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36 Top Health Care Jobs of 2015 01/12/2015 07:00pm • An industry dedicated to quality care Demand for support staff for top-tier professionals, home health care needs for aging Americans and affordable quality care are driving employment increases throughout the health care industry. That growing need is partly why health care jobs claim seven of t The 25 Best Jobs of 2015 01/12/2015 07:00pm • The Best Jobs of the YearPicking a job is personal, and there isn't one "best job" that would suit everyone. Still, our list of 100 outstanding occupations exemplifies what makes working worthwhile: good pay, manageable work-life balance and good job prospects. Before you send out your first applica Do You Know How Much You're Worth? 01/12/2015 07:00pm • You did it. You're being interviewed by your dream employer. You nailed the answer to your strengths and weaknesses. And your response to "Why do you want to work here?" flew off the tip of your tongue. But when the interviewer asks for your desired salary, you become the proverbial deer, frozen Police looking for person who abandoned sick puppy in Burtonsville 01/12/2015 12:40pm • Police in Montgomery County are looking for the person who abandoned a 6-week-old puppy in a Burtonsville parking lot. (Montgomery County) WASHINGTON -- A puppy found close to death in Burtonsville, Maryland is recovering and police are looking for the person who abandoned him. Now called Cla How to Make the Most of Free Preventive Care Under the ACA 01/11/2015 07:00pm • One of the first implemented tenets of the Affordable Care Act was to give insured Americans access to free preventive care. But more than four years after this policy began, many people are still unaware of these preventive health benefits or how to take advantage of them. The Department of Health Taylor Negron, comedian and 'alternative everyman' actor for decades, dies at 57 01/11/2015 06:10am • WASHINGTON -- Actor and comedian Taylor Negron, 57, has died after a long battle with cancer, his family has announced. Starting his career as a student and intern of great comedienne Lucille Ball, Negron went from the "pizza guy" in Fast Times at Ridgemont High to more serious roles like the vil Study: Too much money being wasted on headache tests 01/09/2015 08:44pm • WASHINGTON -- Each year, 12 million Americans  see their doctors to complain of headaches. It's costing an estimated $30 billion in health care and annual productivity loss. Yet a new study -- from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston -- seems to indicate there is a lot of money b Column: CES 2015 had a plethora of 'solutions searching for a problem' 01/09/2015 03:20am • PHOENIX -- Q: What kinds of interesting things did you see at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas? A:  The world’s largest electronics trade show always has lots of interesting things to discover somewhere within the 2 million square feet of exhibits. As in the recent past, this yea Prescription opioids: Pain relief comes with risks 01/08/2015 07:00pm • Opioid painkillers -- addictive drugs such as hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab), oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet) and methadone -- are being overprescribed, primary care physicians said in a JAMA Internal Medicine survey released last month. Most of those surveyed agreed prescription drug abuse and addic On promise, pain and purpose: Austin Cohen’s path less traveled 01/08/2015 07:45am • WASHINGTON -- The first thing that strikes you when talking to Austin Cohen is his presence. At 14, most of us are awkward and self-conscious, either withdrawing in our shyness or brashly overcompensating for it. It's even rare to encounter an adult so immediately straightforward and honest -- w Navigate Transferring From One Medical School to Another 01/07/2015 07:00pm • It's no secret that getting into medical school is hard. Thousands of people may apply to be in a first-year class that only has 175 seats. What can be even harder, though, is switching from one medical school to another once you've enrolled. "It's very difficult to transfer for a number of reason What to Do When Your Birth Control Fails 01/07/2015 07:00pm • Worst-case birth control scenarios can extend far beyond a broken condom or missed birth control pill. Even with careful usage, women occasionally run into contraceptive snafus that are briefly mentioned -- but not fully explained -- in the instruction manual's fine print. Here are a variety of sit Online Degrees Can Give Government Employees a Career Boost 01/06/2015 07:00pm • For government employees, moving up the career ladder doesn't always just take hard work. In many cases, it takes a degree to land the coveted corner office. Fortunately, online education options offer career-boosting degrees that fit in around a day job."Given sweeping changes in government regul Timeline of the McDonnell corruption trial 01/06/2015 05:52pm • By Janeal Downs Capital News Service RICHMOND – Bob McDonnell was elected in a landslide and took office as the commonwealth’s 71st governor in January 2010. On Tuesday, just five years later, he was sentenced to prison for corruption. Here are key dates as McDonnell went from a rising s At 91, Bethesda painter lands first art show 01/06/2015 01:16am • WASHINGTON -- For an artist, landing that first show is a defining moment, a true baptism into the profession. And for Bethesda-based artist Gladys Lipton, that feeling of professional fulfillment is no different -- only she’s experiencing it at age 91. Lipton began taking art lessons three yea