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By Jenna Goudreau

"We're easily sold by the gimmicks of marketing and celebrity endorsements," says Tony Nakhla, a Los Angeles-based dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon. And when we think something's good for us, we're ready and willing to pay the up-charge. Yet, everyday Nakhla sees patients spending hundreds and even thousands of dollars a month on products and treatments that don't live up to the claims.

In the current cult of health, anything that's easy and purported to help us lose weight, stay fit, feel better or look younger goes in the shopping bag. Yet often these "healthy" choices are not so healthy after all and cost much more than the alternatives. Medical experts weigh in on what not to buy for your health and wellbeing.

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By Jenna Goudreau
In the new digital world order, few have escaped the earsplitting ringtones, boardroom tables lined with Smartphones, dinner dates romantically involved with their Twitter feeds or strangers blasting videos without headphones. Bad mobile behavior is all around us and in many circumstances can cost you friends and coworkers.

Don't annoy your coworkers with bad Blackberry etiquette."The 2000's exploded technology use, and our devices go everywhere with us now," says Anna Post, etiquette expert and author of the latest edition of Emily Post's Etiquette. "Technology isn't rude or polite on its own. It's how we are choosing to use it."

In a survey of over 200 human resources managers conducted this year by Intel, 79% said mobile devices create unnecessary disruptions in the workplace, and 42% have received complaints about mobile offenses in meetings, with phones ringing and off-topic Internet use the most common. They nearly unanimously agreed that companies should establish guidelines and employees should mind their

By Jenna Goudreau

"Our world is moving at such a rapid pace, things that worked just a few years ago may not work so well today," says Bill Holland, author of Cracking The New Job Market: The 7 Rules for getting Hired in Any Economy. "Any career advice should be taken with a grain of salt."

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That amazing career advice you read from an expert can seriously backfire.
The old refrains are well known-you can be anything, do what you love, make yourself indispensable-but may not reveal the path to the top. Early in her editing career, then-bored Diane Alexander remembers reading that if she followed her passion, the money would come. She followed it onto a farm in Buena Vista, Colo., where she took up raising animals. She soon discovered money didn't flow as fast as chicken feed. She went back to editing, and eventually opened her own business. Now she has more clients than she can handle.

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The moral? Career advice comes cheap, so be careful what you buy into. A

By Larissa Faw

Young professional women may not relate to the financial struggles their Millennial peers are protesting against during the Occupy New York movement. After all, these ambitious go-getters are working as doctors, lawyers, engineers, and advertising executives, blessed with great salaries, health benefits, and paid vacation.
Millennial Women Are Burning Out
But these women understand the protestors' frustration and unhappiness over the fact that their lives aren't supposed to turn out this way. This is why a growing number of young professional women who seem to "have it all" are burning out at work before they reach 30.

In Pictures: 10 Worst Pieces of "Career Advice"

These early career flameouts are reflected through the corporate ladder. Today, 53% of corporate entry-level jobs are held by women, a percentage that drops to 37% for mid-management roles and 26% for vice presidents and senior managers, according to McKinsey research. Men are twice as likely as women to advance at each career transition

By Jenna Goudreau, Forbes Staff Writer

Michelle Gass, a president and recognized innovator at Starbucks, wakes up every morning at exactly 4:30 and goes running. When she travels, she brings her running shoes. She's started her day like this throughout her 15-year tenure at the coffeemaker, rising from a team of just three to today managing 33 foreign countries. Her up-and-at-'em routine, she believes, boosts her personal happiness and business success. "When I'm at my best, it's because I'm taking care of myself," Gass told me. "Morning runs clear my mind."

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As many of the world's most powerful women have discovered, rising before the sun is more than just a personal bonus-it's an edge in a cutthroat corporate environment. Avon chief Andrea Jung wakes up at 5 a.m., hits the gym and is at her desk by 8. Newswoman Ann Curry is out of bed at 3:45, and longtime Vogue editor Anna Wintour is on the tennis court by 6.

In fact, research shows

By Jenna Goudreau
When Beth Brooke, 52, was a young girl, she was diagnosed with a degenerative hip disease and told by doctors she may never walk again. Before going into surgery she made a promise to herself that she would walk -- no, she would run -- and hoped to become one of the best young athletes the world had seen. Indeed, she played several team sports at her Indiana high school, earned multiple MVP awards and managed to graduate as the class valedictorian. Ellen DeGeneres, TV host, played on her high school tennis team in Atlanta, Texas.

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Brooke went on to play Division 1 college basketball at Purdue University in her home state, and told Forbes that playing ball taught her discipline, focus and how to work as part of a team. Today she is the global vice chair of Public Policy at mega-accounting firm Ernst & Young and this year was named one of the world's 100 most powerful women.

Playing team sports in school not only helps women succeed in business, it sends them straight to the top. PepsiCo

By Jenna Goudreau
David Lewis, CEO of human resources consultancy OperationsInc, has been working in the HR industry for 25 years. Little surprises him. However, he could barely contain his astonishment when a recent client asked for advice on how to reshuffle management in his organization. "We're not going to consider her," the client said bluntly about one of his newly engaged employees. "Did you see the rock on her finger? It's only a matter of time before she's no longer here -- mentally or physically." Kim Kardashian (Getty Images)

While Lewis has encountered several instances of old-school sexism -- via mangers who perceive a sizable engagement ring as a countdown to wedding and motherhood distractions -- some women say a ring actually helped advance their careers.

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Marta Segal Block, who now works in online event bookings, says when she was young and working for a nonprofit publisher, there was one older woman who always seemed uncomfortable around

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