Sleep: Rare, and colorblind
Sleep deprivation, it turns out, is colorblind. The National Sleep Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that promotes sleep health, released its annual "Sleep in America" poll this month and for...
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Saving face
We turn to cosmetics to look our very best, but sometimes all that lathering, slathering, powdering and painting can do more harm than good. • Certain ingredients in personal care...
Before the memories
Few things spur a person to action like the hollow ache of regret, the helpless longing to rewind time and take advantage of what was, in hindsight, a missed opportunity....
Buying your perfect sofa
Buying a new sofa—one of the largest and most-used pieces of furniture in your home, scene of much reading, TV-watching, snoozing and everything else-ing—is not a task to take on...
Buying your perfect sofa
Buying a new sofa—one of the largest and most-used pieces of furniture in your home, scene of much reading, TV-watching, snoozing and everything else-ing—is not a task to take on...
Teacher Lombardo piles on the extra credit
Billy Lombardo does most of his writing at a little red table beside a window in his kitchen, a cheerful room with yellow floors, green walls, blue countertops and a...
Verses for adversity
When Crystal "Cassie" Sahler came to Chicago two years ago, homeless, terrified and alienated from the relatives she'd left behind in Joliet, the teenager had little faith she'd make anything...
Sick Day
"Hello, boss (cough)? I'm sorry (sniffle), but I just don't think I can come to work today (sniffle, cough)." It is the season, friends of the Faker, when exhaustion, agoraphobia...
2010
At this point your home -- like your waistline and your credit card -- is crying uncle. Enough with the holiday decor. Enough with the crowds of well-wishers. Enough with...
5 tips for better eating in 2010
Now that the egg nog has settled into your thighs and your belly is bulging with stuffing, the time is ripe for the annual pledge to eat more healthfully in...