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If you make at least $75,000 a year, are extroverted, healthy, and engaged in your life: Congratulations. This is the happiest you’ll ever be, and it’s all downhill from here! On the bright side, you’re probably happier than most people you know. In fact, a new study shows that you just may be the happiest person in America.

The good news for those of us who don’t fit the above description is that happiness comes with age — besides the period from age 35-44, where there’s a dip in contentedness levels. Those damn kids! Are you happier now than you were 10 years ago?

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The Happiest People Are Extroverted, Engaged, and Healthy

They suggest framing a “no” answer with a positive statement and a positive follow-up question: Don’t want to go on vacation to China with your family? Try telling them that you’d love to go on vacation together, but you don’t think China is a practical option for everyone. Then ask if they’d be willing to go to Mexico instead. Showing that you’re interested in working together on a solution to please everyone, rather than rejecting the idea entirely, is a good way to say no, assert your power, and stay away from offending anyone or making the conversation negative.

Do you have trouble saying no? Take our poll:

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Do You Know How to Say a "Positive No"?

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People get migraines from stress, from not eating, and from being overtired — but do fluorescent lights also cause them? A recent post on the New York Times Well Blog reports that several readers have experienced migraines after being in a room with fluorescent lighting. Doctors claim there isn’t scientific evidence to support this claim, but there is an explanation for why some people associate the two.

Apparently, migraine sufferers are more sensitive to light than non-sufferers, even when their head doesn’t hurt. If they see bright lights while they’re experiencing another migraine trigger, the lights could be what push them into full-blown migraine territory.

Any other migraine triggers out there?

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Fluorescent Lights: Ugly AND a Migraine Trigger?

Like you, I’ve seen those Activia yogurt commercials featuring Jamie Lee Curtis about a million times. And every time, while I’m singing along to the jingle, I wonder: Could eating that stuff (with Bifidus Regularis!) for two weeks actually help my inner-workings behave better, or is this whole thing just a genius marketing scam?

See, I’ve always prided myself on having a fairly high-functioning digestive system: For the most part, everybody down there seems to know what floor they need to be on at any given point, and when they need to take the elevator a few floors south, and finally, when they need to pack up and exit the building. (TMI Alert: I do take an herbal digestive stimulator every night, and have for years.) So, in general, I feel pretty good in the down-under digestion department. But then again, maybe I just think I do. Is it possible that I could feel even better? Does my digestive system really need to be regulated by Bifidus?

Well, people, we’re going to find out. The nice people at Dannon challenged me to take their challenge, and I accepted. (I’m not a huge fan of yogurt, but I can eat it for two weeks in a row. I think.) So check back here next Thursday, when I’ll report on how, if at all, the Activia 14-Day Challenge has thus far changed my life – or at least my gurgling stomach.

In the meantime, Jamie Lee? It is so on.

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Does your company have a quiet room for employees to rest? If so, can we use it?

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A Nap at Work: Coming to an Office Near You?

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Another year, another flu season — and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging everyone (except infants under 6 months) to get vaccinated this year. After last year’s flu pandemic, it’s become clear that the flu isn’t just dangerous to babies and the elderly — perfectly healthy children and adults also can be at risk for dangerous complications. This year’s shot will include protection against swine flu and two other strains.

So where do you stand on the flu shot issue? Let us know by taking our poll:

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Flu Shots: Will You Get One This Season?