Making Yourself Beautiful Inside and Out. ...more

May 18, 2009

Improve the health profile of your dishes by reducing salt while adding flavor. Look to your condiments for help, say the authors of "The Flexitarian Diet" (McGraw-Hill, $24.95) and "The New American Plate Cookbook" (University of California Press, $25.95). ...more

March 28, 2009

Oils high in omega 3-rich polyunsaturated fat such as walnut oil, flaxseed oil and canola oil are a good addition to the diet because studies show they reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack and heart disease. ...more

March 21, 2009

No more excuses. That's the goal with a brand new, districtwide initiative that makes reading textbooks available on compact disc or online for all first- through fifth-graders at local public schools, making classic excuses for homework null. ...more

October 5, 2008

Nearly one-third of the country's top executives expect to cut payrolls in the coming months as companies cope with a weakened economy dogged by housing, credit and financial problems. ...more

September 12, 2008