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 Health & Beauty
Ice-Cream and Burgers Can Control Your Brain: Study
 Belinda Goldsmith
It's official. That tub of ice-cream really can control your brain and say "eat me." A U.S. study by UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has found that fat from certain foods such ice-cream and burgers heads to the brain.
Drug to Erase Bad Memories Could See the End of Troubling Flashbacks
 Ryan Kisiel
A memory-cleansing drug that has the ability to remove any recollection of unhappy or embarrassing incidents could be developed by scientists.
 A Dad's Point-of-View: African Reflections, Part One: The Lion Mates Tonight
 Bruce Sallan
When my wife and I went to Africa on our honeymoon, we encountered several different species in the throes of mating. Seeing these mating animals had the unexpected effect of reminding me that I had a job to do, at home, in having part two of the sex-talk with my teen...
The Future of Schizophrenia
 Sonja Mak
Schizophrenia is a major public health problem. Affecting almost 1% of the world's population, it takes an enormous economic and social toll in addition to the distress, dysfunction, disability and mortality for those afflicted with this disease.
Depression Increases Cancer Patients' Risk of Dying
 David Sampson
Depression can affect a cancer patient's likelihood of survival. That is the finding of an analysis published in the November 15, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
A Dad’s Point-of-View: Do Men Have Strong Emotional Support in Their Lives?
Bruce Sallan
Do men really have good support for emotional issues, on a regular basis? When a man reaches a certain age and he’s depressed, he’s struggling with his place in the world, he’s going through family problems or a divorce, or financial and job worries, etc., where can he turn?
The Scarlet 'A' of AIDS?
 John-Manuel Andriote
At least Hester Prynne's scarlet letter was only pinned to her dress. People living with HIV whose infection even temporarily progresses to the stage referred to as AIDS don't have the option of removing their own "A," as Nathaniel Hawthorne's fictional Puritan adulteress did each night when she undressed.
A Dad's Point of View: Can a Relationship Survive This Much Stress?
Bruce Sallan
How much stress can a new relationship survive? I am fond of quoting the cliché that most of us would rather keep our own problems vs. trade with someone else. Yet, lately, I wonder. Okay, I’ll keep our troubles, but it does raise the notion of enough is enough.
The Effect of Economic Recessions on Population Health
 Physorg
Paradoxically, mortality rates during economic recessions in developed countries decline rather than increase, according to an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Working Too Much Can be Dangerous for Teen's Sexual Health
 Laura Bailey
Allowing teens to work too many hours in the wrong environment can be dangerous for their sexual health by fostering conditions that lead them to older sex partners, a new study shows.
A Dad’s Point-of-View: Tattoos, Rap and Saggy Pants
 Bruce Sallan
The journey from child, to teen, to young adult to parent seems to have similar stops along the way for most everyone. When I was in college, I was thoroughly convinced that I would be a different parent to any children I might have than my parents were to me...
20 Foods That Make You Smarter
 Sara Ost
Simply put, your brain likes to eat. And it likes powerful fuel: quality fats, antioxidants, and small, steady amounts of the best carbs.
Living Longer and Happier
 Christian Basi
A new study from the University of Missouri may shed light on how to increase the level and quality of activity in the elderly.
Tests Begin on Drugs That May Slow Aging
 Nicholas Wade
It may be the ultimate free lunch — how to reap all the advantages of a calorically restricted diet, including freedom from disease and an extended healthy life span, without eating one fewer calorie. Just take a drug that tricks the body into thinking it’s on such a diet.
A Dad’s Point-of-View: There's No Such Thing as Quality Time
Bruce Sallan
I keep learning this great lesson. It’s something I know, but seem to have to experience repeatedly for it to sink into my stubborn head. With kids, there’s no such thing as quality time, only quantity time.
Formal Education Lessens the Impact of Alzheimer's Disease
 Esther Mateike
Researchers at the Department of Psychiatry, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, investigated the effects of formal education on the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Renowned Canine Researcher Puts Dogs' Intelligence on Par with 2-Year-Old Human
 Pam Willenz
Although you wouldn't want one to balance your checkbook, dogs can count. They can also understand more than 150 words and intentionally deceive other dogs and people to get treats, according to psychologist and leading canine researcher Stanley Coren.
