Meditation For Happiness & Relaxation, Or Not?
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Smartphone Games Vs. Stress: A Better Decompress Than Mindfulness?:
So we’ve talked about Stress before, and it’s a killer. Worse than sitting.

And so part of the normal hygiene you’d go through for your life is to find a way to clear that out. A popular choice is Cardiovascular Exercise.

But one of the best approaches a person can take is… more than one approach.

Attack a problem from several angles. You aren’t a one-dimensional person, so why act that way?

And for Stress, the reduction procedure most-associated with side-benefits is Meditation. Except there’s a problem…

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