Poll: Money worries world’s greatest cause of stress


// Poll: Money worries world’s greatest cause of stress A new international poll has revealed that money is the main source of stress in most countries — but men and women often don’t worry about the same things. The survey, which was conducted by Reader’s Digest, asked people from 16 countries one simple question: What [...]

How tough economic times are affecting compulsive shoppers.


How tough economic times are affecting compulsive shoppers. According to Newsweek – Most of us like to shop, but how many of us know when to stop? According to a 2006 survey by the Stanford University School of Medicine, 5.8 percent of the U.S. population—about 17 million people—are compulsive shoppers, a label psychologist April Lane [...]

Advice to Obama on battling presidential stress and aging


Dear President Elect Obama, You are taking on the toughest public office in the world at a very critical juncture in world history. Don’t choke! Don’t screw up. Don’t mess up. If you do, we will all read or hear about it instantly and it will be a part of world history. The Whole World [...]