Beyond our changing climate, politics, race relations or the economy, Americans are obsessed with one thing: losing fat and looking good. The Holy Grail for doing so has long been…
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It really seems quite insane some days. Millions of Americans are jolted out of a sound sleep by the alarm clock and spend a weary hour getting dressed and amping…
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My aunt had waited till her forties to get married. When she finally did, she paired up with a difficult and unusual man. The fact that she was, at this…
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. — J. Robert Oppenheimer You’ve heard the questions thousands of times throughout your life?…
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Five years from now, you’re going to be five years older. That entirely obvious statement underlies every investment decision you make, whether the investment is in gold, silver, the stock market,…
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The next great pandemic may have arrived. Ebola, a virus for which there is no cure, has begun spreading through Africa. The death toll is about 600 people so far,…
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A lot of us spend a lot of time abusing a special friend. It’s time we pay him proper homage. We are talking, of course, about your liver. First, some…
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Robert Rhinehart was an electrical engineer who was not satisfied with the state of our food. Every new day meant a new effort to find and prepare nutritious meals. When…
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It started with GPS in mobile phones. Applications were developed that could track how far you ran or rode your bike, keep track of your route, and estimate the calories…
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The people in healthcare who sit up nights worrying about potentially world-shattering death plagues are monitoring Middle East Respiratory System, known as “MERS.” It’s already infected more than 600 people worldwide, killing roughly 30% of…