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A Last-Minute Guide to Shopping for Medicare 11/26/2017 07:00pm • Medicare's annual open enrollment period is about to come to a close: Dec. 7 is your final chance to change from one Medicare Advantage or prescription drug plan to another. If you're currently enrolled in Original Medicare, you can also switch to a private Medicare Advantage plan or drop existing Wizards to go without guard John Wall after sustained knee injury 11/25/2017 02:00pm • WASHINGTON -- The Washington Wizards will be without the services of point guard John Wall for the next two weeks after he underwent an MRI on Friday. Wall, the 27-year-old, four-time All Star, had been experiencing discomfort and inflammation in his left knee after making knee-to-knee contact in Why Medicare Patients Are More Likely to Have End-of-Life Talks With Their Doctors 11/21/2017 07:00pm • Planning for care at the end of a patient's life is an uncomfortable yet necessary conversation. Without it, a doctor won't know if the person wants to be resuscitated, placed in hospice or subjected to advanced treatments to prolong his or her life. It can also avoid costly treatments and family f The Thanksgiving dinner conversation that could save your life 11/21/2017 12:00pm • WASHINGTON — It's no secret that some people dread one aspect of the Thanksgiving holiday — and it has nothing to do with overeating all that delicious food. It's those uncomfortable and awkward conversations that typically occur at the dinner table surrounded by family and friends. While Movie Review: 'Three Billboards' puts our funny bone through a wood chipper 11/21/2017 01:34am • WASHINGTON — She won an Oscar as the pregnant police detective in "Fargo" (1996). Now, Frances McDormand stars in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," a wickedly funny dark comedy with anarchist social commentary by writer/director Martin McDonagh. Set in the fictional Ozark town How Can Caregivers Best Help Breast Cancer Patients? 11/20/2017 07:00pm • "When my wife was first diagnosed with breast cancer, I just had no clue. I really didn't know what to do," says Marc Silver, author of the 2004 book " Breast Cancer Husband: How to Help Your Wife (And Yourself) Through Diagnosis, Treatment, and Beyond." He says the bombshell arrived in the form of Explore Disaster Training as a Prospective Medical Student 11/20/2017 07:00pm • Every day it seems there is another disaster in the news. Hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, shootings, bomb explosions and infectious outbreaks leave horrible destruction and loss in their wake and nearly always require the services of doctors and other health care professionals. As a pro Check up on surgeons' success rate 11/20/2017 01:54pm • WASHINGTON — If you’re thinking of checking up on your doctor, there's a database you can search that tracks outcomes for surgeons nationwide. The database covers concerns such as "How often do they kill people; what do their adjusted mortality rates look like; what do their complications ra The Childbirth Stories You Haven't Heard 11/19/2017 07:00pm • When Lee Roosevelt goes to a baby shower, "it opens the Pandora's box of negative birth experiences," says the midwife and clinical assistant professor in the University of Michigan School of Nursing. It's not unusual for a guest to say something like, "When my cousin's cousin first removed had her It's Time to Change the Conversation About Mental Health 11/19/2017 07:00pm • At the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, the rapper Logic performed a new song. The song, 1-800-273-8255, is the number to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. According to the director of the organization, in the three weeks following the release of the song, call volume increased by more than one Get Into Grad School Despite Bad, Mediocre College Grades 11/19/2017 07:00pm • Graduate school hopefuls with a less-than-stellar college GPA sometimes worry that their grades will prevent them pursuing their ideal graduate degree. But experts say it is possible for grad school applicants to overcome the stigma of unimpressive undergraduate grades if they have excelled since g Comparison: Google Pixel 2 XL vs. Samsung S8+ 11/16/2017 10:39pm • Q: How does the new Google Pixel 2 XL compare to the Samsung S8+? A: With Samsung’s release of the S8/S8+ in April, they brought a unique eye-catching design packed with new features and screens to market that quickly made it a top-seller. Google’s much anticipated Pixel 2 phones (which is High Blood Pressure Guidelines Just Got Stricter 11/16/2017 07:00pm • If you feel like you're doing OK with a borderline blood pressure of 130/80 or so, this is your wake-up call: According to guidelines released Monday, the lower limits of high blood pressure have changed. What counted last week as "prehypertension" is now upgraded to Stage 1 hypertension. So, you'v What Can COPD Caregivers Do to Help Themselves and Their Loved Ones? 11/16/2017 07:00pm • When someone develops a chronic disease, they often need ongoing care, sometimes around the clock. Be it cancer, neurological diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or any other potentially debilitating condition, having someone available to help you stay on top of your health, your doctor Should You Be Screened for Lung Cancer? 11/15/2017 07:00pm • The goal of cancer screening in people who have no symptoms is to catch cancer early, when it's most treatable. Most screening recommendations for breast, cervical and colon cancer (the types of cancer for which there are widely used screening tests) are for people who are at average risk of develo