to your health

These days, we’re inundated with health advice from sources as diverse as newspapers, doctors’ bulletin boards, and fortune cookies. But only here will you learn that forcing yourself to smile by gripping chopsticks in your teeth might reduce your stress level, as is suggested by Tara L. Kraft and Sarah D. Pressman of the University of Kansas. What this behavior might do to your coworkers’ stress levels is a subject for further research.

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