You’ve likely heard the old cliché that laughter is the best medicine. Laughing certainly feels like a form of stress relief, and most of us...
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How Often Should You Shower?
About two-thirds of American adults take a shower every day. Australians shower a bit more often, and Asians shower a bit less. There is no...
What Is the Placebo Effect?
Several years ago, University of Pittsburgh researchers gathered 237 adults and served them cocktails. They poured a cold, clear liquid from a Smirnoff vodka bottle...
5 Benefits of Crying
Is crying good for you? It definitely can be. Think about it—the last time you had a good cry, didn’t you feel just a tiny...
Time-Management Strategies
Many people know to the penny what an hour of their professional work costs. But how valuable is an hour of your free time? Every...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Many people tend to become emotionally dysregulated when under stress, as if they’re at the mercy of their anger, sadness, anxiety, shame, or other big...
How to Quit Drinking
Maybe you’ve never turned teetotaler during “Dry January”…maybe you’ve always turned a cold shoulder to “Sober October.” But if you’re among the tens of millions...
How Often Should You Wash Your Hair?
There is no one-size-fits-all answer to how often you should wash your hair. It varies according to your age, hair length and even your race....
The Healing Power of Friendship
In 2023, the United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, issued an advisory pinpointing loneliness, isolation, and lack of personal connections as an “underappreciated public...
Benzodiazepines and Invisible Illness
The opioid epidemic has gained widespread attention, but another class of drugs is quietly causing an epidemic of invisible illness: benzodiazepines. More than 30 million...
How to Make Friends as an Adult
Our social health has an enormous impact on our physical and mental health, yet it’s too often overlooked in our society. Yes, it’s harder making...
Anxiety Symptoms: They Aren’t All the Same
As much as we might like to separate our emotions from our physical lives, our thoughts about the stresses we feel can trigger very palpable...