Thursday 15 January 2015

Why daily showers may be bad for your skin

Daily shower may be bad for your skin. Docs suggest 'soak and smear'

The blast of frigid air across the country is freezing our fingers and drying out our skin. Combine this weather with the American love of frequent showers and baths and you've got a recipe for itchy, parched skin, or aggravated conditions like dermatitis and eczema.Should we stop showering so much, as suggested by a Discovery News story, and embrace our stink?

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Skip the gym: Workouts you can do at home, at your desk, in the park

Don't have a gym membership? You don't need one! You can get fit right at your desk — or in your home, or at the park. Here are three workouts you can do anywhere!AT HOME:1. STAIR PUSH-UPS: Start on the lowest step and do 3 push ups. Do the same as you move up the next four steps. Repeat as you move back down.2. BUTT RAISES: Do 20 on the floor and 20 with your heels on a couch: Repeat 5 times.

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How old is your body really? New InnerAge test will tell you

If I'm truly young at heart, InnerAge should tell me. Not in the Frank Sinatra sense. I mean literally – the program looks at biomarkers in the blood to provide a "biological age" in contrast to someone's chronological age.It's supposed to be a marker of longevity. For $99 per test, you get a sneak preview of your own inevitable decay.

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