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Top 5 Foods Known to Cause Bad Breath

Some foods cause such bad breath it seems almost impossible to alleviate. Here are the top five foods known to cause unpleasant breath and the reasons why.

Diverticulitis, a Long Word for Small Troublesome Pouches in Your Colon

As they age, most people develop small pouches in their colon wall, called diverticuli. Many people spend their lives without ever noticing a problem, but when the diverticuli become infected problems result.

Dentist's Advice: Stop Flossing!

Share onYep, you read that right: I’m a dentist and I’m suggesting that you throw away your floss.When I first advise my patients to stop flossing, they usually look at me like I’m crazy—it's been ingrained in their minds that flossing is essential to their health. Unfortunately, most dentists’ advice around flossing is misguided.As you well know, an inordinate amount of food gets stuck between our teeth after meals. Traditionally, we've been taught to use a thin, waxy string to…

Scrape your tongue and discover a new world of oral health

Adopt a brand-new health practice this year and take up the ancient art of tongue scraping. Admittedly, the name "tongue scraping" doesn't sound appealing, but this modern western trend is the newest way to clean your mouth, remove toxic build-up, keep breath fresh and prevent the accumulation of food debris, fungi and dead cells. All of these reasons are why tongue scraping should be your number one new year's resolution.

10 things plastic surgeons won’t tell you

Beauty is more than skin deep — so this is going to hurt. What to know before you and your wallet go under the knife for cosmetic treatments.

Tips For Becoming Healthier As A Family

Learn how to live and maintain an active and healthy lifestyle for the whole family.

The Mental Health Effects Of Eating Too Much Sugar

We know that too much sugar is bad for our waistlines and our

What Stephen King Can Teach You About Fundraising Successfully

Stephen King is the master of storytelling with clear communication, a skill entrepreneurs would do well to improve

Hurting? fp Stephen Ministers Are Here For You

Are you experiencing difficult times such as loss of a loved one, job loss, terminal illness, divorce, relationship issues, spiritual crisis, cancer, discouragement, or lonelinessGod never intended for us to go through these experiences alone. That’s why God has brought us together at Faith Promise, and why we have Stephen MinistryEvery week, a Stephen Minster will meet with you – privately and confidentially –…

The Easy Come and Go, by Stephen Bluhm

9 Questions for Data Viz Legend Stephen Few + 1 for You

10 Questions is an ongoing blog series in which Tableau Zen Master Dan Murray interviews some of the brightest folks in the world of dataMy career path was illuminated by Stephen Few. Eight years ago, I was looking for a solution to a problem. Stephen’s advice led me to Tableau. His books have been foundational in my understanding of effective communication through data visualization. Edward…

"Think With Your Hands." The Words and Work of Stephen Doyle

Print chats with RDA judge Stephen Doyle, "the ultimate designer's designer," and takes a look at seven of his brilliant pieces.

Stephen Hawking's kids used to make his speech synthesizer say swear words

Eddie Redmayne revealed that Stephen Hawking's son used to put swear words into his speech synthesizer and pretend his wheelchair was a go kart.

I Named My Car After a Stephen King Novel and Here's Why

Be careful naming your car after a Stephen King novel, I did and it made the novel come to life.

3 Ways to Live a Beautiful Successful Life According to Stephen Hawking

Famed theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking died of a progressive neurodegenerative disease at the age of 76. His most poignant life advice--"remember to look up at the stars and not at your feet"--lives on.

Put Down the Xanax and Pick Up One of These Books

Could books replace benzos? Bibliotherapists say yes! But their prescriptions are for pages, not pills. And they suggest, if we start gobbling up novels, we won’t need to swallow so many meds.

Stephen Covey’s ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’

A look at author Stephen Covey’s “habits” through the prism of seven successful leaders.