A study recently published in Psychosomatic Medicine found that being in a happy, positive mood may be the best defense against catching a cold.
In this experiment, healthy volunteers were exposed to a cold or flu virus, and the people with a “positive emotional style” were better able to ward off colds and illness compared to their counterparts.
Researchers believe this is due to both objective and subjective experiences. Objectively, happiness or a positivity may boost the immune response (similar to the effects of laughing at a good joke.)
Subjectively, happy people are less likely to complain about the symptoms of their cold, so the cold bothers them less.
The research shows that people who tend to be happy are less likely to come down with colds.
Another good reason to be happy, right!?
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People suffering from diabetes must closely monitor their blood sugar, multiple times throughout the day.
The current monitoring process involves pricking a finger and testing a drop of blood for current blood sugar (glucose) levels.
As you can imagine, this monitoring can become tiresome, and will leave diabetics with sore fingers.
A new contact lens could change all that.
This new contact lens, being developed by Sanford Asher, Ph.D., at the University of Pittsburgh, will sense the sugar levels in tear fluid. The color of the contact lens will change as sugar levels rise.
Instead of finger pricks, diabetics would just need to look at themselves in a mirror to determine their current blood sugar levels.
The contact lenses are still under development, but Dr. Asher expects that these glucose-sensing lenses will be available for human trials within the year.
Such an advance would mean a significant life improvement for the more than 21 million Americans who suffer from diabetes.
A new lipgloss, Promise, has been formulated with an all natural blend of botanical oils, each of which has been used as an appetite suppressant for centuries.
This means that this lipgloss can actually curb your appetite, helping with weight loss.
Formulated by Omega Tech Labs, Promise lipgloss has had positive results when tested by physicians and their patients.
The company hastens to add that Promise is a functional product, and is not sweetened, and should not be considered candy.
Promise promises a two for one benefit: smooth lips and appetite control.
