By Gwen Schoen
McClatchy Newspapers
Your fingernails can tell a lot about your overall health. Do you know how your diet can affect your fingernails? Here’s a quiz to find out.
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The following is a partial list of support groups available in the York County, Pa., area:
Finish reading 'Support groups' »Here is a list of southcentral Pennsylvania agencies who are seeking volunteers.
By KAYLA DUNKMAN
Cox News Service
THE DEAL
Women, you know how this goes. About once a month, you want to punch your friends, scream at your family and you feel like you swallowed a balloon. Why all these horrible feelings? Blame it on PMS.
THE SOLUTION
Learn more about PMS and discover some tricks to feel better during that time from Dr. Amy Byerly, D.O., from Southview Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.
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By Peter M. Gianotti
Newsday
Irish whiskey, the leprechaun of top-shelf spirits, is making mischief.
Quality, variety and sales are up, as the fuel for Irish coffee, countless hot toddies and a very fine highball has turned neat for many drinkers.
“More and more people have developed a taste for it,” said Michael Douglass, president of Post Wines & Spirits in Syosset, N.Y., where 15 types of Irish whiskey are sold. “And it’s a little different taste.”
MEGAN K. SCOTT
Associated Press Writer
Sure, we’re springing forward. But we’re losing an hour of sleep.
This weekend, most Americans will set their clocks one hour ahead for daylight saving time, which falls on the second Sunday in March. And while an hour may not seem like a huge deal, 32 percent of those surveyed in the National Sleep Foundation’s 2008 Sleep in America poll said they only get a good night’s sleep a few nights per month.
Losing one hour can lead to crankiness, slower thinking and reaction time. The key is taking a few minutes now -- not Saturday before bedtime -- to set the stage.
By JASON COX for Smart
You finally got one. After hearing all the hoopla for the last few years, you asked for an iPod, and someone bought it for you for Christmakwanzikuhfestivus. But now it’s sat in the box ever since, staring at you, pleading to be played with.
The first time you toy around with an iPod might be an intimidating experience, especially for all of you self-proclaimed technophobes out there. But with a little guidance and few quick tips, you’ll be rocking out like those funky silhouettes in the iPod ads in no time.
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