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Turns out, all you need is a sip of tasty beer (try these craft brews, or this offering from Goose Island) and your brain is bombarded with chemical pleasure. That’s the gist of a new paper in published in Neuropsychopharmacology (that’s the study of how drugs affect the mind and … Read More
There’s nothing quite so dangerous on the 21st century street as a person walking and texting (obligatory video of a jerk doing so here). A new study from the University of Washington monitored a thousand people at “20 high risk intersections” and recorded what they observed. 29.8% of all pedestrians … Read More
Worried about the future? Your career prospects? The stock market? Collapsing social order? The NHL’s inexplicable southward gaze? Well, here’s the thing about that: poor sleep patterns may be contributing to that anxiety, and if you’re an innate worrier, you’re especially vulnerable to the effects of sleep deprivation. For a … Read More
Problem You’re getting fit, so you might as well stock up on those energy and fitness bars you’ve seen at the grocery store, right? Reality People who eat those tend to exercise less and eat more, according to a study in the Journal of Marketing Research. Method Participants in the … Read More
The drinking man’s dilemma; how detrimental is consuming alcohol to your health and exercise regime? And do those weekday after-work beverages affect your performance at work the next day? Well you’ll be happy to know that the results aren’t as depressing as you’re thinking. But first, the depressing facts. Alcohol … Read More
