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What if going to the hospital was more like going to a nice hotel? No matter what room you’re in, you have an entertainment center, a beautiful view, and comfy couches for when your friends and family visit. This concept is no longer a dream, Palomar Medical Center West is making it a reality. After all, why should hospitals be more painful than they have to be?

Mashed Potatoes, Meatloaf, Macaroni and Cheese, Chicken Soup, Chocolate Ice Cream… although these food may not be good for your health, they have now been scientifically proven to comfort your soul in times of loneliness according to a new study published by Association of Psychological Science.

Over the past few years in the working world, I have met a lot of people who are just miserable at their job. Most of the time, this is a result of having a really bad manager, which is generally a result of a higher level organizational flaw.

Most of these unsatisfied people continue to stay at their job, day in and day out, as it keeps eating away at their mental health. I had one manager tell me I should keep a job I don’t particularly like just so I can earn money to do stuff I do like during my free time. However, considering I spent way over 8 hours a day at this job, and sometimes weekends, I didn’t think that was a fair trade-off. Now, in a surprising new research study, scientists show that, income nonwithstanding, an unstable thanksless job takes as much or more toll on your mental health as having no job at all.

Everyone knows that to lose weight, we should eat more healthy and exercise more. But how do you resist the everyday temptation of Big Macs, Pizza, and Heavenly Desserts? Watch below as Professor Ian Ayres provides some radical and surprising ideas how to resist temptation.

In a culture obsessed with things, are we getting enough love? Although it is easy to be slightly jealous of your friend or neighbor who has more nicer things than you, it may actually be an indicator that you’re trying to fill a void according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.

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Bad news for all the geeks out there, but women prefer men with dogs over those with iPhones according to a cool Retervo survey aimed to figure out how gadgets affect our love interests. The coolest finding of this study is that while men think smartphones are super sexy, women don’t…

It seems like everyone I talk to about healthy eating expects there to be an easy solution. I think this comes partially from the fast food culture McDonalds created as well as the “there is a pill for everything” advertising from the drug industry. We are a culture of instant gratification. Yet, it is time to realize that there is no quick fix for healthy eating. If you value your health at all, you have to work hard to maintain it.

Sending as many as 2272 texts a month has finally hacked into our brains! Just by typing the numbers associated with words such as “love” (5683) can make us feel good  according to new research published by Psychological Science.

If you’ve ever observed a little baby grow, you’ve seen how much they can learn in a very short period of time. It’s incredible! Now, new brain scanning technology for babies is allowing researchers to discover how this amazing learning occurs.

Although it might sometimes feel like chivalry is dead, it is very much alive in the hearts of men who are open to love. Just thinking about the L word can lead men to rightfully defend a woman against villains according to new research described by LiveScience.