Infertility: It’s something that 7.3 million American of women will experience (that translates to 1 in 8 couples), yet many people still don’t see their doctor at the appropriate time or even feel comfortable talking about the subject. Oh sure, perhaps we all know someone who jumped the gun and raced to the ob/gyn after two months of trying didn’t […]
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How Tearjerkers Make You Happy to Be Sad
Fresh news, from the department of The Upsides to Real Downers: A new study, in a forthcoming issue of the journal Communications Research, teases out why watching depressing —where lovers are torn apart, families grieve, fight, or dissolve, women and children are in peril, or any and all maudlin, movie-of-the-week topics—actually makes many people feel…HAPPY. According to the researchers at […]
Where Do You Generate Your Best Ideas?
Last week on 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin’s character, Jack Donaghy, explains how he’s been exercising something called the Shower Principle, a term that scientists use to describe how the brain generates ideas best when distracted from the task or issue at hand. As a writer, I’m a big fan of the SP, as I’ll call it…although I confess that I […]
Three Ways to Explore the Science-y Side of Life
I never considered myself a science person. Growing up, I always focused on languages, writing, and other literary stuff. I studied French for 13 years and Italian for four. I even majored in “comparative literature” at college. Sure, I was perfectly acceptable in math and science, but never really considered myself a “science person.” However, looking at my choices of […]
Making Commercial Breaks Healthier—One Step at a Time
I read about this cool study the other day, where researchers found that people watching one-hour TV show who simply got off the couch and walked in place while their program went to a commercial burned a total of 148 calories and 2,111 steps over a total of 25 minutes of ads. (To compare, a more concentrated, hour-long treadmill workout […]
Do You REALLY Know How to Administer CPR?
The other day, as I was leaving Trader Joe’s, a man collapsed just inside the exit. He was older—perhaps in his mid-80s—and he was with his silver-haired wife, who was around the same age. A wooden cane lay strewn beside him. As I approached, there was a small crowd forming, and his wife crouched near his head shouting “Wake up! […]
The Rainbow Connection
If parenting a preschooler has taught me anything, it’s that everything is more fun when it’s a bit of a game. (To wit: the nightly Rinsing Out of the Shampoo Battle, which has turned into a game of “Is that Elmo I see on the ceiling? Quick, look up before he leaves!”) So that’s why, earlier last week, I challenged […]
A Makeover In the Produce Aisle?
We’ve all heard that beauty comes from the inside out, but the results of one new study prove that the health virtues of what you eat can really impact your outer beauty. Researchers at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland found that people who reported eating more fruits and veggies scored higher on attractiveness ratings given by others—who obviously […]
Is The Container Store Like Porn for Women?
Is there something unique in women’s brains that makes us go bonkers for bins, binders, and baskets or cuckoo for containers, clasps, and clips? I ask because in the last few weeks alone, I’ve had rather impassioned conversations with a few friends and acquaintances, wherein we both spoke feverishly about our love for all things organization and containment. Put an […]












