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When Is Surgery the Answer for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? 04/26/2018 08:00pm • Last summer, Anna Lea Matysek of Sarasota, Florida, and her husband Jim set to work sprucing up their property. Some of the hardscaping that had been installed two decades prior had sunk into the soft, Gulf Coast soil, and it was time to break up that old concrete and elevate the flower beds. "We e 6 Myths About Nutritional Supplements You Must Know 04/26/2018 08:00pm • If you're like most Americans, you have some supplements in your medicine cabinet or kitchen cupboard right now. More than three-fourths of American adults took a dietary supplement last year, according to the Center for Responsible Nutrition's 2017 Annual Survey on Dietary Supplements. That's more Women Should Be Screened for Intimate Partner Violence, U.S. Panel Advises 04/26/2018 08:00pm • Within the last year, have you been hit, slapped, kicked or otherwise physically hurt by your partner or ex-partner? Do you feel safe in your current relationship? Do you have guns in your home? Has your partner ever threatened to use them when he was angry? Are you presently forced to have sexu 3 DC-area kids 'make a wish,' get uplifting send off to Disney World 04/26/2018 04:56pm • (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: 'afdc8b5a-0820-44e0-a693-d0ed9a5fc952' }).render("722615367c49c50b");}); ARLINGTON, Va. — If you're going on y Today in History: April 26 04/26/2018 12:00am • Today is Friday, April 26, the 116th day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Port Royal, Virginia, and killed. On this date: In 1564, William Shakespeare was baptized How to Find a Medical School That Excels in Radiology 04/25/2018 08:00pm • A patient with a mysterious illness will often seek help from a primary care physician. In some cases, the physician is at a loss to explain the patient's symptoms. Other times, a physician may have a suspicion of the underlying disease but may require proof before making a diagnosis. In those inst 5 Ways You Can Change Your Thinking to Improve Your Health 04/25/2018 08:00pm • Maybe you just fell off the wagon, so to speak. You were planning to eat well, and, well, you pigged out on junk food instead. You're hardly the first person to experience this kind of setback. But to you -- right now -- it feels like this "failure" marks a U-turn. Here's the thing, though: You don Oral Corticosteroids: How to Use Them Wisely 04/25/2018 08:00pm • Some of the best defenses doctors have against asthma and other inflammatory diseases are oral corticosteroids -- often prednisone. This life-saving wonder drug stops an asthma flare in its tracks; it's effective, easy to take (in liquids or pills) and affordable. On the other hand, it's also a ver Yes, 8-Year-Old Caregivers Exist 04/24/2018 08:00pm • This may surprise you, but about 1.4 million children between the ages of 8 and 18 are caregivers nationwide. Most often, the family member is a parent or grandparent, with a condition such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia, heart, lung or kidney disease, arthritis or diabetes. There are several r How to Cope With the High Costs of Infertility 04/24/2018 08:00pm • According to the National Survey of Family Growth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in eight couples have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy and more than 85,000 women in the U.S. undergo in vitro fertilization each year. Unfortunately, such fertility treatments Storyboarding Your Career: How to Get a Job in Animation 04/24/2018 08:00pm • Job: Lead 2-D Animator Salary Range: The minimum weekly wage set by the Animation Guild is $1,888.80, or roughly $98,000 per year. Supervisors command higher rates. Non-union jobs may offer lower salaries.Worker: Yssa Badiola Age: 25 Education: Bachelor of fine arts degree in animation Company: R 6 Things to Know About Childhood Depression 04/24/2018 08:00pm • Kids get sad often. They cry, cling and act out when they're unhappy. It's perfectly normal for kids to experience emotional ups and downs, and some kids even go through phases (a few days here and there) where they seem more worried than usual or less happy than you might expect. Growing up is hard How to Recognize and Treat Spider Bites 04/24/2018 08:00pm • Every spring and summer, creepy spider sightings and a few seriously damaging spider bites crop up around the country. Fortunately, most common spider bites aren't dangerous. However, bites can be painful, and some may cause far-reaching health effects. If you think you may have a spider bite -- or Michigan State kept ties to coach accused of sexual abuse 04/24/2018 01:01am • CHICAGO (AP) — Michigan State University, already reeling from the scandal involving a gymnastics doctor who molested young athletes, has maintained ties to a prominent volleyball coach for decades after he was publicly accused in 1995 of sexually abusing and raping six underage girls he trained i Playing Games With Stroke Recovery 04/23/2018 08:00pm • Ron Kuran is no stranger to playing games. He could hold his own on a basketball court in high school, and he played volleyball as a young man at the division I college level. So when he suffered a devastating stroke four years ago -- a brain bleed complication of a procedure he'd undergone to deal