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Is ADHD Out of Control? A record four million children -- some as young as 2 -- are being diagnosed with ADHD, and many are being put on powerful medications, perhaps for life.

Identity Theft: In this era of identity theft, this information seems to make real good common sense. Read the following and print a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday.  Maybe we should all take some of this advice.

Avoiding The Biggest Home Buying Mistakes.  What's the worst mistake a homebuyer can make?  With hundreds perhaps thousands of experts out there, I thought it should be easy to find the answer to that question, So...

Office Sabotage: Are You a Victim of Office Sabotage?  Backstabbing, betrayal, undermining -- whatever you call it, in this time of downsizing, reorganizing and cutbacks, it seems to be on the rise.

Kick the Habit Every year, millions of Americans try to quit smoking, and millions fail. It's not surprising — researchers say most are going about it all wrong.  "When we talk to smokers across America, only one in five are using the counseling and medicines we know will increase their likelihood of...

Are You Underpaid? You love your job, the company you work for and the people you work with, but there's one major problem: you're underpaid. You were happy with your salary a year ago, but since then, your workload has increased considerably, and you've yet to see a comparable rise in compensation. What's more, the job market...

An Active Mind may Slow Alzheimer's Keeping the brain busy may help stave off signs of Alzheimer's disease, researchers report. The University of Chicago study found that mice that lived in an "enriched environment" with chew toys, running wheels and tunnels that helped keep their brains and bodies active had lower levels of Alzheimer's-associated brain plaques and protein buildup than mice that lived in less stimulating surroundings.

Hilarious Real Life Court Transcript Check out this real-life exchange–it was actually said in court, and recorded word for word.

Lessons We Can Learn from Donald & Martha As strange as this may sound, you can actually learn a great deal about leadership from Donald Trump and Martha Stewart's "Apprentice" shows. The circumstances they've created on their shows are ideal for spotting both good and bad leadership. Imagine that you work for a company where they force you to invent, produce and sell a product you most likely know nothing about -- and do it within just a few days.

Healthy Aging: Dealing with Stress Juggling the demands of children, full-time work and aging or sick parents, the 40s can be prime time for pressure. While it's tempting to pretend it's not there, stress has a way of making itself known. "Some people can even feel physical pain -- problems with indigestion, heartburn or headaches," said Dr. Cecil Wilson, an internist in Winter Park, Fla., and board member of the American Medical Association.

6 Mortgage Rip-Offs to Avoid: Mortgage lenders and brokers have plenty of fine print in which to hide otherwise blatant rip-offs. Here's how to spot six common tricks. Given how easy it is to get skinned on a mortgage deal, it's amazing anyone ever buys a home.  But buy we do -- and then refinance, and refinance again. Our ignorance of how the mortgage process works and the many ways mortgage pros rig the system in their favor lead many of us to pay far more than we should.

Build a Killer Credit Score! Establishing a good credit history has never been as important as it is today. It’s not just that you’ll need good credit to get decent rates when you’re ready to buy a home or a car. Your credit history can determine whether you get a good job, a decent apartment or reasonable rates on...

When it Pays to Stay Single Though being married offers a number of financial advantages, being single also has some clear-cut benefits. Learn how it affects taxes, credit, debt and other key issues. Every married person who has argued with a spouse about money has longed to be single again and in total financial control. That wish usually subsides -- how quickly depends...

Holiday Travel: 10 Ways to Make it more Jolly!  Almost everyone wants to go somewhere over Thanksgiving, Christmas, and/or New Year’s—and that’s the problem.

Starlet Beauty Secrets: 10 Ways to Look Your Best - Sure, celebrities always look glamorous, gorgeous, and perfectly chic -- they've got a whole team of stylists to help them get that way! But here's a secret: You can borrow their tricks and get the same pulled-together, stylish look on your own.

Michael J. Fox: Parkinson's Advocate Michael's symptoms, mild but insistent, are familiar to anyone who knows the disease. When he isn't sitting on his hands or firmly gripping his wrist—almost hugging himself—an arm begins flapping like a flag in a rising wind. He crosses his legs, squirms and shifts in his seat, holds a knee as it bobs back and forth.

Are you Boss Material? Ready to take on a leadership role at work? In this interview with Marshall Goldsmith, corporate America's preeminent executive coach, he tells you how to show you've got the right stuff.

7 Home Repairs You Can't Ignore: Homeowner procrastination can ruin a house. Don't let water, pests, faulty wiring, dirty chimneys or old appliances get the upper hand. Owning a house is expensive, which is why so many homeowners procrastinate on repairs. Real-estate agents have a euphemism for this condition: It's called "deferred maintenance." Some fixes, however, should never be delayed.

10 Tips for Better Sleep: Feeling crabby lately? It could be you aren't getting enough sleep. Although the average adult needs seven to nine hours of sleep a night, that number could be hard to come by if you factor in work, taking care of children and managing a household. 

Nuclear Weapons: Countries with nuclear weapons and estimates of their numbers, according to independent experts at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the Center for Defense Information and the Monetary Institute for International Studies.

Annoyed by Cell Users? Poll finds 6 in 10 irritated by conversations in public places.  WASHINGTON - A majority of cell phone users acknowledge they get irritated at other people for using cell phones in a public place.  The University of Michigan poll found that six in 10 cell phone users say that using a cell phone in public can be “a major irritation.”

Fighting Alzheimer's: Alzheimer's research has yet to yield many useful therapies, even as the demand for treatments grows- U.S. cases are expected to increase from 4 million to as many as 16 million by the middle of this century.  A promising vaccine...

