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In this era of information overload, Reader’s Digest offers something unique: the very best advice, information and inspiration from multiple sources, condensed into an easy-to-read digest. In each issue you’ll get trusted, time-saving insights about Health, Personal Finance, Work, Family, and National issues, PLUS exclusive book excerpts, news-making interviews, and humor.

Flipping Out

Look Down!

Lending a Well-Trained Hand • A martial artist who has a troubled history with cops stops to save one

GLAD TO HEAR IT 3 STORIES TO Make Your Day

Tiny New Neighbors • A couple were astonished to see who had taken up residence in their mailbox

Loki the Lab

LIFE IN THESE United States

AGING DISGRACEFULLY

World, Meet Poutine • This Canadian fave could be the biggest new comfort-food trend

High-Flying Facts About Drones

HUMOR in UNIFORM

WHERE, OH WHERE?

ALL in a Day's WORK

WORKWEEK WRECKS

Where That Color Comes From • Are warning labels for food dyes coming soon?

A TASTY WAY TO BOOST GUT HEALTH

LAUGHTER THE BEST Medicine

TIC-TAC-D'OH!

I SURVIVED! • THE PEOPLE IN THESE THREE STORIES HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON EXCEPT FOR ONE THING: THEY FACED DEATH AND LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT

HOW TO GET ALONG WITH ANYONE • Whether you get cornered by a chatterbox or embarrassed by a jokester, you can turn things in your favor

The BEST Mistake I EVER MADE • BELOVED PAINTER BOB ROSS WAS RIGHT: THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, JUST HAPPY ACCIDENTS

MY DAY OF NO PLASTIC • Is that even possible? One man went to extremes to find out.

Dementia Breakthroughs • After decades of disappointments, new treatments and tests are finally here

LIFE ADVICE FROM 1,000 STRANGERS • FACED WITH A QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS, A YOUNG MAN TRAVELS THE COUNTRY TO SEEK GUIDANCE

Lessons in Chemistry

Ordinary Angels

The RD List

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Brain GAMES SHARPEN YOUR MIND

WORD POWER • By Zeus! Many tales and figures of Greek mythology live on in everyday words. Consider echo (for the nymph doomed to repeat others’ words), erotic (out of Eros, the god of love) or even cloth (Clotho, the Fate who spun the thread of life). Finish this odyssey, then turn the page for the answers.

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A TRUSTED FRIEND IN A COMPLICATED WORLD • Safe Harbour by Julia Breckenreid, exclusively for Reader's Digest