Jump-Start Weight Loss With Two-Week Diet

 

By Eric Heiden, M.D., Tribune Media Services

 
If you’re overweight, you’re not alone. According to research by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 66 percent of adults in the U.S. are overweight.

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Natural Savvy: Create a Green Nursery for Baby

By Lisa Tsakos
Tribune Media Services

As Kermit the Frog admits, “It’s not easy being green,” but creating a healthy space for your infant is easier today than ever before. Here are  recommendations from www.NaturallySavvy.com.

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Interpersonal EDGE: Workplace Suffering Can Result in Enlightenment

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services

Q. There are so many things wrong with my current job that it would take a book to list them all. I know a lot of people these days are saying it is good for my peace of mind and spiritual development to be in the now. How do you “be in the now” when reality sucks?

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Retire Smart: To Understand Your 401K Plan, Just Focus on the Fees

By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services

If you’ve spent hours analyzing the investment strategies of the mutual funds in your retirement portfolio, here’s some bad news: You could have saved a lot of time just focusing on the fees.

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As I See It: Minorities in Agriculture

Shakara Tyler is a Penn State University senior majoring in Agricultural Sciences with two minors in Agricultural Communications and Law and Liberal Arts. During the summer of 2010 she was a research scholar at Michigan State University in the Summer Research Opportunities Program.

She writes about the plight of minorities in agriculture.

 

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Retire Smart: Launching Your Own Business After Age 50 (Part 4 of 4 Parts)

 Meet the new boss: you.

 
Many baby boomers intend to keep working past traditional retirement age. Surveys show that about 58 million boomers plan to stay in the workforce well into their 60s. Employers won’t accommodate all of them, considering the state of the economy and attitudes toward older workers. And many will want to leave the corporate world anyway because of burnout or an impulse to run their own show.

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Your Heart Goes From Junker to Ferrari With Exercise

 Flat abs and bulging biceps are improvements brought on by exercise. Less visible but more significant are the structural improvements aerobic exercise make to your heart — improvements that can take you from feeling like a junker car to purring like a Ferrari.

 

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Interpersonal EDGE: Sexual Tension Complicates Workplace

 Q. I work with a guy and can tell we are both extremely attracted to each other. We are both married and I don’t want an affair. How do I handle the sexual tension?

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7 Ways to Help Teens Start a Summer Business

 The Bureau of Labor and Statistics reports that the unemployment rate for teens this summer is expected to be 26.4 percent — the highest number since they began tracking in 1948. Double that number and you begin to come close to the unemployment rate for black and Hispanic teens. Summer jobs that many of us were accustomed to growing up are virtually non-existent. Research shows a direct correlation to criminal activity and lack of meaningful work experience among teens.

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Retire Smart: How to Maximize Your Social Security Benefits (Part 3 of 4 Parts)

 No matter what changes are made, it’s a sure bet Social Security isn’t going away anytime soon-and it’s 100 percent certain that the program will be one of your most important sources of security in retirement. But the amount you’ll receive over the course of your retirement isn’t assured or automatic.

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