tinustuff/health

"There are techniques, methods, practices that can be easily introduced into almost anyone's life that will greatly reduce anxiety and anxiety's evil twin, panic attacks, while giving you strength."

Fave: "9. MALE NIPPLES: Lactiferous ducts form well before testosterone causes sex differentiation in a fetus. Men have mammary tissue that can be stimulated to produce milk. This just makes me angry; Iâ€ve been spending a fortune on milk all these years! Iâ€ll have to test this tomorrow with my Special K."

From the page: "The newspaper articles refer to a 2000 journal study, "Are Recessions Good For Your Health?" by economist Christopher Ruhm. Ruhm reviewed two decades worth of economic and health data and concluded that U.S. society as a whole is healthier during economic downturns. He showed that, among other things, fewer people die during recessions from heart attacks and traffic accidents, and that smoking and obesity rates drop. On closer examination, however, his conclusions say little that's reassuring or helpful."

Lonliness could be making you SICK. And Facebook isn't a replacement for human contact, before you ask. ;)

"One 2007 study identified a unique pattern of gene expression in immune cells from people who are chronically lonely. Researchers at the UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology linked loneliness to alterations in the activity of genes that drive inflammation -- the first response of the immune system. "What this study shows is that the biological impact of social isolation reaches down into some of our most basic internal processes, the activity of our genes," says one of the researchers, Steve Cole, an associate professor of medicine in the division of hematology-oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine."

Doesn't replace a doctor's visit, but it can help give you a cue about whether you need a supplemental eye check.