Here are this week's read­ing diver­sions for your per­sonal enlight­en­ment. Have an awe­some weekend!

5 Signs Your Mem­ory Prob­lems Are Serious

"Everybody's mem­ory is dif­fer­ent, so you have to use your own as a base­line to notice changes that are wor­ri­some," says Uni­ver­sity of Wis­con­sin geri­atric psy­chi­a­trist Ken Rob­bins. "But cer­tain signs are more strongly asso­ci­ated with a prob­lem like Alzheimer's."

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Pet ownership's effect on your health: for good or bad — latimes.com

Hyper­ten­sion: A num­ber of stud­ies have found that just being around a dog or pet­ting a dog can lower blood pres­sure. One study found the same with a pet goat. Another found that sim­ply watch­ing a Lassie movie was enough to lower stress.

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A Closer Look at Teeth May Mean More Fill­ings by Den­tists — NYTimes.com

Then, as a junior at the Uni­ver­sity of Alabama, she saw a new den­tist who deliv­ered her first neg­a­tive diag­no­sis: two cav­i­ties. Six months later, the den­tist told her she had two more. Ear­lier this year, he once again had bad news: yet another cavity

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7 Filthy Habits That Men Need To Stop Doing

There could be numer­ous rea­sons why a man might want to be informed about the filthy habits he is guilty of. Per­haps he wants to know for health and hygienic pur­poses, or maybe he is in the process of impress­ing a new lady-friend and doesn't wish to repulse her upon the start of a poten­tial rela­tion­ship. What­ever the case may be, the elim­i­na­tion of filthy habits is a great form of self-improvement that can be appre­ci­ated by your fam­ily and friends around you. Here are some com­mon things that most men should be on the look­out for

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10 Home Reme­dies for Migraine Headaches

Are migraine prob­lems a reg­u­lar occur­rence? Here are 10 home reme­dies you can try to help relieve the pain and symp­toms of migraine headaches. If prob­lems per­sist, be sure to seek med­ical atten­tion as these reme­dies are not meant to sub­sti­tute med­ica­tion or pro­fes­sional treatment.

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4 Addi­tional Keys to a Heart-to-Heart Relationship

Fur­ther, we sug­gested that you con­sider the pos­si­bil­ity that try­ing to fix or change your part­ner never works since you have absolutely no con­trol over the thoughts, beliefs, feel­ings and atti­tudes, which under­lie your partner's behavior.

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Top 10 Detox­i­fy­ing Foods

While I'm a firm believer that detox­i­fi­ca­tion is an essen­tial part of opti­mal health, I acknowl­edge there is a lot of mis­in­for­ma­tion on how to detox safely and effec­tively. I'm often asked, "What is the best detox/detox kit?" My answer is sim­ple: We're all bio­chem­i­cally unique and thus, have dif­fer­ent bio­chem­i­cal demands. There are a num­ber of organs which aid in the removal of the dan­ger­ous exoge­nous and endoge­nous tox­ins from our body.

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Best Places To Live 2011: Euro­pean Cities Top List, Bagh­dad At The Bot­tom (PHOTOS)

British con­sult­ing firm Mer­cer has released the results of its annual "Qual­ity of Life" sur­vey, which ranks 420 cities in terms of stan­dard of liv­ing. Accord­ing to the sur­vey, Euro­pean cities took most of the top spots, while cities in the Mid­dle East took many of the lower positions.

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Acu­pres­sure, tea, and pro­bi­otics can really work — Quick Cures for Tummy Troubles

Tummy troubles—whether it’s gas, con­sti­pa­tion, or irri­ta­ble bowel syn­drome (IBS)—often plague women. But experts say new reme­dies can pro­vide quick and easy relief. Try these five.

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What causes IBD? — 10 Risk Fac­tors for Inflam­ma­tory Bowel Diseases

Research has given us some hints as to the causes of IBD. It has been found that a com­bi­na­tion of genes and envi­ron­men­tal expo­sures is prob­a­bly to blame. Here are some fac­tors that may affect IBD risk

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Slang Words: 10 Things Teenagers Are Say­ing These Days

"Par­ents may want to use the same lan­guage as their kids so they're not old or out­dated. But, it has to feel right. If they're not using the right con­text it can have a neg­a­tive effect on kids," he says.

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Walk­ing Speed Could Pre­dict Life Span In Seniors: Study

Before you ruth­lessly hit the tread­mill or start Googling "speed walk­ing tech­nique," clar­i­fi­ca­tion is due. Stephanie Stu­den­ski, a geri­a­tri­cian at the Uni­ver­sity of Pitts­burgh Med­ical Cen­ter told Dis­cov­ery News, "We are not say­ing that if you just go out and walk faster, you will live longer. Absolutely not. We are say­ing your body selects a walk­ing speed that is best for you based on the health of all your body systems."

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Apple juice's other health risk: It'll make you fat

"It's like sugar water," said Judith Stern, a nutri­tion pro­fes­sor at the Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­for­nia, Davis, who has con­sulted for candy mak­ers as well as for Weight Watch­ers. "I won't let my 3-year-old grand­son drink apple juice."

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Hair Loss — Topic Overview — Health.com

Although hair loss is fairly com­mon, it can be a tough thing to live with, espe­cially when it changes how you look. But there are ways you can treat your hair loss

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7 Deadly Sins of Creativity

Acts of cre­ativ­ity can be found in every facet of life.  We are sur­rounded by the byprod­ucts of cre­ative ideas both big and small.  And the small acts of cre­ativ­ity are no less impor­tant than the big ones.  In fact, the more cre­ative you are with the small things in your life, the more cre­ative you will likely be with the big things.

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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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