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Positive Emotions and Your Health

Learn about how having a positive outlook can benefit your physical health.

Bullying: Unwanted Aggression

Find out how to spot signs of bullying—including cyberbullying—and what you can do to help someone who’s being bullied.

20 Q & A’s about Long-Distance Caregiving

Browse ideas and resources that can help make long-distance caregiving more manageable and effective whether you live next door or across the country.

Brain Basics

Changes in the brain can lead to mental disorders, such as depression. Learn how the brain works and what can go wrong.

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Positive Emotions and Your Health Having a positive mental outlook might benefit your physical health, according to a growing body of research. (From NIH News in Health)

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Brain Basics Changes in the brain can lead to mental disorders, such as depression. Learn how the brain works and what can go wrong. (From NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health)

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Fat vs. Carbs for Reducing Body Fat In obese adults, decreasing dietary fat led to greater body fat loss than cutting the same number of calories from carbohyrdates. (From NIH Research Matters)

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Early Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV Infection Starting antiretroviral therapy early in HIV-infected people prevents serious AIDS-related and non-AIDS-related diseases. (From NIH Research Matters)

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