Humor

Humor is a very vague term. Many people have different opinions of humor. Some prefer the smarter humor, some perfer the political humor, and some prefer the sexual humor, and then of course some like it all. Due to the diversity of humor, no one has found a set theory of hilarity, so I will share some tid-bit facts about it. Humor is contagious. Have you noticed when someone is laughing that you can't help laughing yourself? Laughter is a bonding technique. It allows for a closer relationship and better intimacy. Humor has been said to keep you living longer, as it strengthens the immune system, boosts your energy, diminishes pain, and protects your body from stress. We've all seen Patch Adams, the clown that cured children. Laughter is a priceless medicine that is fun, relaxing, and bonding.

Fish once a week keeps the Alzheimer's away

Fish once a week keeps the Alzheimer’s away
Research has found that if people eat more fish once a week it helps put more gray matter into your head, which reduces the chances of getting Alzheimer’s. If only you bake or broil the fish you receive more grey matter, if you fry fish it doesn’t grow in their brains. What fish also contains is Omega 3 fatty acids that protect your brain, help your blood flow, and delivers more oxygen and nutrients to the brain. I think this article will benefit to the world because it will help others boost up there omega 3 and make their brains much healthier and stronger. I find this interesting and helpful to know about and would like to know more.
Reference: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45491605/ns/health-aging/

Altzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease causes brain changes that gradually get worse. It's the most common cause of dementia — a group of brain disorders that cause progressive loss of intellectual and social skills, severe enough to interfere with day-to-day life. In Alzheimer's disease, brain cells degenerate and die, causing a steady decline in memory and mental function.

Current Alzheimer's disease medications and management strategies can temporarily improve symptoms, maximize function and maintain independence. It's also important to seek social services and tap into your support network to make life better. Research efforts aim to discover treatments that prevent Alzheimer's or slow its progression.

Symptoms include forgetting... Everything: writing, reading, reasoning, judgement, important events, family members, everything. It is very scary indeed.

~This is just a number of ways that can make one forget.

Abusive boss may harm workers' home life too.

FRIDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Having an abusive boss can do more than ruin your workday, it can also harm your family life, new research suggests.

The study, published online and in the winter issue of the journal Personnel Psychology, included 280 full-time employees and their partners who completed online surveys.

The Baylor University researchers found that the stress and tension an abusive boss causes an employee also affects the worker's partner, their relationship and the rest of the family.

However, the longer the employee-partner relationship, the less effect the abusive boss had on the family. The researchers also found that having more children at home meant greater family satisfaction for the employee.

"These findings have important implications for organizations and their managers. The evidence highlights the need for organizations to send an unequivocal message to those in supervisory positions that these hostile and harmful behaviors will not be tolerated," study author Dawn Carlson, a professor of management and chair of organizational development at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor, said in a university news release.

Abuse by a boss may include tantrums, rudeness, public criticism and inconsiderate action, the study authors pointed out.

"It may be that as supervisor abuse heightens tension in the relationship, the employee is less motivated or able to engage in positive interactions with the partner and other family members," study co-author Merideth Ferguson, an assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship, said in the news release.

Businesses and other organizations should encourage workers to use employee assistance programs or other resources, such as counseling and stress management, to find ways to reduce the impact an abusive boss has on the family, the study authors said.

~I understand that there abusive bosses out there and I always knew nothing good came out of it, looks like I was right.

Resource: yahoo.com

Some Atheist Scientists With Children Embrace Religious Traditions, According to New Research

Summary: The study also found that some atheist scientists want their children to know about different religions so their children can make informed decisions about their own religious preferences.

"Our research shows just how tightly linked religion and family are in U.S. society -- so much so that even some of society's least religious people find religion to be important in their private lives," said Rice sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund, the study's principal investigator and co-author of a paper in the December issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.The researchers found that 17 percent of atheists with children attended a religious service more than once in the past year.The research was conducted through interviews with a scientifically selected sample of 275 participants pulled from a survey of 2,198 tenured and tenure-track faculty in the natural and social sciences at 21 elite U.S. research universities. Approximately half of the original survey population expressed some form of religious identity, whereas the other half did not.

Impact: People will start making informed decisions.

Critic: This proves that scientist are not biased.

Reference: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111201132524.htm

No Fear

Resource: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/fear-brain-amygdala/

There has been found that a middle aged woman feels no kind of fear. Fear is a survival instinct and yet she feels nothing of it. They had tried scaring her with a number of terrifying situations such as being held at gunpoint and knife point. She even giggles in haunted houses! She has an unusual genetic disorder called Urbach-Wiethe disease. In one's late childhood, this disease will destroy both sides of the amygdala. The amygdala is composed of two structures the shape and size of almonds on each side of the brain. This damage to the brain had caused the woman to know no fear. They had tested this on animals, but the thing is that if animals can actually feel fear consciously. They also gave her a electronic diary to record for 3 months and fear was an emotion that had never been recorded. Also, she isn't just afraid of life threatening situations, but she also is not afraid of normal everyday fears such as social acceptance and public speaking. The researchers also tried to scare her through many clips or movies such as The Blair Witch Project or The Shining. The damge done to her brain acts at a very unconscious and instinctive level. Not only is there a lack of interest, but you become more curious to what may cause fear.

Fear can be our worst enemy, but it can be our best friend. I believe this is a very interesting article. I think the more we learn about the brain, the better. This could be bad if it were to go wild somehow, but it has little potential to do so since its only genetics.

Emotional Abuse

Resource: http://www.counselingcenter.illinois.edu/?page_id=168

First let's see the definition of abuse. "Abuse is any behavior that is designed to control and subjugate another human being through the use of fear, humiliation, and verbal or physical assaults. To narrow down emotional abuse, it is the kind of abuse that is more emotional than physical in nature. Some examples of emotional abuse is constant criticism and to even more subtle tactics such as intimidation, manipulation, and refusal to ever be pleased. Emotional abuse may be close to brain washing in the way of lower or no self-confidence, self-worth, trust in one's own perceptions, and self-concept. The results will be similar if one is subject to belittling and berating to intimidation. Overall, emotional abuse may dig deeper than physical abuse since it keeps cutting and destroying at one's sense of self and their remaining feeling of personal value.

Abuse is a terrible thing. It exists in this world and it has done no good to the person suffering. The only thing it has taught is the message of true pain or give someone the initiative to help the world. I believe knowing when you are in this situation allows people to escape the pain of it. I believe this article can help someone get out of this situation and it will give a person a better life.