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Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 24-30 06/23/2018 09:04pm • Here are some celebrities celebrating a birthday this week. June 24: Actress Michele Lee is 76. Actor-director Georg Stanford Brown is 75. Guitarist Jeff Beck is 74. Singer Colin Blunstone of The Zombies is 73. Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac is 71. Actor Peter Weller is 71. Bassist J 6 Questions to Ask Your Doctor When You're Diagnosed With Diabetes 06/21/2018 08:00pm • The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases lays out the basics: Diabetes is "a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high." Your body converts the foods you eat into energy and this energy -- glucose -- is circulated by your bloodstrea Should I Work With a Mortgage Broker? 06/21/2018 08:00pm • If you're embarking on the homebuying process, you may consider whether working with a mortgage broker is right for your transaction. While you can sort through loan types and rates on your own, mortgage loan experts like brokers might be a good option to help expedite securing the right lender for Networking Should Not End When You Retire 06/21/2018 08:00pm • You might think of networking as a necessary career-boosting tool, but it's just as important in retirement. Many retirees quickly realize how closely their identities were attached to their jobs. They are unprepared for a post-career life that may not include their colleagues and "work family." "S Is Windows 10 safer than Windows 7? 06/21/2018 05:23pm • Q: Is it true that Windows 10 is more secure than Windows 7? Microsoft has made a concerted effort to get users to upgrade to Windows 10 since it was released in 2015, and touting security and performance have been their primary tactics. Despite their best efforts, Windows 7 continues to be a ve What you need to know about heat stroke 06/20/2018 08:00pm • This past May, as he does every year, Dr. Mark J. Conroy volunteered in the medical tent at the Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon. As is the case each year, Conroy and other medical personnel treated a handful of runners who suffered from heat stroke, which occurs when the body overheats an 9 Health Stocks for Reliable Income 06/20/2018 08:00pm • This sector can make investors feel better.The health care sector is incredibly attractive to investors for a number of reasons. Spending on health care marches perpetually higher. And the sector is quite recession-proof and divorced from many big-picture economic trends. This reliability has big ap 4 Facts About SIBO the Internet Keeps Getting Wrong 06/20/2018 08:00pm • Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth -- commonly referred to as "SIBO" -- can be thought of as a four-letter word for bloating, excess gas, abrupt changes in your bowel patterns and general digestive misery. Because the condition is often mistaken for irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, people can s How Can Men Lower Their Risk of Dying From Prostate Cancer? 06/20/2018 08:00pm • For two decades prostate cancer deaths had been steadily declining. In 1993, about 39 in every 1,000 American men died from the cancer that starts in the walnut-sized gland between the bladder and the penis. Often that's where the cancer stops; but in some men it progresses and can be life-threaten Questions Every Young Woman Should Ask an OB-GYN Prior to Her First Exam 06/20/2018 08:00pm • Even a woman who's been through childbirth can become anxious during an OB-GYN appointment. So imagine a teen girl's trip to the doctor for her first gynecological exam. Once the teenager is in a gown on an exam table, she may be too uncomfortable to express her concerns and ask questions. Many of Va. abortion providers sue to toss regulations, some decades old 06/20/2018 01:47pm • WASHINGTON — A group of women’s health care facilities that provide abortions filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn many Virginia abortion regulations, some of which date back decades. The suit relies on a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued two years ago to argue that V Remains of Civil War soldiers and field hospital found at Virginia battlefield 06/20/2018 10:18am • WASHINGTON — It's a discovery for the history books. The National Park Service has found the remains of two Civil War soldiers and a battlefield surgeon's pit at Manassas National Battlefield Park. This discovery marks the first time in history that a surgeon's pit at a Civil War battlefield Why Is Cancer Treatment So Expensive? 06/19/2018 08:00pm • Founding father Benjamin Franklin knew a thing or two about how the world worked. In 1736, long before the advent of modern medicine, he astutely observed that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Though he was speaking in relation to preventing devastating fires, his words have wider Preventing and Treating Poison Ivy 06/19/2018 08:00pm • Just thinking about poison ivy can make you itch. Blistering rashes on your arms and ankles, oozing bumps between your fingers and eyelid-swelling exposures are all-too-familiar summer hazards. Poison ivy lurks for kids, campers, hikers, gardeners and anyone else who ventures too close. Identifying How to manage technology use in your home 06/19/2018 10:25am • As society has progressed, many of us have swapped physical interaction for online interaction and daylight for artificially emitted blue light -- including our children. We're seeing toddlers with faces glued to smartphones and tablets, and as kids reach school age, they're often encouraged to spen