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Strawberry recipes for summer 06/19/2017 11:09am • WASHINGTON — Strawberry season heralds the coming of summer, and brings with it a repertoire of fresh recipes full of flavor. Click through the gallery below for strawberry recipes to try this season. Strawberry season As one of the most cultivated berries in the United States, according Understanding What Causes a Slow Heart Rate 06/18/2017 08:00pm • The average healthy person has a resting heart rate between 60 and 100 beats per minute. The more athletic a person is, the lower his or her heart beat will be. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps reportedly has a heart rate in the 30s, for example, because of his extraordinary physical conditioning. Whe Beloved DC fat cat adopted: Symba the tabby has a new family 06/16/2017 04:37pm • WASHINGTON — A very overweight tabby who quickly became a local sensation has a new home. The Humane Rescue Alliance announced Friday that Symba, a 6-year-old D.C. fat cat, has a new forever home. The little morsel, weighing in at 35 pounds, moved in to the facility last week after his previ Tech Stocks Are Taking a Beating 06/15/2017 08:00pm • Wall Street is seeing a mass rotation from high-growth technology stocks into value stocks this week, leaving technology investors to wonder whether the sector is experiencing a short-term correction or something more sinister. At this point, the market move seems to be more about valuation concern Managing Pregnancy When You Have MS 06/15/2017 08:00pm • For 32-year-old Nikki Aragon of Craig, Colorado, the possibility of pregnancy was too good to be true. A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and an unrelated uterine surgery led her to believe that having children with her husband wasn't in the cards. Yet there she was early in February 2016, looking a DC sniper Malvo argues for resentencing hearing in Montgomery Co. 06/15/2017 05:10pm • WASHINGTON — Lawyers argued Thursday in a Montgomery County courtroom as to whether Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the D.C. snipers who terrified the area in 2002, should be resentenced. Malvo, 32, was 17 when he was arrested. He received 10 life sentences in the series of shootings — six in Montgome Why Apple Inc. (AAPL) Is a Buy for Dividend Growth 06/14/2017 08:00pm • Apple Inc. (ticker: AAPL) is one of the most popular stocks on Wall Street, and for good reason. The tech giant has a market capitalization of more than $800 billion that makes it the most valuable company in the world by that measure. And while Wal-Mart Stores ( WMT) and Exxon Mobil Corp. ( XOM) c What's the link between gut bacteria and colon cancer? 06/14/2017 08:00pm • Have you heard about the gut microbiome? It's getting a lot of attention these days for its possible role in colon cancer. What Is the Gut Microbiome? "We live in a world that is microbiotic -- the oceans, soil, air and the skin and gut of the human body," says Dr. Arthur Frankel, professor o Shining Light in the Darkness of Elder Abuse 06/14/2017 08:00pm • When people think about growing older, several ideas may come to mind: retirement, leisure time, travel, time with family. Every stage of life has benefits and limitations, and we work through life understanding there will eventually come a time where we may depend on those around us for help. We t Renaming (and Rethinking) Obesity 06/14/2017 08:00pm • Even though it's become an increasingly prevalent condition in recent decades, the term obesity is a loaded word in our culture. It often carries a stigma and is associated with being lazy or weak-willed, lacking self-discipline or willpower and being noncompliant with recommended weight-loss treat How to Survive a Barbecue When You're the Only One Trying to Eat Healthy 06/14/2017 08:00pm • Ever go to a barbecue and feel like you are the only one who cares about healthy eating? While everyone else is munching away on chips, chowing down on burgers and throwing back one too many beers, you're stuck searching for the (nonexistent) veggie kabob and avoiding guests who are trying to feed 60 Percent of People With Rheumatoid Arthritis May Suffer From Frailty 06/13/2017 08:00pm • If you or a loved one is unlucky enough to have rheumatoid arthritis, you are probably familiar with the constellation of unpleasant symptoms that can accompany the disease, such as fatigue, weakness, chronic pain, joint pain and deformation, loss of stamina and inability to concentrate. You may be Is Lap-band Surgery Still a Viable Option for Weight-Loss Surgery? 06/12/2017 08:00pm • Candidates for weight-loss surgery accept a level of risk and uncertainty about the outcome with any procedure. Many do so because having a body mass index of 35 or more with obesity-related health conditions from diabetes to high blood pressure -- or 40 or higher, when an individual is considered m The Best Yoga Poses for Exercise Recovery 06/12/2017 08:00pm • As a longtime athlete, I used to think soreness and pain were just side effects of progress. I tried to push through the discomfort, only to get injured and sidelined from competing. I put my body through so much abuse that I (unknowingly) couldn't perform at my fullest potential. Now that I prac Mazda adds fresh style, elegant design to 2017 Mazda 6 Touring 06/12/2017 06:11am • WASHINGTON — The Mazda 6 Grand Touring moves more upscale for 2017. Mazda has been the fun-to-drive brand for a while and the Mazda 6 is no exception — and that’s a pretty rare attribute in the midsize sedan class these days. Fun-to-drive, yes, but little things seemed to dog the Mazda 6 ba