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FIVE THINGS TO WATCH IN THE HEALTH WORLD

                               [1] EARLY NICOTINE ADDICTION     The first puff of cigarette could be enough to hook a young teenager into addiction. The extraordinary findings upend the prevailing view about nicotine addiction being a slowly acquired process that occurs only after several years of heavy smoking.      In a study of 1,200 teenagers over approximately six years, researchers found that physical addiction is a much stronger force than peer pressure, even among those who smoked only rarely, the paper said.      According to the study, nicotine dependence symptoms appear in many young tobacco users between the first exposure to nicotine and the onset of daily smoking. The researchers say that antismoking campaigns should be adapted not only to help youths resist the pressure to smoke but also to help those who have smoked to overcome nicotine dependence.                                     [2] RAGE IS BAD FOR YOU         According to Valentina D’ Urs

HOW TO TURN FAILURE INTO SUCCESS

             Do feelings of inadequacy prevent you from taking on new challenges? Do the well-meaning comments of those you respect sometimes undermine your confidence? Does discouragement over past blunders hold you back from trying again? If so, how can you come to terms with your failures –real or perceived?               You have everything to gain by finding the answer to that last question became sooner or later everyone fails at something. But people who can deal with failures are resilient. That means they can put their mistakes in perspective, get up, and try again. And next time, they are more likely to succeed. So let’s see how you can cope with three challenges –potential failure, perceived failure, and actual failure.               POTENTIAL FAILURE; WHAT COULD HAPPEN; You expect the worst and therefore hold back from making an attempt, thinking that your chances of success are slim. So instead of letting fear of failure immobilize you, put your heart into the

DEJA VU EXPERIENCE, TRUE OR FALSE?

                                      DÉJÀ VU gives us the feeling we have experienced an event before, even though this may seem to be an impossibility. Thus, the feeling of familiarity accompanying déjà vu is often unexpected and inexplicable, leading many people to wonder if their déjà vu experiences are psychic, physiological, or both.          A number of mechanisms have been advanced to account for the déjà vu experience. Because psychic experiences of many kinds have been associated with déjà vu, it has often been suggested that déjà vu itself is a psychic experience. In this regard, déjà vu has been reported to be the result of reincarnation memories, subconscious memories of dream projections or out-of-body –experiences, subconscious memories of precognitive dreams, and clairvoyance. A higher frequency of déjà vu experiences have been reported for those who meditate frequently.        Another proposed mechanism for déjà vu is that of biochemically encoded ancestral