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8 Finely Focused Health ETFs to Buy 12/04/2018 07:00pm • Invest in health care ETFs with more precision.Health care investments have broad appeal. From stock pickers riding a fast-moving drug startup to long-term investors enjoying stability and dividends, this part of the market brings several positives. These stocks also can help limit the effects of vo What Students Should Know About the GPA Scale 11/29/2018 07:00pm • For high school students, grade point average is often a major focal point -- a barometer of their academic success. GPA is a factor in class rank, college admissions, scholarship eligibility and more; it represents a student's body of academic work throughout high school beginning in their freshman Does the Soda Tax Work? 11/29/2018 07:00pm • Soda consumption is blamed as being a cause of heart disease, obesity, Type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer in adults, and it's easy to see why, Government guidelines encourage Americans to limit their sugar consumption to no more than 10 percent of their total daily calories, and it's tough to 7 Ways to Make Moving In Together a Success 11/29/2018 07:00pm • For Greg Horen, a residential architect in Chicago, moving into a two-bedroom apartment with his girlfriend this summer was a natural next step in their relationship. And it went fairly smoothly -- for the most part, at least. "We had a little hiccup with move-in and move-out dates, so I ended up mo Rushern Baker exit interview: ‘I believe citizens have the right to yell at you’ (Part 2) 11/29/2018 12:02pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) leaves office on Monday, after eight years on the job. This week he spoke wi Exit interview: The education of Rushern Baker 11/29/2018 11:49am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) leaves office Monday, after eight years on the job. Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) McDonald's Corp (MCD) Stock Looks Good For 2019 11/28/2018 07:00pm • McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) and its investors have had a great 2018, but Morgan Stanley analyst John Glass says 2019 will be even better. Glass has upgraded MCD stock from "equal weight" to "overweight" and says the company's efforts to update and modernize its restaurants will soon pay off in a bi 10 Easy Exercises and Energizers to Reverse the Damage of Your Desk Job 11/27/2018 07:00pm • Sedentary work shouldn't sabotage your health.Like emails in your inbox, studies on the health harms of being sedentary keep piling up. Even so, the toxic combination of spending long hours sitting and leading an overall inactive lifestyle is the reality for 1 in 10 U.S. adults, according to a resea Which Are Better, Equal-Weighted or Cap-Weighted Index Funds? 11/27/2018 07:00pm • Investors playing the odds tend to invest in passively managed index funds, growing their wealth patiently alongside the expanding U.S. and global economies. A passively managed fund is when investment securities are not chosen by a portfolio manager, and are automatically selected to match an index Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Who's at Risk and What to Know 11/27/2018 07:00pm • What do snoring, daytime sleepiness and mood changes have in common? They're all signs of obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA -- a common but grossly under-recognized sleep disorder. What Is OSA? OSA is a potentially serious sleep disorder that causes breathing to stop and start repeatedly, sometimes Great Breakthroughs for Menopause Management 11/27/2018 07:00pm • For women of a certain age, the prospect of approaching menopause can feel like venturing into the great unknown. Besides not having advance notice of when they're likely to reach this reproductive milestone, there has been a scarcity of safe, effective treatments to relieve the most bothersome symp Focus on Wellness Instead of Weight Loss 11/27/2018 07:00pm • Recently, I got a call from a concerned mother who'd been referred to a registered dietitian because of her son's weight. When she and her son saw the pediatrician for an annual checkup, the doctor suggested that his weight was cause for concern. Now this mom sits across from me confused and wonder Just your imagination: How your mind can help you lose weight 11/27/2018 12:14pm • WASHINGTON — Imagining your way to losing weight: It sounds hokey and impossible, but Lean Plate Club blogger Sally Squires told WTOP there’s some science behind it. It’s important to differentiate between imagining and wishing or wanting, Squires said on Tuesday: “It’s not that you wan 9 Stocks That Dominate Your 401(k) 11/26/2018 07:00pm • You probably own one of these companies.For many Americans, 401(k) investment plans may as well be written in another language. Aside from the general idea of equity funds, mutual funds, bond funds and relative strategies and risks, many 401(k) account holders may have no idea which stocks are in th How Sexism and Sizeism Can Impact Your Health 11/26/2018 07:00pm • The stories are as common as they are concerning: The young, overweight woman who visited her doctor complaining of shortness of breath and was told to lose weight. A year later it was discovered she'd had lung cancer all along. The older, overweight woman who'd torn her meniscus at work and when t