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MindMate

The MindMate app offers you a daily activities plan that helps you keep your mind and body fit. Work out, discover delicious and healthy recipes, play games to keep your grey matter engaged and learn in videos and articles about what you can do to stay healthy while you’re getting older. Great for individuals who […]
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Tips for keeping your home allergen-free

It’s impossible to keep your home completely free of allergens, bacteria and viruses, but a few simple changes can make a significant difference. Check out the following tips to make your family’s home healthier. Sponges: Get in the habit of squeezing water out of it between uses and sanitizing it regularly. Replace sponges regularly and […]
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ARE MEN MORE FORGETFUL? Apparently so. Women tend to access their memories faster and perform better in verbal-based episodic memory tasks. One theory links varying brain structures of men and women—specifically, that the hippocampus, (the part of the brain associated with memory), begins to decrease in volume faster in men than in women.   NEED […]
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Goodbye elephants

We’re all thinking and talking about our state of mind, what we shouldn’t be doing, and ways to adapt, cope, and re-organize daily life. In fact, lately there’s been plenty of what I like to call “bad news elephants.” Some are truly the equivalent of a trumpeting 6,000 kg pachyderm that eats 330 pounds of […]
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Keep What You Love

By Irene Smit In this whimsical yet practical guide to sorting through the too-much-stuff of modern life, the premise is simple: on each page, a delightful illustration of items that fill our lives — novelty ice cube trays, a manual typewriter, game pieces, that souvenir snow globe. And beneath each drawing, two little checkboxes: Yes […]
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Lose It Forever

By Jason R. Karp Most people who go on a diet and lose weight gain the weight back. Losing weight is hard; but keeping it off is even harder. What is unique about those who succeed? The answer is buried deep in the archives at the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center in Providence, Rhode […]
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Taking a Break From Saving the World

By Stephen Legault Burnout is a growing concern in many social-change circles. A veteran of burnout himself, Legault looks at the culture of self-sacrifice that permeates the work done by volunteers and paid staff in the environmental conservation movement, and dissects how to manage our own time, energy, and commitment to our causes. Legault encourages […]