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10 Habits Standing Between You and Your Best Body 07/10/2018 08:00pm • You exercise, try to eat well and follow your doctor's recommendations -- and still, you find yourself fatigued, a few pounds heavier than you'd like and stuck in the dreaded fitness plateau. Don't panic! Instead, see if any of these habits describe you -- and take small steps to correct them: 1. Y Obesity Keeps Ballooning in U.S., With Rural Areas Seeing Biggest Spikes 07/10/2018 08:00pm • Obesity poses a stubborn public health problem. Just when it looked like rates were finally starting to plateau, results from an ongoing national survey tell a different story. Rather than losing weight, Americans -- kids and adults alike -- are still gaining. Rural areas are seeing the biggest spi 4 Reasons Meditation Isn't Improving Your Health 07/09/2018 08:00pm • I was told to meditate to lose weight, advance my career and to become less anxious. After meditating for about a year, I became a great meditator. However, I didn't lose a single pound, my business declined and my life became more chaotic. As a result, I was even more stressed, resentful and bitter Should You Get Screened for Lung Cancer? 07/09/2018 08:00pm • Traditionally, lung cancer has only been detected when patients become symptomatic -- for instance, if a person is coughing up blood or losing a lot of weight, says Dr. Tanner Caverly, a research investigator at the VA Center for Clinical Management Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which combines th A Guide to Earning an Online Associate Degree 07/09/2018 08:00pm • Prospective students planning to pursue an undergraduate education have a wide range of options offered online. Among them are online associate degrees. When Virginia resident Roberto Rodriguez learned that Pennsylvania State University--World Campus offered this type of credential, he decided to a How Trade Tension Affects Investors 07/09/2018 08:00pm • U.S. equities have struggled to break out of a trading range in recent weeks, as investors alternate between optimism about economic momentum and concern about trade tensions. Bullish investors expect President Donald Trump to "declare victory" on trade before mid-term elections, clearing the way fo How Much You Really Need to Drink When Exercising 07/08/2018 08:00pm • You've heard the whole "8 glasses of water per day" advice, but what about when part of that day is spent exercising ... in the heat ... under the blazing summer sun? Well, first of all, it's worth realizing that the common hydration recommendation of 8 glasses of water per day (8 ounces each) -- t Why This Dietitian Is Against the Keto, Paleo and Other Trendy Diets 07/05/2018 08:00pm • Ever try a new diet and actually lose weight? It's certainly possible to lose five, 10 or even 20 pounds by following the latest fad diet, but if you take a step back and ask yourself why, you'll understand why you probably also regained that weight (and then some) -- and why registered dietitian n Reinventing Your Adult Relationship With a Parent 07/05/2018 08:00pm • No matter how old you or your parents are, some things never change. Namely, your parents seem to still have a special knack for pushing your buttons or inserting themselves into your adult life. Some parents are overbearing and constantly intrusive in obvious ways. Others are more subtle: Their ann Realizing the Health Effects of Immigrant Kids Being Taken From Parents 07/05/2018 08:00pm • Immigrant families seeking asylum at the U.S. border go through so much. Parents and kids face heat exposure, dehydration and malnutrition. They survive long journeys from Central America only to be greeted with the harsh conditions of a detention facility. The resilience that brought them this far Officials: Mosquito numbers up in Maryland amid rain, floods 07/05/2018 02:11pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Mosquitoes have multiplied up to three times their normal early summer numbers in many Maryland areas as storms and flooding have provided plenty of water for breeding. Flooding in May into June created conditions for "floodwater mosquitoes" to thrive and grow, said Mike Raupp, Sleep Apnea: 8 Things That Make It Worse 07/04/2018 08:00pm • It's estimated that more than 18 million adults in the U.S. have obstructive sleep apnea, according to the National Sleep Foundation, and for the majority who suffer from the most common form of sleep-disordered breathing, it goes undiagnosed. Throat muscles, which are usually tense while awake, re I Forced Myself to Use a Foam Roller Every Day for a Month 07/04/2018 08:00pm • Foam rolling is like flossing -- I know it's good for me, yet I struggle to make it part of my daily (or even monthly) routine. The problem isn't lack of equipment; I own three -- yes three -- foam rollers and a whole variety of hard lacrosse balls, yet I still can't manage to foam roll more than on Can You Meditate Your Way to Weight Loss? 07/04/2018 08:00pm • Sarah Anne Stewart was a weight-loss "expert." That is, she was good -- too good, at times -- at losing weight. She'd done it through starvation. She'd done it through purging. She'd done it through excessive exercise, laxative abuse and, of course, she'd done it through dieting. In between, Stewar The 10 Worst ETFs of 2018 -- So Far 07/04/2018 08:00pm • A look at the losers.The stock market has been volatile, with the Dow Jones industrial average stringing together eight straight losses in June on continued fears about a global trade war. However, it's worth noting the S&P 500 index is still up slightly since Jan. 1. It's important for investor