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Wearing a gorgeous L’Wren Scott dress, Mad Men actress Christina Hendricks showed off her glowing skin and new, slimmer figure at this year’s Emmy Awards. Hendricks, who plays the curvy secretary Joan Holloway on the popular series, is said... 

When passing someone in a bike or multi-use path it’s important to yell out “on your left” and slow down. I always make a point to do this but sometimes my voice doesn’t carry very well. A simple solution to my problem was investing... 

The magic pill to weight loss is a mirage in my opinion, but companies continue to design products to help you burn more calories and drop pounds. As if the seven shady weight loss products I recently posted about weren’t enough, I just discovered... 

Even though we’re missing her on The Hills , Lauren Conrad is keeping busy. Last week the reality star launched her LC Lauren Conrad for Kohl’s line in LA. The affordable “California-inspired” line is filled with cute separates... 

The story so far in Massachusetts: State implements near-universal health insurance coverage; costs rise sharply; state panel calls for replacing fee-for-service payments with fixed, per-patient payments. The latest development: Doctors’ and hospital... 

Cheaper health-care goods and services will be created in the developing world, then sold in the U.S. That’s a big idea that Jeff Immelt, the CEO of GE, has been pushing lately. He explained it at great length in a recent Harvard Business Review... 

There are so many variations of scorpion pose like Locust Scorpion and Forearm Stand Scorpion , but Handstand Scorpion is my favorite. It’s one of the most challenging poses you can try because it requires the three zingers – balance, strength,... 

In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month , FitSugar pays tribute to some of the celebrities who fought their breast cancer in a very public way. We applaud the courage of these women and the efforts they have made in speaking out for the... 

This year’s Nobel Prize for medicine, announced today in Stockholm, is a reminder that if someone offers you immortality, you should think carefully about what, exactly, is on the table. The winners — Elizabeth Blackburn , Carol Greider and... 

Fall is officially here and that means it’s apple season. Take a trip to your local orchard and pick a peck of McIntosh, Cortland, or Empire apples and give this recipe a try. With chunks of apples, oats, flax meal, and walnuts, these are packed...