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turning 50 can save your life

Turning 50 threw me for a loop. It felt as though everything changed overnight. 
In my 20s, 30s and 40s, I charged ahead with life, first throwing myself into my career — I worked as a magazine publisher — and then, in my late 30s, meeting my husband, getting married and having children. 
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Fitness, General, Health and Wellness, Skin Care, Style and Beauty

new study: is sun screen not enough?

 Not long ago, I developed skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma, the most common form) from years (decades?) of worshipping the sun at Coney Island and Jones Beach. Back then, simply basking wasn’t enough for me. To make sure my fair skin got the maximum number of rays, I slathered on baby oil mixed with iodine, … Continue Reading

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Style and Beauty

fishnets: to wear or not to wear?

Not too long ago, an article in The Daily Mail (usually a blast of a read, with the prerequisite dry British humour–yes I spelled it the way they do–thrown in) stopped me in my tracks. I had actually been planning my outfit for a luncheon event and had decided to forgo my usual black on black and … Continue Reading

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