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Hayes says he has spent decades studying “human misery” and has gleaned one groundbreaking insight into its causes. “Thousands of independent studies make it clear that suffering is often the result of something called psychological inflexibility,” he says. “This may sound complex,” he acknowledges, but in layman’s terms, it simply means you tend to prioritize short-term gains over bigger picture goals or values “at the cost of long-term pains.” Conversely, psychological flexibility is “the ability to focus on the present moment fully and, according to what the situation affords, change or persist with behavior in the pursuit of goals and values....

RELATED: If You Got Moderna, These Are the 3 Reasons to Wait for a Booster. Ahead of the scheduled meeting this week, FDA scientists have declined to take a stance on backing Moderna booster shots. The agency released a 45-page document on Oct. 12, detailing Moderna’s argument for an additional dose, reporting on its safety and efficacy, and analyzing the need for it. According to the FDA, Moderna submitted an amendment to its emergency use authorization on Sept....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Take This Pain Medication, Stop Now, FDA Warns. Recalls are more common than you might think, and both the FDA and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) work to issue warnings and keep the public in the know. On June 29, the FDA announced that Bryant Ranch Prepack Inc. issued a voluntary recall of Morphine Sulfate 30 mg Extended-Release tablets and Morphine Sulfate 60 mg Extended-Release tablets due to a label mix-up....

RELATED: This Supplement Can Cause Cardiac Arrest If You Take Too Much, Doctors Say. According to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, Apple’s MagSafe technology used in the iPhone 12 could potentially interfere with cardiac devices such as pacemakers or implantable defibrillators. Researchers reported that three “select devices” from major companies Medtronic, Abbott, and Boston Scientific “were found to have magnetic susceptibility” to the iPhone during the study, Engadget reports....

RELATED: If You Have This Popular Seasoning at Home, Throw It Away Now, FDA Says. On Oct. 6, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Los Angeles, California-based Chocolate and the Chip was recalling 16 of its cookies. The recalled cookies, which came in resealable plastic bags bearing the company’s logo, include the brand’s Original, Sweetie, Spiced Oatmeal Raisin, Spiced Rum Oatmeal Raisin, Maple Macadamia, Fluffadoodle, Disco Ball, Hot Chip Summer, Oktoberfest, Peanutbutter Spice, Funfetti, Fluffa-Nutta, Lavender, Boozy Banana Walnut, Original Gluten-Free, and Gluten-Free Sweetie cookies....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have This Popular Deodorant, Stop Using It Immediately, FDA Warns. Back in March, Skippy recalled three peanut butter products, including Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread, Skippy Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread, and Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter Blended With Plant Protein. Nearly 10,000 cases of the jars were recalled as they potentially contain small fragments of stainless steel. According to the U....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have Any of These Popular Peanut Butters, Get Rid of Them Now. The new recall comes among a torrent of other dessert recalls in recent weeks—even in the last several days alone. On May 1, Massachusetts-based TJX Companies Inc.—more popularly known as the operator of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Sierra, and Homesense stores— posted a recall notice recalling certain vegan chocolate products from its shelves....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have This Meat in Your Freezer, Do Not Eat It, USDA Warns. Recalls of different meat products aren’t uncommon, nor surprising, as “raw foods of animal origin are most likely to be contaminated” and cause food poisoning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There have been several meat recalls this year, including one for a popular deli meat sold at Walmart....

Read the original article on Best Life. The Hot Pockets covered by the recall are only the “premium pepperoni pizza” variety, which come in a 12-pack in a 54 oz. carton. The boxes in question have a Feb. 2022 expiration date and lot codes 0318544624, 0319544614, 0320544614, and 0321544614 printed on the carton. They also include establishment number “EST. 7721A” inside the USDA mark of inspection toward the bottom of the front of the box (pictured here)....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have This Soup in Your Pantry, Get Rid of It, FDA Warns. Food and beverage products sold to the public are subject to inspection for quality control and safety reasons. Discovering anything even remotely potentially hazardous typically initiates a recall, including one recent far-reaching example. On July 29, the FDA alerted the public that Lyons Magnus LLC had issued a recall of 53 of its coffee drinks, non-dairy milks, and protein drinks....

