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		<title>Technologies to Measure Emotion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice, if we were to gain a heightened awareness of our emotions by tracking our emotional and cognative states?  
Affectiva, a company with roots at MIT Media Lab&#8217;s Affective Computing group has recently announced a National Science Foundation grant  &#8220;to develop an online version of its technology that enables computers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing with the Brain in Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Naomi Eisenberger a leading social neuroscience researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA),  feeling of being excluded provokes the same sort of reaction in the brain that physical pain might cause.     
This study and many others now emerging have made one thing clear: The human [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apsblog.com/site/health-and-wellness/managing-with-the-brain-in-mind</link>
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		<title>10 Foods That Can Help You Sleep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Experts say eating the right snacks in the hours before you hit the bed may help you fall asleep faster and even improve the quality of your sleep.  It&#8217;s best to stop eating 2 hours before bedtime for your body to properly digest the food.  Here is the list:
Almonds contain magnesium which promotes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apsblog.com/site/health-and-wellness/10-foods-that-can-help-you-sleep</link>
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		<title>Electronic Personal Health Records as Self-Management Tool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A growing trend in many countries is to offer patients access to their health information through the use of electronic personal health records (PHRs). PHRs are seen both as a strategy to make healthcare more patient centered and as a tool for self-management. These electronic health records can assist patients in managing their health condition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apsblog.com/site/health-and-wellness/electronic-personal-health-records-as-self-management-tool</link>
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		<title>Continuous Chest Compression CPR: Mayo Clinic Presentation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors at Mayo Clinic recommend a modified CPR method which is not mouth to mouth and it saves more lives.  According to Dr. Bobrow the goal is to generate blood flow to the heart and to the brain.  When a person collapses there is still enough oxygen in the heart to keep them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apsblog.com/site/health-and-wellness/continuous-chest-compression-cpr-mayo-clinic-presentation</link>
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		<title>Mobile Technology for Health Behavior Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Weight loss and healthier eating habits are nearly universal New Year&#8217;s resolutions and keeping a daily journal is an excellent way to manage our weight.  Nowadays mobile apps make it easy to keep a diet journal and manage our weight.   For example:
PhotoCalorie is both a visual food journal and nutrition search engine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apsblog.com/site/health-and-wellness/mobile-technology-for-health-behavior-change</link>
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		<title>Mind Over Matter: Controlling Individual Neurons By Your Thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Neuro-scientists in UCLA and Caltech were able to show that people can use their thoughts to control what they see on the computer monitor.  
The patients could control their thoughts in a conscious manner where their imagination could overwrite the visuals displayed for them.  They could deliberately “regulate the activity of their neurons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apsblog.com/site/health-and-wellness/mind-over-matter-controlling-individual-neurons-by-your-thoughts</link>
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		<title>Brene Brown@TEDx: The Power of Vulnerability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame.  Brené’s current research focuses on authentic leadership and wholeheartedness in families, schools, and organizations. Her work draws on empirically based strategies to engage your clients [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apsblog.com/site/health-and-wellness/brene-browntedx-the-power-of-vulnerability</link>
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		<title>Anima, Animus &amp; The Future of Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The anima and animus in Carl Jung&#8217;s school of analytical psychology, are the two primary archetypes of the unconscious mind.  The anima and animus are described by Jung as elements of his theory of the collective unconscious, a domain of the unconscious that transcends the personal psyche. In the unconscious of the male, it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apsblog.com/site/health-and-wellness/anima-animus-the-future-of-business</link>
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		<title>Smart Pills: chip-on-a-pill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Swiss pharma giant Novartis announced it will be seeking regulatory approval of “smart pills” embedded with microchips within the next 18 months. The chip-on-a-pill, developed by Proteus Biomedical will transmit data from the body to doctors, helping them to track med intake and tweak dosage.  
If approved, smart pills can play [...]]]></description>
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