In psychiatric circles, it is known as ‘muscle dysmorphia‘ (an obsession about being muscular) but to the layman it’s Bigorexia. (BIG.uh.rek.see.uh) is a mental disorder in which patients – typically men and typically bodybuilders- view themselves through a distorted lens and become obsessed about what they perceive as their physical inadequacies. It’s the big brother disease to anorexia, except that bigorexia is to “huge” what anorexia is to “thin.”

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The stimulatory effects of caffeine may be nothing more than an illusion, according to new research that shows there is no real benefit to be gained from the habitual morning cup of coffee.
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You’ve been told this line before: “Okay, I know it’s weird, but….” What follows is a surprising piece of advice — about anything from clearing up a zit to taming a flyaway — that totally does the trick. Call it word-of-mouth beauty. Sure, these tips might sound strange at first (“You put diaper cream where?!”), but there’s a logic to them.

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More than 347,000 breast augmentations were performed in the United States in 2008, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That’s a surprising 12 percent drop from 2007 – a sag most plastic surgeons attribute to the deflating economy.

Still, that’s a lot of excess boobage.

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