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Even though the statistics say that men are using and abusing drugs more than women, women are actually more likely to get addicted, studies show (Carroll et al., 2004). And the sex hormone, estrogen, is partly to blame. Because of it, women need less alcohol then men to get its rewarding feelings. Find out why women get addicted faster.

If your work week has been as tough as mine this week, you must watch the below video I found in a great SocialTimes article written by Megan O’Neill. The best cure for stress and pretty much anything else is laughter, so laugh away!

And if you couldn’t get enough of that cute Turtle, check out this one!

School administrators pay a lot of attention to sex and drugs on their college campuses (remember the Alcohol 101 course when you were in college?), which should deserve a lot of attention, but in so doing, they’ve missed what students really crave – self-esteem. According to new research from Ohio State University, college students value self-esteem more than sex, alcohol, good food, seeing a good friend, and money!

Happy New Year!! It is now 2011 and you’re ready to make this the best year yet. Hopefully you’ve come up with a few New Years resolutions, so here are some key tips to help you keep them according to a great goal- keeping study conducted at Dominican University.

The real reason Sleeping Beauty got the the prince was because she was beautiful, and she got beautiful because she got sleep according to new research described by ScienceDaily. Just by getting the recommended amount of sleep every night, you can become more beautiful and attract your prince charming too!

Psychologists have long know that religious people tend to be physically and psychologically healthier and live longer than unreligious people. Yet, the real reason for this correlation has only been speculated until now as reported by new research described in LiveScience.

Today more than ever we can reasonably expect to reach at least 100 years of age. Yet, not many people make it all the way to 100. If you’re planning to live past 100, you should double check your attitude, which may be more important than health for a long life according to new research from the University of Georgia.

Each character in the beloved Winnie The Pooh cartoon has a very strong personality. This is no doubt why so many little kids (including you) love the show. Yet, does having too much of a certain personality trait translate into a Mental Disorder? Mattew Wilkinson of The Sarcasm Society thinks so. Wilkinson create the below gif images, diagnosing each Winnie The Pooh character with a disorder.

The secret to happiness depends on first figuring out what self you want to make happy. Within you, there is the “experience” self that feels happy or unhappy during your experiences, and there is the “memory” self that constructs the story of your experience and whether you were happy or not during the experience. Watch as Daniel Kahneman, founder of behavioral economics, discusses the two selves and how it relates to your happiness.

What is it that makes it so hard for people to accept help from outside sources? Being an Indian and knowing only my culture well enough, I could only look at the barriers for Indian families. Of course, I admit that there are more exceptions today, but still, there is a widespread disbelief of counseling which almost borders fear.