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Healthy Recipes for Two

Cooking for two often seems like an impossible task, but with a little bit of advanced planning and some basic recipe alterations, it can be done with very little effort. Cooking at home is more affordable and often healthier than eating out, and gives you the ability to customize your ingredients to your own tastes and dietary needs.

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When Should a Baby First See a Dentist?

Dental problems, particularly tooth decay, can begin early. So dental examinations are the first step toward good preventive dental care. According to advice offered by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), a parent should schedule a child’s initial dental visit once the first tooth comes in, but no later than the first birthday. Routine dental checkups should continue every six months after that. Pediatric dentists point out that once children get that first tooth, they are at risk for tooth decay if their diets include anything other than mom’s breast milk.

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Benefits of Pilates Exercises

The Pilates Method Alliance (PMA), a not-for-profit professional organization for Pilates, points out that more Americans are practicing Pilates as a way to condition their bodies and improve their physiques. Pilates, a low-impact exercise program appropriate for women of all ages and fitness levels, involves a succession of smooth movements, which integrate both stretching and breathing exercises. Developing a pattern of slow, deliberate movements along with controlled breathing increases blood flow to the muscles providing a number of fitness benefits.

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Did Priscilla Presley Get a Head Transplant?

Celebumom and grandma Priscilla Presley was the focus of a scathing Los Angeles Times feature about female stars and plastic surgery gone too far. In Sunday’s story, “What is television doing to its actresses? And are we supposed to pretend we don’t notice?,” the Times TV critic Mary McNamara writes: “I know we’re all supposed to be watching this season of “Dancing With the Stars” to see whether professional athletics or Broadway provides a better foundation for dance.