Here are this weekend's read­ing diver­sions for your per­sonal enlight­en­ment. Have a splen­did weekend!

9 Healthy Sum­mer Habits To Tran­si­tion Into Fall

But they don't have to! Here are some warm-weather tips that you should stick with all fall.

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Amy D. Sho­jai, CABC: 3 Ways Your Pet Can Help You Heal

They keep us con­nected to the world and other pet lovers, and offer a pur­pose to get out of bed in the morn­ing. Peo­ple who wouldn't go to the store for them­selves will make the effort to get dog food or kitty lit­ter.

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Wray Her­bert: You Can Spot a Future Bully at Age 1, Research Shows

Infants don't really have what it takes to be bul­lies. They sim­ply lack the phys­i­cal­ity — the strength and coör­di­na­tion and mobil­ity — to be aggres­sive. But are some of these babies already lit­tle bul­lies inside, just wait­ing to show their dukes?

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Darell Ham­mond: Play Is Under Attack in Our Schools: 7 Absurd Sto­ries That Say It All

Play is under attack in our nation's schools — and shrink­ing recess peri­ods are only part of the prob­lem. Home­work is increas­ing. Cities are build­ing new schools with­out play­grounds. Safety con­cerns are prompt­ing bans of tag, soc­cer, and even run­ning on the school­yard.

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Bal­anc­ing Your pH: The Acid Alka­line Diet

Urine, blood and sweat will trans­fer acids out as they are pro­duced, but these mech­a­nisms can become over­loaded fairly eas­ily. When acid lev­els exceed the elim­i­na­tion capac­ity, the over­age gets stored in tis­sues, and then they inter­fere with enzy­matic reac­tions, inflam­ma­tion, and dem­iner­al­iza­tion.

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These Drugs Poi­son Your Bones

Fos­o­max, Boniva, Reclast, Actonel…these med­ica­tions are sup­posed to help stop you from get­ting bone frac­tures as you get older. But we now have evi­dence that they cause bone breaks.

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Make a Date with Chili Pep­per

You've men­tioned that cayenne pep­per is very heal­ing for the stom­ach and can pre­vent ulcers. How can that be? I thought chili pep­per would burn a hole in your gut faster than you could say, "hot chili pep­per." Not so?

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Smok­ing Influ­ences Crohn's Dis­ease — Effect Seen On Loca­tion, Sever­ity Of The Dis­ease In The Gas­troin­testi­nal Tract

"In patients who smoke, Crohn's dis­ease tends to appear more fre­quently in the small intes­tine, rather than the colon," says study author Dr. Mar­ian Ald­hous. "Our data shows that when Crohn's dis­ease is located here, it tends to cause more pen­e­trat­ing or obstruc­tive dam­age, which would have to be treated by surgery."

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7 Com­mon Stress Sce­nar­ios — Solved

Here's how he sug­gest we pro­ceed when that freak out hap­pens: "While sit­u­a­tions are unique, the thoughts that pro­voke stress tend to fall into the same three buck­ets: This shouldn't be hap­pen­ing. That shouldn't have hap­pened; and I know some­thing ter­ri­ble will occur. All neg­a­tive emo­tions come from beliefs like these." Bern­stein says.

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Best Super­foods for Women of Every Age

Kale is a super­food loaded with cal­cium as well as vit­a­mins and other nutri­ents (like all dark leafy green veg­eta­bles). Women are still build­ing up to their peak bone mass stores in their 20s and 30s, and cal­cium is the key build­ing block. You are still able to build up stores in your 20s and 30s. Build­ing strong bones early in life helps pre­vent osteo­poro­sis and allows for increased mobil­ity later in life.

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How Often Should Men Get A Phys­i­cal, And What, Exactly, Should A Phys­i­cal Entail?

Answer: Well, there is no con­sen­sus rec­om­men­da­tions as to how often men should obtain reg­u­lar phys­i­cal exams. Typ­i­cally, I bring men back before the age of 40 every 3 to 5 years, between 40 and 50 every other year, and after age 50 every year.

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7 Free Ways To Get Bet­ter Skin

It's true that the best things in life are free. You don't need a mil­lion bucks to feel (and look!) like a mil­lion bucks. There is so much you can do with­out spend­ing an exor­bi­tant amount of money, or time. In fact, a lot of what you can do right away costs close to noth­ing, includ­ing adopt­ing these habits, some of which can cre­ate new neu­ronal path­ways in your body.

How to Get Rid of Stress

THE FIX Don't be so damned con­sci­en­tious at work. A Cana­dian study of 2,737 employ­ees found that when peo­ple thought their poor job per­for­mance could seri­ously impact their cowork­ers, com­pany, or envi­ron­ment, their job stress increased. Work­ers who didn't see their jobs as careers were less likely to report stress. The les­son: Take a day off. The com­pany won't go under if you're AWOL for 9 hours.

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Helen Lamanna is Managing Director, and co-founder of AdvisorAnalyst.com. Read more from the author/contributor here.

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