RELATED: If You Notice This on Your Hands, Get Your Liver Checked, Mayo Clinic Says. Spider-like blood vessels can signal cirrhosis of the liver. According to the Mayo Clinic, there’s one symptom that anyone concerned for their liver should be aware of: spider-like blood vessels on the skin. This type of vascular lesion is known among medical professionals as spider angioma, spider naevus, or spider telangiectasia. What makes these skin lesions so useful in diagnosis is how regularly aligned they are with liver conditions....

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has generated a list of coronavirus symptoms—and while they note that it’s not comprehensive, it does include most of the common symptoms, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste or smell, headache, and fatigue. While congestion or runny nose is included on the list, sneezing is not. And for symptoms you do need to worry about, These 4 Easy-To-Miss Symptoms Could Mean You Have COVID, Experts Say....

“The thyroid gland [is] the body’s equivalent of a thermostat,” says Sapna Shah, MD, a board-certified endocrinologist with Paloma Health. The hormones that are produced by the thyroid gland are what help regulate your body temperature, so when there is something wrong with your thyroid and too much or too little hormone is produced, “the body doesn’t receive appropriate signaling to regulate temperature,” Shah explains. “The symptoms of temperature intolerance vary from person to person,” Shah says....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Notice This on a $20 Bill, Don’t Use It, Police Warn. Unfortunately, scams and criminal activity are prevalent, and police send out frequent alerts to let the public know when and how they could be tricked. Scammers might call you and claim to be a federal official or even show up on your doorstep posing as a representative from your utility company. When you leave the house, you need to be that much more conscious of fraudsters who think they can catch you off-guard....

The occasional headache is common for most of us, but if you find that you need to use OTC pain relievers more than twice a week for your headaches, experts from the Mayo Clinic say you should “consult your doctor.” Common OTC medications used to treat headaches include acetaminophen (like Tylenol), aspirin (like Bayer), and ibuprofen (like Advil). However, these medicines are only meant to “offer relief for occasional headaches,” according to the Mayo Clinic experts....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have Any of These Popular Chocolates, Do Not Eat Them, FDA Warns. According to the AAFA’s published data, about 24 million people in the U.S. were diagnosed with seasonal allergic rhinitis, better known as hay fever, in 2018 alone. This equals around 8 percent (19.2 million) of adults and 7 percent (5.2 million) of kids. Symptoms from these types of allergies can spike in response to pollen from trees, grasses, and weeds, and may be mitigated by over-the-counter remedies....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Use This Common Medication, the FDA Has a Major New Warning for You. Following the 2012 legalization of marijuana in Colorado, 17 other states and Washington, D.C., have since made it legal for people to use and sell various cannabis products. But recreational marijuana has not been federally legalized, and only one cannabis product has been federally approved by the FDA. In 2018, the agency approved Epidiolex, which contains CBD, for the treatment of certain seizures—making it the first and only FDA-approved drug that “contains a purified drug substance derived from marijuana....

RELATED: If You Have an Android, You’re Now Barred From Doing This. When your phone suddenly starts getting hot, you may immediately worry that you did something wrong. But if you’re experiencing this with your Android, it could be related to an issue that is out of your control. Your phone may be overheating due to an internal chip designed by a company called ARM, Android Authority said. Both Samsung and Qualcomm (which supplies the processing chips for Android smartphones) base their flagship processors on this chip....

RELATED: If You See This on Your Nails, It Could Be a Tell-Tale Sign of Diabetes. On May 7, Novo Nordisk announced it has voluntarily recalled 1,468 product samples of Levemir®, Tresiba®, Fiasp®, Novolog® and Xultophy®, all insulin products used to lower blood glucose levels in people with diabetes. In its announcement of the insulin sample recall, Novo Nordisk says the products in question “are packaged in cartons with either a vial, pen-injector (FlexPen® or FlexTouch®) or a cartridge (PenFill®)....

RELATED: Never Forget to Do This After Your Flight Lands, Flight Attendant Warns. We all dread getting the news that our travel plans have been dashed—especially when it appears to be an issue unrelated to bad weather. But in a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union on April 8, a law protecting airline passengers was expanded that entitles any traveler on a canceled or delayed domestic connecting flight that originated in the E....