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building blocks Cooking food in parchment paper is called 'en papillote.' Here are the secrets to getting the technique just right : 1 MAKE A GOOD MATCH Pick proteins and [...]

Everyone's been there: You intend to print a single page from the Web and end up with a 10-page pile, thanks to messy formatting, ads, and useless white space. To [...]

A test recently approved by the FDA may let dentists find and treat gum disease earlier--and better protect teeth and gums from damage caused by gingivitis. Unlike current tests, which [...]

Electric garage doors made prior to 1993 may not be sensitive enough to stop and reverse when hitting a surface such as a child's head. Since 1982, more than 50 children have died in such accidents. A door should stop if it hits a test roll of paper towels, such as Vita Big Roll, a 59.5 ft sq roll., A roll of paper towels looks nothing like your child. But to an automatic garage door, it feels just like a child. Some experts recommend testing your garage door's ability [...]

Getting thoughts and feelings down on paper helped people with advanced kidney cancer sleep better and longer. These diarists, who wrote for just 20 minutes a day on 4 separate [...]

A food diary may help you stay on track, but logging every morsel can get tedious. Here's a simpler way to record your success. Write this down: I will lose [...]

During the holidays, household trash increases by 25%, resulting in 5 million extra tons of garbage. Here, easy ways to cut your waste. 1 Hold on to pretty totes, simple [...]

A new home cholesterol-testing kit will allow people to determine their cholesterol levels in 15 minutes. The kit will enable people to determine early whether they need medical assistance. The kit is offered from ChemTrak Inc., Over the third of Americans need treatment for high cholesterol. Worse, two-thirds of these folks aren't getting it. That may change. The FDA has just approved a new home cholesterol-testing [...]

GET STARTED Write some energy-burning ideas, such as Freeze Dance, Simon Says, and Follow-the-Leader, on strips of paper. Fold or roll them and put them in the jar. Leave paper [...]

HAVE YOU EVER DOODLED on a piece of paper? Congrats--you know how to draw! 'I want to disrupt anyone's preconceived notion that drawing is only for rendering a photorealistic still [...]

YOU CAN CREATE something truly special by dipping a brush into water, then some paint, and swooping the brush across a blank page. 'The amazing thing about watercolor is that it's so immediate,' says Michael Lyons, B.F.A., an artist and a continuing education instructor at Rhode Island School of Design. 'Different colors combine and swim together on the paper, and even absolute beginners can achieve unexpected and beautiful results.', *** WE OFTEN THINK OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING AS A KIDS' ACTIVITY, but it's a boon for adults too. Research shows that creating art activates the brain's reward pathway (giving you [...]

SERVES 4 1 Slice 14 oz extra-firm tofu 1/4 in. thick. Place on cutting board between paper towels; top with baking sheet. Top with large cans or other weights; let [...]

ALMOND CRISPS ACTIVE 10 MIN. TOTAL 30 MIN. PLUS COOLING MAKES ABOUT 20 CRISPS Heat oven to 325[degrees]F 'Line 2 baking sheets with nonstick baking mat or parchment paper. In [...]

SPOOKY BOWLING THE SETUP: Stack six rolls of toilet paper into'a pyramid shape. Make each roll look like a ghost face by taping on small round eyes and an oval [...]

Your comments on the January issue PRECIOUS CARGO Thanks for the article about obtaining our personal health history. When traveling, it's a good idea to carry paper copies of all [...]

Breaking in new walking shoes? Invest in some paper surgical tape. A study in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine found that applying the tape to blister-prone areas on your [...]

Losing weight is one way to reduce the pain caused by arthritis. Walking and biking help to clean and feed affected joints. Building muscle prevents pain by protecting joints. Stretching and water exercises are also recommended., Enjoy What You Want Without The Hurt: Eight simple Strategies Ten months ago, Roger Sizoo couldn't bend over to pick up the morning paper. He had trouble putting on his [...]

Discussed weight loss solutions include ignoring the scale in the goal-setting process, using toning exercises for trouble spots, reducing restaurant portions by half, keeping a stock of food staples handy, and coping with muscle soreness., It all sounds so easy on paper. Eat a low-fat diet and exercise, and pounds should melt away as easily as the plot wraps up each week on Frasier. Until [...]

A simplified lifestyle can be healthier and can be achieved by prioritizing activities and needs and learning to say no to commitments. People should purchase basic home repair tools and keep track of different types of paper by filing them in appropriate boxes., We come into this world owning little more than our tiny, naked tushes and having few pressing responsibilities ties other than eating, sleeping and breathing. But from then on, life [...]

Older men are in the highest prostate cancer risk group, and African-American men are also at risk. Regular checkups for early diagnosis are recommended. Prevention, treatment, selecting a surgeon and radiation oncologist and other topics are discussed., iF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING TV, LISTENING to the radio or reading your local paper lately, you've probably been caught up in the whirlwind of media attention surrounding--not a pop star--but [...]

Wayne Westcott, Ph.D., placed 282 adults on an exercise regimen of 80 minutes per week over eight weeks using aerobic exercise and resistance training. Individuals lost an average of 8.5 pounds and gained an average of 3 pounds of muscle. Exercises used are included., YOU REMEMBER DIETING--THAT TORTUROUS activity we all at one time put ourselves through to get flatter tummies, firmer legs and thinner thighs. Like carbon paper, the eight-track tape and the [...]

That's how many times more BPA (an endocrine disruptor) gets absorbed when you touch a paper receipt after using hand sanitizer. This level of exposure is linked to obesity, heart [...]

Turn your home into a playground for a better-behaved cat. BY ARDEN MOORE You return home from work to find a swath of toilet paper trailing out of the bathroom [...]

