Health

Sometimes I get stress headaches and I can't figure out where they come from because I had a perfectly fine productive day at work. Just like I feel tired and I don't know why because I slept well and I'm sure that there are a myriad of things that bug the crap out of me and make me irritable. I wanted to know what was stressing me out and enjoy doing research so I found this list of what stresses us out the most and it may not be completely obvious that this is what's driving us bonkers. 

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A study published this week revealed a sobering statistic: if worldwide population growth continues at its current pace, the number of cancer cases could rise 75% in the next two decades.

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I love to cook. It's one of my favorite indoor activities. Most of the time when the warmer months come around, we ditch the comfort food for lighter summer fare, but sometimes the comfort food just tastes so good. The month of June is country cooking month, so all month long, I will be posting some of my favorite country cooking recipes. Here is my recipe for scalloped corn.

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SARTELL – Verso Paper Mill’s plant manager says it was an Albany man who died in yesterday’s explosion in Sartell.

Plant Manager Matt Archambeau — speaking at a news briefing at Sartell City Hall this morning — identified the worker as Jon Maus of Albany.  He says four workers were trea

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Memorial Day weekend has passed and you know what that means: The unofficial start of summer. Summer vacations, day trips to the beach, weekends at the cabin and unfortunately, sunburn. Here are some ways to be safe in the sun. 

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Summer unofficially begins this weekend! What better way to cool off than to hit one of Minnesota's ten thousand plus lakes? It's a great idea, but when was the last time you had a refresher course in water safety? Here are just a few ways to safe on the lake this summer.

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Apparently, there IS a big advantage to waiting until you're a bit older, to have kids.  But wait until you're in your 40's?  That seems a bit too long, maybe, to me.

But I am certainly no expert on being a mother

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Attention, dieters: stop counting calories and start watching the clock.

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I hated always asking the question, "Does this make me look fat?" because if you have to ask, usually the answer is yes. So, I went to my fashion source and found a way to not only dress for my body type, but to dress myself ten pounds thinner. 

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We diet and we diet and we diet. We exercise until we can't breathe. We are hungry. We are tired. We are still overweight. Why? Here are five weird things that are making us fat. 

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If you have trouble sticking to a workout routine or a diet, having your loved ones nag you to get fit may actually be the first step in whipping yourself into shape .

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If you feel like you need to lose a few pounds, you are certainly not alone.

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