Here are this weekend's reading diversions for your enlightenment. Have a great one!
Psoriasis Symptoms: How To Tell If It's Psoriasis
The most common type of psoriasis -- plaque psoriasis -- usually appears as red, raised patches of skin covered in white, flaking scales that crop up on the knees, elbows, scalp, hands, feet, or lower back.
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Eating almonds could help prevent diabetes and heart disease, say scientists | Mail Online
Eating almonds could help prevent diabetes and heart disease, according to a study.
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Help Your Eyes, Harm Your Bones
For women who consume large amounts of vitamin A, also known as retinol, lowered bone mass and an increased risk of hip fractures may result, say researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association
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Our Bad Habits Get Wired Into Our Brains
Just how that bit of happiness turns into a habit involves a pleasure-sensing chemical named dopamine. It conditions the brain to want that reward again and again – reinforcing the connection each time – especially when it gets the right cue from your environment.
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Heart Health: 10 Foods That Are Good For Your Heart (PHOTOS)
Start your day with a steaming bowl of oats, which are full of omega-3 fatty acids, folate, and potassium. This fiber-rich superfood can lower levels of LDL (or bad) cholesterol and help keep arteries clear
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9 Health Myths To Stop Stressing About (PHOTOS)#s217918&title=Drink%20Eight%20Glasses%20Of%20Water%20A%20Day
The Truth: Water’s great, but you can also whet your whistle with juice, tea, milk, fruits, and vegetables -- quite enough to keep you hydrated. Even coffee quenches thirst, despite its reputation as a diuretic; the caffeine makes you lose some liquid, but you’re still getting plenty.
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Improve Memory: 8 Tips To Sharpen Your Memory (PHOTOS)
Do birth dates or simple tasks (like DVRing one of your must-see TV shows) sometimes slip your mind? You're not alone -- these random acts of absentmindedness are normal and can be due to tiredness, anxiety and stress (along with age, of course).
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Antibiotic Shown To Relieve Common Bowel Disorder
Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is a common gastrointestinal ailment, affecting as many as 1 in 5 Americans. It is more common in women than men. Main symptoms are abdominal pain, bloating and diarrhea or constipation, or both.
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Find. Eat. Drink.: Find. Eat. Drink.'s 10 Pantry Staples for the New Year
Chefs know good ingredients can make or break a dish and starting with the right basics is essential. Begin the new year with some of the best pantry staples that chefs and a cheesemonger/co-owner of a highly respected specialty food market recommended to us over the past year.
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Journal: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud
The first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a new report on the widely discredited research.
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Rocco DiSpirito's Penne alla Vodka | The Dr. Oz Show
The dirty little secret about penne alla vodka is not the vodka but the hefty amount of heavy cream. Vodka is colorless, odorless and without much flavor—not really attributes of a superstar ingredient. It’s the combination of cream and tomato sauce that gives this dish its signature flavor. The traditional cream is swapped here for low-fat Greek yogurt.
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Steven M. S. Kurtz, Ph.D.: When ADHD Goes Untreated
Dan had attention-deficit hyper activity disorder, and in many ways he was a textbook example. Most people think of ADHD as a condition that makes it hard for kids to pay attention -- or stay in their seats -- at school. But symptoms of ADHD affect kids outside the classroom, too, much more than is widely understood. And the consequences of untreated ADHD, even after kids are finished with school, can have a profound impact on their lives.
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Will Autism Fraud Report Boost Vaccines?
This week more shame was heaped upon the discredited British researcher whose work gave rise to the childhood-vaccines-cause-autism movement, as a prominent medical journal published a report that the man had faked his data. But will it make a difference?
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