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Column: Is it time to get rid of Adobe Flash? 07/09/2015 05:02am • Q: With the latest hacker exploits of Adobe Flash making the rounds, is it time to just completely uninstall it from my machine? A: In the early days of the Internet, most every site consisted of nothing more than plain text and pictures. As the Internet evolved, animation, audio and video bec 7 Ways to Maximize Your Medicare 07/08/2015 08:00pm • While all Medicare beneficiaries are entitled to receive the same set of core benefits, seniors shouldn't assume all plans are created equal. Some Medicare plans offer additional benefits, while others may have limits that could affect when and where you get care. Premiums can also differ between pl Wearable Technology Can Now Detect Your Emotions 07/08/2015 08:00pm • Complete calm for Jonathan Palley is cruising on California's scenic roads -- mountains on one side, ocean on the other. But as soon as the 30-year-old from San Francisco turns onto a busy highway or city street, his cool evaporates. "That's just utterly unenjoyable for me," he says.Palley's wearabl Is High-Intensity Interval Training Your Get-Fit Answer? 07/08/2015 08:00pm • Any exercise is better than none. But, for those able to do it, higher intensity exercise -- running, rather than walking, for example -- can further boost the health payoff, such as increasing cardiovascular benefits. Unfortunately, experts say that with roughly two-thirds of Americans considered For kids with migraines, a picture can be worth a thousand words 07/08/2015 10:42am • WASHINGTON — In this day of high tech medicine, an innovative doctor has found a simple way to effectively diagnose migraine headaches in children. Diagnosing kids has always been tricky because they lack the verbal skills to fully describe their condition. But Dr. Carl Stafstrom, a pediatric How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally 07/08/2015 07:00am • Lots of controversy and confusion surround cholesterol. In patients who have coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease or carotid artery disease, there is no question about the benefit of cholesterol-lowering medications. However, for the rest of us who don't have these diseases and don't w Chef who revolutionized homeless food program says goodbye after 14 years 07/08/2015 03:17am • WASHINGTON — Ann Brown remembers walking through D.C.’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood 15 years ago and catching a whiff of canned collard greens and hot dogs at 6 a.m. That smell was breakfast cooking at Miriam’s Kitchen, where Brown volunteered on Tuesdays as a dishwasher. But in 2001, thos What You Should Know About Ischemic Stroke 07/07/2015 08:00pm • Last week, staff at a Maryland emergency room sprang into action when a new patient arrived by ambulance, clearly in the throes of a stroke. The middle-aged man had weakness in his left arm and the left side of his face, he couldn't feel the entire left side of his body and his speech was impaired. Dense Breast Screening: Dense if We Do, Dense if We Don't? 07/07/2015 08:00pm • Cancer screening is looking for trouble, in the most literal sense. By definition, medical screening takes place before there are any signs or symptoms of disease, when someone is feeling fine. If looking for cancer in someone with no evidence of any health problem at all isn't looking for trouble, Coping With Childhood Depression 07/07/2015 08:00pm • Ian Anderson was only 5 years old when he began to lose interest in activities he once loved. He experienced mood dips and withdrew from his peers. His school performance suffered. And his mind was plagued with thoughts of suicide. Anderson's mother took him to a family therapy session, and he was Managing a Retirement X Factor: Health Care 07/07/2015 08:00pm • Health care is a constant area of stress for people as they approach retirement. In fact, according to the Voya Retire Ready Index, 91 percent of workers are concerned about their ability to cover health care expenses in retirement. This comes as no surprise when you consider how health costs have Arab Region Engineering Degrees Address Industry Demands 07/06/2015 08:00pm • Tackling the world's energy problem is what led Palestinian Dina Masri to pursue an engineering degree at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Masri graduated this year with a master's degree in electrical power engineering. "The world is having an energy c Universities Where the Most Freshmen Commute 07/06/2015 08:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: C How You Can Form a Retirement Village in Your Community 07/06/2015 08:00pm • For every retiree that packs up and moves to Florida, Arizona or some other warm-weather spot, another four or five prefer to stay right where they are. 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