Carly Cushnie Is Ready to Launch (Again)

Forget the straight and narrow. Carly Cushnie is so down with curves, her new handbag clasps are shaped like an hourglass—“you know,” she smiles, “like a woman’s body.” They also resemble the infinity sign, which makes sense, Cushnie shrugs, “because I feel like I’ve been doing fashion forever.” Advertisement – Continue Reading Below Cushnie handbags…

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Can yoga improve your sex life?

The Internet abounds with wellness blogs that recommend yoga for a better sex life, as well as personal accounts of the practice improving sexual experience — often to an enviable degree. Does the research back up these claims, however? We investigate. Yoga can be a relaxing and enjoyable way to enhance our sex lives. Modern…

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Smoking May Increase Dementia Risk

Advertisement Quitting smoking, or smoking less, might be helpful in reducing the risk. Sept. 7, 2018 Image Credit Yet another reason to stop smoking: It may reduce your risk for dementia. Korean researchers studied 46,140 men, 60 and older, following them for an average of eight years with periodic health examinations. Over the course of…

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Past and Present: Slavery Was Part of Barbados Life for Centuries. But Its History Can Be Hard to Find

A slender bronze sculpture representing an African couple and their child dominates a modest concrete plaza above a colorful jumble of houses in Rock Hall Freedom Village, Barbados, about a half-hour’s drive north of the island’s capital, Bridgetown. A few feet away, a granite plaque records the names of 38 people who became residents of…

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