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Half-Empty or Half-Full

What's your worldview? Are you an optimist or a pessimist by nature? Do you always expect good things to happen or are you waiting for the other shoe to drop? At McLaughlin Chiropractic Center, we ...

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Breakfast of Champions

At McLaughlin Chiropractic Center, we all know we should eat a "good breakfast". Most of us in Morehead City can still hear the voice of our third grade teacher ringing in our ears - "Did everyone ...

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Double Indemnity

In the classic 1944 film noir, "Double Indemnity", insurance salesman Walter Neff (played by Fred MacMurray), gets into some pretty hot water involving his client (Barbara Stanwyck) and his co-wor ...

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Hamlet's Fitness

"To stretch or not to stretch." That wasn't exactly Hamlet's question. The Prince of Denmark had matters of state to consider. Getting ready for his next fencing lesson had taken low priority. But ...

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Can Work Be Relaxing?

Not too many people would agree that "oh, yeah, my work is relaxing". Stressful work scenarios are common. If we work at a computer there are additional physiological stresses. Are there tactics w ...

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Decompression

Did you know that your spinal column's spongy intervertebral discs comprise fully 25% of this segmented structure's entire length? But most of us don't get to enjoy the maximum height, springiness ...

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