Friday, 25 September 2009 14:58 Last Updated on Friday, 25 September 2009 15:28

If you’re feeling stressed, take the time out pick yourself up with these quick tips. Stress means different things, but it’s basically feeling overwhelmed and unable to muster your personal resources – emotional, physical, social or intellectual – to cope with challenges from loosing your car keys to relationship worries, from financial stress to the physical impact of being run down with the flu.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2009 12:22 Written by Mark Lakewood

Child bullying is a big problem in our schools today.  The main difference between child bullying today from the past is the nature of the bullying and the violence that occurs in the aftermath. 

Cyberbullying is becoming a popular and more destructive form of bullying than traditional bullying. Child bullying has been around and will probably remain for years to come.

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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 11:47 Last Updated on Monday, 09 November 2009 15:22 Written by Kristie McNealy M.D.

There's no doubt that a lot of people want to be smarter, and most adults hope to keep their brains sharp as they age so that they can live active, independent lives for longer.  To that end, television and internet ads advertising software and games that promise to improve "brain age" are flooding the marketplace.  The question is, do they really work?

We know that practice can improve performance on specific memory tasks and intelligence tests.  For example, people who practice IQ tests can improve their performance.  This improvement comes from becoming better at taking the test itself, and not an improvement in overall intelligence

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