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Five social media benefits older business owners should know Why all businesses should go social Convincing older business owners to invest in social media can be difficult. They can be more comfortable with marketing methods of the past, and they can be reluctant to learn about the newest promotional techniques made possible by advances in technology, such as social media.

Teens' Peer Problems May Affect Health Later Peer Problems in Teen Years Linked to Higher Risk of Metabolic Syndrome at 43, Researchers Find June 28, 2012 -- Teens who have more peer problems than normal are at higher risk of health problems as adults, Swedish researchers report.

Is there a good time of day to eat anything you like? Anything at all? Possibly, yes. The answer is based upon how our body is influenced by our daily rhythms of eating and sleeping.

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Depression Supplements May Help Depression in People With Vitamin D Deficiency June 27, 2012 -- Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a host of illnesses and conditions, from heart disease and diabetes to certain types of cancer.

All Calories Not Created Equal, Study Suggests Low-Fat Eaters Burned Fewer Calories, Were More Likely to Regain Lost Weight June 26, 2012 -- New research challenges the idea that a calorie is a calorie, suggesting that certain foods and diets may be better than others for burning calories and helping people maintain weight loss.

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.

Addicted to Your Smartphone? Here's What to Do Why smartphones hook us in, plus tips on reclaiming your time and concentration. I'll admit it: I check my smartphone compulsively. And the more I use it, the more often the urge to look at it hits me. In the orthodontist's office.

A Little Alcohol While Pregnant May Be OK? New Studies Say a Little Is Likely Fine, but Guidelines and Some Experts Still Advise Total Abstinence June 22, 2012 -- A drink or two each week during pregnancy may not affect a child's general intelligence at age 5, according to a new series of Danish studies.

July 14, 2011 While contests and sweepstakes have been around for a long time, they have taken on a new life with the growth of the social Web. Contests are certainly not the answer to every marketing challenge, but they should be part of every social media marketer's toolkit.

February 13, 2012 To put it mildly, social media tools are transforming the way we communicate. These days, people send a tweet instead of an e-mail and write on Facebook walls instead of dial phone numbers. So you know the best way to reach customers is to join these conversations, but how?

January 1, 2012 On Jan. 1, 2011 my brand new business-PassivePanda.com-had received exactly zero visitors. Eleven months later, the website has received over 350,000 unique visitors and almost 750,000 page views. Even better, we have built an e-mail list of over 10,000 people and gained hundreds of customers.

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?

June 5, 2012 Consumers are more likely to follow you on Pinterest or Twitter than they are on Facebook, a new study shows. According to the 2012 Social and Mobile Commerce Study-a joint research project by the National Retail Federation's Shop.org, comScore and The Partnering Group consultancy-customers say they were following fewer retailers because of concerns about information sharing and privacy.

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Evening Beauty Tips Taking even a few minutes for a nighttime facial routine can improve the health and beauty of your skin. By Linda FormichelliWebMD Feature After enduring makeup, oil, harsh weather, and pollution all day, your skin needs some tender loving care in the p.m. We know -- you're tired at night.

Fact or Fiction: Debunking the Top 7 Pregnancy Myths If you're pregnant, can you color your hair? Get a flu shot? Have sex? Here's what the experts say. When you're pregnant, you're likely to hear a lot of old wives' tales -- some of which can be amusing.

June 18, 2012 View videos The Web moves fast, so you want to tweet and Facebook post that great content or announcement in quick succession the second it comes to you, right? Not so fast. It turns out that there are ideal times to tweet and post-and they are not the same, suggests analysis from Bit.ly.

June 13, 2012 View videos Robert Louis Stevenson once said: "Everyone lives by selling something." All of us are continuously selling either our products and services, or our ideas.

June 19, 2012 Every time I hear the term "info marketing," I think of an infomercial that promises you will make millions, selling real estate, working less than 2 hours a week, from the comfort of your own home. Over-the-top, get-rich-quick offers, like this one, are ludicrous to most logical people.

May 29, 2012 Small businesses that use Facebook to get the word out and promote their companies should check out a new report from Buddy Media, a social ad-management software provider. The report is drawn from the company's analysis of 200 clients' Facebook posts over a two-week period, in addition to the comments and "likes" spurred by those posts.