Life Is Like Hitting a Knuckleball

Everything about baseball is predicated on precision and predictability. A .260 hitter might have a good or bad year, but eventually he will revert to ...

Our Brains Can't Handle Unlimited Multitasking

In her book Maxxed Out: American Moms on the Brink, Katrina Alcorn asks mothers, "Do you ever feel as if being a parent has turned you into an expert ...

Madonna Feels Like a 'Gerbil on a Wheel'

Everyone does think of me as impenetrable and/or superhuman, and maybe that's the way it goes if you've lasted for more than three decades. But ...

Doctor Identifies New Epidemic—Busyness

Dr. Susan Koven practices internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. In a Boston Globe column, she wrote:

In the past few years, I've observed ...

Unhappy Marriages Can Make Us Unhealthy

An unhappy marriage can break your heart—literally. A study from sociologists at Michigan State University indicates that people in contentious ...

Sleep-Deprived People Act As Bad As Drunks

So you didn't get enough sleep last night? No big deal, you say. Well, actually, it is a big deal. Sleep deprivation can have severe short-term and ...

Researchers Urge Us to Accept 'Good Stress'

Research has revealed that a certain kind of stress is good for us. Kelly McGonigal, a researcher at Stanford University, argues that challenges and difficulties ...

How to Nap Like a Pro

A good night's sleep does a body good (see what I did there?). But evidence is growing that napping is also a very important discipline."… ...

Too Much or Too Little Conflict Creates Stress

A Danish health survey asked almost 10,000 people between ages 36 and 52, "In your everyday life, do you experience conflicts with any of the following ...

'Fatigue Flaw' Leads to Airline Crash

On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 was cruising blandly along on autopilot at thirty-seven thousand feet a seven-foot number one fan disk broke ...