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Forget About Your Stomach
By Mehmet Oz, M.D., and Michael Roizen, M.D. New research about how we store fat will help you keep your hands off the muffins. When we think about losing weight, most of us focus on two things: the food we eat and the stomach where it ends up. The first part makes sense. But the second part is misg
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Random Knowledge: Twinkies!
By Anya Yurchyshyn Twinkies are as amazingly good as they are disgusting. But do you know why? Twinkies are as amazingly good as they are disgusting. But do you know why? We've picked a few facts from Twinkie, Deconstructed (Hudson Street Press, $24), by Steven Ettlinger. Phosphorus, part of a key T
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A Little Gratitude
By Tom Chiarella How to change the way the world sees you, one thank-you note at a time. I don't really care when people say thanks. Open a door. Thanks. Hand someone a stapler. Thanks. Push a button on an elevator. Thanks. That's just chatter. Meaningless interaction. Broadly speaking, hearing than
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Ask Dr. Oz: Why Am I Fatter When I'm Stressed?
By Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. Because your body thinks you're about to starve. Thousands of years ago, hunger was a caveman's primary source of anxiety. When food became scarce, his body coped with the resultant stress by releasing steroids, which were absorbed by his omentum — a fat reservoir that hangs li
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Sexual Foreplay: What’s in It for Men?
Dates that end with lovemaking often begin with dining out, so that the meal itself can be seen as a form of sexual foreplay -- in more ways than one. How many times has this happened to you: You take your woman out to dinner at a nice restaurant. The waiter takes your drink orders and tells you of
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Don’t Be a Home Improvement Disaster
You walk into Home Depot or Lowe's to pick up a lightbulb. Instead, you leave with some new flooring, a circular saw, a framing square, and big ideas about re-tiling your kitchen. The problem? You've never done anything more than change a lightbulb by yourself. Growing numbers of Americans are tackl
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How to Write a Thank-You Note
By Tom Chiarella First you remind the person what you are thanking them for. Then you tell them why. That's it. A good thank-you note is a clear and ruddy piece of prose. There are only two moves involved. First you remind the person what you are thanking them for. Then you tell them why. That's it.
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Fighting My Father’s Fate
Some inheritances are a curse. I don’t mean your grandmother’s cabinet of porcelain fawns, nor your uncle’s portfolio of watercolor still lifes, nor the 40 years of Model Railroader magazines stowed in the rafters of your dad’s garage. Worse than any of these is the hand-me-down that could be hiding
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Admit It, Men: You’re Stressed
You probably think of yourself as an average guy. And you probably think you cope pretty well with everyday stress. Sure, the boss might be causing you stress at work and making you uneasy about how secure your job is. Yeah, and maybe your wife has been too busy or too tired lately to notice just ho
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Aging Is a Real Pain in the Neck. . .
Mark Liszt, a food broker from Los Angeles, has had operations on both knees and a toe. A doctor has suggested a total replacement of his right knee, but he’s afraid it will affect his ability to play ball. At 59, Liszt can’t stop. On Tuesdays and Fridays, he plays basketball with guys who are somet
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