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Massage: Get in touch with its many benefits
Massage is no longer available only through luxury spas and upscale health clubs. Today, massage therapy is offered in businesses, clinics, hospitals and even airports. If you’ve never tried massage, learn about its possible health benefits and what to expect during a massage therapy session.
What is massage?
Massage is a general term for pressing, rubbing and manipulating your skin, muscles, tendons and ligaments. Massage therapists typically use their hands and fingers for massage, but may also use their forearms, elbows and even feet. Massage may range from light stroking to deep pressure.
There are many different types of massage, including these common …
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The Straight Truth About Keratin and Other Hair Smoothing Treatments
Eight months after Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Division (known as Oregon OSHA) released an alarming report about the levels of formaldehyde found in several salon hair-smoothing treatments, these frizz-fighting services are still widely available—and in demand. As the humidity starts to climb, here’s what you should know before having any treatment that claims to leave your hair …
Skin Care Safety: 6 Toxic Chemicals to Avoid in Beauty Products
Just as you are concerned with the safety of the foods and supplements you consume, you should be careful about what you put on your skin. The skin is the largest body organ. Toxins are eliminated through its pores in the form of sweat, and the …
Oven-Roasted Fish With Fennel
One of the classic dishes of the French Riviera is sea bass grilled with fennel fronds. That’s the inspiration for this simpler fish preparation. I use firm white fish fillets those recommende by the Environmental Defense Fund include Pacific cod, Pacific halibut or striped mullet roasting them in the oven with the fennel stalks trimmed from the bulbs on top. …
Nothing spells love like equality
February, according to all retailers is the month for love. Everywhere you turn there are little cut out hearts, red roses, and candy for sale.
What troubles me about Valentine’s Day is not the commercialization of love. Although, I really don’t need a special day to remind me to have champagne and dinner with my partner, any day will do— it’s …
