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Back-to-school gadgets include energetic backpack, magical pen

May 23, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

Recycle your notebooks and scratch the No. 2 pencils from your shopping list. This year, your back-to-school tab is more likely to include gadgets, gadgets and more gadgets. More schools...

Summer sales come and go — the trick is knowing which discounts to look for at what time.

Shop the sales a little smarter this summer

June 15, 2018 at 1:33 p.m.

It's summer, which means you should be swimming, vacationing — and shopping. Summer sales started as soon as Father's Day ended, with stores getting rid of their summer apparel to...

Bug repellent may not smell nice, but it's an important tool for keeping mosquitoes at bay.

Beating back those backyard pests

June 4, 2019 at 5:16 p.m.

It's a bug's life out there, but if you'd prefer to keep those critters off your skin, then you need to use some sort of repelling device. The key is...

How to deal with the common ailments of summer

August 19, 2019 at 3:09 a.m.

It's a beautiful summer — and you're an itchy, sunburned, broken-boned mess stuck inside. Sadly, summer is the time when many people are inclined to have a multitude of ailments,...

Quick ways to catch cooler air

June 15, 2018 at 1:49 p.m.

It feels as if it's 100 degrees inside, and you need some tools to cool down your house stat. We rounded up some experts who offered quick-fix tips to get...

Even a hint of milk used in, say, bread or a candy bar, can land an allergy victim in a hospital -- or worse.

Life with a food allergy — any bite could be your last

August 23, 2019 at 12:43 p.m.

One of Matthew Mitchell's earliest memories involves a fast-food hamburger in a drive-thru late at night. It wasn't a happy meal. Mitchell, now 25, was just 3 at the time,...

A crown is affixed to the dental implant, usually made of titanium or a titanium alloy.

Say goodbye to yesterday’s iffy dental implants

August 19, 2019 at 3:08 a.m.

An apple a day may keep the doctor away for most people, but for Jolanta Garbarz, one bite of an apple used to send her straight to her dentist's chair....

Many people may not have considered it, but you can shop for prescription drugs to lower prices.

How to save against jaw-dropping drug prices

June 16, 2018 at 5:07 p.m.

If the cost of your prescription medicine is giving you a headache, you're not alone. Last year Americans filled a record 4.3 billion prescriptions at a cost of $374 billion,...

Keeping everybody in the back seat happy is key to road trip success.

Six great ways to beat road trip boredom

June 20, 2019 at 12:45 p.m.

A road trip always sounds like a great idea until you're a few hours into it and you realize that it's just you, a few other people and a long...

Your house can be more dangerous than you think

August 19, 2019 at 3:06 a.m.

Soap may seem to be keeping germs at bay, but in many homes, it's doing harm. Surprisingly, there are items lurking in most homes that are unhealthy because they're old...

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