Smart Fitness — By Jacqueline Stenson |
Capri pants bare scourge of summer: ‘cankles’ Still obsessing about how your dimpled thighs, jelly belly or flappy arms look in a swimsuit? That’s so last summer. This year, there’s a new body part to fret over: the cankle. |
Sexploration — By Brian Alexander |
Marriage thrives despite our evolving sex lives It may have worked as a plotline for “Sex and the City,” but according to new government figures, very few American women need fear being an “old maid.” |
Second Opinion — By Robert Bazell |
Dispute behind Nobel Prize for HIV research The announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine brings another chapter, perhaps the concluding one, to one of the ugliest controversies in modern medical science. |
Breaking Bioethics — By Arthur Caplan |
Opinion: Top doc post is a big job for a big lady Amid the fat-bashing tirades resides a point worth addressing: “How can Dr. Benjamin promote healthy eating if she herself is obese?” |
Nutrition Notes — By Karen Collins |
When it’s OK to eat full-fat foods A popular weight-loss solution: Choosing reduced-fat or fat-free forms of the same foods. But these lower-fat options aren’t always lower in calories, particularly when they are consumed in jumbo portions. |
Growing Up Healthy — By Victoria Clayton |
What to get the kids? Think outside the toy box You can find safe toys for the kids to open up under the tree, experts say, but keep in mind that not all good things come from the toy box. |
Creature Comforts — By Kim Thornton |
No-kill shelter nation? Maybe in 5 years Many cities, animal control agencies and private shelters in the U.S. are forming alliances that they hope will lead to a no-kill nation in half a decade. |
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