January 18, 2026

Beauty Routines and Your Health & Recovering From a Concussion

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Beauty Routines and Your Health The daily beauty routine of many Americans might be quietly working against their health. Lariah Edwards, PhD, Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, found that black and Hispanic women in South Los Angeles face disproportionate chemical exposures from personal care products—not through choice, but because of societal beauty standards and limited access to safer alternatives
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Recovering From a Concussion Mild traumatic brain injury affects millions of Americans each year, with many experiencing persistent problems with concentration, memory and information processing that can last months or years. John Shelley-Tremblay, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Experimental Event-related Potentials Laboratory at the University of South Alabama, shares eye-opening results from a program that significantly outperforms standard programs designed to treat cognitive problems following a concussion.
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Increasing Your Odds of Success After two successive job losses, Kyle Austin Young, business strategy consultant, author of “Success Is a Numbers Game: Achieve Bigger Goals by Changing the Odds,” pivoted to consulting, realizing that all his clients shared a common goal: improving their odds of success. He emphasized that people often fall into an "averaging trap," evaluating individual task success separately rather than multiplying the probabilities together.
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