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Can your kitchen counters give you cancer?
I'm not typically one to buy into the alarmist notion that EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH WILL KILL YOU; it usually reeks of "Anchorman" style local news hyperbole. But this story from the New York Times this week really gave me pause. Apparently there are some types of granite that give off far... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
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Are dads the new moms?
It's been said that perhaps men are the new women, with the male pedicures and such. A recent New York Times article takes this to the next level by describing a group of men, stay at home dads all, who get together with each other for coffee after dropping the kids off at school. One of them... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (32) | Blog
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A spa for your lady parts!?
The New York Times has a new Skin Deep out, but it's not your usual skincare article fare. No folks, that's because one Manhattan gyno, Dr. Lauri Romanzi, has been busy thinking, er, inside the box (ha) and unveiled this gem: Phit, short for pelvic health integrated techniques, "dedicated to strengthening and grooming a woman's genital area."
Um, yeah.
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Summer's scariest stilettos
By Shirley Lord Editor’s Note: Shirley Lord has been at the front seat of the beauty business for years. Born in London, she was working in Fleet Street at the age of 18 and became woman’s editor of three leading London evening newspapers. In the early 70s she moved to the United States to... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (4) | Blog
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Is your pant size your boss's business?
Japan wants to become a lighter country and has started cracking down on the porky part of the population, collectively referred to as "metabo." Its government is instituting a new law that requires companies to measure the waistlines of employees aged 40 to 74 annually. If a person... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (4) | Blog
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How to get rid of under-eye circles
No one likes the look of reverse eye-shadow under their eyes, except for maybe my can't-get-past-the-old-goth-days friend who still thinks of undereye circles as "chic" somehow. And not only is there now an entire blog devoted to solving this age-old (ha) problem called um, My Dark Circles Blog, the New York Times just devoted an entire "Skin Deep" to the subject, in which they cited a recent Clinique study that claims, "Roughly 53 percent of the 13,000 Clinique users surveyed by the company in 2006 cited under-eye circles and puffiness as their No. 1 beauty concern." Read More »
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Sex and the Smartphone
There’s a funny moment in the movie, “Sex and the City,” when a panicked Carrie Bradshaw recoils in horror after someone passes her an iPhone instead of an old fashioned cell. “I can’t work this!” she yells in frustration. (If there is anyone out there who hasn’t seen the... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
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Cause you know what BIG HANDS mean...
Author Doug Brown and his wife, Big Hands Annie (NYTNS | Stephen Collector)
A friend over in Healthy Living said her brother saw this photo of one of the couples we reported on who decided to have "married sex" every single night for a year. His response: "OMG! Look at the size of her hands. Is that what happens when you have that much sex?!" Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (29) | Blog
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