Essential Green Cleaning Products: How to Clean Your Home Naturally

We waste a great deal of money and precious storage space on specialty cleaning solutions when we actually only need a handful of versatile nontoxic products to clean an entire home. From Green This! by Deirdre Imus

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Embrace Change: How to Make New Actions Second Nature

Learn how to re-train your brain to achieve your healthiest you. From The Program by Dr. Kelly Traver and Betty Kelly Sargent

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7 Dynamite Drinks for Revving Up Metabolism and Boosting Energy

Lisa Rinna, the Dancing With the Stars alumna and author of Rinnavation: Getting Your Best Life Ever, shares her favorite beverages for revving up metabolism, boosting energy, and detoxing.

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How Much Do Infertility Treatments Cost?

Posted on April 13, 2010

Just because you are beginning infertility treatment doesn’t necessarily mean you are going to undergo a $20,000 procedure. Here’s the the basic progression of your baby-making journey, from Budgeting for Infertility: How to Bring Home a Baby Without Breaking the Bank by Evelina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss

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How to Spot a Bad Nursing Home: The 10 Questions You Should Ask

Posted on April 8, 2010

Choosing a long-term care facility can be very stressful. While you’re doing research on your best options, go on tours and ask lots of questions., including these 10 from The 10 Best Questions for Living with Alzheimer’s by Dede Bonner, Ph.D.

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Perfect Running Form

Posted on April 6, 2010

Many books about running tell you to just go out and run like you did as a kid. But there’s one problem with that suggestion. From ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running by Danny Dreyer

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The Greenest Way to Hand Wash Your Dishes

Posted on April 1, 2010
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10 tips for washing dishes quickly — and greenly — from Green Housekeeping by Ellen Sandbeck

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Spotting Hidden Trans Fats

Posted on March 30, 2010

Just because the nutrition facts panel on a package says “0 g” after “trans fat” doesn’t mean the food is truly trans fat–free. Here’s what you need to know, from The Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes, a New York Times® Bestseller by Bob Greene.

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The Ultimate Quick-Fix Workout

Posted on March 25, 2010

How to get in shape in a month with just a few pieces of everyday gym equipment that you can easily store in your home. From actress and Dancing With the Stars alumna Lisa Rinna, author of Rinnavation: Getting Your Best Life Ever

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4 Ways to Preempt Emotional Eating

Posted on March 23, 2010

Do you eat in response to stress or other emotional triggers? Stop that habit with help from Drs. Susan Mitchell and Catherine Christie, authors of Fat Is Not Your Fate: Outsmart Your Genes and Lose the Weight Forever.

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The Social Lives of Depressed People

Posted on March 18, 2010

What you find in others, no matter what your background might be, will ultimately be a reflection of you. From Depression Is Contagious by Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D.

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Restaurant Rules 101: Tips for Eating Out as a Family

Posted on March 12, 2010

Dining out doesn’t have to be a diet disaster. Here’s how baseball great Jorge Posada and his wife Laura keep their family from over-indulging. From their book, Fit Home Team: The Posada Family Guide to Health, Exercise, and Nutrition the Inexpensive and Simple Way.

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The Top 13 Things to Do or Say and Not to Say or Do to Someone with Breast Cancer

Posted on March 11, 2010

A list to share with those well-meaning people who really don’t know what to say or do, by Janet Thompson, author of Dear God, They Say It’s Cancer

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Budgeting for Infertility: 5 Things You Can Do Now

Posted on March 11, 2010

Here are five things you can do to prepare yourself for the financial challenges you will encounter once you decide to spend on family building. From Budgeting for Infertility: How to Bring Home a Baby Without Breaking the Bank. by Evelina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss

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