Quick Hair Fixes

Quick Hair Fixes

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get coiffed. When you find yourself pressed for time with a hair-raising head, there are a few things you can do to smooth the edges. No time for a shampoo? No problem! We tend to wash our hair too frequently…

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PAM Will Save Calories

PAM Will Save Calories

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Meet PAM. You can’t imagine foregoing butter. After all, how will you saute” your meats and vegetables? How will you grease those baking pans? Well, meet PAM, a fat-free cooking spray that comes in Original, Butter, Olive Oil and two other flavors. With PAM, you can eliminate the need for…

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The Best Cities for Kids’ Activities

The Best Cities for Kids’ Activities

Moms / Mom Tips

Whether you’re looking at moving to a new city or just exploring some areas of the country you’ve never seen, there are some really great attractions for kids all over. Of course you want to hit the “biggies” – Disney World, Disneyland and the various points in between – but…

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Why Moms Are Addicted to the Internet

Why Moms Are Addicted to the Internet

Moms / Mom Tips

It’s the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning, then it’s the last thing you do at night. No, it’s not brushing your teeth. For many moms, it’s checking their e-mail, social networking pages, blogs, message boards or all of the above. The Internet can be…

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Schwarzbein Principle

Schwarzbein Principle

Diet Reviews / Glycemic Index

Drawing from her experience as an endocrinologist, Dr. Diana Schwarzbein has created a nutritional approach to control insulin levels by regulating the intake of carbs. Her five-prong plan has several recommendations that adopt different nutritional guidelines to reducing stress. The byproduct of these efforts is a smaller chance of degenerative…

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Add Avocado to Your Menu

Add Avocado to Your Menu

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Most people confuse an avocado as a vegetable when it’s actually a fruit. Whether used in a salad or prepared as guacamole, avocado isn’t just delicious — it packs a mean nutritional punch. Avocados, which are low in calories, are rich in Vitamin E, Vitamin C, thiamine and riboflavin. Each…

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Backpack Safety: What Are the Basic Rules?

Backpack Safety: What Are the Basic Rules?

Moms / Activities

Most kids carry backpacks to school everyday, and pediatricians, physical therapists and parents are reporting increasing numbers of schoolchildren complaining of back, neck and shoulder pain, along with tingling or numbness in their arms and hands. This is being attributed to children carrying heavy loads of schoolbooks in backpacks and…

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How to Bond with Your Siblings

How to Bond with Your Siblings

Love / Love Tips

You may have grown up with them, but that doesn’t mean you get along as adults. We’re talking about brothers and sisters, of course. Once you graduate from the backseat antagonizing phase of, “He’s touching me!” your relationship with your siblings should get better, right? For some siblings, that’s not…

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