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5 Facts to Know About Smart Beta ETFs 10/26/2016 08:00pm • The term "smart beta" has become popular in the exchange-traded fund market as a way for investors to avoid buying equities when prices are high. With the Standard & Poor's 500 index hovering near record highs, finding a way to value an investment aside from its market capitalization makes usin When Weight Loss Makes You Stupid 10/25/2016 08:00pm • There's no overstating society's desire to lose weight. For decades, the goal has placed in our top New Year's resolutions, fueled a $60-billion American weight-loss industry, served as the driver of hundreds of idiotic diets and is the sizzle behind multiple, recurring, prime-time television shows These Fitness Trends Will Rule 2017, the American College of Sports Medicine Says 10/25/2016 08:00pm • If you want to fit in at Walter Thompson's workplace, don't dare leave your fitness tracker at home. "If you're not wearing some kind of technology like a Fitbit, you're like an outcast," laughs Thompson, a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and associate dean in Georgia State Univers Skydiving helps injured vets, disabled fly above the pain 10/25/2016 02:29am • ASHBURN, Va. — “I was just kind of figuring out how I was going to commit suicide.” Like many who have confronted the physical and existential pain associated with a life-changing injury, Andrew Einstein doesn’t see the point in mincing words. Five years ago, he was a civil affairs marin A Health Psychologist Analyzes Trump and Clinton's Body Image Discourse 10/24/2016 08:00pm • I've loved studying body image for the past 20 years. And, I've loved watching presidential politics unfold for as long as I can remember. But I never thought these two loves would meet. Enter Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton into the election of 2016. Here's my analysis of four incidents of "body t 4 food trends driven more by consumers' fears than science 10/24/2016 09:00am • If I learned one thing at the 2016 American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo, it's that cruising the exhibit hall's many aisles of new and exciting products can be exhausting -- especially when wearing stilettos all day. OK, fine: I also learned a lot by att 3 Dieting Mistakes Sabotaging Your Gut Health 10/23/2016 08:00pm • Dieting, cutting calories and avoiding entire food groups in the name of health could be sabotaging your gut health. And that's no small consequence. The colon, once thought to be a rather dead place where undigested waste sits until you are ready to poo, is actually brimming with activity primarily Buying wood for your fireplace? Don't get scammed 10/21/2016 12:13am • WASHINGTON — One of the biggest scams this time of year is the firewood scam, and the best way to make sure you don’t get burned is to get out your tape measure. The most common way to sell firewood is by the cord, or fraction thereof, and in many jurisdictions it is the only legal way to se 10 Ways to Boost Your Post-Workout Recovery for Better Results 10/20/2016 08:00pm • Here's a harsh reality for you: Without proper recovery, your workouts go largely wasted. Sure, you'll still burn calories and get your heart pumping in the gym, but you'll miss out on building health-promoting lean muscle mass, your exercise performance will lag and you even risk chronically too-h Ballroom Dancing Boosts Fun and Healthy Aging 10/20/2016 08:00pm • Samba, anyone? Classes in ballroom dancing -- or any type of dance you desire -- beat hanging out in front of the TV almost any evening. And while older adults are mastering the merengue or honing the hustle, they're also improving their health. Treadmill or Tango? At the Arthur Murray Dance Cen 9 Blue-Chip Powerhouse ETFs to Buy 10/19/2016 08:00pm • Blue-chip stocks to fuel your ETF.Blue-chip stocks are the bedrock of most investment portfolios. Thing is, most investors would be hard-pressed to tell you what exactly a blue-chip stock is. And that's OK. Blue-chip stocks aren't defined by any strict criteria. But typically, they're large, financi How Managing Your Finances Is Like Losing Weight 10/19/2016 08:00pm • People looking to manage their finances can take a note from the weight-loss pros. Many of the same tricks and challenges apply to both activities, whether it's losing 25 pounds or saving $25,000. "It can be a challenge to make changes in both of those areas because it's really about changing our ha How to Work Out With Your Dog 10/19/2016 08:00pm • One of the students in Thursday evening's yoga class isn't like the others. Mother-daughter duo Rhonna and Alissa Rogol settle onto their mats, close their eyes and do as they're told. "Take a deep breath in, and a deep breath out," purrs Anna Farkas, a New York City yoga instructor who's leading t Not-So-Sweet Dreams: Poor Sleep Linked to Male Fertility Problems 10/18/2016 08:00pm • Looking to get pregnant? There may be a simple but important element you're overlooking: sleep. A new Boston University study presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's Scientific Congress Wednesday found that men who get too much or too little sleep could face fertility issues. How Obesity Can Affect Your Heart 10/18/2016 08:00pm • If you're above your ideal body weight and worried about your health, you aren't alone. In 2010, there were more than 78 million adults in the U.S. alone with obesity. And it's estimated that more than two-thirds of the U.S. adult population is either overweight or obese. Obesity is associated with