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Man's feet in red Converse sneakers propped on a blue suitcase with a Santa hat over the toes and airplanes on the runway out through the window. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Holiday Travel

Avoid Illness While Traveling This Holiday A record-breaking 112.5 million people — more than a third of all Americans — are expected to travel this holiday season, including 102 million who will take their trips by car. Nothing ruins a long-awaited vacation faster
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Countdown to NYE

Get Good Skin Before the Ball Drops As luck would have it, most women seem to experience skin care problems just when they want to look their best. Every woman can relate to waking up with a huge zit right at the tip of her nose, or huge dark circles under the eyes, and the list
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Scrub-a-dub-dub

Hand Sanitizers Are Good, Washing Is Better Whether they dangle from keychains, spritz from pens or froth and pump out of clinic and classroom dispensers, hand sanitizers are convenient alternatives to handwashing, and they do work.   But when it comes to keeping germs away
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