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Feed Subscription5 ways love does the body bad
On Valentine's Day, the sight of couples holding hands and exchanging kisses might unleash a wave of jealousy in those who are single. But relationships — especially strained ones — can be bad for your health.
Read More »Hurry! Delete your ex from your life by Valentine’s Day
For people recently flattened by a still-painful breakup, Valentine’s Day can be intolerable.
Read More »Test gets almost 1 in 5 syphilis cases wrong
Hundreds of people may have been told they tested positive for syphilis when they didn't actually have the disease, health officials say.
Read More »Blue Man Group switching Vegas casinos in 2012
A troupe of blue-faced performers is taking its quirky act to a different Las Vegas Strip casino in the fall of 2012.
Read More »Big-ship cruise lines cancel Egypt calls through June
Royal Caribbean and Azamara Club Cruises are the latest cruise lines to modify their itineraries after nearly two weeks of violent protests and riots aimed at the Egyptian government.
Read More »Daily diet soda tied to higher heart attack risk
People who drank diet soda every day had a 61 percent higher risk of vascular events, including stroke and heart attack, found a new study that followed 2,500 New Yorkers for nine years.
Read More »Police question woman in butt injection death
Police questioned a New Jersey woman and were seeking a second woman for questioning in the case of a London woman who died after receiving cosmetic injections in her buttocks at a hotel near Philadelphia International Airport.
Read More »Cosmetic surgery seen as a sign of recovery
Cosmetic surgeries in the United States last year rose to their highest level since the start of the financial crisis, providing traders with another measure to gauge the recovery.
Read More »Kombucha tea? Acai berries? A look back at weird food fads
Sprouts are the latest food fad to hit grocery shelves. But what's trendy in food today sometimes seems to disappear by tomorrow.
Read More »Move over, alfalfa! There are new sprouts in town
Is it really possible that sprouts are hip again?
Read More »7 relationship mistakes smart people make
A new book applies the market rules of cold hard capitalism to the economy of your marriage to help you efficiently allocate limited resources such as time, money, sanity and, yes, even your sex drive.
Read More »Is it OK to send your valentine an e-card? Sometimes
For most of us, paper Valentine's Day cards are what we like to get from our romantic loved ones. But once the circle widens to include friends and family, the sentiment expressed in an e-card is just as good — sometimes even better.
Read More »Royal Caribbean passenger dies in Cancun hospital
A second person has died after arriving on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that docked at the island resort of Cozumel, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.
Read More »Money can motivate weight loss — for a while
Obese people might be more likely to lose weight if they have money riding on their success -- but the pounds may creep back once the financial carrot is gone, a small study finds.
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