Here are this weekend's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have a great weekend!
Barbara Hannah Grufferman: Life After 50: Afraid of Aging? 5 Ways to Fight the Fear
Getting and staying healthy and fit is essential as we forge ahead, and I wrote a lot about how to do that in "The Best of Everything After 50." In fact, I will never stop saying it, and try to work it into every article I write and every talk I give, because this much is true: if you feel good about how you look and how you feel, you'll be much more open to new experiences, people and opportunities. We need to be as fit as we can be so we'll be able to keep more of the illnesses and diseases that can plague us after 50 as far away as possible, for as long as possible. This is the most important thing we can do for ourselves.
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B vitamin-rich food linked to lower risk of PMS
Those who ate more of foods such as spinach and fortified cereal had about a quarter lower risk of PMS, according to the study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The same was not true, however, for women who got their B vitamins from supplements.
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Canadians appreciate water, but still waste it: Survey
In survey results released Monday, 55 per cent of respondents said fresh water is Canada's most important natural resource, and 78 per cent said they make reasonable efforts to conserve it
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Annette Benson: What if June Cleaver had a career?
My oh my - have times changed! More families today have two working parents, which requires sharing of parental responsibilities. Even in families where the mothers stay home, today's fathers are far more involved with their children than most of our fathers were.
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Deepak Chopra: How Men Can Be Wise About Women (Part 2)
This isn't an issue that needs a soapbox, or even more poetic praise. Instead, men need to become wise about women, and that can only happen when women value themselves. The spiritual goal of both sexes is to discover their true self, which blends Shiva and Shakti, the deep potential that gives rise to all the qualities of masculinity and femininity. So what kind of man has become wise about women?
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Why You May Be Losing Your Memory - Oprah.com
Are you easily able to multitask? Can you cope with everyday chores, like balancing a checkbook, without making elementary mistakes? Are you able to keep track of information? If you answer no to any of these, think back to whether you've ever had a hard knock to your head that left you disoriented, suggests Wayne A. Gordon, PhD, professor of rehabilitation medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
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When Weather Makes Migraines Worse - NYTimes.com
Many of the migraine sufferers who recently wrote in to the Consults blog noted that summertime heat or shifts in weather can trigger migraine attacks. Dr. David Dodick, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, responds
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Dr. Jim Taylor: Raise Happy Children
By understanding how happiness develops, you can help your children find true happiness. The real causes of happiness are all within your children's control, so they can actively do things that foster their own happiness.
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Diabetes Can Shorten Life By 6 Years, New Research Finds
Diabetes, the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S., affects about 26 million Americans, or 8 percent, including 7 million who haven't been diagnosed. Most in the study were thought to have the most common kind – Type 2 – which occurs when the body makes too little insulin or cannot use what it does make to regulate blood sugar.
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Sinus Infection? 13 Unexpected Causes
Most sinus infections start with a cold. Colds are caused by a virus, which can make nasal tissue swell, blocking the holes that normally drain sinuses.
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Docs Warn About Facebook Use And Teen Depression
Add "Facebook depression" to potential harms linked with social media, an influential doctors' group warns, referring to a condition it says may affect troubled teens who obsess over the online site.
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It's easy to take bones for granted and ignore them until you break one or are diagnosed with bone-thinning in old age.
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The rainbow of food dyes in our grocery aisles has a dark side - The Washington Post
Those hyper-saturated colors have come to seem normal, even natural, like the come-ons of tropical fruits. But they are increasingly produced through the magic of artificial food dyes, applied not just to candies and snack foods but to such seemingly all-natural products as pickles, salad dressing and some oranges.
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Ed and Deb Shapiro: When Telling a Lie Is the Right Thing to Do
If you are following any kind of religious or spiritual path, then telling the truth is usually up there with other ethical obligations. But is speaking the truth always the best thing to do, specifically when it may cause yourself and others suffering or psychological damage? Are we not also exhorted to be compassionate and wise?
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Brain Freeze Cause
When you feel brain freeze setting in, do not let it become an invitation to make it worse or have a contest with your friends. You need to stop eating or drinking the cold substance right away.
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Is Technology Stealing Your Sleep?
Have you ever noticed that in so many iPad and tablet ads people have their feet up while they use their devices? The idea must be that the product is so easy, so relaxing, you could even use it in bed.
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Tara Sophia Mohr: Women: Stop Calling Yourselves 'Controlling'
Men who stand again and again for their own desires and needs aren't deemed controlling. They are called bold, persistent, committed, strong. I've yet to hear a man grapple with and be hard on himself for being "so controlling." I've yet to hear a man talk about "trying to just let go" at work.
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