Top tips to start every day refreshed and focused

Guide to the best ways to get the most out of your mornings, so that you start every day feeling refreshed and focused.

Your morning ritual is something which shapes how you feel for the rest of the day. If you’re someone who constantly reaches for the snooze button again and again, then chances are you end up prizing yourself out of bed, only to feel rushed and frantic because you're running

Everyday Scents That Boost Weight Loss

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The average human nose recognizes 10,000 scents. And while some of them do nothing to help you stay healthy—are those cookies we smell?—many familiar fragrances have surprising benefits. We sniffed out some common aromas that can help you drop pounds, power your workout, and elevate your mood. Read on to discover five nose-pleasers that will help you look and feel better than ever.

Eating the right foods can give you a boost, too. Discover the best foods to eat after exercising!

 

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To Slim Down

Sniff: Grapefruit

Researchers at Osaka University in Japan found that exposing rats to the scent of grapefruit oil for 15-minute intervals, three times a week helped reduce not only their appetite, but their weight. Inhale this fresh citrus scent and dial back the portion of your next meal. 

Try: Grapefruit-scented oil diffuser

Want to know the secret to staying movie-star thin?

Study: Abortion doesn't harm mental health

As if deciding how to handle an unplanned pregnancy wasn't stressful enough, several studies in recent years have suggested that young women who have an abortion may be at increased risk of mental health problems afterward.
 
Those concerns are unfounded, according to a new study conducted in Denmark and published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. In fact, the study found, while the rate of psychiatric problems was unchanged in women who had an abortion, it appears to spike post-birth in women who carry their babies to term.
 
"Women who are in a difficult situation—pregnant and unsure whether or not to continue with the pregnancy—should know that they do not have an increased risk of having a first-time episode of a severe mental disorder after an abortion," says the lead author of the study, Trine Munk-Olsen, PhD, an epidemiologist at Aarhus University, in Denmark.
 
 

10 subtle signs of bipolar disorder

Munk-Olsen and her colleagues identified 350,000 women in a national health registry who had no history of psychiatric problems, had become pregnant for the first time, and had either an abortion or a successful childbirth. (Women who had miscarriages were excluded.) The researchers

12 Products That Will Give You Better Skin—Instantly

You can transform your skin with the right products—and without a wait. Here's what to do when you need to look good now.

Rough, flaky skin means that your face cream isn't cutting it on its own. Once a week, use an intense moisturizing mask that's rich in proteins and amino acids—it'll slough off dead skin and hydrate simultaneously. We like Fresh Black Tea Instant Perfecting Mask.

Zit-Zapping Tool

It's not quite an instant pimple fix, but an hour? We'll take it. Zeno Heat Treat is a two-part system: After you apply a salicylic acid treatment and a device that uses heat to kill bacteria, there'll be no resuscitating even the most obnoxious breakout.

Pore-Hiding Primer

The cure for porexia (an obsession with the size of your pores) is not staring at them in a magnifying mirror—it's primer! Just smooth on one with salicylic acid under your makeup. We like Dr. Brandt Pores No More Pore Refiner.

Translucent Smoothing Powder

Don't smother your face in foundation