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Column: Should you tape over your webcam? 10/07/2016 10:12am • Q: Is it a good idea to put tape over my laptop’s webcam, or is there something else I should be doing? A: With the recent story about FBI Director James Comey admitting to having tape over his webcams at home, this question is making the rounds once again. Comey isn’t the only one. The in Woman who has baby with mom's womb: it's "science fiction" 10/07/2016 02:41am • BERGSHAMRA, Sweden (AP) — Emelie Eriksson has a bond with her son that hardly seems possible: She and her son were born from the same womb. Eriksson was the first woman to have a baby after receiving a uterus from her mother, in a revolutionary operation that links three generations of their famil This Woman Needed Surgery to Have Hairballs Removed 10/06/2016 08:00pm • Anyone with trichotillomania -- or compulsive hair-pulling -- has a tough battle ahead. For one woman in Pakistan, however, the disorder triggered a rare condition called "Rapunzel syndrome." But don't let the name fool you: This condition is anything but a fairy tale. Doctors removed a hairball me Von Willebrand Disease: the Under-the-Radar Bleeding Disorder 10/06/2016 08:00pm • You've probably heard of hemophilia -- with its history among European royalty -- but maybe not about von Willebrand disease, the much more common bleeding disorder affecting up to 1 percent of the U.S. population. In von Willebrand disease, named after the Finnish scientist who discovered it, the Coping with changes your feet undergo with age 10/06/2016 05:00am • In her younger days, Chicago resident Barbara Longworth liked to wear fancy shoes with high heels on special occasions, such as receptions, weddings and dinners at nice restaurants. But through the years, her feet changed shape and seemed to get bigger. "I was about a 7 AAA, now I'm a 7 1/2 EEE -- e Right-to-die bill moves forward in DC Council 10/05/2016 08:04pm • WASHINGTON — Physician-assisted suicide has moved a step closer to becoming law in D.C. By a 3-to-2 vote Wednesday, the D.C. Council's Health and Human Services Committee approved a euthanasia bill and sent it to the full 13-member D.C. Council for consideration. "If a dying person wishes to 'Bones' Actor Eric Millegan Opens Up About Struggle With Bipolar Disorder 10/05/2016 08:00pm • Eric Millegan, of Fox's hit show "Bones," woke up early one Los Angeles morning in 2005 and everything felt dark, heavy and awful. Then, almost as quickly as the helpless feelings began, he popped out of the depression and decided to pay an impulsive visit to Disneyland, a quintessential "happy pla 7 Exercises You Can Do Now to Save Your Knees Later 10/05/2016 08:00pm • Don't wait until you're hobbled to actively protect your knees.You have healthy knees -- and you'd like to keep it that way. That's not a job you can tackle sitting down, though getting into a 90-degree position could help. First, though, you'll want to heed a simple but central lesson roughly adapt Implantable device might help prevent strokes 10/05/2016 05:32am • WASHINGTON — A new method of determining whether someone has a life threatening heart rhythm problem could be a game-changer for preventing strokes. Washington Adventist Hospital is part of an international study creating a database of 3,200 patients being monitored with Medtronic’s Linq lo Kathleen Turner stars in 'Year of Magical Thinking' at Arena Stage 10/05/2016 01:21am • WASHINGTON — She steamed up the screen with William Hurt in "Body Heat" (1981), Michael Douglas in "Romancing the Stone" (1984), Jack Nicholson in "Prizzi's Honor" (1985) and Bob Hoskins in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" (1988). But it's not the wooing of a lover but rather the grief of losing Are Biases Hurting Your Health? 10/04/2016 08:00pm • It's human nature to have cognitive biases. These tendencies to think in certain ways or process information by filtering it through your personal preferences, beliefs and experiences are normal, but they can offer a skewed perspective. "We all have these biases -- they are the lenses through which 3 Things to Know Before Cashing Out College Savings 10/04/2016 08:00pm • More than 40 percent of parents think that the money in a 529 college savings account is lost if it's not used for college, according to a T. Rowe Price Family Financial Trade-Offs Survey. That's not true, but it may be one of the reasons more people aren't saving in a 529 plan, a college savings fu Penn State kicker Julius reveals battle with eating disorder 10/04/2016 09:08am • WASHINGTON — The kicker is usually the little guy of any football team, but Penn State’s Joey Julius is the exception. At 5-foot-10 and 258 pounds, he doesn’t look like an average kicker, and he doesn’t play like one either, having dished out and received some serious hits on kickoff cove New Hope for Pancreatic Cancer 10/03/2016 08:00pm • Cancer can be dreadful and devastating; however, the last 50 years have been filled with remarkable progress in detection and treatment. These advances have translated to people conquering what was once thought of as a death sentence and more individuals living longer than ever before. Certain cance When Is a Muscle Twitch Cause for Concern? 10/03/2016 08:00pm • Tweaked by a muscle twitch? From an uncontrollable fluttering eyelid to a pulsing calf muscle, these small, rapid involuntary muscle contractions may happen at any time -- and can be annoying. A common cause is overexertion, says Dr. Justin Kwan, an assistant professor of neurology at the University