Dr. Drew On Call

Super Storm Sandy has left widespread devastation a scale that is hard to imagine; from big cities to the beaches.  In some places there’s nothing left, except for people who are stranded - without food, electricity and in some cases without hope.  And all of it might be just the beginning…of a long and desperate road back.  Dr. Drew talks to survivors.

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Could people who have lost weight keep the unwanted pounds off if they practiced doing so first?

A new study to be published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology called “Promoting Healthy Weight with ‘Stability Skills First,’ looked into that notion.

Does crunching on your baby carrots annoy your office-mate?  Well, maybe if he ate more of them, he wouldn’t be so cranky.    

Turns out, people who eat a lot of vegetables are happier.  Researcher Daniel Blanchflower and a team at Dartmouth University have found that people who ate seven servings of veggies per day were more satisfied with their lives.  (Seven seems to be the magic number; go any higher and they say it’s not going to make a difference).

According to a recent report by the National Bureau of Economic Research, if you were popular in high school, you should be making more money than your peers.

Don’t jump immediately to ideas of jocks and nerds when you’re calculating popularity, though, says Dow Jones reporter Michael Derby. This study measures popularity based on friendship.