| 5 Ways to Slow Down Alzheimer's
October 10, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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| | By Paula Spencer, Caring.com The memory loss and other cognitive changes characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease and most other forms of dementia can’t be reversed. But there are some proven ways to delay further decline, at least over the short term. 1. Mental Activity A growing body of research indicates that stimulating the brain has the power to slow [...] |
| The Best Candy
October 10, 2009 at 6:00 pm
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| | By Melissa Breyer The candy and kids dilemma kills me. My kids love candy, but candy’s rotten for my kids. High-fructose corn syrup, artificial coloring, bovine gelatin, oh my. So I think, “Sorry girls, no candy, unh unh.” But something about total restriction goes against my instinct–and surely enough, a New York Times article, 6 Food Mistakes [...] |
| 4 Common Myths About Breast Cancer
October 10, 2009 at 2:14 pm
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| | By Ben Sherwood, Intent.com On May 7th, Hannah Powell-Auslam of La Mirada, Calif. had a mastectomy to remove her left breast, the kind of surgery that takes place around 137 times per day in the US. Some 185,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and around 50,000 will have mastectomies. But Hannah’s story [...] |
| Getting Hooked: Why Dating Among Teenagers is Just So Dated
October 10, 2009 at 12:00 pm
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| | At the moment you read these very words, teenagers and young adults across the country are having sex (hopefully not with one another). This fact is undeniable, and there is not much any one person could do about it, unless of course you happen to be one of them. Parents have been concerned and fretting [...] |
| Lower Your Cholesterol: The Tasty Way
October 10, 2009 at 8:18 am
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| | Oatmeal has gotten a bad rap. Kids (and adults) may view it as a health food with all the flavor of drywall. There are a lot of ways to get kids of all ages to wake up and WANT oatmeal for their breakfast of choice. Of course, the health benefits are clear. I’m 34, and while [...] | | | 
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