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Kjerstin Gruys found a unique way to fight an unhealthy obsession with weight and appearance. Gruys recovered from anorexia more than ten years ago, but found she was stressing over her appearance in mirrors while shopping for a wedding dress. The San Francisco woman said looking in the mirror brought…

A new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that frequent Television viewers who do not get any other kind of political news are most likely to be influenced by the physical appearance of a candidate. The study drew on data gathered during the 2006 races for U.S. Senate and governor.…

To many baseball fans, George Steinbrenner was the emperor of the “evil empire.” He fired more people than most will ever hire. But to Rick Cerrone, former P.R. Director of the Yankees George was someone entirely different. He says, "Not a lot of people know this, but he would hear of a story, read about…

IMAGE A middle-aged rock group in Britain was able to score their first musical hit in 15 years by performing an artificial facelift on themselves. The group known as The Alarm, gave themselves the pseudonym The Poppyfields and hired a group of teenagers to take their roles in a new music video. While…

EXPECTATIONS What effect do unreasonable expectations have on people? Do they motivate them to excel or do they discourage them? A group of psychologists recently conducted a study to find the answer to these questions. They gathered a group of undergraduate students to see if they would perform at different…