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Men Are More Stressed Today About Work-life Balance

December 27, 2011

From IconocultureWHAT’S HAPPENING In the past three decades, dual-income households have become the norm rather than the exception. That’s a natural result of macroeconomic realities — individual incomes have simply not

Food Wellness

Weight-Watchers Mobile App Scans Barcodes to Keep Track of Points

December 21, 2011

From PSKF Weight Watchers, one of the first brands to employ a points system as incentive and motivation for behavior modification, has released an iOS and Android mobile app that allows subscribers

Healthy Lifestyle

America’s Healthiest State Is…

December 9, 2011

The healthiest state in 2011 has been revealed, according to a new ranking. American’s Health Rankings, produced by the United Health Foundation, American Public Health Association and the Partnership for

Wellness

Reusable Water Bottle Counts Refills

December 5, 2011

from IconocultureWHAT’S HAPPENING Refilling a reusable water bottle time after time is one way to reduce the number of plastic bottles in the waste/recycling stream, but exactly how much good does

Food

AmazonFresh – A Grocery Order App for On-the-go Shoppers

November 28, 2011

from Iconoculture WHAT’S HAPPENING Amazon’s Seattle-only grocery delivery service AmazonFresh has untethered its shoppers from computer-based ordering with the launch of its smartphone app. Bus-riding and line-waiting customers can create their lists,

Food Wellness

Immigrants Share Their Heritage Through the Joy of Cooking

November 22, 2011

from IconocultureWHAT’S HAPPENING The Bay Area’s Culture Kitchen gives homestyle cooking a global spin, connecting adventurous foodies with born-and-bred instructors. The teachers aren’t culinary pros, but immigrant women with a passion

Wellness

‘The Moment’ Campaign – Meet the Healthier You

November 22, 2011

‘The Moment’ campaign features six pairs of identical twins reunited after time apart–and later revealed to be the same person–with one of the pair them appearing healthier and happier than

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10 Household Hazards That Could Be Making You Sick

October 6, 2011

Think your home is safe? Think again! More than 80,000 chemicals can be found in the products we eat, spray in the air and use every day in our homes.

Fitness

Are Barefoot Shoes Really Better?

October 6, 2011

Barefoot running may be trendy, but for scores of runners who train on urban streets or rocky trails, running without foot cover isn’t an option. As a result, many runners

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12 Easy Ideas to Help You Exercise More

October 6, 2011

It doesn’t take much to ease your way into being more active. These twelve tips will have you working up a sweat—and in some cases, make you more eager to