 Relaxation Drink Has Some Calling it Liquid Pot
 DrankBeverage.com
It's the opposite of an energy drink. Drank calls itself an extreme relaxation product, so much so, that some have dubbed it "weed in a can."
27 Million Americans on Antidepressants
 Maggie Fox
Use of antidepressant drugs in the United States doubled between 1996 and 2005, probably because of a mix of factors, researchers reported on Monday.
Got Migraines?
 American Society of Plastic Surgeons
According to a new study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), there is hope for severe and frequent migraine sufferers who can't find relief in conventional remedies.
Foods That Make You Feel Groovy
 Marla Hoover
Feeling kinda funky these days? Isn’t everyone? If so then perhaps we need to pay attention to what we feed our bodies so they will respond well to the added stress that just about everyone on the planet is under.
Does Gardening Make for Better Sex?
 Makenna Goodman
The skeptical reader will probably go, say what? But I believe gardening is a good model to go off of - in terms of getting off.
Why Saints Sin and Sinners Get Saintly
 Pat Vaughan Tremmel
An abundance of research shows that people are motivated both by the warm glow that results from good behavior and recognition of costly, long-term consequences of immoral behavior on kin and society at large.
In Pursuit of a Happiness Gene
 American Friends of Tel Aviv University
The pursuit of happiness characterizes the human condition. But for those suffering from stress, money trouble or chronic illness, a positive outlook on life can be difficult to find. Now, a Tel Aviv University researcher says we should look to our genes.
Are Socialists Happier than Capitalists?
 Suzanne Wu
Driven by a decline in satisfaction with work life and family life, overall well-being initially plummeted in countries directly affected by the fall of the Iron Curtain, reveals an important new study.
When Sex Leaves the Marriage
 Tara Parker-Pope
Why do some couples sizzle while others fizzle? Social scientists are studying no-sex marriages for clues about what can go wrong in relationships.
To Your Health: Good Vibrations
 Marla Hoover
Author, Philosopher Mike Dooley and others such as Dr. Deepak Chopra and Scientist, Scholar, Spiritual Teacher, Gregg Braden tell us that health and abundance are our natural states and that magical things can happen to those who believe in their own power. This, they say is done through our thoughts and prayers.
Study Indicates People by Nature are Universally Optimistic
 Jill Jess
Despite calamities from economic recessions, wars and famine to a flu epidemic afflicting the Earth, a new study from the University of Kansas and Gallup indicates that humans are by nature optimistic.
Shift Happens
 Marla Hoover
Obviously there is something happening here. And by here I do not mean just Puerto Vallarta, Mexico or the U.S. I mean globally. You would have to be unconscious not to see it. Perhaps therein lays the problem - and the answer...
A Journey Through Darkness
 Daphne Merkin
Depression — the thick black paste of it, the muck of bleakness — was nothing new to me. I had done battle with it in some way or other since childhood.
The Disease That Steals Your Self
 Alessandra Stanley
Memory loss is a terrifying prospect, and “The Alzheimer’s Project,” a sober, deeply affecting four-documentary series on HBO that begins on Sunday, seeks to comfort and encourage those whose worst fears turn out to be true.
Acupuncture: An Ancient Way of Achieving Renewed Wellness
 Marla Hoover
Acupuncture, just the word conjures up fear and skepticism in many. Beyond the notion that it is only to become a human pin cushion what exactly is it and how does it work?
Karmic Aspects of Flu
 Dr. Marc Ehrlich
Life in Mexico City includes kidnappings, economic woes, and now the swine flu. The measures being taken to protect the populace are extreme, to say the least, even in a city that has been bombarded with one crisis after another.
What Are Friends For? A Longer Life
 Tara Parker-Pope
In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful weapon that could help them fight illness and depression, speed recovery, slow aging and prolong life: their friends.
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