Traffic Accidents: Jacksonville is among five Florida metropolitan areas identified as the most dangerous in America for pedestrians, according to a study conducted by the Surface Transportation Policy Project.

29 Old Freebies: Remember when a salad came with your meal and you could talk to a bank teller at no charge? So do we. The best things in life are free, or so pop songs and well-meaning grandparents insist. While love and sunlight and smiles still don't cost a cent, much of what used to be free isn't anymore.

Worth of Your Degree: Would you let a 19 or 20 year old choose your career path for you? If you are a college graduate, you probably did just that when you chose your college major.  Students consider many things when they choose a college major, such as their personal interests, the strength of a program, and their own talents and abilities. Future employment prospects often factor into the decision.

8 Ways to Tempt Fate & the IRS: Con artists have been ripping off taxpayers -- millions of them -- by touting various trusts, credits and legal strategies. But it's the person who signs the returns who's on the hook.

Are You Burned Out? Work/Life Balance More Important Than Money for Some - Money isn't manna to 25-year-old John, a general assignment reporter for a small Southeastern newspaper. What's heaven-sent for him is the time he has for himself and his wife of two years.

Stop Calling Me! Washington - People perturbed by telemarketing calls that disrupt dinner or ruin a rest can now enjoy the sound of silence by enrolling in a national "do-not-call" list intended to cut off many unwanted telephone sales pitches. 

CDC now Neutral...Washington - A government fact sheet that long promoted condoms as "highly effective" in preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases now offers a more neutral summary of the pro's and con's of condom use.

Worst States for Taxes: We all pay Uncle Sam the same no matter where we live, but property, gasoline, tobacco and sales taxes are all over the map.  If you live in New York, Connecticut or Washington, D.C., you are a big spender at tax time, like it or not. Alaska or Alabama? You get to keep a bigger slice of what you make.

Who Knew WD-40 was so Useful? The product began from a search for a rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953 by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. Its name comes from the project that was to find a "water displacement" compound. They were successful with the fortieth formulation, thus WD-40.

Whatever Katie Wants! Is she the fresh-faced girl next door—or the stiletto-shod terror of Studio 1A? Fact is, she’s the most powerful woman on the networks…and that’s no malarkey.  Friday morning, early. Katie Couric presides in the brightly lit, comfy confines of NBC's Studio 1A. Outside the reinforced glass panes that surround the street-level studio, hundreds of...

Exercise! It Helps your Mind: Vigorous exercise may help you think more clearly and remember more.  Thirty years ago, Alexandra Finger ventured out onto the roads of her suburban New York neighborhood for a run. "This was back before it was fashionable," she recalls. "Neighbors would peek out the door and say, 'What is she doing?' "

Toxic on Your Plate Seafood for sale in area stores is contaminated with mercury, Tribune testing shows. Government and industry fail to protect consumers, even as Americans buy more fish than ever.  Supermarkets throughout the Chicago area are routinely selling seafood highly contaminated with mercury, a toxic metal that can cause learning disabilities in children and neurological problems in adults, a Tribune investigation has found...

The Forbes Fictional 15: Collectively, we are fascinated by the super-rich. We devour their biographies. We hang on their advice. Maybe we even hope for their downfall. But in our attempts to explain the ultra-rich -- and their super-inflated bank accounts -- we are often guilty of reducing real people to mere caricatures. There is the monopolist. The oracle. The genius. The thief.

Top Avoidable Disease Nearly 2.5 million people die each year in the U.S. We all gotta go sometime, but do some of us go before we have to? “A sizable portion [studies show from 20 percent to 60 percent] of chronic diseases can be prevented by reasonable lifestyle choices,” says Dr. Frank Vinicor, associate director for Public Health Practices in the Chronic Disease Center of the Centers for Disease Control.

Working from Home This articles offers tips on how to avoid mistakes new "At-Home" workers tend to make: In the many years that we've been working from home and helping women launch and run home businesses, we've noticed that many often fall into the same traps when they first start out. To help you steer clear of these traps, we're outlining the top 10 mistakes we've seen WFHers make and what you can do to avoid them.

Privacy Takes a Back Seat in Mortgage Bait & Switch  When you get a mortgage rate quote or a pre-approval, you probably assume that your inquiry with the lender is confidential, right?  Wrong. Your loan officer may be unaware, but behind his or her back key financial details about you and your mortgage are being hawked to competing lenders within 24 hours of your credit bureau inquiry.

Lesson on Customer Service  I often write about customer service, but this month I'm writing about disservice. During the Christmas holidays, I went into a cell phone retailer to pick up a new phone. While I was there, a customer was in a hurry to purchase a headset. He had the cash and proceeded to the checkout counter. He laid...

Liquid Water on Saturn's Moon Could Support Life  Scientists have found evidence that cold, Yellowstone-like geysers of water are issuing from a moon of Saturn called Enceladus, apparently fueled by liquid reservoirs that may lie just tens of yards beneath the moon's icy surface.  The surprising discovery, detailed in Friday's issue of the journal Science, could shoot Enceladus to the top of the list in the search for life elsewhere in our solar system. Scientists described it as the most important discovery in planetary science in a quarter-century.

Irish Baby Names: A Golden Tradition  Love Saint Patrick's Day? One of these Irish monikers may be right for your baby! 
Is it just pure luck that Irish baby names are a smash hit right now? Whether or not they can trace their heritage back to the Emerald Isle, thousands of American parents are giving their children Irish monikers.  Celebrities, too, are striking gold with Irish names.

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MonaVie is an exquisite health drink, destined to make a profound difference in the lives of countless peoples of the world.  The formulators...

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