To wear or not to wear, that is the question — at least when it comes to bringing your street shoes into the house. Culturally, the consensus is divided. Keeping on your kicks is common practice in many Western cultures, while it's unheard of in many Eastern cultures, sometimes for religious reasons. Regardless of custom …
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This Epic Crudités and Dips Platter Is the Ultimate Healthy, Delicious Way to Start the Thanksgiving Feast
For a fresh, beautiful, and delicious appetizer to serve during the holidays, try a crudités platter. It's the ultimate guilt-free grazing option to enjoy ahead of the holiday meal. A crudités platter typically consists of an assortment of raw vegetables and dips, but this is definitely not your average vegetable tray. It's totally next-level in …
What Happens to Your Immune System as You Age?
Everyone wants to age gracefully—and we know how to do it. Follow along with Live Well for beauty tips, exercise routines, and lifestyle changes to make as the years go by. Together, they'll make aging simple, which gives you more time to embrace each moment. At the start of every cold and flu season, we …
Science Says Singing or Playing an Instrument Can Help Ward Off Dementia Symptoms
Listening to your favorite songs can easily boost your mood, but that's not the only benefit associated with enjoying music. According to new findings published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers found that music is extremely important to brain health. At the end of their study, a team of University of Pittsburgh researchers …
Your Complete Guide to Being Safe in the Sun
If you religiously slather on sunblock at the pool but otherwise skip it, thinking, I'm just driving to the gym/picking up lunch/sitting at my desk, consider this: A stunning 90 percent of the signs of premature aging—wrinkles, fine lines, and pigmentation—result from the longterm accumulation of those mini doses of sunlight, also known as incidental …
The Truth About Pre-Wedding Stress
You don't have to be told twice that planning a wedding is stressful. There's a ton of pressure involved in making this one day as special as possible, and the fact that are many cooks in the kitchen-from helpful friends and wedding planners to eager in-laws-doesn't usually help. Unless the bride and groom are paying …
Are You a Fast Walker? A New Study Finds You May Live Longer
People who walk fast not only get from place to place in a shorter period of time, but according to new research, they also have longer to get where they're going. The fleet of foot will be thrilled to learn that a recent study published in the Mayo Clinic Journal of Mayo Clinic Proceedings found …
How To Live With Someone Else’s Mental Illness
“The worst part about having a mental illness is people expect you to behave as if you don’t.” So wrote Joaquin Phoenix, on a notepad, playing the part of the mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck, whose mistreatment by society finally tips him over the edge into his alter ego in Todd Phillips’s film Joker. If …
Why Hair Loss Happens as We Get Older—and What to Do About It
If you're experiencing hair loss—whether it's a new or worsening symptom—you're in good company. According to a 2014 survey by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, an estimated 35 million men and 21 million women in the United States experience hair loss to some degree; in all likelihood, that number has only continued to …
31 Days of Healthy Recipes
Credit: Johnny Miller Ready for a post-holiday reset? We’ve got all kinds of good-for-you recipes — savory, sweet, and everything in between. Start Slideshow Chicken Voodle Soup Credit: Armando Rafael View Recipe this link opens in a new tab It’s all about voodles (vegetable noodles) in this better-for-you riff on the classic comfort food. Long …









