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Why Faking a Smile Is a Good Thing
Forbes: We think of our face as reflecting our internal emotions, but that linkage works both ways – we can change our emotional state by altering our facial expression! Pasting a smile on your face
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Brownell Named Dean of Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy
APS Fellow Kelly Brownell has been appointed the next dean of Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Brownell, a leading authority on public policies to enhance nutrition and combat obesity, has advised the White
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Stress-Busting Smiles
The Wall Street Journal: Smiling could be good for your health. Researchers are finding that wearing a smile brings certain benefits, like slowing down the heart and reducing stress. This may even happen when people
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How a bad relationship can make you ill – by damaging your immune system
The Daily Mail: Feeling anxious about close relationships could make you fall ill – by damaging your immune system. Not only does anxiety appear to raise levels of stress hormones in the body, it also
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Shame About Past Drinking Problem May Lead to Relapse
LiveScience: Feeling shame about a past drinking problem might actually increase the likelihood of a relapse for recovering alcoholics, a new study shows. “How much shame participants displayed strongly predicted not only whether they relapsed
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When Patients Do Nothing: Illness and Inertia
The Huffington Post: One of the most daunting public health challenges is getting people to take care of themselves in the most basic ways. It’s not that people with cardiac risk don’t know about exercise