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The cancer check your dentist does and the signs to report

Most mouth sores are nothing. The ones that matter follow a pattern, and two weeks is the number that decides which is which.

GuideCity StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

What merino, cashmere and cotton actually do in an office

Three fibres, three different jobs. Which one to buy first, what goes wrong with each, and how to stop a good jumper dying in eighteen months.

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GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Buying your first drone without breaking the rules

Start under 249 grams, take the free test, and never run your firmware update in a parking lot.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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Why your calf locks up at 2 a.m. and what actually helps

The in-the-moment fix, the four-minute bedtime habit that prevents most of them, and the one calf symptom that means see a doctor today.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideCity StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Rain gear that doesn't look like hiking kit

What to wear in the wet when you've got a desk, a meeting at nine, and no interest in arriving dressed for a mountain.

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Light first, then the mic, then the camera

Most people buy the webcam first. That's the wrong end of the problem, and you'll spend a few hundred dollars finding out.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Rest won't fix your sore tendon, but loading it will

Six weeks off the bike and the first ride back hurts worse. That's not bad luck, that's what happens when you rest a tendon instead of training it.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideCity StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Chinos that fit, and how to spot the ones that never will

Most chinos fail in the seat and the rise, and no tailor can save them. Learn to check both before you get to the till.

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The pop-up with a phone number is always a scam

What to change on your parents' computer this weekend, what to say so they'll actually call you, and what to do in order if the money's already gone.

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The back pain red flags that need a hospital today

Most back pain gets better with time and a little movement. A short list of symptoms doesn't, and waiting until Monday is how people lose function permanently.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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GuideCity StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Six ways to wear a navy blazer and one that never works

Buy it in hopsack, get the shoulder right, and one jacket covers the office, the airport, dinner and a funeral you weren't expecting.

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GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Doing your own screen and battery swap without wrecking the phone

The battery is a forty-minute job with a hair dryer and the right screwdriver. The screen is harder, and the reasons why are worth knowing first.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Knee braces, shots and replacement in the order doctors try them

Nobody jumps straight to a new joint. Know the rungs of the ladder, what each one buys you, and what it costs in time you don't have.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The first car for your teenager should be dull and heavy

Skip the horsepower, skip the hand-me-down subcompact, and make one phone call before you hand over any money.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Gadgets5 min

When your phone camera is enough, and when it isn't

Fitness6 min

Why cotton swabs make earwax worse and what actually works

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideGearWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Three knives, and what the cheap ones really cost

A kitchen knife, a folder, and a fixed blade. Buy the right inexpensive ones and the whole set lands under a hundred dollars.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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$The power station math nobody does before buying one$

Gadgets6 min read

The power station math nobody does before buying one

Two numbers decide whether that box under the stairs gets you through a three-day outage or just charges your phone.

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