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Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85

This undated file photo shows Dr. Joyce Brothers in the studio of her direct line radio show. Brothers saved a would-be suicide in 1968. The popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film personality has died in New York City on Monday, May 13, 2013. She was 85. AP Photo

Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality, has died. She was 85.

Posted: May 14th, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »

How the mind can heal


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The following is an e-mail I received from Crisanto Aquino, who attended my recent seminar on “Self-Healing Through Visualization.”

Posted: April 15th, 2013 in Columns,Mind and Body,Wellness | Read More »

It’s all in your head


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Thank you, Dr. Eric Braverman, MD, author of “Younger You.” Finally, we have found the road to the fountain of youth.

Posted: February 25th, 2013 in Columns,Editor's Pick,Wellness | Read More »

‘I’m a monster’: US veterans feel ‘alone’ in guilt

Former Marine Capt. Timothy Kudo sits outside his apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Kudo walks among civilians carrying a burden of guilt most Americans don’t want to share. A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Kudo thinks of himself as a killer. AP/John Minchillo

A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, former U.S. Marine Capt. Timothy Kudo thinks of himself as a killer — and he carries the guilt every day.

Posted: February 22nd, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories,Mind and Body,Photos & Videos | Read More »

The Dogon tribe’s extraordinary knowledge of astronomy


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There were two separate articles in the INQUIRER recently which caught my interest.

Posted: February 4th, 2013 in Columns,Mind and Body,Wellness | Read More »

Lilly drug chosen for Alzheimer’s prevention study

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Dr. Reisa Sperling, director of the Alzheimer's center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. www.brighamandwomens.org

Researchers have chosen an experimental drug by Eli Lilly & Co. for a large federally funded study testing whether it’s possible to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in older people at high risk of developing it.

Posted: January 19th, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »

Experts on deception say everyone lies

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In this Aug. 29, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong talks to supporters prior to a run on Mont Royal Park in Montreal. Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer in 1996. Within minutes of Armstrong announcing he would step down as chairman of Livestrong, the foundation he created to support people with cancer, his longtime endorser Nike issued a statement saying it would be cutting sponsorship ties with the cyclist amid allegations of doping. Armstrong is said to be worth around $100 million, but most sponsors dropped him after USADA's scathing report—at the cost of tens of millions of dollars. AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes, File

Lance Armstrong may have been branded liar and cheat of the month, but experts say he’s not as different from the rest of us as we’d like to believe.

Posted: January 19th, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Man in naked standoff on statue in central London

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‘PERFORMANCE ART’ A naked man sits on top of a statue of George, Duke of Cambridge in Whitehall, London, Friday Nov. 23, 2012. AP/John Stillwell/PA

A naked man clambered atop a large equestrian statue in the heart of London’s Whitehall government district Friday, striking a variety of precarious poses before being coaxed down by police nearly three hours later.

Posted: November 24th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Lifestyle Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Six ways to beat the blues


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October marks not only breast cancer awareness month, but the equally important mental health month as well. In a recent study on the happiest countries, despite it being “more fun in the Philippines,” surprisingly (at least to me), the Philippines ranked 103 out of 155 countries in the 2012 World Happiness Report published by Columbia University.

Posted: October 21st, 2012 in Columns,Featured Columns,Headlines,Sunday Lifestyle | Read More »

Psychic surgery as a spiritual practice


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I believe that any discussion about mystical and paranormal happenings in the Philippines will not be complete without mentioning the most sensational and controversial form of faith healing, which can only be found in the Philippines—namely, bare-handed psychic surgery.

Posted: May 8th, 2012 in Columns,Mind and Body,Wellness | Read More »

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