A friend of mine recently forwarded an e-mail to me about the healing power of onions. "I know you research all kinds of things -- any truth to this?" she asked.

The e-mail detailed a few different cures using raw onions. One called for sleeping with onion slices in your socks (white socks) to bring down a fever. Another, putting an unpeeled onion in a dish in each room to draw in the flu virus (and thereby not infect the occupant of the room).

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As we've long-advised in our publications, my mother diligently carries a list of the medications that she and my father take in her wallet. That came in handy when my father recently checked in to the hospital for a brief bout of pneumonia.

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Slowly, slowly, I'm losing my bad habits. Some of this has been self-motivated while others have been imposed upon me for health reasons. For example, while a teen, I figured out on my own that excessive sunbathing was not a good thing. That one certainly paid off -- I'm 46 years old, but people usually guess me at least 10 years younger

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Last week, I had the privilege of touring the factory of the Chabaso Bakery, which makes delicious Artisan breads. This was a perfect tour for me... I love finding out how things are made (ever see 500 pounds of bread dough in a hot tub-sized mixer?)... and I love, love, love fresh bread. I was at Chabaso's as part of my membership in a business group I'm part of,

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