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Tip of the day: Stop and smell the coffee Just a whiff of java might give you the same jolt as drinking it, according to a small study of college students. After 10 minutes of sniffing coffee, students typed faster and more accurately. But why stop at sniffing? Find out if coffee can be...

Tip of the day: Eat more raw veggies Cooking broccoli depletes it of sulforaphane, a compound found in the vegetable that appears to protect against cancer and stomach ulcers, according to a recent study. Dutch researchers gave volunteers about 2 cups of cooked or raw broccoli on...

Tip of the day: Better social life, better brain function Are you a social butterfly? You might have a brainy advantage over your less social counterparts. Studies suggest that having an active social life can sharpen your thinking skills. One study, involving more than 3,600 adults...

Tip of the day: Taking a supplement? Tell your doctor Herbal remedies can interact dangerously with medications. For example, did you know green tea may change the effects of certain antiplatelet drugs? Green tea can slow blood clotting, so drinking green tea along with drugs that can...

Tip of the day: Vitamins for your brain? Brain-boosting vitamins may help to protect your memory and fight off Alzheimer's and dementia. Several 2008 trials failed to find cognitive benefits in fish oil or ginkgo biloba supplements. But people over the age of 50 might benefit from more...

Tip of the day: Protect your memory, keep it sharp USA Today reported yesterday on a man with an extremely rare gift known as super-memory. He recalls in detail most days of his life, as well as the day and date of key public events. Scientists are working with this man and others...

Tip of the Day: Use a gas leaf blower to clear light snow Over the last couple of weeks, at least three coatings of light, powdery snow fell on my house in the New York City suburbs. For such scant accumulations, pulling out my spanking new 24-inch snow blower?which I bought based on our...

Tip of the day: Shovel safely for your heart Did you know that the intense exertion of shoveling snow, combined with the freezing cold, can make your heart rate and blood pressure soar? And people often shovel first thing in the morning, when heart attacks are more likely. If you feel...

Tip of the day: Lighten up your nighttime run If you're working out on roads before sunrise or after sunset, you should make yourself visible to drivers. Wear white or bright outer layers, or consider buying a reflective vest or a small, battery-powered flashing red light that you can clip...

Tip of the day: Lighten up your nighttime run If you're working out on roads before sunrise or after sunset, you should make yourself visible to drivers. Wear white or bright outer layers, or consider buying a reflective vest or a small, battery-powered flashing red light that you can clip...

Tip of the Day: Clean your humidifier Lots of people use humidifiers to avoid or deal with dry or itchy eyes or skin, raspy throats, and other ailments caused by the typically lower humidity levels of winter. But unless your humidifier is clean, you can end creating other...

Tip of the day: Online shopping for a healthier weight? Convenience, gas savings, and home delivery (for a fee) are only some of the advantages of buying groceries online. Other benefits? One small study recently suggested that it might help overweight people buy fewer fattening products...

I'm looking to buy this as a new car and since I'm now a student in connecticut for the next few years I would like a car that's better in the snow than my 12 year old sporty acura that I've been hauling around. However, I was told to check out what the rollover rate was for this car. Does...

Tip of the day: Pick up a pen, put down the fork Keeping a food log can help you lose weight. That?s according to a study of 1,685 overweight adults followed for six months by researchers at four U.S. health centers. Participants who kept detailed logs lost more weight, up to about 13...

Are you unable to install programs on your Windows 7 beta? You're probably a victim of this MSI installer bug, which you can actually fix by yourself, right now, without waiting for a Microsoft patch. Here's what you do. 1. Open a Command Prompt as Administrator 2. Type reg delete...

Tip of the day: Don't overpay, review medical bills carefully for errors With the cost of medical care continuing to rise, the last thing you need is to pay more than your share. Billing errors are common at hospitals and other health care facilities, so ask for an itemized bill and...

Tip of the day: Prevent dry winter skin, moisturize early and often Cold, dry air, friction from heavy clothing, and indoor heating can turn your skin dry, itchy, and prone to cracks. To keep your skin from drying out, smooth on moisturizer?preferably with glycerin, fatty acids...

Tip of the day: 7 easy ways to manage stress at work If you find yourself steaming at work, don't vent. Research shows that you're liable to feel even angrier after you send that angry e-mail message. Instead, step back and look at the problem carefully. If it seems fixable, create a plan...

Its like me paying them to work there.? We the staff at this bar tip out the bar 3% to the BAR. Yes BAR. Bartenders and Servers tip out the bar. We don't sell any food at all. The owner just started to do this. Supposedly we tip out the bar for "credit card machines and glassware"

Tip of the day: Want to lose weight? Get real One key to weight-loss success is having realistic goals, and in a recent Consumer Reports National Research Center survey, our subscribers' responses proved encouraging. A staggering 70 percent of them said they currently wanted to lose...