Weekend Reading: Food as an Art
Reading picks for when you have a spare moment.
Not getting consistent, adequate sleep is still really bad for you: http://t.co/RR3JpwZU about 2 hours ago
New study says parents are happier than non-parents: http://t.co/R3iNUpJt by @hansvillarica about 4 hours ago
In case you missed it: brain damage that creates geniuses are leading some to rethink DNA http://t.co/QDmD7oZE @b_fung 2 days ago
Follow the Health ChannelHow a frugal economist finds the perfect lunch
Liquor companies love to claim they use closely guarded, centuries-old recipes. usually it’s just marketing.
Why caring for my aging father has me wishing he would die
Enhancing the humble fruit could be an efficient way to improve global health.
Reading picks for when you have a spare moment.
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Don't believe a word of it. Or if you do, take it with a very large grain of salt.
A photo collection celebrating unique stories and wisdom about the challenges of retirement.
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Saturated fats don't just clog your arteries -- they hinder your brain's effectiveness, too.
And now a team of researchers find that "social jet lag" may also be linked with higher obesity rates.
A new series does a fantastic job explaining how America got fat, but doesn't attempt to galvanize changes to the food system.
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America's hybrid health care system is inefficient, but it's the best we've got.
New research shows that interactive parent-infant music classes improve the social and cognitive development of six-month-olds.
Recent science has shown how important our minds are to our bodies, but they also reveal how difficult it is to define and promote happiness.
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Just don't smoke while you're sipping your joe.
The Perennial Plate, a series about sustainable eating, travels to Montana to visit the 30,000-acre J Bar L ranch, which specializes in humanely raised, grass-fed cattle.
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Two severely paralyzed people operated robotic arms and prosthetics using thoughts captured by implants in their brains, a new study…
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15 years after she lost the ability to move her body, Cathy Hutchinson is learning how to use her brain to control a robotic arm.
Even small changes to school regulations can cause a massive uproar.
A review of the advice that mothers have been given over the decades concludes that no one's exactly sure what they should do.
A new longitudinal study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin shows that family size, not birth order, matters for intelligence.
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China's radical blue-sky measures during the 2008 Olympics actually improved Beijingers' cardiovascular health -- if only for a few weeks.
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More research confirms that our commutes pose a chronic health hazard.
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Ob-gyns are sued at extraordinarily high rates. Reforming our litigation system could restore fairness.
The classification of cannabis as a schedule one narcotic is among the least defensible aspects of prohibition.
The massive cohort of young people are more likely to make risky choices and reaching them with public health campaigns requires understanding new media.
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