Sep 21 You still can’t buy love, but you can buy happiness

Whomever told you that you can’t buy happiness was simply doing it wrong. While we can’t say that this shocks us, researchers have found that your happiness / emotional well-being is tied to your salary. Things tends to level out at the 75k level – although one can only assume that things get better from there! 

There are, of course, other factors that influence this study. Someone with a six-figure salary isn’t necessarily happy, and job security is a valuable commodity no matter what compensation you receive. 

Read the article when you get a chance – does this apply to you? Or rather than ask the boss for a raise, do you plan on just heading into your favourite medical spa when you need a boost?

Sep 13 Never underestimate the benefits of professional laser hair removal

We’ve said it before and we will say it again: never, ever underestimate the benefits of a professional. This classic yet still relevant article highlights some issues dogging the laser hair removal industry. Namely, it’s a lack of standards that is worrisome. As we all know and the article reiterates, the equipment itself has to be licensed, but anyone can operate it. 

Moral of the story? Laser hair removal isn’t something that should done by just anyone – get a professional, like DermaMed Spa, to do it.

Sep 3 Having a bad hair day is real

You know those cartoons that show people pulling their hair out due to crazy amount of frustration? Yeah, turns out that whole scenario could be linked to heart attacks. 

Via CBC, we hear that chronic stress is playing a role in heart attacks. 

Cortisol, a hormone secreted in higher levels during times of stress, is traditionally measured in blood, urine or saliva. But those measurements reflect stress only at a certain period of time, not over long stretches. 

Hair, however, captures cortisol levels over a longer period, said study author Dr. Gideon Koren, who holds the Ivey chair in molecular toxicology at the University of Western Ontario in London. 

Since hair grows one centimetre per month on average, a six-centimetre-long hair sample can show cortisol levels over six months, he said.

Keep reading the article, and give us your opinion.