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The Pursuit of Happiness

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Our Founding Fathers’ gift of health and freedom Fact checked by Shannon Sparks   The pursuit of happiness is an unalienable right — and not just because the Declaration of Independence says so. This health-inducing, prosperity-promoting tonic is available to all, limitless in supply, with the power to benefit us personally and globally.  Happiness, according […]

Friends Can Help Your Health

Friends Chicago Health

Human beings have a built-in need for friendships. Friends help us through the pressures of everyday living and the havoc that stress can wreak on our health. Especially around the holiday season, we often draw closer to friends and family. “Humans are predisposed to bond emotionally with significant others [because] our brain cannot survive without […]