Living Well Articles Archive
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by Richard Laliberte
- Issue September 2008
It’s hard to believe that air pollution was once so bad that people keeled over and died from it—as happened during Thanksgiving in 1966, when thick smog trapped by stagnant weather killed more than 160 people in New York City.
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by Sarah Mahoney
- Issue July 2008
It’s midmorning, and I’m trying to write a really good first sentence.
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by Susan Flagg Godbey
- Issue May 2008
Sneezing, stuffy-nosed, watery-eyed Americans lose at least an hour of work each week during peak hay fever season, says a new Ohio State University study of nearly 600 people with allergies.
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by Sarah Mahoney
- Issue May 2008
Jan Lowrey, 54, earned her knee pain the hard way: It was a result of the basketball injuries she racked up in high school and college and during more than 20 years as a coach at both the college and professional levels.
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue March 2008
Never underestimate the power of a smart little lifestyle tweak. A growing stack of studies proves that seemingly tiny everyday choices—such as ordering grilled fish rather than a burger…
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by Winnie Yu
- Issue January 2008
A few years ago, Mary Shomon, Kensington, Maryland, lived every woman’s nightmare. Even though she was eating a low-fat diet and exercising for 45 minutes every day, she gained 15 pounds in four months.
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by Linda Formichelli
- Issue December 2007
We all know an energy vampire—a friend who buffets us with tales of woe, a coworker who whines more than a lost puppy, an acquaintance who has to top everything we say or do.
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by Marianne McGinnis
- Issue October 2007
Ask Paulette Hefflinger why having exercise buddies is so important, and she’ll tell you the story of her 30th wedding anniversary in 2004. Hefflinger, who’s 55, was on her regular morning walk when she noticed a long-stemmed rose lying by the side of the road…
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by Linda Formichelli
- Issue July 2007
Life coaches and career experts everywhere urge you to follow your bliss and do what you love.
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by Carol Krucoff
- Issue April 2007
They come to their doctors’ offices carrying their health profiles and baggies holding every medication, vitamin, and herb they take regularly—in the original bottles.
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by Carol Krucoff
- Issue April 2007
They come to their doctors’ offices carrying their health profiles and baggies holding every medication, vitamin, and herb they take regularly—in the original bottles.
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by Sherry Kiser
- Issue January 2007
In search of that youthful glow? What you put on your plate may be more important than what you put on your skin.
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by Sara Altshul
- Issue December 2006
After living in Rome for two years, my husband and I moved to a farmhouse in the Italian countryside.
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by Marianne McGinnis
- Issue September 2006
No one likes to talk about the big C. But pulling the covers over your head won’t stop cancer; it will only keep you in the dark, says Ted Gansler, M.D.
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by Selene Yeager
- Issue July 2006
The average American spends 46 hours a week at work. For many of us, that means sitting—and spreading—as our bodies dutifully adapt to the endless hours of inactivity, coffee, and office snacks…
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by Linda Rao
- Issue April 2006
We slather on high-SPF sunscreen and shun tanning beds, yet melanoma rates in the United States continue to creep upward. Why?
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by Sarah Mahoney
- Issue February 2006
When Toni Barrent was 19, she danced the night away. It was 1970, she was wearing bellbottoms, and it never occurred to her that the fuzzy feeling in her head the next day signaled the beginning of persistent hearing loss.
