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Facebook launches new security feature Facebook users must choose to activate this change. To do so, log in to Facebook and click the “Account” button at the top right of the screen. From that menu, select “Account Settings.” Scroll down to “Account Security” at the bottom of the page and click the link that says [...]

How to change your FaceBook security setting to protect your identity from being stolen or hacked. Here is a simple visual guide on how to set the new security measure on Facebook to protect your identity. You have to do this. Facebook just installed the button. It is quite simple. Just 4 simple steps and [...]

// Chile quake moves city more than 10 feet (CNN) — The magnitude-8.8 earthquake that rocked the west coast of Chile last month was violent enough to move the city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west and the capital, Santiago, about 11 inches to the west-southwest, researchers said. The quake also shifted [...]

// H1N1 or Swine Flu Kicked My Butt. I consider myself to be healthy and eat well, exercise regularly, take supplements and still with my immune system down just slightly the H1N1 or Swine Flu just roared and took over. It is an amazing virus, so very strong.  I have never been so sick. A [...]

// Prison inmates go Zen to deal with life behind bars In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacation home on Cape Cod all vanished when he was sent to prison for an arson in 1996. Trapped in his gloomy cell and serving a 20-year [...]

// Company wellness programs improve health, cut costs Employee wellness programs just may be the cure for companies struggling to keep up with rapidly rising health care costs. And proponents say that in addition to saving companies money, the programs are an effective way to help employees live healthier lives. Jeff and Linda Pond of [...]

// Sweat may give off stress signals, study says If you’re working in a stressful environment, you and your colleagues may be communicating tension to one another without even realizing it. A new study published in the online journal PLoS One reveals changes in brain activity when people are exposed to sweat from others who [...]

Quiz: Are you off balance? take the CNN quiz. A third of U.S. employees are chronically overworked and about half have been overworked at some point in the past month, according to a study by the Families and Work Institute. A successful career and a successful personal life can be a delicate balancing act. Life [...]

Mindfulness training busts stress The program lasted eight weeks and participants were followed for an additional three months. Williams said they found those who received the mindfulness training “had significantly less daily hassles, psychological distress and significantly fewer medical symptoms” — like lower blood pressure and fewer aches and pains — than those who were [...]