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5 Ways to Turn a Healthy Meal into a Delicious One
Food

5 Ways to Turn a Healthy Meal into a Delicious One

John La Puma, MD | June 10, 2014

The Smart Eater's Kitchen Take a quick look around your kitchen. If you pride yourself on eating healthfully, chances are…

Drinkers In the Operating Room: How Alcohol Affects Your Risk for Complications After Surgery

Drinkers In the Operating Room: How Alcohol Affects Your Risk for Complications After Surgery

Marie Eliasen, MSc | June 9, 2014

How many alcoholic drinks did you have yesterday? The day before? How many per day, on average, in the past…

Wow! This Is My House? Simple Renovations That Can Transform Any Home

Wow! This Is My House? Simple Renovations That Can Transform Any Home

Jonathan and Drew Scott | June 9, 2014

You might be surprised at how much you can change the character of your home—and make it much more attractive…

How to Keep Rabbits Out of Your Garden

How to Keep Rabbits Out of Your Garden

June 9, 2014

Are you having a "bad hare day"? What a drag it is to see your chard or cabbage coming up,…

5 Rules for Giving Kids Allowance
Family

5 Rules for Giving Kids Allowance

Thomas J. Henske, CFP, ChFC, CFS, CLU, CLTC | June 6, 2014

Are you spoiling your child $5 at a time or creating the next financial superstar? This is the bottom line…

How to Get Your Grown Kids Out of Your House
Family

How to Get Your Grown Kids Out of Your House

Thomas J. Henske, CFP, ChFC, CFS, CLU, CLTC | June 6, 2014

Are your grown kids eating you out of house and home? Is your empty nest getting a little too crowded?…

Father’s Day 2014: Bottom Line Guide for That Special Dad in Your Life

Father’s Day 2014: Bottom Line Guide for That Special Dad in Your Life

June 6, 2014

Father’s Day is fast approaching (June 15). Here’s how to make sure that special Dad in your life feels appreciated…

Cooking Steak Just Right

Cooking Steak Just Right

Marc Weber | June 6, 2014

You don’t have to be a great cook to cook a great steak. Here are instructions for how to get…

Easiest Grill-Rack Clean-Up

Easiest Grill-Rack Clean-Up

June 6, 2014

If you have baked-on food and burned grease on your grill rack, take a sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil and…

Babysitting Helps Your Brain
Family

Babysitting Helps Your Brain

Cassandra Szoeke, MD, PhD | June 5, 2014

Postmenopausal women who took care of their grandchildren one day a week had better memory and faster cognitive speed (important…

Anger Addiction: How to Break Free

Anger Addiction: How to Break Free

Robert Thurman, PhD | June 5, 2014

A rude salesperson treats you like dung...or a conniving coworker steals your idea...or your self-absorbed sister ruins yet another gathering...and…

How to Write Your Memoirs So Everyone Will Want to Read Them

How to Write Your Memoirs So Everyone Will Want to Read Them

Denis Ledoux | June 5, 2014

People write their memoirs to preserve their life stories. But they often discover that memoirs don’t just benefit future readers—the…

The Best Headphones and Earbuds for You

The Best Headphones and Earbuds for You

David Carnoy | June 5, 2014

It isn’t easy to select a pair of headphones or earbuds (a type of headphone worn inside the ear) to…

Health-Boosting Hot Cocoa Recipes

Health-Boosting Hot Cocoa Recipes

Janet Bond Brill, PhD, RDN, FAND | June 5, 2014

By the time you're halfway through this article, I hope you're craving a nice toasty-warm mug of hot cocoa. Not…

Use Einstein’s Tricks to Maximize Your Brain

Use Einstein’s Tricks to Maximize Your Brain

Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD | June 5, 2014

Here are his tricks—you can use them, too! Albert Einstein was a genius, but sheer intelligence was not all that…