Tue Feb 2, 2010 8:34 AM EST
Thinking about a nose job? Chances are you’re from the Northeast, according to new data released from RealSelf.com, a consumer review site for the cosmetic industry. Permanent makeup more your thing? Then you’re probably from the Southwest.
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Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 AM EST
Some holiday gifts are forgotten even before the wrapping paper’s been recycled. Others, like the one Heather Ryan-Sigler received years ago, tend to stick in your craw.
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Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:47 AM EST
It’s an issue as polarizing as global warming, health care reform or even Sarah Palin. When it comes to gatherings at home, what’s better: shoes on or shoes off?
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Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:14 AM EST
Monika Jones, 28, loves red wine. What she doesn’t love is the “monster mouth” it gives her.“I’ve found that red wine not only stains my teeth — it turns the inner part of my lips a dark magenta after just two glasses,” says Jones, a Seattle writer. “My friends call it ‘monster mouth.’”
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Tue Dec 1, 2009 8:40 AM EST
We’re used to hearing about people spreading colds and flu. But according to a new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, there’s another human condition that’s equally contagious: loneliness.
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Thu Nov 5, 2009 8:53 AM EST
It’s been a long day at the office and all you want to do is grab a cold one and plop down in front of the TV. But just as you’re getting comfy, you notice something odd on the floor in front of you. It’s a message spelled out in your son’s Legos, only he’s not quite old enough to spell. And if he were, he certainly wouldn’t write “DIE!” on the living room floor in colorful plastic bricks.
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Mon Nov 2, 2009 8:02 AM EST
Mortifying childhood memories come easily to Candice Broom, a 29-year-old elementary school teacher from Birmingham, Ala.
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:00 AM EDT
We’ve all heard the adage about cleanliness being next to godliness, but a forthcoming study in the journal Psychological Science may have empirically proved it.
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Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:11 AM EDT
Back in the day, a single man or woman would meet someone intriguing, collect his or her phone number, then head home to pump friends, family and colleagues for information.
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:34 AM EDT
“If it weren’t for Central Park, all us New Yorkers would kill each other,” says Ruta Fox, a 50-something jewelry entrepreneur from Manhattan. “It’s the saving grace of this city.”
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Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:02 AM EDT
The popular '60s-era “Mad Men” TV series has become firmly rooted in the mainstream, and now another stream as well: Twitter, where fans portray various characters on the show.
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Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:36 AM EDT
A pricey prescription drug thickens eyelashes, but it can cause light eyes to turn brown, hairs to pop up in surprising spots and other odd side effects, the FDA warns.
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Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:17 AM EDT
While candy bars and sugary drinks are well-known cavity culprits, many people have been surprised to learn their nutritious, delicious snack bars can be just as bad for their teeth.
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Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:26 AM EDT
They scour the Web in search of stolen phrases, dig through documents looking for evidence of looting. They can’t issue citations, but they can certainly let you know if you’ve failed to include one. Yes, the plagiarism police are on the job.
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Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:21 AM EDT
In a world swirling with studies, stories, online health forums, and several thousand pounds of conflicting research, it’s hard to figure out what to do and who to believe when it comes to truly healthy behavior.
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Mon Aug 3, 2009 8:58 AM EDT
Internet search engines have become everybody’s favorite friend and confidante, acting as a automated repository of answers for just about any kind of question, no matter how strange.
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:25 AM EDT
For aesthetician Mindy McGinty, eyebrows aren’t just sculpted arches framing her face — they’re a walking billboard for her business. So when she lost her eyebrows after a “bad experience with permanent makeup,” she was completely distraught.
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:33 AM EDT
Timothy Fleming used to hide cash all over the house — tucked into lapel pockets, secreted within hollowed-out pumpkins, nestled within cake tins above the fridge. That is, until he discovered the horror of a trashed cash stash.
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Thu Jun 4, 2009 8:27 AM EDT
Sore throats, runny noses and hacking coughs are hard enough to live with in the dead of winter, but when the world is sunny and 80 and spilling over with beach barbecues and baseball games, they’re positively criminal.
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Tue Jun 2, 2009 8:56 AM EDT
When Kevin Joyce, the 29-year-old pastor of the nondenominational Imagine Fellowship in San Antonio, Texas, looks out at his congregation during his Sunday sermons, he sees “a lot of illuminated faces.”
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Wed May 27, 2009 8:28 AM EDT
Women worry about a lot — their children, relationships, jobs, health, hair and so on. But new research out of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York has found that some women are worrying about something rather unexpected: prostate cancer.
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Thu May 14, 2009 8:17 AM EDT
Steve Roe’s catalogue of self-induced injuries reads like something out of The Spanish Inquisition Handbook: fractured skull, torn rotator cuff, shattered fingers, broken wrists, fractured elbows, torn muscles, sulfuric acid burns, self-stabbings, multiple broken noses and, as of last month, a ruptured tendon in his ankle.
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Wed May 13, 2009 8:42 AM EDT
With an app for this and an app for that, iPhones and other smartphones are now capable of all kinds of amazing feats. But while our technology has developed by leaps and bounds, human nature — specifically our tendency to become obsessed with shiny new toys — hasn’t changed a whit.
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Sun May 10, 2009 12:46 PM EDT
When my phone rings on Saturday, I always know who it is: my sister.
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Thu Apr 2, 2009 9:05 AM EDT
When Amelia Zatik-Sawyer of Cleveland, Ohio, is having an issue with her husband’s long hours or morning moodiness or annoying affinity for stuffed animals, she turns to a third party to unload. But it’s not a therapist or marriage counselor or even her mother who patiently takes it all in.
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