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Lifelong Reading, Hobbies May Help Fend Off Dementia Stimulating activities may encourage brain to adapt and create 'work-arounds,' study suggests WebMD News from HealthDay By Barbara Bronson Gray HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Use it or lose it: Doing brain-stimulating activities from childhood -- like reading books, writing letters and solving everyday problems -- through old age may help prevent clinical signs of dementia such as memory loss, a new study finds.

For a Healthy Aging Brain, 'Use It or Lose It' Social, Mental, and Physical Engagements Help Maintain Memory April 27, 2012 -- Newly minted octogenarian Burt Garrett says he doesn't actively work to keep his mind and memory sharp, but a new research review suggests that he's doing a lot of things right.

Task Force to Doctors: Obesity Screening for All Experts Also Advise Counseling at-Risk Patients on Diet, Exercise June 25, 2012 -- If referral to a weight loss program is needed, Grossman says it should be to an intensive program. Over a year, the program should offer 12 to 26 sessions, Grossman says. "Low-intensity [and] anything less than 12 sessions don't work," he says, citing evidence reviewed by the task force. "Really the critical thing is to maintain that weight loss after the program stops," he says.

Simple truth: You might create the best marketing videos around, but if you can't convince users to stop and click, your work is all for naught. And although Web videos have become extremely popular, there are still countless potential viewers who choose not to watch them.

Keys to Weight Loss After Menopause Fewer Desserts, Sugary Drinks Linked to Long-Term Weight Loss Aug. 28, 2012 -- As she approached her 50s, Susan Williams found it harder and harder to maintain her weight, let alone shed the extra pounds she had been working to lose for some time.

Are you one of the people who makes a resolution to get fit and lose weight every year? Then, surely you have a game plan to make this year better than the last few, right? It's going to take equal parts motivation, committment and time to make this work, but if you stay focused and motivated it will soon become part of your daily life.

Teeth and gums reveal the inside story of your overall health. Find out what your dentist knows about you. Opening your mouth is somewhat like cracking open the hood of your car. An expert taking a quick look can get a good sense of what's working, what's not, and what should be tuned up regularly to keep your body's systems up and running at their best.

Apples Again Top 'Dirty Dozen' List for Pesticides Environmental Group Gives Annual 'Dirty Dozen,' 'Clean 15' Lists for Pesticides June 19, 2012 -- Apples again have the dubious honor of nabbing the top spot on the ''Dirty Dozen'' list of produce with unacceptable pesticide residues, issued by the Environmental Working Group.

Why You'll Still Need to Exercise After Liposuction Study: Lipo May Not Be a Permanent Solution, but Exercise Helps June 15, 2012 -- Liposuction can help get rid of muffin tops, love handles, and other pockets of fat. But new research shows that removing fat from your abdominal area may cause you to gain dangerous visceral or belly fat.

June 18, 2012 So you're running a small business and you've got the basics of social networking mastered: You frequently tweet, you've created a venue on Foursquare and your Facebook Page is a work of art. How do you move to the next level of social marketing mastery?

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Your Facebook friendships have great potential to enrich your emotional life by expanding your social horizons beyond the people you would normally interact with at home or work. Unfortunately, though, just as Facebook can bring you up, it can also bring you down. The ending of a Facebook relationship rarely occurs in a mutually agreed-upon way.

Nitric Oxide is a crucial part of supporting cardiovascular wellness, and one of the best ways to promote optimal NO levels is through a healthy endothelium. To understand how to keep the endothelial cells-the production house of NO-working properly, it's important to know the risk factors for endothelial dysfunction.

1 Exercise Session Won't Bring Good Night's Sleep Study found there is no quick fix for insomnia when it comes to working out WebMD News from HealthDay By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- If you decide to hit the gym in hopes that a quick dose of exercise will cure your insomnia, a new study suggests that will not be enough.

Getty Images As a clinical psychologist and sleep researcher at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Kelly Glazer Baron frequently heard complaints from aggrieved patients about exercise. They would work out, they told her, sometimes to the point of exhaustion, but they would not sleep better that night.

Recent Advancements in Heart Health: Part One One of the benefits of being retired from laboratory research is that I get to spend a good amount of time reading about the great work other scientists are doing-the scientists now putting in their 40 years of research, just like I did.

within a month after people return to work from vacation, all the benefits of time off-decreased stress levels, physical rejuvenation-disappear.