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First off, a quick test to gauge your level of pickiness: If your score is less than 5, you’re probably pretty fun and easy going to have over for a dinner party. If you score is 5-8, you’re [...]

We can all agree we’re a more sedentary society today than in the past. Often, this has been blamed on things like addictive technology that make our lives both easier and lazier, on a change in [...]

Say what? How is sleep deprivation ever a good thing? I know, it sounds counterintuitive at best—and counterproductive or even harmful at worst—but forced sleep restriction in the short term is [...]

“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a [...]

We’re doing it; we’re talking about PMS. Men, feel free to sit this one out… I don’t like the term PMS, though, and I know many other woman who concur. From all the other options—on my period, on [...]

When a gymnast learns a new skill, she doesn’t just throw it into her competition-ready bar routine. After weeks of timers and drills to prepare her for attempting the new skill, she then [...]

It sounds like common sense: Reduce your calories and lose weight, increase your calories and gain weight. The concept sounds so foolproof that it led to the commonly-held conclusion we have [...]

Alcoholism = bad. One glass of wine a night = OK, even helpful? That tends to be the general thinking about booze: Getting hammered all the nights of the week is bad, bad, bad for your liver, for [...]

You probably know of someone who has been diagnosed with anemia at one point in time and was told to take an iron supplement to improve the situation. Anemia is a fancy way of saying you’re red [...]

As the cliche goes, “Prevention is the best medicine.” It sounds so simple, and we have all heard the advice beforeL Eat a healthy diet most of the time, workout regularly, don’t smoke, and [...]