3 times a week The frequency of having sex that will make you look 5 to 7 years younger, according to a paper presented at a conference organized by the [...]

Some people manage to operate efficiently with a cluttered desk, but for many others the clutter brings a sense of pressure and stress that can cause concentration difficulties and other problems. Eight recommendations for creating an uncluttered and organized desk are presented., We all know people who are perfectly at home with clutter. Their desks can have papers strewn like piles of autumn leaves, but they can find just what they want [...]

Dog massages can stimulate circulation and lower tension so much that they're used by vets to soothe canines after surgery, according to a Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice paper. [...]

Our favorite findings this issue A Piece Of Printer Paper More space than each caged chicken gets in a conventional henhouse 1 OUT OF EVERY 5 The number of American [...]

Byline: Mcveigh, Gloria Be your own best coach By Gloria Mcveigh An inexpensive digital scale (not more than $40) and graph paper can halt the steady ballooning of your waistline, [...]

Byline: Borysenko, Joan Make Your Own Luck: How to up your odds for health and happiness By Joan Borysenko, PhD Every day in the paper, on the radio, or in [...]

Say no to wet plates at a salad bar; ask for a dry or paper one instead. Plates stacked before they're completely dry may be a breeding ground for infectious [...]

Byline: McVeigh, Gloria Keep your skin glowing by gorging on scarlet tomatoes, rich in anti-aging, antioxidant carotenoids. A day or two of hibernation in a paper bag containing an apple [...]

The wrong coffee can raise cholesterol Fresh-perked coffee that doesn't pass through a paper filter retains two chemicals known to boost cholesterol levels--cafestol and kahweol. So we wondered: What about [...]

Prevention tests the new, portable oil blotters If you have oily skin, you're probably familiar with blotting paper and powdered sheets. Now, new blotting tissues--blue, ultraporous, filmlike "fabric" sheets--have earned [...]

Pouring out bottled-up feelings onto paper may ease physical as well as emotional discomfort After 70 people with asthma or rheumatoid arthritis wrote about their most stressful experiences for 20 [...]

Research involving 84 men who received coronary bypass surgery indicates that rooming with other cardiac patients may reduce pre-operative anxiety and speed recovery. Having a roommate who just had the same kind of surgery seems to have the most beneficial influence., Checking into the hospital for an operation is bad enough--never mind the indignities of bedpans, breezy paper-thin gowns or sharing a room with a total stranger. Ironically, though, that stranger [...]

Time waiting in long holiday lines can be put to good use. Stretching, reciting poetry to oneself, and reading are suggested. One also might reflect on all the people of the world who must wait in long lines just to buy life's essentials such as bread and milk., THE HOLIDAYS WOULDN'T BE THE SAME without standing in long lines to buy gifts, wrapping paper and other accoutrements. Wouldn't you miss the anticipation, the social contact, the piped-in music? [...]

Former athletes who no longer exercise run as high a risk of heart attack in middle age as men who have been sedentary all their lives. Ongoing exercise, expending about 2,000 calories per week, will reduce the risk of heart failure regardless of past inactivity., Here's a piece of history that can keep a smile on your face through the class reunion. The republishing of a landmark paper drives home the point that [...]

Preventative care and makeup can help the skin around the eyes look five years younger. Sunscreen and dark, polarizing wraparound sunglasses can protect the eye area from further damage. Advice for choosing makeup colors and applying makeup is provided., TAKE PAPER-THIN SKIN, CRINKLE AND then open it--thousands of times. Sound abusive? You bet. Yet that's what you do to the skin around your eyes every day. And it can [...]

A team of surgeons have developed a program that allows patients to undergo open-heart surgery without a blood transfusion. Drugs are used to increase red-blood cell production. A 'cell-saver' machine collects and cleans the blood, which lasts longer when returned to the patient., New surgery methods recycle your own blood Plastics, glass and paper are only part of the story. Surgeons in New York are recycling an even more precious commodity: your own [...]

We hosted a great New Year's Eve party last year. During the evening, we played a game involving pencils and paper, so I handed out old copies of Prevention for [...]

On one particular Saturday morning, I wanted to feel light in my life. I asked myself, "Where in the house is the best light to read the morning paper?" I [...]

A few months ago, you couldn't turn on the evening news or read a paper without seeing the story of the school district in Pennsylvania that sent letters home to [...]

If you take multiple medications daily, you may no longer have to worry about downing the wrong pill at the wrong time. Just attach an inexpensive, paper-thin computer chip to [...]

Muddled thinking? Faulty memory? Try this surprising solution: Grab a pen, and put down on paper your thoughts and feelings about a difficult experience from your past, suggest researchers Kitty [...]

Before treatment can begine, every doctor needs to know their patient's existing medical conditions, the medicines they are taking, and whether they have any allergies. Providing this information on a card carried at all times could be used to save one's life in an emergency., Chances are, your wallet doesn't contain the single slip of paper that could potentially save your life. Sure, we all carry around our driver's licenses, family photos, insurance and credit [...]

PRETTY IN PINK Tart hibiscus tea imbues this icy treat with a vibrant hue and a delicately floral flavor. Plus, the flowering plant is loaded with free radical-fighting antioxidants and [...]

In the fall of 2023, a distraught young woman showed up at the office of New York City-based dermatologist Nkem Ugonabo, M.D., M.P.H. She'd just had laser hair removal at [...]

* WILD MUSHROOM RISOTTO ACTIVE 30 MIN. TOTAL 40 MIN. SERVES 4 3 Tbsp olive oil, divided 1 medium onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, pressed and divided 1 cup [...]