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Living With Lewy Body Dementia 09/21/2015 08:00pm • In 2010, Judy Kauser, then 68, started having pains in her leg. It progressed so much that her family physician suggested the source was a back problem, or sciatica. When steroid medications didn't help, she was sent for injections for inflammation, but the pain continued and worsened, requiring her Trial over deadly fight over football game starting 09/21/2015 06:43am • CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) _ A jury trial is scheduled to begin for a Chesapeake man who prosecutors say killed a man in a bar fight last year that began with an argument over a football game. The Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/1Op6t25 ) reports that 37-year-old Ronnie Cisko is scheduled to go on trial Ovarian cancer -- one woman's battle against a silent killer 09/21/2015 05:07am • WASHINGTON — Theresa Downey stared down a silent killer and survived. The Silver Spring, Maryland mother of four has ovarian cancer — one of the rarest forms of the disease, and one of the deadliest. The National Cancer Institute says 21,290 new cases will be diagnosed this year, and 14,180 The Burning Truth About Urinary Tract Infections 09/21/2015 05:00am • A burning sensation while peeing, bladder pain, uncomfortable urgency and cloudy, foul urine -- few things are less pleasant than a urinary tract infection. It's even worse when your kidneys are affected and fever, lower back pain, vomiting and nausea arise. For some women, UTIs are the aggravating Blood test helps physicians diagnose patients' risk for coronary artery disease 09/21/2015 02:59am • WASHINGTON — When the results from Susan Garcia’s most recent physical came back, the 52-year-old personal trainer and nutrition coach was shocked. Normally, the Gaithersburg, Maryland, woman — who makes a living from working out and eating right — gets a glowing report. But this year 'You've Got Breast Cancer.' Now What? 5 Things Women Should Remember 09/20/2015 08:00pm • By the time you've finished reading this article, another woman in the U.S. will learn she has breast cancer. A diagnosis happens more than a quarter of a million times each year, and in her lifetime, a woman has a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer in some form. No doubt, a breast cancer What's Your Boss Allowed to Ask When You Call In Sick? 09/20/2015 08:00pm • You wake up feeling sick, and you call your boss to let her know that you're taking a sick day. Most managers will simply tell you to feel better soon and let you get back to resting. But what if you have a manager who demands to know exactly what's wrong with you and makes you feel like you need to 6 hacks to make you love meal planning 09/20/2015 08:00pm • Experts help us tackle everyday challenges, improving upon what we can do ourselves and making life a bit easier in the process. That goes for the doctor who gives you medicine when you're sick, to the contractor who can paint your bedroom with straighter lines than if you did it. Similarly, when 7 Reasons to Call Off a Surgery 09/20/2015 08:00pm • A TrainwreckIn the movie "Trainwreck," Bill Hader's character, a surgeon, goes to work after too little sleep and marks the wrong knee of the patient he's prepping for surgery. Worried about the doctor's ability to perform, the patient flees -- hospital gown on, IV lines in and anesthesia already be Hoggle ordered to undergo more treatment 09/18/2015 11:51am • ROCKVILLE, Md. — A Montgomery County mother charged in the disappearance of her two young children has been ordered to continue receiving mental health treatment and will not yet stand trial. Doctors treating Catherine Hoggle, 28, of Clarksburg, Maryland say she cannot communicate properly. Mon The Who postpones remaining U.S. tour dates 09/18/2015 10:54am • WASHINGTON -- The Who is postponing all remaining dates on its "The Who hits 50" North American tour, now that singer Roger Daltrey has been diagnosed with viral meningitis. The band had earlier postponed four shows, while doctors attempted to find what was ailing the 71-year-old Daltrey. Rece Suicide highest among middle-aged people 09/18/2015 07:29am • Sharadha Kalyanam, Correspondent WASHINGTON — The words “depression” and “suicide” may immediately bring to mind the image of a young boy or girl feeling like a failure and thinking there would be solace in death, but we may be wrong. Recent data show that suicide rates among middle- Texas toddler diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 09/18/2015 05:18am • WASHINGTON — An American toddler may be the youngest person ever diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It is a disease that is commonly linked to obesity in middle-aged and elderly adults. But over the last few decades, as children in this country have gotten heavier, the age of onset has come down. Column: Sneaky ransomware attacks are growing 09/17/2015 05:40am • Q: I recently opened what looked like a resume in Outlook which made everything go crazy. Now I’m locked out of my files with a message that says I need to pay to get them back.  What do I do? A: You've been hit by one of the many sophisticated “ransomware” attacks by hackers that have rec Issues, too: GOP candidates debate more than Trump this time 09/17/2015 01:35am • SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- Amid the back-and-forth bickering over Donald Trump, the Republican presidential contest took a substantive and serious turn in Wednesday's prime-time debate, with candidates wrangling over immigration, gay marriage and foreign affairs. The policy shift quieted Trump,