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Instead of curbing drinking, college kids try to curb consequences

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – A new study of college students finds that some of their “protective strategies” when they plan on drinking are actually tied to greater alcohol use. This study, and other studies of protective drinking strategies, “seem to be finding similar results, whether looking at 21st birthday drinking, spring break drinking, or college student drinking more generally,” said lead author Melissa A. Lewis of the University

Happify: The Science of Emotional Wellbeing in a Mobile App

Having a bad day? Join more than a million users of Happify and log in and cheer up.What is happiness? It’s not being rich or feeling good all the time. It’s a set of habits more than a destination. The research, according to Acacia Parks, Hiram College, suggests that happiness is a combination of how satisfied you are with your life…

MovNat fitness movement hones hunter-gatherer skills

Natural movement is at the heart of MovNat, an international fitness system that reclaims hunter-gatherer skills to achieve strength, flexibility and power. “Originally, we humans were all able to run, catch and jump, but then we turned it into specialized sports,” MovNat founder Erwan Le Corre said. Le Corre bemoaned an exercise culture that limits physical movement to sessions spent manipulating modern machines.

Happify: The Science of Emotional Wellbeing in a Mobile App

Having a bad day? Join more than a million users of Happify and log in and cheer up.What is happiness? It’s not being rich or feeling good all the time. It’s a set of habits more than a destination. The research, according to Acacia Parks, Hiram College, suggests that happiness is a combination of how satisfied you are with your life…

MovNat fitness movement hones hunter-gatherer skills

Natural movement is at the heart of MovNat, an international fitness system that reclaims hunter-gatherer skills to achieve strength, flexibility and power. “Originally, we humans were all able to run, catch and jump, but then we turned it into specialized sports,” MovNat founder Erwan Le Corre said. Le Corre bemoaned an exercise culture that limits physical movement to sessions spent manipulating modern machines.

Experimental MERS vaccine shows promise in animal studies

Researchers in the United States trying to develop a vaccine against the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus say they have had early signs of success in animal experiments. Using a two-step approach in mice and rhesus macaques, scientists at the vaccine research center of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said they had managed to provoke an immune response in the animals. In results

Experimental MERS vaccine shows promise in animal studies

Researchers in the United States trying to develop a vaccine against the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus say they have had early signs of success in animal experiments. Using a two-step approach in mice and rhesus macaques, scientists at the vaccine research center of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said they had managed to provoke an immune response in the animals. In results