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Does What Your Doctor Wears Matter? 09/18/2018 08:00pm • People have argued over what to wear for millennia. First impressions matter, and fashion has long been a highly visible signifier of a person's place within the community. In the hierarchal world of medicine, clothing can be an important signal to patients and other health care providers of everyt Md. pain patients rally for easing opioid restrictions 09/18/2018 06:09pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Chronic-pain patients in Maryland are asking for help in easing restrictions they face in getting drugs to treat their pain because of the crackdown on opioids. About two dozen people attended a rally in front of the Maryland State House on Tuesday where participants held Md. doctor facing bank fraud charges to enter guilty plea 09/18/2018 02:10pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Maryland doctor charged with conspiring to commit bank fraud and making false statements on loan applications has agreed to enter a guilty plea. A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled an Oct. 25 change of plea hearing for 46-year-old Zahid Aslam of Elkton, Maryland. A Top 10 National Universities With Rolling Admissions 09/17/2018 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: 10 Lessons From Extreme Dieting 09/17/2018 08:00pm • Getting with the program could have unintended consequences.Yeah, yeah, you know you should eat more fruits and veggies, but you're craving a creative approach -- perhaps, even (though you wouldn't admit it) a gimmick. "Americans love a good fad diet," says Whitney Linsenmeyer, a spokesperson for th 4 Activities That Make Strong Medical School Candidates 09/17/2018 08:00pm • It is often said that grades and MCAT scores don't get people into medical school, they keep people out. Without a good GPA and MCAT score, it is virtually impossible to secure a spot in medical school, but having good grades and test scores alone is not enough to ensure acceptance. Along with acade 11 Things Your OB-GYN Wants You to Know 09/16/2018 08:00pm • Women: Your OB-GYN is a great health resource. Unless they're expecting or trying to get pregnant, most women probably only think of their OB-GYN around the time of their annual appointment. But OB-GYNs have a raft of knowledge they want to share with their patients, says Dr. Valerie Jones, an OB-GY Amid criticism, Cardinal Wuerl begins 'season of healing' 09/14/2018 09:30pm • WASHINGTON — The Archdiocese of Washington has begun a six-week "season of healing," which comes as Cardinal Donald Wuerl faces criticism over his handling of sex abuse cases from decades ago when he led Pittsburgh's archdiocese. It began with a mass Friday night at the Cathedral of St. Matthew What to know about Google's location tracking on your smartphone 09/14/2018 08:43pm • Q: Is it true that Google tracks my location even if I've turned off the location history setting on my smartphone? A story published by The Associated Press outlining the complexity of Google’s various location tracking systems has created quite a stir for users and some government agencies, i Students grow food for homeless neighbors 09/14/2018 01:06am • WASHINGTON — Those walking the block of 24th and H Streets NW will likely notice several things: Cars and buses whizzing by, doctors and nurses hustling to the hospital, and a motorcade or two barreling through the narrow streets . But look closely — just a few feet from the sidewalk When Contact Lenses Cause Vision Problems 09/13/2018 08:00pm • Sometimes it's easy to forget you're even wearing contact lenses, and that's kind of the point. Unlike eyeglasses, contact lenses are invisible, weightless and out of your way. However, contact lenses can cause complications you wouldn't get from wearing glasses. When your eyes become red and infla How to Bring More Black Men Into Medicine 09/13/2018 08:00pm • Health care in America is not exactly an egalitarian endeavor. Racially-based disparities in health outcomes and access to quality care endure, and in some cases, appear to be worsening. In 2015, the Association of American Medical Colleges released Altering the Course: Black Males in Medicine, a re 11 Recipes All Teens Need to Master Before Graduating High School 09/13/2018 08:00pm • So you're a bright young adult -- maybe you're even enrolled in or hold a degree from a top-tier college. You're articulate, ambitious and hard-working. But you're missing one key skill: How to feed yourself. It's OK -- I see a lot of smart young folks like you in my clinical nutrition practice. So 10 healthy and hassle-free family meal ideas 09/13/2018 08:00pm • Do you want to feel more connected to your friends and family, become more satisfied with your job and help your kids ace their grades at school? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, stop eating alone and start eating with your family. Research suggests that doing so can help you achieve How Modern Work Life May Contribute to Depression Risk 09/13/2018 08:00pm • A remarkable article titled "Why 'Happy' Doctors Die by Suicide" was published in August in the blog Ideal Medical Care. The blog's author, Dr. Pamela Wible, a family medicine practitioner in Eugene, Oregon, writes that physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession. Wible calls this a