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Not all avocados and tomatoes are destined to become guac: This super simple, bright salad marries ripe summer tomatoes and creamy avocado with sweet mango and balsamic vinegar for a refreshing side dish. Serve it as an appetizer, light lunch, or with grilled fish, chicken, or steak. MORE: Easy Arugula Salad with Roasted Fennel Serves 4 1 med yellow heirloom tomato, sliced 1 med red tomato, sliced 1 avocado, sliced ½ mango, sliced 8–10 pistachios, shelled 1 Tbsp goat cheese 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar Divide tomato, avocado, and mango evenly among 4 plates....

Grandma always told you that it was the most important meal of the day—and she may have been right. Study after study has shown that a solid breakfast can curb fatigue, improve cholesterol levels, and enhance short-term memory, among other health benefits. And a tall glass of orange juice, that time-honored breakfast staple, may very well be the ultimate morning beverage, according to a new report published in Nutrition Journal....

But all is not lost. While breasts themselves don’t contain muscle, there are muscles behind them—and exercising them can make all the difference. The problem is that women often ignore chest muscles in their regular workout routines, says Susanna Kalnes a certified Master Trainer (she trains trainers!) based in San Francisco. “I think women might feel like if they work their chest muscles they’ll lose their breasts,” says Kalnes, “but if you build those muscles you actually get a perkier bust!...

The study, published online in the journal Endocrinology, shows that tiny doses of BPA can throw prostate development into a tailspin, setting the organ up for precancerous prostate epithelial neoplasia (or PIN) and prostate cancer. Scientists used human stem cells from an organ donor to grow human prostate tissue, allowing it to mature to a PSA-producing state, and then transplanting it into host mice. They found that the human prostate tissue exposed to low-dose BPA (which was on par with the amount the average American is exposed to every day) during the crucial developmental phase significantly increased the risk of the human tissue to develop prostate cancer down the line....

According to the CDC, the United States experienced the largest recorded number of measles diagnoses in 2014 in more than a decade: 644 cases across 27 states. From 2001 to 2010, the U.S. only saw about 60 cases of measles each year. Following last year’s lead, the first month of 2015 alone has seen 102 cases of measles across 14 states, many of which have been linked to an outbreak to California’s Disneyland amusement park....

Choices from whom you date, marry and mate to how much money, friends and happiness you acquire often swivel on life-altering decisions made within fractions of a second. And so much of this process occurs in the deepest, darkest and most primitive corridors of the subconscious mind. As much as we want to believe we are so advanced, it is for less than one percent of our evolution that we have been civilized—our brains have been evolving over 3....

Researchers at the Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities in Poland found that when people encounter a strange request, they’re much more likely to agree to the next thing you ask for. More from Prevention.com: How To Make Your Partner More Supportive [sidebar]It’s basically a more effective version of the classic “foot-in-the-door” approach, says study author Dariusz Dolinski, a researcher at the Warsaw School—like the classic panhandler strategy of asking for the time and then following up with a request for change....

Starbucks Matcha Water Tell that $7 Frappuccino it can kiss your ass, ‘cause you’re about to order a delicious Starbucks drink for 87 cents. Meet matcha water: Essentially, cup of ice water with a few scoops of earthy-sweet matcha powder stirred in. Be warned, though: Some ‘Bucks locations have caught on. When we ordered the drink in New York City’s Chinatown, we had to shell out almost $3 (the price of an an iced green tea, which is basically what matcha water is anyway)....

For 12 weeks, study participants, who regularly met with a dietician, either ate a big breakfast and lunch or six small meals—both totaling the same amount of nutrition and caloric content. While both meal plans resulted in weight loss, participants who ate bigger meals lost even more. In terms of their body mass index, two-meal eaters lost 1.23 BMI points in comparison to the .082 BMI points small meal eaters lost....

We’re not saying your house is dirty—dust mites are so small that they’re essentially invisible to the human eye, so even if you clean regularly and don’t see any dust hot spots, the mites are still likely to be lurking in your bed, carpets, and upholstery. The (otherwise harmless) creatures are more or less impossible to completely get rid of, but Rebecca Tung, MD, FAAD, an associate professor of dermatology at Loyola Medicine in Maywood, Illinois suggests the following tricks to make your home as hostile to them as possible....

Northwestern University researchers took data from 34,613 adults enrolled in the National Health Interview Survey and found that those with eczema were more likely to deal with fatigue, insomnia, and (duh) daytime sleepiness than the rest of the population, even when factoring in things like body mass index and allergies. It may sound like a dramatic consequence from itchy, inflamed patches of skin, and it’s true that not getting enough sleep can make the problem worse by keeping skin from repairing properly overnight, but the researchers say the vicious cycle starts with the eczema, not the other way around....

There are all kinds of different pains that we feel, but the study, published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, measured two specific types: ischemic pain, a burning pain you feel when your muscles aren’t getting enough oxygen (similar to the pain caused by peripheral arterial disease); and pressure pain, like you might feel when there’s too much pressure applied to a muscle during a massage....

Whether you’re a back-to-basics kind of cook, whose stock of kitchen gadgets ends at a simple blender, or a kitchen-tech lover who embraces sous vide experimentation, there are deals across the board. So, if you’re looking to save time in the kitchen or just upgrade your existing kitchen equipment, now’s your chance to save serious money while doing it. These deals are available to Prime members only. You can sign up for a 30-day free trial....

The research: Among more than 1,000 people diagnosed with stable coronary artery disease, those couch potatoes who failed to exercise were about twice as likely to suffer a stroke or heart attack—and four times more likely to die from all causes—than people who exercised regularly, indicates 10 years of study data from a German research team. But death rates from stroke or heart attacks also doubled among heart disease patients who completed strenuous exercise—activities like cycling or speed hiking—on a daily basis....