mindfulness meditation: a potent tool for pain relief

Professional athletes often take vitamins to fill nutritional gaps and push their bodies to peak performance. But what about the rest of us—the weekend joggers, casual tennis players, or those who squeeze in the occasional gym session? Do we actually need to pop those colorful capsules? Many people are

“Scientific studies suggest that only about 25 percent of how long we live is dictated by genes, according to famous studies of Danish twins. The other 75 percent is determined by our lifestyles and the everyday choices we make.” ― Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones Across our diverse planet, every culture

Getting a song stuck in your head is a universal experience. Known as “stuck song syndrome” or “earworm” (translated from the German Ohrwurm), it affects about 98% of people, according to research by University of Cincinnati psychologist James Kellaris. Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin of McGill University suggests this phenomenon has evolutionary