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Top 10 Things to Know About Asthma 05/15/2016 08:00pm • During May's Asthma Awareness Month, here are the top 10 things you should know about this often-misunderstood disease that affects more than 24 million people in the U.S.: 1. All asthma is serious -- 10 people die from it each day in the U.S. Many who experience a life-threatening attack had previ What's the Deal With Kids Who Smoke? 05/12/2016 08:00pm • Toddlers put small, nonfood objects in their mouths -- that's what they do. As a parent, you breathe a sigh of relief when kids grow old enough to know better. But don't relax your vigilance just yet. Teens and tweens put cigarettes, chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes in their mouths all too often -- Column: Free Windows 10 upgrade ending soon 05/12/2016 04:57am • Q: Should I upgrade to Windows 10 before the free upgrade period expires or just stick with what I have? A: The Windows 10 free upgrade period isn’t set to expire until July 29, so you have a little time to figure things out. As long as you’re running an updated version of either Windows 7 How to Cope With Claustrophobia 05/11/2016 08:00pm • Going shopping, dining out or running errands downtown used to take Mary -- whose last name is concealed to protect her privacy -- longer than most. It was worth the sacrifice to wait for street parking, rather than to settle for a spot in a parking garage with low ceilings, she explained. "I feel l Your Kid on Heroin: It Could Happen 05/10/2016 08:00pm • Heroin is for hard-core users -- your kid would never touch it, right? Teen heroin use has been declining since it peaked around the late 1990s, a University of Michigan study shows. Today, the prevalence of heroin use within the past year is roughly 0.5 percent, or 1 in 200 teens. Even so, heroin New Maryland law bolsters Lyme disease treatment process 05/10/2016 03:43pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Susan Green said she believed she contracted Lyme disease more than 20 years ago, but the tests kept coming back negative. "Meantime, in 2007, I had a seizure and lost my ability to retrieve language,” Green recalled. “My memory was completely wiped out. All of my limbs were Why you should prepare now for the death of a spouse 05/10/2016 07:00am • When Christine Baumgartner's husband, Tony, died suddenly at age 64 in 2012, it was tragic but not a shock. It was, unfortunately, something the couple had been planning for. In fact, Tony had been planning for his death since his teenage years, long before he met Christine, a dating and relation The Evolution of Stroke Care: Paralyzed One Minute, Walking Away the Next 05/09/2016 08:00pm • May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and there is no time like the present to take five minutes to get informed on this serious medical issue, which impacts someone every 40 seconds. Each year in the U.S., approximately 800,000 people experience a stroke, which occurs when blood flow to the brai Become a Health Care Leader With a Master of Medical Management 05/09/2016 08:00pm • It's never too early for prospective medical school students to start visualizing a medical career. The wonderful thing about medicine is that it opens the door to many opportunities. Over the course of your medical career you may wear different hats: clinician, manager, leader, consultant, teacher, Student Loan Debt: The Invisible, Incredible Drain on Investment 05/08/2016 08:00pm • In investment annals, the story of student loan debt isn't too often told, let alone treated with any sense of urgency. After all, what do portfolios, capital gains or passive income have to do with paying off the package that makes college education possible? Here's an after all, then, for the obl Lupus Awareness Month: Shining Light on a Dark Disease 05/08/2016 08:00pm • May is an exciting time for me. For 31 days, I get to discuss all things lupus -- a disease that changed the trajectory of my life 15 years ago. For those who are unfamiliar with the disease, how does a crash course in under a minute sound? Lupus is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disease that c Craft a Captivating Law School Personal Statement 05/08/2016 08:00pm • Once you have developed a compelling topic for your law school personal statement, the next challenge is writing it. Here are five ways to create an essay with a strong beginning, middle and end. 1. Create an inviting doorway: As I tell my clients, the introductory paragraph is your opportunity to Medicare Out-of-Pocket Costs You Should Expect to Pay 05/08/2016 08:00pm • Medicare provides valuable health insurance to most older Americans. But it also comes with a complicated set of rules and sometimes significant out-of-pocket costs. Here's what you can expect to pay for Medicare in retirement. Premiums. Most retirees pay the standard Medicare Part B premium of $ Should You Friendsource Health Questions on Social? 05/08/2016 08:00pm • A family medicine resident in training at the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas--Austin, Dr. Emily McCullar describes herself as a consumer of social media. And not surprisingly, just as people might talk about relationships or sports or fashion trends or anything else under the sun on The Hottest New Wellness Trackers You've Never Seen -- and Never Will 05/08/2016 08:00pm • Kristi Wood, a 49-year-old business owner outside of Seattle, is a health and fitness enthusiast -- and Google knows it. Among the ads that popped up on her computer a few years ago was one for a health analytics company called InsideTracker. She took the bait. "I clicked on it to see what it was ab