Singing can make you feel good and it improves your health. You don’t need to have the voice of a professional artist to experience the positive effects of singing. According to Professor Grenville Hancox of the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, Canterbury, singing can bring extraordinary changes to people’s life. He
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When it comes to cereal-based products like breakfast cereals, rice, pasta, bread, and the like – the amount of fibre that can be deduced from them depends on how the grain has been processed. It was found that fibre is mostly found on the outer layer of the grain. Thorough processing of cereal therefore affects the fibre content of the food. B
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Being a dad can bring a lot of changes to a man’s life. And fortunately, this includes kicking off the old habits. On a very recent study, it was found that fatherhood helps a man cut smoking, drinking, and all those bad habits – even crime! The report came from the University of Oregon. It took 20 years for the researchers to come up with thes
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Alas, gone are the days when even your partner’s lamest joke or slightest remark meant heaps for you. As in any relationship, you and your partner were fascinated by the littlest of things about each other—hobbies, interests, quirky habits, and even your favourite food/colour/movie/sport/etc. Lately, though, you notice that it has been a struggle
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The benefits of meditation have long been recognized in most parts of the world. Many people believe in the ability of meditation to alleviate stress and produce some other health benefits. But just recently, heavier evidence has shown that meditation does more than what it’s supposed to do. It’s somewhat surprising that meditation ca
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While this mental condition is plaguing numerous adult people, children are also victims of emotional turmoil. They also get depressed and they may experience mental illness. Infants, toddlers, and kids – they may all develop unwanted mental conditions. On the latest report from the Office of National Statistics, one out of 10 children in G
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It has been a highly publicised demographic that this Halloween of 2011 witnessed the transition of the world’s population into a whopping 7 billion. This figure is more than double the size of the world 50 years ago, and nine times as large as the population in the early 19th century. The report of this data has now been sending alarm signals to vario
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It has been a long-held belief that one only goes to counselling if there is a serious problem that is too big for one to solve. Or if there are childhood traumas that have severely affected one’s adulthood. Or for many, if there are some relationships that need to be fixed. The truth is, most of us need counselling at least once in our lives. It i
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DON’T eat too much of Black Licorice! The Food & Drugs Administration warns the public to control their consumption of black licorice for health reasons. The sweet, tangy and chewy black licorice is a traditional Halloween treat that Britons love. But this coming Trick or Treat, the FDA warns the public of the possible health risks assoc
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FIZZY DRINKS MAKE MORE TEENAGERS VIOLENT. In a recent study conducted by a team of researchers in Harvard University and University of Vermont, it was revealed that consumption of soda drinks has a direct effect towards teenagers’ behaviour. Said study is now published in the British Journal. How drinking soda affect youth’
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