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5 Tips for Practicing Yoga With Arthritis 01/16/2017 07:00pm • When she was a teenager, a doctor told Marina Nellius her rheumatoid arthritis would eventually force her into a wheelchair. "He said I'd be crippled by the age of 25," she says. "I remember his exact words. It utterly broke me." A few years later, Nellius needed to lean on walls or railings for sup BWI gets full-service gym with showers 01/13/2017 10:46am • WASHINGTON — ROAM Fitness will open the first of its planned chain of airport gyms at BWI Marshall airport later this month. Construction started last fall. The gym was originally scheduled to open in November. The 1,175-square-foot gym has designated areas for cardio and strength training, Wine of the Week: White wines for winter 01/13/2017 09:08am • WASHINGTON — There’s a nip in the air and snow on the ground. Winter has definitely come to Washington, and along with it, an opportunity to change your wine wardrobe. But before you put away all of your white wines for the spring, reconsider. While big red wines traditionally are the defa How Often Do You Need to Work Out to See the Results You Want? 01/12/2017 07:00pm • For most people, the biggest obstacle to hitting their get-fit goals isn't what exercises they include in their workouts -- it's how consistent they are. "By spacing your workouts too far apart, you don't give your body enough of a chance to 'build' off that last workout," explains California-based 6 Health Resolutions That Are Sure to Backfire 01/12/2017 07:00pm • I believe everyone who makes resolutions has good intentions. "This is going to be the year that I will finally ," they think. But let's be honest: How are those resolutions coming? If your answer is "not so well," I think I know why: The resolution itself was doomed from the beginning. Over the ma The Only Word You Need to Know to Reach Your New Year's Resolution 01/11/2017 07:00pm • We're almost halfway through January and, chances are, you did some goal-setting for 2017. Perhaps you want to lose weight, get fit, sleep more soundly or manage stress better. But if you're already disillusioned with your progress, listen up. Over the course of my career, I've worked with thousand My Journey Trying Diets to Treat My Ulcerative Colitis 01/11/2017 07:00pm • Sometimes it's denial that causes unfortunate decisions. Throughout my medical journey, there have been many options for treatment. Soon those options faded, leaving only treatments unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration. These treatments were diets, which we often find appealing because th This Class Lets You Do Yoga With Goats 01/11/2017 07:00pm • Doing yoga with your pet isn't exactly a new phenomenon. But what if your yoga partner were a different kind of furry friend, say a goat? That's where Goat Yoga comes in. Lainey Morse's Oregon-based yoga class featuring her eight goats currently has a waiting list with 1,200 people on it, according In 2017, Resolve to Take Care of Your Heart 01/11/2017 07:00pm • With the holidays behind us, the great annual tradition of making (and soon after, breaking) our New Year's resolutions has begun. As a cardiologist, my favorite resolutions are those related to your health. A better diet, losing weight, more exercise -- these are all noble pursuits. But for most, Why you should always eat carbs at breakfast 01/11/2017 10:55am • As sure as the sun rises in the East and the flu virus arrives on our shores each autumn, I can count on the annual uprising against carbs every January. Anti-carb movements have come in many forms in my lifetime. There was the all-out war waged by Atkins devotees in the 1970s and 1980s, and a mo How U.S. News Ranks the Best Jobs 01/10/2017 07:00pm • Choosing an occupation is personal, and of course, there is no ideal way to determine the best job overall. However, the U.S. News Best Jobs rankings offer job seekers an intuitive method to compare professions based on the components that matter most: salary, the number of expected openings, advanc How Gastric Bypass Surgery Changed My Life 01/10/2017 07:00pm • Every day I go to work at the Medical Group of the Carolinas Weight Loss Services in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and see both the physical and mental toll of obesity on our patients. Almost 14 years ago, I was one of them. Ever since I was a teenager, I suffered from obesity. I tried various diets 5 Running Vacations Worth the Trip 01/10/2017 07:00pm • With the new year comes renewed interest in creating new resolutions, from getting in shape to losing weight. A destination race can help you meet those health and fitness resolutions, and also be the centerpiece of a family vacation. What better way to stay on track with training and exercise than 11 Ways to Buy Bank Stocks 01/10/2017 07:00pm • Attention is on bank stocks.Bank stocks were thrust into the spotlight at the end of 2016. The election of Donald Trump brought with it the potential for heavy deregulation in the financial space -- a possible boon to banks. Moreover, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and left open the possi How to lose weight with superfood swaps 01/10/2017 10:45am • Dieters often have an all-or-nothing mentality. They cut out all their favorite foods -- pizza, pasta, tacos, fries and cookies -- to lose weight, but then they feel deprived, get discouraged and quit before they've reached their goal, says Dawn Jackson Blatner, a Chicago-based registered dietiti