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    Liz Vaccariello, Editor-in-Chief, PREVENTION

    Liz Vaccariello, Editor-in-Chief, PREVENTION

  • How to stay healthy while you travel

    You plan, you pack, you activate your out-of-office message-you don't want your vacation ruined with back pain, jet lag, or worse. The reality is that as much as you need to get away to relieve stress, travel can take a toll on your body. "Changing your routine ramps up levels of stress hormones, wh

  • 8 Ways to keep your home safe

    Here's an alarming stat: According to the Home Safety Council, home accidents cause 20,000 deaths in the United States annually (by comparison, 742 are from planes and just 70 from lightning). But don't shop for a hard hat or an indoor sprinkler system just yet-there are easy ways to stay safe in ev

  • 10 Things to toss in your home for better health

    Quick: When was the last time you replaced your mattress? Pillows? Even that jumbo bottle of shampoo? You'd be surprised how the shelf life of everyday household items can affect your health, and their expire-by dates are often sooner than you'd expect. Here's what to toss and when:

  • Exceptions to 5 common health rules

    No one ever got sick from avoiding cigarettes or trans fats. But some of the most commonly repeated pieces of advice actually aren't meant for everyone. After all, the USDA couldn't equip its pyramid with a section just for people with celiac disease or those taking certain meds. Health recommendati

  • 9 Things that make allergies worse

    If you're a seasonal allergy sufferer (60 million of Americans are), you probably already have a few tricks to avoid triggers, like not running outside when pollen counts are sky-high or keeping the windows closed and blasting the AC. But you may not know about these less obvious factors that can ma

  • 5 Ways to lose real weight, not water weight

    To see a difference in your size and feel a difference in your clothes, you need to lose body fat-not water weight or muscle mass, which you definitely want to keep because the latter is the engine that fuels your metabolism. And with warm weather not exactly around the corner but a mile or so down

  • 5 Mistakes that make pain worse

    The biggest pain mistake I make? Trying to grin and bear it. I never met a pill-OTC or Rx-that I particularly liked. But my aches occur only now and again-whereas chronic pain, defined as lasting for at least 3 months, affects an estimated 43 million Americans. Yet experts agree that it's woefully u

  • 10 Silent signals you're super stressed

    Everyone has a stressful day, week, or even month, but if you're under chronic, long-term stress (from a demanding job or personal life in turmoil), your body is also under a daily assault of hormones that can cause a whole host of nagging health problems, says Stevan E. Hobfoll, PhD, chair of the d

  • 10 Ways to look younger on a budget

    Just because the economy is unpredictable, it doesn't mean you need to forgo any part of your beauty routine (let's face it-when you look good, you feel good, period). The trick is to make no- or low-cost moves that deliver maximum impact. From hiding dark circles to boosting hair's shine, here are

  • 7 Really easy ways to save money at the grocery store

    And none require buying anything day old or suspiciously on sale. In fact, a few simple shopping adjustments will really make a difference to your wallet. Here are my favorites:

  • 10 Ways to feed your family for $100 a week

    With planning and a little more time in the kitchen, you can stick to your budget without sacrificing taste or nutrition. Here are 10 tips that can help you feed your family for about a hundred bucks a week.

  • 5 Signals you’re sleep deprived

    When I'm tired my body always lets me know it. But the reality for most of us is that we're so used to being sleep deprived that we remain oblivious to how impaired we really are. Sleep debt isn't something you can pay off in a weekend, researchers say-it can take weeks of building up restorative sl

  • 12 fake foods to avoid (and what to eat instead)

    I'm trying to eat less processed food (better for me, better for the planet), but the journey from fresh to processed is not a simple one, nor is it always clear what, exactly, makes something highly processed (the quick answer: the more a food is sliced, diced, and added to, the more processed it i

  • 6 Scents that make you healthier

    Your nose is a hub of activity. We all have millions of smell receptors that, as soon as they detect a scent, shoot the information to the olfactory bulb-a pea-size cluster in the brain that sorts the signals and sends them to the limbic system, a primitive part of the brain that governs many memori

  • 5 scary times for your heart

    Our resident cardiologist, Arthur Agatston, MD, told Prevention that the first question he asks patients when they walk in his office is "How's the traffic?"

  • 3 simple tests that can predict and prevent a heart attack

    Your doctor can order a host of complex tests to gauge the health of your heart, but Prevention's resident cardiologist, Arthur Agatston, MD, shared three new methods of predicting heart disease that are surprisingly simple and effective. One can be done with your eyes closed-literally. Another can

  • 8 Craziest health rumors

    True story: A good friend, someone I consider pretty savvy about health, diet, and wellness, recently e-mailed me and asked if eating celery will help you lose weight (something about it being a negative-calorie food). As far as rumors go, this one was pretty tame, but in some cases misinformation c

  • 4 ways to lose weight like a guy

    I have a friend whose husband does one thing when he wants to lose weight: He cuts back on beer (not out but just back-he drinks it on the weekends). That's it. And he's usually 5 pounds lighter within a month. It's not fair, but men are natural losers. Why? Their bigger muscle mass helps them burn

  • 5 small changes that take off big pounds

    If your goal this New Year is to lose weight and exercise more, forget the deprivation diet and marathon workouts. New research shows that taking baby steps-not giant leaps-is the best way to get lasting results. A study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine found that participants who made

  • 5 Habits to break in 2010

    Everyone, and I mean everyone, has a bad habit (or three), and even if you're not the resolution type, making one change this year can do wonders for your health, looks and self-esteem. Here are five common not-so-great habits, and how to break 'em for good.