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How to find a financial adviser if you're not rich 08/14/2024 08:00pm • Far too many people are embarrassed to seek out a professional financial advisor because they do not believe they have enough assets. Historically, it was difficult finding advisors willing to work with clients with fewer assets. Most financial advisory firms still have high minimum investable as 14 proven methods for better sleep 08/13/2024 10:00am • Sleep is essential for biological recovery of your body and brain so they can properly function during the day. When your body does not get enough good quality sleep, your risk of health problems may increase. Poor or disrupted sleep patterns, for instance, can disrupt your natural circadian rhyt DC mobile pediatric clinics get 'Monumental' makeover 08/12/2024 02:49pm • More kids will be able to get the health care they need thanks to Monumental Sports and Entertainment's $1.1 million donation to help operate MedStar Georgetown’s Kids Mobile Medical Clinic. “Being able to bring doctors and nurses and the technology right into the neighborhoods, I think, CDC to doctors: Offer more information on IUDs and potential pain 08/09/2024 06:10pm • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance to doctors when talking to patients about the potential for pain from the insertion and use of IUDs. The new direction from the federal agency also includes offering pain management options to women. In the past, "There was Data Doctors: How to prepare your child's technology before college 08/09/2024 04:40pm • Q: What security tips do you have for a first-time college student who will be living on campus? A: The transition from being a high school student to living on a college campus will expose your child to many new cybersecurity risks. The overriding issue is that they will be fully responsible Montgomery Co. doctor who sexually assaulted patients will spend decades in prison 08/08/2024 02:41pm • A Silver Spring, Maryland, physician who raped two of his patients during routine medical exams will spend decades in prison after he was sentenced Wednesday. Ishtiaq Malik, 60, of Lanham, has now been sentenced to 24 years in prison and will also be required to register as a sex offender when he Why are younger people getting cancer? This Maryland woman shares her story — and a warning 08/07/2024 02:20pm • Back in 2017, Rachael Mull felt like something was off with her body — some unexplained bleeding and abdominal pains were the big red flags — but nothing that couldn’t be explained away by her doctors. In fact, eventually it was discovered Mull, a small-business owner in Howard County, Marylan Mobile exhibit that could change the future of health care visits DC area 08/06/2024 02:47pm • Historically, some groups of people have been left out of medical research, but a mobile exhibit that's visiting the D.C. area this week aims to change that. The National Institutes of Health launched the All of Us research program in 2018 to build a large, diverse database for researchers. Dr Why is COVID surging? A doctor explains what to know and how to stay safe 08/06/2024 04:39am • ▶ Watch Video: COVID cases spike across U.S. It's not just President Biden who recently tested positive for COVID — cases of the virus are spiking across the country. Nearly 40 states are reporting high COVID activity levels, according to data from the Centers for Disease Cont Researchers are taking a second look at uncovering endometrial cancer in Black women 08/04/2024 06:29am • The No. 1 recommendation to fight endometrial cancer is to catch it early. But new research from JAMA Network found that Black women may be losing valuable time in that battle, because the most common test used to detect the disease isn't as conclusive as doctors once believed. "These screenin Could getting vaccinated for shingles prevent dementia? 08/03/2024 07:54am • Getting a vaccine to prevent a painful case of shingles might also be good for your brain. Two new studies, spearheaded by the journal Nature Medicine and the pharmaceutical company GSK, point to the potential benefits of one specific shingles vaccine: Shingrix. In the first Nature Medicine st Data Doctors: Is it time to upgrade to a mesh network? 08/02/2024 02:22pm • Q: My current router is many years old and I’m moving to a larger home, so I’m trying to decide whether it’s time to upgrade to a mesh network. A: There are numerous considerations when it comes to changing wireless networking equipment, and moving to a larger home is certainly one of them. Does your child have the shots needed to go back to school in DC? 08/02/2024 12:25pm • With D.C. students going back to school later this month, health officials said now is the time to make sure your child has all the required immunizations. "Kids are required to have these vaccines in order to get into school," said Dr. Ayanna Bennett, director of DC Health. She said families DC-area cancer doctor hopes FDA action will save more lives of people with colon cancer 07/31/2024 08:32am • Some D.C.-area doctors hope a decision this week by the Food and Drug Administration will save the lives of people with colorectal cancer. On Monday, the FDA approved a blood test made by Guardant, which can detect colon cancer with a simple blood test. “I think this represents a major chang CDC: Six Marylanders hospitalized so far in listeria outbreak tied to deli meats 07/30/2024 11:00am • Six of the 33 people who have been hospitalized for a listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head meats were Maryland residents, second only to the 12 hospitalized in New York, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The July 26 CDC report said two people have died — in Illinoi