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Carnival of Personal Development Edition #1. Great links about Personal Development, Personal Finance, and Personal Health

Harvard researchers may have just found the “root cause of aging”: A group of proteins called sirtuins. Because of this research, we now know that while DNA damage increases the rate of aging, it isn’t the actual cause of aging. This research

Drivers are far more distracted by talking on a cellular phone than by conversing with a passenger in an automobile, according to a new study by University of Utah psychologists. The study, which used a sophisticated driving simulator, found that when dri

Police raided a 79-year-old widow's Highland cottage after mistaking her tomato plants for a cannabis factory, it was reported.

Despite their natural beauty, flowers aren’t always what they’re cracked up to be. The irony in giving flowers at a funeral, when flowers have been the cause of death in some cases, is something to investigate. This may come as news to some, but some

The US based campaigning and advocacy group Students for Sensible Drug Policy have set up a petition on the social networking site Facebook to let the new president know that a change in drug policy is needed.

<snip>To get a drug to market, pharmaceutical companies have to show that it works better than a placebo. But sometimes the placebo is just as powerful as the real thing. Just why our bodies respond so strongly to fake medicine has long been a mystery, bu

Unique brain wave patterns, spotted for the first time in autistic children, may help explain why they have so much trouble communicating.

Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind.

It’s just a matter of not letting that search for a better, richer life make us lose sight of the good things that we actually have going for us...