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Are You in Perimenopause?
The mood swings, insomnia, brain fog and hot flashes are a dead giveaway for some women. But what if you’re one of the lucky ones and don’t even notice these symptoms of perimenopause? Yes, there are...
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How to Mind Your Manners at the Gym
Is there any place where people have greater potential to annoy one another than at the gym? With everyone pushing their limit and sweating in close proximity, there’s definitely an unwritten code of...
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Trippin’ Out on Mushrooms to Treat Depression
Just when you thought treatment for depression was limited to medication and psychotherapy, there may be an “alternative” experience waiting in the wings. Two small brain imaging studies suggest that...
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Is High Tech a Help or a Hindrance to Our Lives?
I’ve often wondered what all this high-tech multitasking among various digital devices does to our minds and social skills. Really, you can’t go anywhere without seeing someone engaged in several text...
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A Smart Phone That Reads Your Mood?
I stumbled across the most novel use of technology yesterday. A new center at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is inventing web-based, mobile and virtual technologies to treat...
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Student Researching Diet Sabotage Needs Your Help
Has your partner ever sabotaged your weight loss efforts? By that, I mean surprising you with a carton of Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food to share while watching the Grammy’s. Or buying chocolate-covered...
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Do Sleep Meds Lead to Early Death?
The recent study about sleeping pills being linked to a shorter lifespan had many of us tossing and turning. The study in the British Medical Journal compared 10,500 adults who took hypnotic sleeping...
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7 Tips To Take Care of Your Health During the Holidays
Give yourself the best gift of all this holiday season — the permission to take care of yourself! We make plans, we shop, we cook, we entertain, and then what? The fast pace of the holidays can take a...
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6 Ways to Handle Holiday Controllers, Critics and Coaches
With the holidays around the corner, many of us can use a little help coping with all the togetherness. Sure, the holidays are a time for family gatherings and quality time with loved ones. But the...
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Color Therapy Takes the Gray out of the Winter Blues
Northbrook’s Village Green in January. It’s an odd winter in Chicago, with temps nearing 60 and rain but THERE’S STILL THAT GRAY SKY. No leaves on the trees, no snow on the ground, just a bunch of...
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