Beth Shaw, founder of YogaFit, a yoga training system used in fitness centers nationwide, says you can do yoga poses right at your desk and feel rejuvenated in a matter of minutes. Tweet This Post
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Sarah Jessica Parker’s back in town! See what fab fashions the actress is wearing on the set of her sequel Tweet This Post
The FDA will soon approve a laser label for produce, meaning the fruits and veggies you buy would be permanently tattooed on its skin. Tweet This Post
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Toy recalls from reputable brands make headlines every day, but unless you’re glued to the news you may not realize that they could be hiding in your kid’s toy box. Yikes! Here are some of this year’s biggest toy recalls from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission so far. Tweet This Post
These celeb mamas defied the odds and whipped themselves into shape before their star kids were out of diapers. Check out our slideshow of Hollywood’s hot mamas who lost their baby weight — fast Tweet This Post
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How a gruesome new PSA scared this mom straight Tweet This Post
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According to a recent survey by real estate company Coldwell Banker, four times as many men as women would turn a spare room in their home into an entertainment or recreation room. Tweet This Post
The Duggars aren’t the only ones affected by the choice to supersize their family. The world will also have to make room for this 19th child and his descendants. And according to recent research, having lots of kids may have a much bigger impact on the environment than previously thought. Here’s why: Tweet This Post
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We eat several hundred extra calories more a day on average than we did 30 years ago. Where do the extra calories come from? In large part, bigger portion sizes. Tweet This Post
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From Sandra Bullock to Mariska Hargitay, these leading ladies are hitting their stride Tweet This Post
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No one rocks her curves like Joan Holloway. Here’s how to steal her ’60s siren style. Tweet This Post
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The globe-traveling actress (Thailand! Pakistan!) and mom is making an impact as the Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. Tweet This Post
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved new “black box” warnings on labels of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, which are drugs used to treat certain types of anemia. The warnings cover the drugs Aranesp, Epogen and Procrit, and detail their dangers to patients with cancer and patients with chronic kidney failure. Those dangers include heart [...]
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In 2006, 20.8 percent of American adults were current cigarette smokers, a percentage that hasn’t changed much since 2004, a new government report says. The finding suggests that the previous seven-year decline has stalled, says a report in this week’s issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control [...]
The identification of a new marker is making it possible to track brain stem cells for the first time, U.S. researchers report. The achievement is already opening doors to new research into depression, early childhood development and multiple sclerosis, the team’s senior author said. “This is a way to detect these cells in the brain, [...]
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Botox seems to relieve shoulder pain in arthritis sufferers, a preliminary study found. “We don’t recommend people start using it until we have the definitive study,” said study author Dr. Jasvinder Singh, a staff physician at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. He said his study was small, and more patients needed to be assessed before [...]
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School programs that promote healthy eating and exercise can help students lose weight, researchers say, but kids often pack on the pounds again during summer holiday. The study was conducted by a team at the Agatston Research Foundation in Miami Beach, Fla. Their “Healthier Options for Public Schoolchildren” study included 3,200 children (48 percent Hispanic) [...]
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Take a look at the life of this A-list baby so far. Tweet This Post
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Take a look at the accomplished life — and super cute baby pics — of this red-headed prince. Tweet This Post
Make sure you’re tuning into all the best summer shows. Tweet This Post
Get to know the real star of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List… Kathy’s mom Maggie. Tweet This Post
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Which summer movies should you see alone and which ones should you bring the kids along to? Tweet This Post
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You’re pregnant! Two words all couples who are trying to conceive dream about hearing. But for the Savage family, their good news had a caveat. It was not their child. Carolyn Savage had been implanted with another couple’s embryos. Rather than terminate the pregnancy, the Savages have decided to act as a surrogate. The other couple, Shannon [...]
If you find yourself searching for that perfect one-of-a-kind gift for a child’s upcoming birthday, have we got just the thing for you! Forget those dolls that say “mama” or require diaper changes, how about one that your child can use to mimic breastfeeding? It’s nothing new that little tykes often mimic their mothers who [...]
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Remember the days when you could just strip down and walk around naked like it was no big deal? No, I’m not talking about your college experience or the trip you took to that music festival, I mean the uninhibited freedom of being a toddler! Ok, maybe the memories are fuzzy now, but it’s no [...]
Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin is here to stay, and following her surprise resignation as Alaska’s governor on Friday afternoon, the question is how exactly she’ll be sticking around. In what was largely perceived as a rambling speech – “I was certainly stunned when I heard the news and I’m still not 100 [...]
Here we go again! Another politician joins the scandalous ranks of the unfaithful (along with Spitzer, Paterson , Edwards…). Last week, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted to an affair with an Argentine woman. And now Republicans are calling for his resignation. But will his wife be calling her divorce lawyers? In a statement last [...]
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50 may be the new 40, but this fashion plate never seems to move beyond her 20s. Barbie celebrates her 50th birthday today, and whether you love her or hate her, you can’t deny her impact on pop culture. Moms on our Ten- to Fourteen-Year-Olds and Minnesota message boards shared their Barbie memories: “Barbie, her [...]
Last fall we saw a lot of confusion and concern over the chemical BPA, its inclusion in plastic items like baby bottles and other children’s products and the FDA’s conflicting advice about its safety. Last week the largest manufacturers of baby bottles in the US announced that they will stop selling bottles that contain bisphenol-A, a chemical that is [...]
When I read about Lisa Pagan, the soldier mom who was recalled to active duty and appealed the orders citing that no one would be left to care for her children due to her husband’s travel schedule, I was curious to know what our Military Wives would have to say about it. When I read [...]
One Ohio mom took the concept of “doing it all” to the extreme last week: breastfeeding her baby while talking on her cell phone as she drove her other kids to school. Local police cited her for violating child restraint laws and child endangerment, but Genine Compton of Dayton says she’d do it again if [...]
After weeks of speculation, anxiety and a whole lot of rhetoric, it seemed that the huge stimulus package was the jump start needed to get the country’s financial health back on track. As President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, some wondered how quickly that relief might be seen. On the Conservative Parents message board, President Obama’s [...]
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It’s often said that education is a good investment, but with budget cuts happening at steady pace in light of the economic turmoil, many are wondering when our schools, teachers and students will find relief. Recently the Frugal Families community discussed a proposal in Florida that would allow districts to shorten the school week to four [...]
While some iVillagers are mystified about how the stimulus package recently signed by President Obama will work, the US auto industry is looking for more assistance as the economic outlook continues to be bleak. But GM and Chrysler will have a little competition in the bailout department because there’s someone else who’s also seeking a [...]
(Note: Today’s buzz is brought to you by CMAngela, who offers an alternative look at gratitude as we lead up to Valentine’s Day. Sometimes, you’ve just gotta be grateful for *not* being in a relationship. Read on…) One of the best things about getting together with your girlfriends is that they can almost always help you [...]
A fun look at the latest shoes styles, and what wearing them will tell the outside world about your personality. Tweet This Post
From “uncrustable” bread, to bagels with the cream cheese already applied, this slideshow is a very funny look at ridiculously convenient food. Tweet This Post
A new study published in the September issue of the found that most French adults do not meet the requirements of several key nutrients with their current eating habits. I guess a diet that allows white bread, wine, and chocolate was bound to have a catch. Tweet This Post
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