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  • Weekend Beach Tip: Will Peeing on a Jellyfish Sting Really Work?

    That's because you are actually dealing with two separate mind-numbingly painful problems with any jellyfish sting, Yanagihara says. As soon as you're stung, your body reacts by pumping huge amounts of epinephrine and norepinephrine through your bloodstream.

  • This Agonizing Massage Roller is Kind of Everything

    ALTHOUGH THE GOFIT Extreme Massage Roller ($40; gofit.net) looks-and feels-like a medieval torture tool, a few sessions with it will turn even the most pain-averse into a masochist. Its rubber spikes break up the knots in your muscles and fascia like the dexterous fingers of a hulking Swedish masseuse. Just 10 minutes (of yes, agony) on the stretch mat can banish soreness and tightness after a tough workout.

  • What a Guy's Facial Hair Says About Him

    Unlike women, men "can flip flop," Peterkin says. The lowdown: This is the most popular form of facial hair expression right now, because "it looks good on almost all faces." Stubble allows you to have the best of both worlds, since you're neither bearded nor shaven.

  • 4 Foods with More Potassium Than a Banana (That No One Talks About)

    One of your body's most important electrolytes, potassium helps carry electrical impulses throughout your body so your cells communicate and do what they need to do-like keep you living. Plus, potassium helps your body convert carbs into glycogen-your body's form of stored quick-acting energy. So when you're running low on energy after a workout, some potassium give you some oomph and get your muscles the fuel they need for growth and repair. But 70 percent of your body's potassium is in your fluids (think: plasma, blood, and sweat).

  • 6 Unspoken Rules of Casual Sex

    In casual sex, you should similarly check your emotions at the door. Casual sex should be unemotional, not sociopathic. Take a lesson from those masters of casual sex: be yourself-but different. Don't lie to your partner: "I'd like to be pimps from Oakland or cowboys from Arizona, but it's not Halloween," Owen Wilson said in character.

  • How Hot Weather Makes Us Fat

    If you live in a place with hot and humid summers where it also happens to rain a lot, here's some bad news: sucky weather correlates with less exercise and thus obesity. At least that's one conclusion from a recent study by researchers from the University of Texas published in the July issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The findings go some way toward explaining why the Southern U.S. has the highest obesity rates and lowest levels of physical activity in the nation. Top of the list is Mississippi, where a whopping 35.4 percent of residents resemble Elvis in his final days.

  • 5 NEW Health-Boosting Shots that Immediately Heal & Rejuvenate (Move Over Wheatgrass)

    The country's toniest juice bars are serving up a new crop of miniature liquid cure-alls targeting everything from fatigue to dull skin. Whether the boosters are mere placebos or worth every dollar, science can't say. In the meantime, try these and find out for yourself. By: Merritt Watts

  • Is Charcoal the Timeless Secret to Better Skin?

    The carbon-based substance, an ancient cure-all that still gets the job done, is gunning for your medicine cabinet with these new products.

  • Turns Out Good-Looking People Are Better Than You at Staying Healthy (Like, It's Scientifically Proven)

    The University of Cincinnati study followed 15,000 U.S.-based men and women from the age of 10 till they were between 24 and 35, tracked their physical and mental health, and found striking correlations between beauty and good health-the most attractive participants being the least likely to suffer from a wide range of ailments: asthma, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, ADHD, and depression. According to the study's overseers, Joseph L. Nedelec and Kevin M. Beaver, for every notch up in the rankings, the risk of disease dropped by anywhere from 13 to 23 percent. The Cincinnati study, however, is notable for its breadth and detail. It also makes the argument that physical attractiveness is part of the evolutionary process by which people determine how suitable a mate is for having successful offspring.

