Smile -- It's Good For You!

Happiness is good for the heart - and new evidence shows that may be true in the literal sense and not just the figurative.

A study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looked at the link between happiness and a number of health markers for more than 200 adults. All of the men and women who participated in the study were government employees living in London, England, and were white, between the ages of 45 and 59, had never been diagnosed with heart disease or high blood pressure, and had several years to go before retirement. All the women involved in the study had gone through menopause or were going through it.

Giving heart takes a scary pause

Will he be OK? We don't know. No one knows. And so we wait and we pray. Read more.

"Al has slowed down in the past few years. I know this. I don't see him from my window every day. He stopped walking after his dog died. He stays off ladders -- not because Katherine and his daughter and I begged him -- but because he finally realized he's not as steady as he was. He even washes his car less. And even though he is a very young 79, it takes him longer to get around.
But . . ."

Chihuahua puppy born with love-heart pattern in fur

He loves you ... 'Heart-kun', a chihuahua puppy, has been born with a perfect heart-shaped pattern in his fur. The breeder, from Japan, has never seen a similar mark on 1000 pups she has bred.