Health and Beauty

By:  Stacey Colino  AARP If you’re omitting a few such personal details at the doctor’s office, you have plenty of company: As many as 81 percent of patients intentionally withhold the truth from their doctors about how often they exercise, what or how much they eat, whether they regularly take a prescription medicine as instructed or if they’ve…

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Morgan Cutolo Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 You’ve most likely had to take a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test at some point in your life. If you haven’t, here’s a quick summary: The test measures which side you lean more towards in four different areas: Extroversion vs. Introversion, Sensing vs. Intuition, Thinking vs. Feeling, and Judging vs. Perceiving. The Myers-Briggs personality types combine…

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Brooke Leigh Howard Updated Aug. 20, 2022 3:54AM ET / Published Aug. 19, 2022 1:07PM ET It was supposed to be a momentous image: The first Black woman on the nation’s highest court, captured in a historic shoot for one of the world’s most distinguished publications. But the end product of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s…

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I’ve Tried Hundreds Of Lipsticks But This Will Always Be The Holy Grail BY AMANDA ROSS 7.29.2022 Lipstick is one of the most universally beloved beauty products of all time, with even rudimentary versions highly prized in early civilizations. (My favorite; $32 and worth every dime – Kintsugi) Lancôme – L’Absolu Rouge Cream Lipstick 118 French Cœur.…

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by Rabbi Steve Leder @steve_leder, steveleder.com Rabbi Steve writes in the Aug/Sept issue of Women’s Day magazine, “This is the time of the year when Jews enter the High Holy Days, which include Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – a sacred season to seek forgiveness from those we have wronged. The completion of these steps…

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Wyatte Grantham-Philips USA TODAY Titanium dioxide is used in a wide range of food products and consumer goods – from candy to sunscreen and house paint. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration maintains that the regulated use of titanium dioxide, specifically as a color additive in food, is safe under some restrictions. However, some experts and…

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Medically Reviewed by Michael Dansinger, MD on June 23, 2021 Insulin resistance is when cells in your muscles, fat, and liver don’t respond well to insulin and can’t use glucose from your blood for energy. To make up for it, your pancreas makes more insulin. Over time, your blood sugar levels go up. Insulin resistance syndrome includes a group of problems like obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes.…

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