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Fact or fiction: can we die from a broken heart?

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imageBroken heart syndrome is a real thing.from www.shutterstock.com.au

Dying of a broken heart is more than a myth. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (also known as broken heart syndrome) is a condition first recognised by Japanese researchers more than 20 years ago, and it has gained a great deal of attention in Western countries in the past ten years.

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Bonus time? Research shows it's better to reward groups than individuals

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageRewarding individuals just creates 'mean bad chickens'.Amphipolis/Naples Museum/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Virtually everyone lives and works in a team, but there is a tension between what is good for the group and what is good for the individual. Within a group competitive individuals do better, but cooperative groups as a whole do better.

Organisations tend...

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