Shape Up Your Shins

Shape Up Your Shins

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

If you like to run, power walk or participate in high-impact activities, then you’re probably familiar with shin splints, that excruciating pain that occurs a few inches below the knee. The term is a generic one that describes pain near the shin bone where the calf muscle attaches to the…

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Fast and Easy Healthful Meal Staples

Fast and Easy Healthful Meal Staples

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Cooking healthy at home is easier than you think when you stock staples that are functional, healthful, and most of all, delicious. Having the right foods at hand when you need them can keep you from making fast-food runs or calling for pizza – plus, they can help you prepare…

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6 Ways to Ruin Your Children

6 Ways to Ruin Your Children

Moms / Parenting

Kids don’t come with an instruction manual, and there’s no such thing as a perfect parent. You can read as many books as possible, talk to all the moms on the playground and pay for weekly therapy sessions, and you still might feel like you don’t know what you are…

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Autumn Scents You’ll Fall For

Autumn Scents You’ll Fall For

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Ah, there’s nothing quite like the smell of fall. The air is cool. The leaves are crisp. And Starbucks has brought back its pumpkin spice latte. Everything is exactly as it should be, except you’ve yet to stock up on our favorite new fall fragrances. For starters, you’ll want to…

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Acne Scarring – What Are My Treatment Options?

Acne Scarring – What Are My Treatment Options?

Style & Beauty / Beauty

Acne scarring can have serious effects on a person’s self-image and emotional state. Fortunately there have been significant advances in the treatment of acne-related scarring in recent years. It is important to note that nothing will completely heal the majority of scars. Laser Therapy Using lasers to treat scars is…

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The Dangers of Diet Sodas

The Dangers of Diet Sodas

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Before you pop that top, do you know what’s lurking in that tall cool one? When it comes to beverages, sodas are public enemy number one. They may seem inconsequential, but it’s hard to believe how quickly the numbers add up. A 12-ounce can of cola contains 144 calories. If…

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Safety Tips for the Winter Workout Season

Safety Tips for the Winter Workout Season

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

by Maureen Chapdelaine Cooler days call for a change in wardrobe, especially if you’re planning on taking your workout outside. With fewer hours of daylight and mixed weather conditions, this change in season is the perfect time to think about how to keep safe during outdoor activities. Do you run,…

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Pet Obesity: A Growing Concern

Pet Obesity: A Growing Concern

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

Obesity in pets is common these days and causes real problems. Pet obesity is due to overfeeding, improper diet or lack of exercise. Obesity in pets is also attributed to the modern lifestyles of people, who leave their pets alone in their house, eating for themselves whatever they want and…

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