HEALTH&EXERCISE

[|Bathed in smog--Beijing's pollution could cut 5 years off lifespan, expert says]

The Atlantic: [|Why the Obesity Epidemic Could Be Much Worse Than We Think]

[|The French Government Wants To Tone My Vagina]: Inside my amazing and embarrassing postnatal “perineal re-education” class, paid for by la France.

[|How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body]

[|Have we met? Tracing the origins of face blindness]

[|Why women need fat]--Evolution shows that women's dieting beliefs aren't just unrealistic -- they're unnatural. An expert explains

[|The New Full-Frontal--Has Pubic Hair in America Gone Extinct?]

[|What we eat is bumming us out, new book says]--'The Happiness Diet' explores the link between food and mood

[|10 Gifts For People Who Sit In Front Of a Computer All Day]

[|100 Skills Every Man Should Know: The Instructions (With Videos!)]

NYT: [|How Exercise Benefits the Brain]

NYT: [|The Hoarder in You--It’s Time to Say Goodbye to All That Stuff]

NYT: [|A Serving of Gratitude May Save the Day]

NYT: [|The Once and Future Way to Run]

NYT: [|Aging Well Through Exercise]

[|Diabetes a growing threat to young and slim--Seemingly fit females increasingly at risk due to 'skinny-fat' condition]

NYT: [|Study Shows Why It’s Hard to Keep Weight Off]

[|The Necessity, and Elusiveness, of Sleep]

[|What Parkinson’s Teaches Us About the Brain] Forced Exercise's effect on the brain

[|More bad supplement news--Vitamin E may be risky for prostate]

NYT Op-Ed about Yoga: [|How Garbo Learned to Stand on Her Head]

[|Want some free, anonymous health care? Try your local U.S. Health Department.]

[|What’s so bad about sugar?] Article really misses the point on the recent findings about the negative effects of sugar, some interesting comments, but the comments also show some misunderstanding on what the issues are.

[|Are all artificial sweeteners equal?]

NYT Op-Ed: [|Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?]

[|Alzheimer's link another reason to fear diabetes]

[|The After-Wife--Pat Robertson says Alzheimer's can justify divorce because your spouse is "gone." Is he right]?

[|Black Death study lets rats off the hook]--Plague of 1348-49 spread so fast in London the carriers had to be humans not black rats, says archaeologist

[|How Exercise Can Keep the Brain Fit]

[|Can a redesign make us eat better? A look at the creative process behind the colorful new FDA nutrition labels]

[|How Chocolate Can Help Your Workout]

[|The Doctor and the Pomegranate:] [|Antioxidants don't work, but no one wants to hear it.]

[|Go Ahead, Eat Chocolate for Breakfast:] [|Why the lawsuit against Nutella is bunk.]

[|Some Researchers Say Coffee Is Good for You; Others Say It's Bad. Who's Right?]

Bad Food? [|Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables]

[|Can a Playground Be Too Safe?]

[|Still Counting Calories? Your Weight-Loss Plan May Be Outdated]

[|Brain Calisthenics for Abstract Ideas]

[|Sitting is destroying your body]

[|Which Is Worse for a Child's Development—Exposure to Graphic Sex or Appalling Violence?]

[|Diet sodas don't help with dieting]

[|Hammock naps are the best, research proves]

[|How Sugar Affects Your Brain and Body]

NYT: [|A Good Night’s Sleep Isn’t a Luxury; It’s a Necessity]: There always seems to be something keeping us awake.

[|Sugar may be sapping your memory]

[|A Memory Tonic for the Aging Brain]: As we grow older, we forget things like where we parked the car. Exercise can sharpen our recall.

NYT: [|Foods With Benefits, or So They Say]