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What is the 'best diet' for you? 01/01/2019 07:00pm • What makes a diet best? In Best Diets 2019, the latest set of exclusive rankings from U.S. News, the Mediterranean diet and DASH diet beat out a pool of other eating plans, including Atkins, Jenny Craig and SlimFast, to win the "Best Diets Overall" crown. Among the 13 commercial diet programs market What Is a low-carb diet? 01/01/2019 07:00pm • First things first: There's no one low-carb diet -- but many, many different approaches. Even with the Atkins diet, there are variations -- including the advice on how many carbs to eat daily. Generally speaking, low-carb diets often call for consuming no more than 20 carbs a day -- taking things 3 Myths About Public Service Loan Forgiveness for Physicians 01/01/2019 07:00pm • The average cost of attending medical school in 2018-2019 is about $37,000 per year for in-state students and almost $61,000 for out-of-state attendees at public universities, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Graduates of public medical schools from the class of 2018 had a 5 Physician Memoirs Every Premed Should Read 12/31/2018 07:00pm • The American Association of Medical Colleges Career in Medicine page lists more than 120 specialties and subspecialties in medicine -- a wide assortment of fields ranging from psychiatry to neurosurgery. From the breadth of diseases seen to the medical interventions made, every specialty is unique. Recovering From Miscarriage: More Than Physical 12/30/2018 07:00pm • Andrea Sager had it all planned out. Her 6-month-old child and the baby she was newly pregnant with would play on the same sports teams at school and giggle in their bunk bed at home. Perhaps best of all, she and her husband would only have to take the duo, who'd be about 14 months apart, to Disney Reports: John Wall out for season, will undergo foot surgery 12/29/2018 06:07pm • WASHINGTON — Washington Wizards John Wall has decided to undergo foot surgery, which would cause him to miss the rest of the season, according to multiple reports. The five-time all-star, who is missing Saturday night’s game against Charlotte, already missed Friday’s game against Chicago du Data Doctors: New Year's Tech Resolutions 12/28/2018 05:10pm • Q: What tech-related resolutions should I be considering for 2019? A: The ancient Babylonians reportedly started the tradition of creating New Year’s resolutions some 4,000 years ago, focusing on things like paying their debts and returning borrowed objects. While both of these goals are sti Can running help combat the health challenges of aging? 12/28/2018 01:00am • When Justus Ortega walked into a gathering of older adult runners in Boulder, Colorado, in 2014, he was reminded of the 1985 movie "Cocoon" about seniors who suddenly feel young and healthy after interacting with aliens. "The runners seemed like teenagers. They were energetic and playful, and their 4 Must-Know Nutrition Tips for Premature Infants 12/27/2018 07:00pm • Premature infants have a lot of special nutrition needs. Combined with their tiny bodies and tinier stomachs, making sure these babies get what they need is a big concern for parents. At birth, premature infants' brains, organs, bones and other tissues have not yet fully developed, explains register A Potassium Primer 12/27/2018 07:00pm • If you were paying attention back in high school chemistry class, you might recall that potassium is the 19th element on the periodic table, represented by the letter K. Why not a P? Well, P was already taken, referring to element 15, phosphorous, and the K refers to the Latin name for potash, kaliu Why Seniors Should Make New Year's Resolutions 12/26/2018 07:00pm • New Year's Resolutions are just for the young, right? Not necessarily. Setting resolutions actually has practical value for older people and can impact your overall health positively. Resolutions Provide Purpose If nothing else, resolutions provide us with goals and purpose in our lives. Rush Unive How Nostalgia Can Be Good for Your Health and Well-Being 12/25/2018 07:00pm • We all know people who love to reminisce about memories from the past. Sometimes it's charming, but if it's done too often, you might feel tempted to shake your relative or friend and say, "Snap out of it! Come back to the here and now." Well, you may want to think twice about doing that because res Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 23-29 12/23/2018 02:26am • Here are some celebrities celebrating a birthday this week. Dec. 23: Actor Ronnie Schell (''Gomer Pyle, USMC'') is 87. Actor Frederic Forrest (''Lonesome Dove'') is 82. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) is 78. Drummer Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly is 77. Actor-comedian Harry S Wading through streaming TV options 12/21/2018 04:28am • Q: I’m ready to cut the cable and switch to a streaming TV service, but need help wading through all of the options. Can you help? A: There’s never been a better time to consider switching to a streaming TV service because of all of the great choices, but the downside to so many choices is th Your Guide to Gallstones 12/20/2018 07:00pm • For anyone who's suffered with gallstones, you know they can be a real pain. You're also in good company -- these hardened deposits of cholesterol that can collect in the gallbladder represent one of the most common health complaints affecting Americans. The National Institute of Diabetes and Diges