Curls Will Be Curls
Published July 28, 2024 | 
The good news for the curly-hair set: After seasons of stick-straight hair, ringlets, spirals, and waves are back. The bad news: “Curly hair can be sexy and free-spirited, but it’s not always easy to manage,” says Jim Wilson of the Some Like It Hot salon in Miami Beach. Here, Wilson shares his secrets for keeping your curls from frizzing, flopping, and falling apart. Continue reading
Cover Your Bases
Published July 28, 2024 | Fed up with your foundation looking streaky, splotchy, or spackled on? Well, most likely you’re using too much, says Michele Burke, two-time Oscar-winning makeup artist and Max Factor’s leading lady in Hollywood. “The key to a flawless finish is to use only a small amount of product and put it only where you need it,” says Burke. Here, her tips for getting it right. Continue reading
Stress
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
Stress is your reaction to anything-good or bad-that upsets your body’s balance. When you’re under stress, your body goes through a number of changes. This is the so-called fight or flight response, a reaction to danger or excitement that dates back millions of years. Our ancestors had to fight for their food and flee or defend themselves against enemies. This response, which provides quick bursts of oxygen and energy, helped them survive. Continue reading
SMOKING
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
People who quit smoking usually don’t decide to quit because of all the bad news about it. They already know it’s bad for them. Often, experts say, smokers quit because they simply get fed up with being controlled by the habit.
Still, the facts about smoking are as true as ever. It kills more Americans than auto and airplane accidents, AIDS, cocaine and heroin overdoses, and murder combined. Smoking tobacco, in fact, kills about 400,000 men and women each year, Continue reading
SLEEP DISORDERS
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
Sleep is safe harbor, the source of renewal of body and soul for most of us. But for 70 million Americans, it’s a nightmare: They can’t get to sleep, or can’t stay asleep through the night. And it’s not just their problem: Lack of sleep causes 100,000 driving accidents with 1,500 deaths every year. Researchers estimate that as many as two-thirds of adults in this country don’t get enough sleep. Continue reading
MIGRAINES
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
For most of us, headaches are a minor nuisance. But people who get the headaches known as migraines must cope with sharp, throbbing pain that disrupts their sleep, work, and play.
Many people describe migraine pain as feeling like the jabs of an ice pick. Beyond that, the pains can vary widely: They often start on one side of the head and may then spread to the other side. Continue reading
TENSION HEADACHES
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
If you have a head, you have felt it ache. In fact, headaches are one of the most common human ailments. People get many types of headaches, but most-90 percent-are tension headaches. When you have one, you get a dull, steady pain in the scalp, temples (the flat areas on either side of the forehead), or back of the head. The people who get headaches most are in their twenties through fifties, women more than men. Continue reading
DEPRESSION
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
We all feel a bit blue once in a while, perhaps after a loss or setback, during an illness, or when we’re under a lot of stress. Such moods are normal, and they pass with time.
But sometimes those feelings don’t go away. Instead, they become a stubborn sorrow that can last for weeks or months at a time, or comes and goes for no clear reason. This is the illness that doctors call depression. Continue reading