At the University of Basel Prof. Dr. Jurgen Margraf and Alexander von Humboldt carried out a study over a long period of time to determine the psychological repercussions of undergoing plastic surgery. This was carried out on roughly 550 patients and they found that the patients exhibited feelings of enjoyment and further improvement in satisfaction and a r
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Sometimes, you really don’t have to take effort going out and driving to the nearest drugstore to buy the best medication for chronic pain. Turns out, there are powerful, pain-busting remedies that you’ve been keeping in your kitchen for so long! Whether it’s headache, heartburn, fatigue, back pain, or any other type of pain, you can great
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Obesity is a growing concern not just in the UK but in many other countries in Europe. By understanding the brain mechanisms that make us want to eat, it is possible to create more effective strategies to fight obesity, a new study suggests. A team of researchers, headed by Suzanne Dickson of Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, st
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Sometimes in our pursuit of happiness we fall into the belief and hope that the goals we aspired to when younger, such as a great job, wealth, marrying the love of your life or even having kids, that we would then guarantee ourselves fulfilment in happiness forever. However, there seems to be no magic equation to happiness, which goes without saying of cours
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The Chief Medical Officer for England has announced that the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance is a threat in league with that of Terrorism to the UK. Warning that within the next 20 years we will fall mortally ill and even die from simple infections. Professor Dame Sally further explained that we’d be thrown back into the 19th century where t
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You know you have more important things to do. You haven’t started work on your report which is due tomorrow. It’s late in the evening and you’re getting worried because you may not be able to finish the task. You really want it done ASAP. But unfortunately, you’re not doing anything. You don’t feel like doing anything at all.
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People with diabetes are two to four times more likely to develop heart disease – so taking medications to lower blood sugar levels may help cut the risk, suggests a new study. Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, USA, looked at 4,427 diabetic patients who took blood-sugar-lowering medications from January 2000 to January 2012. Over an obser
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Using a new approach, dentists may one day be able to replace missing teeth with stem cell-based implants, according to a new study. Scientists at King’s College London have developed an entirely new method of replacing missing teeth using a bioengineered material produced by a person’s own gum cells. According to the researchers, current
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You know for sure that olive oil is good for your health. But did you know coconut oil can be as good too? For thousands of years, people have relied on coconut-derived products to prevent and ease many illnesses and promote health and wellness. Coconut oil in particular, has gained considerable popularity for being a powerful brain booster! So in what ways
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Self esteem or self worth and self-confidence are inextricably linked. We can be full of confidence in some areas of our lives and utterly devoid of it others. The tipping point is self-acceptance. When we cling to the concept of self-esteem we put ourselves at the mercy of external events, the achievements of things or the approval of others, all of which
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