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How to Keep Your Pets Tick-Free This Spring

Angell Animal Medical Center has a warning for pet owners taking advantage of spring weather with extra dog walks: Be especially vigilant about tick prevention. […]

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Beyoncé Is Launching an Athleisure Line

Move aside, Freakum Dress. Beyoncé is launching an athleisure line, called Ivy Park. In her classic style, the queen of music, periodic veganism, and life in […]

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The Boston Marathon Is More Than a Race for Carol Chaoui

Carol Chaoui, a 52-year-old mother of four living in Wellesley, has been running since she was 13. She runs five days a week, organizes her […]

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How Our Germaphobic Culture Learned to Embrace Bacteria

I didn’t take a shower this morning. Instead, I sprayed my body with bacteria. Specifically, I spritzed myself with Mother Dirt‘s AO+ Mist, a body spray made […]

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You Can Own Nantucket-Themed Sneakers

With Marathon Monday just less than three weeks away, Boston-area footwear companies are rolling out special-edition shoes en masse. (Exhibits A and B: Saucony and […]

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For These Brothers, the Boston Marathon Is a Tribute

Deborah Bullerjahn ran 20 marathons before succumbing to appendiceal cancer in 2010. This year, her memory will inspire two more. Kyle and Lucas Bullerjahn, Deborah’s […]

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New Balance Releases Boston-Themed Shoes for 2016

Take note, sneaker heads. Another local company is rolling out limited-edition kicks, just a few weeks before the Boston Marathon. As it does each spring, New […]

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Massachusetts Ranked Eighth-Worst State for Doctors

Source: WalletHub   Massachusetts is home to two of the top-10 best hospitals in the country—Massachusetts General Hospital in first, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital […]

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Meet Victoria, the Robot Who Gives Birth

Victoria blinks, breathes, talks, and bleeds, just like you. Not terribly impressive stuff—except that she’s a robot. Nursing students at the MGH Institute of Health […]

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Boston Ranked Sixth-Thinnest City in America

Make room in the trophy case, because Boston’s health accolades just keep rolling in. The latest? WalletHub ranked Boston America’s sixth-thinnest metropolitan area. The study’s […]

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Advocates Call for More Funding to School Nutrition

Boston Public Schools budget cuts have inspired outrage among some parents and students, most publicly demonstrated by a student walk-out earlier this month. But on […]

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Force of Nature Wants to Make Your Home Healthier

Most of us know that many traditional cleaning products aren’t exactly healthy, but we still want our homes to be clean, safe, and free of bad bacteria. […]

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Bobbi Gibb Is the 2016 Boston Marathon Grand Marshal

Fifty years ago, as a rogue, unregistered, runner, Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb became the first woman to finish the Boston Marathon. This year, she’ll be part […]

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Q&A: Multimedia Artist Viktoria Modesta

Viktoria Modesta is many things: a musician, a DJ, a creative director, a style icon, an activist, an amputee. But mostly, she is an individual. […]

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Fenway-Kenmore Ranked Best Boston Neighborhood for Living Well

Congrats, Fenway residents. According to real estate site Trulia, yours is the best neighborhood in Boston for living well. Trulia’s new Live Well maps rank […]