WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE Dr. Todd P. Sullivan (703) 912-7822 www.NovaChiroWellness.com Mental Attitude: Money Can’t Buy Happiness. Once a point of being able to meet basic needs is reached, the effect of money on happiness levels off. More money leads to marginal gains (at best) or even less well-being as people worry about “keeping up…
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WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE Dr. Todd P. Sullivan (703) 912-7822 www.NovaChiroWellness.com Mental Attitude: Do You Believe In Magic? Being overweight is associated with negative health consequences and social stigmas. To cope with these pressures and expectations, consumers engage in various forms of “magical thinking.” They describe weight loss as being influenced by mysterious forces; a body…
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WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE Dr. Todd P. Sullivan http://www.NovaChiroWellness.com Mental Attitude: Memory Restoration. Scientists have developed a way to turn memories on and off – literallywith the flip of a switch. Using an electronic system that duplicates the neural signals associated with memory, they managed to replicate the brain function in rats associated with long-term, learned…
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WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE Dr. Todd P. Sullivan http://www.NovaChiroWellness.com Mental Attitude: Testing Improves Memory. A study found with retrieval practice (in this case, recalling a word in English and its Lithuanian equivalent), every aspect of memory gets substantially better including “target memory” – specific recognition; “cue memory” – the stimulus that evinces the memory; and “associative…
Weekly Health Update – Chiropractor in Springfield, VA
Weekly Health Update Dr. Todd P. Sullivan (703) 912-7822 Chiropractor in Springfield, VA Mental Attitude: Cheer Up! 10% of middle-aged Europeans took antidepressants in 2010. The probability of taking an antidepressant is greatest among those middle-aged, female, unemployed, with low levels of education, and divorced or separated. This pattern is consistent with the recent finding…