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Starving for perfection: Parents walk tightrope when dealing with kids' eating disorders, social media use 09/11/2019 05:39am • This is the second of a three-part series on WTOP.com examining eating disorders, their impact and the road to recovery. Christie Bettwy, left, who runs Rock Recovery in Arlington, smiles with Maya Ewart, who was a volunteer at the facility. (WTOP/Jenny Glick) Maya Ewart, now a junior at Md. toddler who fell from 11th floor climbed on night stand, pushed on screen 09/10/2019 10:10am • The 2-year-old fell at the Park Ritchie apartments, at 7600 Maple Avenue, in Takoma Park, Maryland, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer via Twitter) The 2-year-old boy who survived a fall from an 11th-floor window at a Takoma Park, Maryla Prince George’s hospital to increase children’s emergency care 09/10/2019 08:15am • Children’s National Health System and Doctors Community Hospital have launched a new program that will increase pediatric emergency care at Doctors’ Lanham hospital. Physicians from Children’s will now provide pediatric care in Doctors’ emergency department daily from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m., a Virtual reality is part of new tech used in GW's operating rooms 09/09/2019 05:29pm • The Novarad system projects a patient’s CT scan on the outside of their body. (Courtesy Novarad) Virtual reality is making its way to the operating room, and it’s one of a few new tools surgeons are using at George Washington University. A school bus driver by day, Bonita Bell chalks it Budget-friendly gift ideas for teachers 09/09/2019 05:00am • Teachers spend their days preparing the next generation of doctors, engineers, artists and others for careers and lives in the real world. Their lessons and care often go unappreciated. If you're looking for a simple gesture to thank your child's teachers for all they do, check out these gift ideas: DC-area colleges, universities rank highly among US News’ best for 2020 09/09/2019 04:12am • FILE - In this July 8, 2014 picture, people walk on Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Several D.C.-area schools ranked highly in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of Best Colleges. Anita Narayan, the managing editor for educ Fairfax Co. urban search and rescue team gets to work in Bahamas 09/07/2019 08:00pm • Virginia Task Force One has set up in the Bahamas to help residents of the hurricane-battered islands. (Courtesy Virginia Task Force One) Virginia Task Force One — Fairfax County's Urban Search and Rescue Team — is on the job in the Bahamas, in an area that was battered by Hurricane Dorian. Reunited and feeling good, NICU grads gather to celebrate life 09/07/2019 07:30pm • A group of former neonatal intensive care unit patients and their parents gathered to celebrate the gift of health after a rough start to life. The "NICU grads," as they're also called, met up on a sunny Saturday at the National Zoo's Great Meadow for a fun time, including food, frolicking, face- Man found insane in 2013 shooting of Va. officer to face 2 Prince William Co. trials 09/06/2019 02:49pm • A man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2013 shooting of an Alexandria, Virginia, police officer will now face two trials in Prince William County on charges of setting fire to the home of a mental health professional, trying to set fire to her car and stalking eight people. I Walter Reed's 'video games' are helping service members heal. Here's how 09/06/2019 04:28am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '5a83470e-a891-438e-81c7-6eebcc654174' }).render("324615362e8e6e7c");}); Deep inside Walter Reed's massive Bethe Data Doctors: Smart-home troubleshooting tips 09/05/2019 02:22pm • Q: Is there a way for me to reboot my Wi-Fi network when I’m on vacation so I can reconnect to all of my smart home devices? The popularity of smart-home devices has put a whole new emphasis on having a solid internet connection at home. Webcams, motion-sensing lights and your perimeter monitor Ah-CHOO! … It's about time to get that flu shot 09/05/2019 01:02am • If you haven't already, you might start seeing signs promoting flu shots. Doctors want you to get one sooner than later. "Just get one as soon as it's available, no rush. But get it before the end of October," said Dr. Glenn Wortmann, director of infectious diseases at MedStar Washington Hospital Virginia-based nonprofit sends medical team to the Dorian-ravaged Bahamas 09/03/2019 08:21pm • Project Hope, a Virginia-based nonprofit group that sends medical professionals to disasters around the world, is sending a team to the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas. On Wednesday, five volunteers — including a doctor, a nurse practitioner and a logistician — will leave from several different loc Va. man brutally beaten 10 years ago dies from his injuries 09/03/2019 01:06pm • A college student badly beaten nearly 10 years ago has died from his injuries. Now Ashburn, Virginia, native Ryan Diviney is being remembered by friends. "The Diviney family is going through waves of unimaginable sadness, anger, and appreciation," Ryan Diviney's friend Katie Mesmer wrote in a Fac Teenage boy goes blind after existing on Pringles, white bread and French fries 09/03/2019 06:46am • Eating a diet of French fries, Pringles and white bread was enough to make one teenage boy lose his sight, according to a case study published in a medical journal. Scientists from the University of Bristol examined the case of a young patient whose extremely picky eating led to blindness, and ha