  • How Social Media Can Shame You into Shape

    Sometimes it's easier to get fit with the help of your Facebook friends. Take the seemingly humble Facebook event entitled "30 Day Ab Challenge." OK, it's not the Arab Spring, but a month ago 40-year-old Montana mother-of-eight Robyn Mendenhall Gardnerdecided to create the event to keep her motivated and accountable as she tackled the month-long fitness routine, which she'd found online. Mendenhall Gardner had stumbled onto something that's increasingly clear in the Internet age: Digital peer pressure from social networks can nudge people into getting off their asses and getting into shape. Where to find it: Facebook

  • Justin Theroux on the Biggest Challenge with Marrying Jennifer Aniston

    It was never about just being an actor for Theroux-there was always writing and painting and myriad other bohemian pursuits. We know him as a character actor-slash-screenwriter-slash-tabloid staple (Don't pretend you aren't aware he's engaged to Jennifer Aniston). This is Justin Theroux, failing miserably as a Realtor as he leads me southward on Lafayette Street into the slanted afternoon sunlight.

  • Soccer Star Tim Howard's Workout Secrets

    Forget the gossip about the random drugs test after his record-making World Cup game against Belgium. This is how the soccer star really maintains peak performance. AMERICAN GOALKEEPER TIM Howard shattered World Cup records during the game against Belgium yesterday, racking up an awe-inspiring 16 saves-more than anyone in the history of the planet's most popular sports tournament. His phenomenal success (which still didn't save the U.S. from losing to Belgium in the end, 2-1) sparked plenty of questions from cynics online, especially after he was "randomly" drug-tested immediately after his already-legendary performance.

  • How Accurate Are the Calorie Counters on Treadmills, Ellipticals & Other Cardio Machines?

    Elliptical machines were found to be the most optimistic, followed by treadmills, stair climbers, and stationary bikes. THE QUESTION: "THE treadmill's calorie-burn display says I plowed through 500 calories. "A person's caloric expenditure can vary based on gender, age, weight, and fitness level," says Keltai. Problem is, your fitness level (which takes into account your health, aerobic capacity, metabolism, and ratio of muscle vs. fat) plays a big role in how many calories you'll burn during a given workout.

  • 5 Foods That'll Make You Look Younger

    The key to glowing skin lies in your stomach.

  • Could Rolling Downhill Be the Next Health Craze?

    For them, it's a therapeutic activity that has the power to cure all sorts of health problems, including cancer and Parkinson's disease. Every weekday morning the group, led by 71-year-old Lew Keh Lam, meet in a park to roll down a grassy slope next to the city's Bedok Reservoir. The pastime improves health because it helps the body absorb much-needed energy from the turf, he said: "Our body is short of negative ions. If your body requires the negative ions, it will allow you to roll, and when you don't need it, it won't let you roll."

  • Study Reveals We Actually Don't Know when Someone's Flirting with Us

    Sensing mixed signals? Here's how we know: Researchers at the University of Kansas paired up 104 male and female heterosexual college students and had them chat each other up for 10 to 12 minutes.

  • New Study Shows Cell Phone's Negative Impact on Sperm

    Researchers from the UK and Brazil recently concluded that the common practice of stashing a cell phone in your pants pockets may damage your sperm. Published in the journal Environment International, the new report, titled "Effect of mobile telephones on sperm quality: A systematic review and meta-analysis," dug into the findings of 10 studies conducted between 2000 and 2012. Three essential factors of sperm quality were examined: motility (the ability of sperm to make the swim correctly toward an egg); Phone radiation had negative impacts on sperm motility and viability, but its effect on concentration was unclear.

  • How Fattening is Your Cocktail? Calorie Counts of 20 Summer Drinks

    The truth is that a cocktail can pack just as many calories as a doughnut. Using standard drinks recipes employed by New York City cocktail bars, we broke down the calories per spirit, fruit juice, and liqueur and crunched the numbers.

  • Eating Ice Burns Cals and Helps You Lose Weight

    It's called, appropriately, the Ice Diet, and its creator, Dr. Brian C. Weiner, an assistant professor at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, developed it while he was looking to lose weight himself. So far, Weiner says, he's lost more than 50 pounds following the odd protocol. According to Weiner's Ice Diet website, his a-ha moment happened a few years back when he decided to swap eating high-calorie ice cream for lower-calorie Italian ices. The calorie count on the flavored ices was 100 calories per six-ounce cup.

  • Jude Law's 17-Year-Old Son Modeled During London Fashion Week

    Rafferty Law, eldest son of Jude Law (who's graced his fair share of Details covers) and actress Sadie Frost, has been spotted on the runway for DKNY at London Collections: Men.