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Depression’s Criteria May Be Changed to Include Grieving

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/health/depressions-criteria-may-be-changed-to-include-grieving.html In a bitter skirmish over the definition of depression, a new report contends that a proposed change to the diagnosis would characterize grieving as a disorder and greatly increase the number of people treated for it.
Every other week, new research claims one food is better than another, or that some ingredient yields incredible new health benefits. Couple that with a few old wives' tales passed down from your parents, and each time you fire up your stove or sit down to eat a healthy meal, it can be difficult separating food fact from fiction. http://lifehacker.com/5847591/10-stubborn-food-myths-that-just-wont-die

10 Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won't Die, Debunked by Science

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783

The myth of the eight-hour sleep

22 February 2012 Last updated at 11:58 ET By Stephanie Hegarty BBC World Service