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The Happiness Formula....

One of the greatest mysteries that has been plaguing mankind is the secret of happiness. Scientists claim that they have finally been able to unravel the mystery with a simple equation. The equation was worked out by scientists after a study of more than 1000 people. It is based on a series// of questions which need to be answered on a scale of 1 to 10 and the score is out of 100. The greater the...

Happiness Survey

The survey is a worldwide investigation of sociocultural and political change //conducted about every four years by an international network of social scientists. It includes questions about how happy people are and how satisfied they are with their lives. ..It showed that average happiness has remained virtually the same in industrialized countries since World War II, although incomes have risen...

The Happiness Mantra: “ Crib Less: Earn More

Results of a recent study states that rich people could be happier than the poor taking into consideration factors like physical health, income, education and marital status // . ..The study was conducted on a group of people ranging in age from 20 to 64 years. The subjects were questioned regarding their age, total family income and general happiness. They were checked for health, education, eff...

Happiness Plays An Important Role In Success

A new research has revealed that happiness results in success, and not the other way round. The Psychological Bulletin of the American Psychological Association has published this study. Happiness contributes towards // reinforcing positive emotions, which also motivates people to undertake new goals and succeed at them. ....Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky of the University of California and colleagues e...

Happiness Is Not Attained By A Wealthy Life But By A Healthy One.

In an editorial of the famous British Medical Journal it was said that people in London are in pursuit of wealth rather than health // . ....Money cannot bring you all the comforts and happiness that a person desires, it is by treasuring the relationships that a happy and long life can be established. ...."Individuals usually get richer during their lifetimes – but not happier" said the author....

Happiness in the wake of quake: 7,000 births every month

Encountering another problem after relief work in quake affected areas the United Nations (UN) has revealed that there is a shortage of female health workers and doctors in the quake-hit areas. // The pressure is felt that 80,000 women were pregnant and approximately 7,000 new births were taking place every month... ..Expressing concern UNFPA country representative Dr France Donny said that 90 p...

Self-Employment Key To Happiness

Those who are self-employed have been found to be happier compared to those who work under an employer, reports a new study // conducted by Researchers at the University of Durham. This could perhaps be due to the increased flexibility, independence and superior job satisfaction. ....Self-employed workers who were successful in their 60s were less likely to retire, he said. 'We found that greate...

Money Cannot Buy Happiness

Princeton researcher Daniel Kahneman, PhD, and colleagues have come to the conclusion that it is only an illusion that wealth brings happiness//. Kahneman shared the 2002 Nobel Prize for applying the principles of psychology to economics. ....As Kahneman and colleagues have observed in their extensive research on people's reported happiness and life satisfaction "When someone reflects on how add...

Straightening the Teeth Won't Guarantee Happiness

Straighter teeth in children may improve their smile but there is no guarantee of happiness and improved self-esteem – says a new study//. The study results were published in the British Journal of Health Psychology. ....Scientists in Britain in their 20-year long study looked at the impact of braces on more than 300 children in Wales showed that straightening their teeth had little positive im...

Blood Pressure is a Measure of Country’s Happines

Blood pressure could certainly be an indicator of one’s happiness. Researchers at the University of Warwick have found a direct connection// between a nation's overall happiness and its citizens' blood pressure problems. ..They drew a random sample of 15,000 people from across the European countries. ..These people were asked how happy they were, whether they had had problems of hypertension (hi...

The Science of Happiness

....For generations, man has indulged in a conscious pursuit to quench his For most people it has proven to be as evading as their quest for the Holy Grail. Different cultures take a different view of happiness. The eastern culture harbors a fatalistic view of life, which enables them to accept happiness, and overcome unhappiness, with an inbuilt ease. The western culture,...

Exposure to a Soil Bacterium can Boost Happiness

Exposure to a type of bacteria found in soil boosts happiness levels and could help restore healthy immune functions// in people who are depressed and prone to infection, says a study. ....British scientists led by Chris Lowry at Bristol University treated lung cancer patients with the bacteria, named 'bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae', and found improvement in their quality of life, reported the...

Exposure to a Soil Bacterium can Boost Happiness

Exposure to a type of bacteria found in soil boosts happiness levels and could help restore healthy immune functions in people //who are depressed and prone to infection, says a study. ....British scientists led by Chris Lowry at Bristol University treated lung cancer patients with the bacteria, named 'bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae', and found improvement in their quality of life, reported the...

Mind Control is the Key to Happiness: Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev

Soothing music and witty tales kept Delhi audiences enthralled as spiritual counselor Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev stressed on// the mind's power for happiness and peace. ....Far from being a moral science lesson full of spiritual jargon, the yogi's discourse late Thursday on 'Circus of the mind' was a simple talk backed up with tips on mental control. ...."Circus is a very well-coordinated activity m...

Experts in Istanbul Seek Nature and Measure of Happiness

More than 1,000 statisticians and economists were Saturday winding up four days of talks in Istanbul devoted to two of mankind's most intractable questions: what is happiness and how do you measure it? ......Experts attending a forum of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development acknowledged that the indices used in the past, which depended basically on economic data such as nati...