100 Things Every...

The series. One hundred things every man, woman, dad, mom, young person and grandparent should know, do or own.

Numb hands at 3 a.m. and the finger that tells you which nerve

Shaking your hand out over the side of the bed isn't a quirk. It's a symptom, and which fingers go dead tells you where the problem starts.

GuideCountry BroWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Pick the Dog for the Job, Then Teach It to Stop

A pup out of working parents is two years from useful, so choose the right kind of dog, start on broke stock, and put the brakes on before anything else.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

The anxiety you can handle and the kind you shouldn't

Sleep, caffeine cutoffs and heavy things do real work on stress. But there's a line, and crossing it means you pick up the phone.

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Grief that doesn't lift after a year needs more than time

Mourning is supposed to change shape. When it doesn't, there's a name for it, there's a treatment, and you don't have to white-knuckle another year.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Before you move closer to the grandkids, rent for a year

The math, the drive time, the babysitting conversation nobody has, and the one test that tells you whether the town is right even if your kids leave it.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

What's actually waking you at 3 a.m.

Sleep gets lighter after midnight, cortisol starts climbing, and a nine o'clock glass of wine lands like an alarm. The fixes are specific.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Cancer in the family and when genetic testing is worth it

Build the family tree first, test the relative who's sick if you can, and know what a "variant of uncertain significance" actually means.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

What Actually Keeps Your Mind Sharp After Sixty

Crossword apps aren't the answer. Your blood pressure, your hearing and your legs are doing most of the work.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

What actually makes a handbag or a gold chain last

Solid over plated, full-grain over corrected, and the stress points that tell you in ten seconds whether a bag survives year three.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Forgetting Names at Fifty and When to Get It Checked

Most name-blanking at fifty is retrieval, not loss. But a few patterns are worth an appointment, and a few fixable things look exactly like memory trouble.