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6 steps to a healthier family in 2016 01/14/2016 08:30am • The holidays have been over for a couple weeks, and as another year begins, we're still thinking about resolutions. While most people immediately vow to go on a " diet," it's not the best New Year's decision. A diet implies a finite period of time and once the diet is over, many go back to their old Va. retreat paves way for future of veteran care 01/14/2016 02:50am • WASHINGTON ��� Tucked behind Nielson���s Village Center in Bluemont, Virginia, is a resort unlike any other. Log cabins equipped with stone fireplaces, gourmet kitchens and ���the best beds money can buy��� sit atop a small hill overlooking lush green fields, horse stables, hiking trails and French startup revolution takes CES by storm 01/13/2016 03:12pm • By Steve Winter and Kenny Fried, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON -- The annals of mankind tell us that the French Revolution began on July 14, 1789 when Parisians stormed the Bastille prison to secure gunpowder for the uprising to follow. While that may, in fact, be historically accurate, it��� Heart Failure: a Growing Problem Worldwide 01/11/2016 07:00pm • The term is heart failure -- but it may also be aptly described as an action: The heart is failing. A normally chronic, irreversible and progressive condition, heart failure arises when the weakened heart muscle isn't able to pump all the blood, which contains oxygen and nutrients, a body's cells ne Wegmans recalling about 1,000 pounds of chicken 01/06/2016 04:35am • ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) ��� A New York-based grocery store chain is recalling more than 1,000 pounds of chicken. A federal inspector found during a review that Wegmans altered its production schedule and produced chicken products outside the approved hours of operation. Chicken products produced on How to Get the Best Plan When You Have a Chronic Illness 12/22/2015 07:00pm • Purchasing medical coverage on one of the health exchanges is complicated enough. Add a chronic illness to the mix, and it can be downright impossible to choose the right plan. People suffering from chronic illnesses often take multiple medications and have an army of specialists and a preferred ph A new dad's advice to expecting fathers 12/16/2015 10:30am • **MEMO** TO: ALL EXPECTING FATHERS (OR PARTNERS) FROM: SETH GINSBERG, NEW FATHER RE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW She peed on a stick, and the plus sign appeared. And just like that, life was about to change. Until my daughter was born last week, I was sitting right where you are now -- in sho Flu season running late but on the way 12/16/2015 05:29am • WASHINGTON ��� There will be no repeat of the 2014 Christmas flu. A new government forecast shows the current flu season is starting late and will most likely��hit its peak in the D.C. area in February 2016. A team of scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos Laboratory used a computer 8 secrets to staying fit during the holidays 11/23/2015 07:30am • From now until New Year's Day, your schedule will likely be filled with family obligations, traveling and festive outings with all sorts of tempting treats. It's no surprise that many of us see our waistlines expand during the holiday season. Even the most disciplined people can find it difficult to Consider How the Size of a Medical School Can Shape Your Experience 11/18/2015 07:00pm • Getting into medical school is a rigorous, yearslong process, but more people are doing it. Enrollment at medical schools has increased by 25 percent since 2002, the Association of American Medical Colleges announced last month. In the last few years, more M.D. and D.O. schools have opened in the Study: U.S. Sees Increase in Number of Students From Latin America 11/15/2015 07:00pm • A record number of students from around the world came to the U.S. to study last year. In all, the U.S. hosted 974,926 international students in the 2014-2015 school year -- a 10 percent increase from the previous year, according to a report released today. As in previous years, Asian nations were How to Handle Investments When You Divorce 11/15/2015 07:00pm • It may be the supreme irony of anyone going through a divorce: As much as the unpleasant or heartbreaking state of affairs leaves one absent of a life partner, the first piece of advice many experts offer -- at least on the financial side -- is to seek companionship. Now. "Don't go it alone," says Examining Your Options Under Obamacare 11/10/2015 07:00pm • The third open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act got underway on Nov. 1 and will run through the end of January. Each year at this time, experts urge people to shop for a new health plan, even if they're happy with the coverage they already have. That's because health plans make chang 3 Ways to Honor a Veteran This Week 11/10/2015 07:00pm • As I sat in the waiting room of a Veterans Affairs hospital on Veterans Day 2014, a school teacher asked if I was a veteran. Her fifth-grade class had written thank-you notes to veterans, and she had taken the day to distribute them at the hospital. I felt more honored by what a fifth-grade student Sugar and Your Heart: the Not-So-Sweet Truth 11/10/2015 07:00pm • The notion that sugar is unhealthy is neither new nor surprising, but emerging evidence shows just how and why too much of it can disrupt metabolism and fuel maladies ranging from heart disease to cancer. When it comes to heart disease, high cholesterol and high blood pressure have claimed much of