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A few years back, you could always find my workout buddy and I at the Taco Bell across the street after we’d kicked butt in our boot camp class. We’d just worked up a sweat, we rationalized, and surely were due a treat. We knew we were wrong as two left shoes (and so were […]

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Full hips and thick thighs have always been prized in the black community, but that doesn’t stop a woman from looking in the mirror and wishing she had that Beyoncé thigh gap or a little less jiggle. There’s no one exercise that can give you award-winning thighs—for the fifty-leventh time: Spot reducing fat doesn’t work—but […]

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Full hips and thick thighs have always been prized in the black community, but that doesn’t stop a woman from looking in the mirror and wishing she had that Beyoncé thigh gap or a little less jiggle. There’s no one exercise that can give you award-winning thighs—for the fifty-leventh time: Spot reducing fat doesn’t work—but […]

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    A Pennsylvania cafeteria worker quits over ‘lunch shaming’ policy posed by school district to recoup some $100,000 owed to the district. What is ‘lunch shaming’ you ask? Well, when a child has to pay for their lunch and refuse to do so (up to $25), the child gets their lunch taken away and […]

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How many times a day do you look to coffee, soda or candy in your quest to stay awake during work or school? If often,…

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Regular marijuana smokers are more likely to have more economic and social problems than their peers at midlife. A new study shows that those who smoked regularly for years had higher debt, lower credit ratings, and exhibited antisocial tendencies. They also were more likely to lie and engage in arguments with co-workers. These findings apply […]

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          Who knew that a cold glass of water on a hot day could actually be detrimental to your health? Theory’s state that cold water actually causes blood vessels in the stomach to shrink. Actually, room temperature water is better for hydration than cold water. WHO KNEW!? Doctors say that drinking […]

With allergy season in full bloom, Nuvora, an oral health care company bringing new drug delivery technologies to market, announced today a solution for dry…

With allergy season in full bloom, Nuvora, an oral health care company bringing new drug delivery technologies to market, announced today a solution for dry…

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1 in 8 couples or 7.3 million women experience primary or secondary infertility in this country. My husband and I tried for 9 years before…

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1 in 8 couples or 7.3 million women experience primary or secondary infertility in this country. My husband and I tried for 9 years before…