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Red Light Saver Dermatologists often treat signs of aging with red LED light treatments, which have been shown to decrease wrinkles and spots. Now you can get similar results at home by using a handheld light-emitting gadget, such as the Tanda Luxe Skin Rejuvenation Device ($195; tanda.com) for 3 minutes, twice a week. Red Alert Research shows that men rate women wearing this shade as more attractive. Try painting nails with L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Nail Color in Rendezvous ($6; drugstores)....

Work Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Servings: 4 1 c farro (2 1/2 c cooked) 1 3/4 c water 1/2 tsp salt, divided 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 lb lg shrimp, shelled and deveined 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper, divided 1/4 c white wine or reduced-sodium chicken broth 3 Tbsp minced parsley Freshly grated zest of 2 lemons Toast farro in medium saucepan over medium heat until fragrant, about 2 minutes....

“I’ve always been someone who thinks you need to be proactive in your healthcare,” says Allen. That’s why she has joined forces with the National Council on Aging and Medtronic, Inc. to help raise awareness about a potentially life-threatening issue for nearly 1.5 million US cardiac patients involving pacemakers. “MRI technology is the best diagnostic tool for determining what’s happening in your brain, your heart, and all the soft tissues in your body," says Allen....

When Steve Goodrich’s 3-year-old dog, Boone, sees him get out the backpack, the black Lab leaps for joy. “He goes crazy,” says Goodrich, 46, a sales consultant and the author of Best Hikes with Dogs—Georgia. “He loves the trail.” But then, Boone has never experienced the outdoor mishaps that befell Goodrich’s hiking buddy’s dog on the Appalachian Trail. Several years ago, the pooch got sprayed by three skunks and spiked by two porcupines....

Sure, oatmeal is great—until you wake up on a sunny August morning when it’s already 80 degrees and rising. That’s where museli steps in, bearing all the fiber and protein of oatmeal with none of the sweltering heat. (Plus, DIYing it will save you some serious dough; squeaky-clean store-bought versions are super pricey.) Top it off with a spoonful of soft peaches and you might just have the perfect summer breakfast....

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania split 216 people into three groups, and gave each person a small amount of money. One group was told the money was theirs to keep, one was told they would have to donate the money to a charity, and the last group was given a choice between keeping or donating their cash. The researchers than asked the study participants to rate their level of happiness on a scale from 1 to 7 (1 being bummed, 7 being ecstatic)....

The first is that drinking cherry juice after exercise can reduce muscle pain. The second is that cherry juice also reduces the amount of muscle strength often lost after strenuous exercise. It should be noted that this small study was paid for by Cherrypharm Inc. of West Hartford, CT, which manufactures a nutritional supplement juice whose main content is cherries. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Vermont in Burlington, who studied 14 volunteers who exercised for a period of seven days....

Depression has long been associated with overgeneralizing, and researchers from the University of Liverpool put the theory to the test in regards to setting personal goals. Twenty-one depressed and twenty-four mentally healthy participants had 90 seconds to write down specific goals they believed could typically characterize them at any time in the future (e.g., In the future, it will be important for me to…) and then, in a separate task, give reasons why they could or couldn’t achieve their goals....

The supermarket is an awesome place to school your kids on healthy eating. But it can get heated if you happen to be in the cookie aisle. Recently, my son and I were rolling our cart past those sugary squares and disks and double-stuffed whatevers when he informed me that his friend gets seven cookies in his lunch every day. (My kids get two, max. After dishes and homework.) I saw my opening....

But you don’t have to be an athlete to experience knee pain. Automobile accidents commonly involve knee injuries. So do falls. Some knee pain stems from overuse or age-related wear and tear on the joint. The most common cause of knee pain is osteoarthritis, a degenerative wearing down of the cartilage cushions in the joint, causing bones to scrape painfully against each other. Part of the problem is design, or rather the inability of knee design to change whenever human beings place new demands on it....

You, as in me. I’ve been having memory blips recently. I tried to ID a singer on the radio the other day and couldn’t come up with Jackson Browne. I’m not a fan, but it still bothered me. And a guy I’ve known for years named Rick, I somehow always accidentally call Dave. Things like that make me welcome this visit to the NeurExpand Brain Center in suburban Washington, DC....

But if you buy frozen foods thinking the fresh stuff just won’t last, know this: Heat shocking can keep your produce fresh for longer. After testing, our farmers’ market strawberries, broccoli, green beans, and celery outlasted those we didn’t shock by a full 4 days. Here’s how to do it: Fill a large pot with hot water from the tap.Submerge any type of produce in the water for 3 to 5 minutes....

In the study, Colorado researchers analyzed the sleep and light exposure of a small group of people over the course of a usual week. Then, they took the group on a 7-day camping trip. (Um, where can we sign up for these studies?) To their surprise, they found that the group naturally began to sleep and wake up one hour earlier than they did under regular circumstances. How come? People get four times less sunlight in their daily lives due to modern technology than they would if they were to be outside in the natural world—that’s 400% more natural light when we’re out camping, explains study author Kenneth Wright, PhD, associate professor of integrative physiology at the University of Colorado....

Ashley’s answer: Yes, it does seem strange that instead of feeling full the next day, you feel hungry—so hungry, that it makes you want to overeat all over again! Yours is a great question that exemplifies how to distinguish between hunger, when the body physiologically needs nutrients, and appetite, where you’re getting mental cues that you need and want food. The answer to your question also reminds us of how the body uses food—and doesn’t....

While I was growing up in Manchester, NH, I felt so unhappy and unloved by my adoptive parents that I turned to sugar to fill the void. The high-calorie sweets made the weight pile on, and by the time I reached my early 20s, I topped 200 pounds. I wasn’t comfortable and constantly felt judged by others; it was only when I was around my heavier friends that I felt like I could be myself....

Dr. Barnard recently authored a report sounding the alarm on copper and iron in dietary supplements. His group analyzed levels of those metals in multivitamins and found that the majority contained double the recommended amounts of copper and iron, much more than most people need. While both metals do provide health benefits—copper helps your body metabolize iron, boosts your immune system, and keeps your nerves and blood vessels healthy; iron carries oxygen to red blood cells and to muscles—too much can affect brain health, says Dr....

What a relief, you think. After all, salami is to clean eating what frosted tips are to hairstyles – emphatically and irrevocably outlawed. Come to think of it, you haven’t touched salami since frosted tips actually were on trend. So you’re in the clear. Not so fast. Further investigation revealed that the black and red pepper used to season the meat had caused the outbreak. You might be throwing shade at GMOs and serving side-eye to added sugars, but you’ve probably always implicitly trusted your seasonings....

Like quinoa, it grows in Peru and Bolivia, but it’s much tinier and is reddish-brown in color. Natural and organic food company Purely Elizabeth just debuted a new line of ancient grain hot cereals (i.e. seriously upgraded oatmeal), and its health coach-founder Elizabeth Stein included kaniwa in her blend of grains. “Part of the goal is really using innovative ingredients and trying to find ingredients before other manufacturers,” she says....