Link Roundup – Smart Donations & Other Health News

We start by looking to the week’s biggest crisis globally before moving to news closer to home:

If you’re considering a gift to support relief efforts in Japan, check out Charity Navigator’s guide to donations that count. On a related note, an ex-expatriate blogger explains the Japanese culture of shikata ga nai and why many in the US media get this psychologically healthy attitude wrong. (Salon)

Happiness contributes to health, but happiness may not mean what you think. (Wall Street Journal)

What kids with ADHD eat may help them more than drugs. (NPR)

A large movie-theater popcorn can have almost as many calories as 3 Big Macs! Maybe that’s why theater chains are fighting to avoid posting nutritional info. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

“The Healthy Skeptic” columnist takes on Sensa, a new “natural weight loss system.” (LA Times)
Meanwhile, evidence mounts that one vitamin may play a key role in losing weight. (Diet Blog)

Are you skeptical about those ads promoting corn syrup? The team at SNL seems to be. (Hulu)

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