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The Former Athlete's Guide to Staying in Shape 07/14/2016 08:00pm • Mark Kruchten, 48, of Leesburg, Virginia, grew up playing sports -- baseball, football, wrestling, anything that required movement. His passion for athletics eventually landed him a scholarship to play Division I baseball at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he trained for three CBS/NYT poll: Negative views of race relations reach all-time high 07/14/2016 12:10am • Following the shooting of two black men by white police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota and the subsequent shooting of five police officers by a black gunman in Dallas, negative views of race relations in the U.S. have risen to a level not seen since the 1992 Los Angeles riots that followed the Is Your Baby Too Fat? 07/13/2016 08:00pm • Some dads call their daughters "princess," "sweetheart" or "doll." Greg Irby calls his 10-month-old, Myla, "chicken nugget." "I didn't know babies have rolls on wrists, but they do," says Irby, a 30-year-old attorney in Danville, Indiana. He's not the only one who's noticed Myla's roly poly shape. How to Prevent Shoulder and Knee Injuries While Working Out 07/13/2016 08:00pm • Research studies have shown that regular physical activities improve both physical and mental health. However, people seem to overlook the safety aspects of working out in order to obtain what they believe is the ideal body. All too often, gym visitors practice difficult programs to achieve the bes Should You Undergo a Mental Health Evaluation for Obesity? 07/13/2016 08:00pm • You've tried everything to cut weight. But it seems that no matter what you do, you always end up -- late at night with your arm half-encircling a bowl of ice cream -- greedily downing decadent dairy to push down the doldrums. Or maybe chips are your thing. Whatever crashing-and-burning looks like 4 ways to botch your retirement plan 07/13/2016 07:00am • We all want to live comfortably in our retirement years. But, unfortunately, not all retirees are able to achieve this. Sometimes the reasons are innocent enough: The entire market crashed right before retirement, unforeseen medical bills ransacked a retirement account or a mischievous lawsuit ca How Private Are Health-Tracking Apps on Your Phone? 07/12/2016 08:00pm • If you frequently track your health-related stats or lifestyle habits on an app, you might think all that 411 is confidential between you and your smartphone. But that's not necessarily true. In fact, recent research suggests that mobile health apps present serious privacy concerns. In a 2016 study 10 Ways to Play in the Asia-Pacific Stocks Pool 07/12/2016 08:00pm • Stocks for every investor.Typically, whenever investors' minds think about investing in the Asia-Pacific region, their minds go to China -- and rightfully so. China is the world's second-largest economy, and as goes the Middle Kingdom, so goes the region and much of the rest of the world. But there' Group visit: why shared medical appointments are gaining in popularity 07/12/2016 02:15pm • Lenny Morrison of Ellensburg, Washington, started taking medication to treat high cholesterol in 1992. Almost two decades later, his cholesterol was still high and his weight was ballooning, while his blood pressure and blood sugar levels had also started to creep up. "I was probably my heaviest Favorite summer foods can include plenty of health benefits 07/12/2016 07:44am • WASHINGTON — Some of the spectacular flavors you enjoy during the summer do more than just taste good. Lean Plate Club blogger Sally Squires says that many summer favorites pack a lot of nutritional and health benefits that may help to do everything from preventing kidney stones to improving mo Develop Business Skills Through Online Certificate Programs 07/11/2016 08:00pm • When Allison Bonner was wrapping up her senior year at the University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill in 2013, she desired business skills to round out her resume and supplement her double major in classical music and communications. The 25-year-old, who now works in human resources, turned to UNC's Is It Time to Stash Some Gold Coins Under Your Mattress? 07/11/2016 08:00pm • The price of gold has skyrocketed 28 percent since the start of 2016, propelling the precious metal to its current price of $1,358 an ounce. Some investors have turned to gold as a safe haven amid stock market jitters and as global central banks turn to negative interest-rate policies. More recentl 8 yoga poses you can do in your hotel room 07/11/2016 08:00pm • The summer after I started yoga, I indulged -- a lot -- and did not practice consistently. I gained back the 20 pounds I had lost, my body stiffened up and my chronic back pain resurfaced. The cycle of slacking on vacations, returning home to lose weight and gaining it all back on my next trip becam 9-year-old breaks Md. fishing record 07/11/2016 04:43pm • WASHINGTON — A new Maryland fishing record was set last month by an unlikely master angler: a 9-year-old girl. The cobia measured 66.5 inches long. The fish dwarfed its captor — 52-inch-tall Emma. (Courtesy Maryland Department of Natural Resources) Emma Zajdel, a 9-year-old from Ocean Cit Will gluten-free food really help you lose weight? 07/11/2016 09:30am • Our grocery stores are overflowing with gluten-free goodies. Tables of gluten-free doughnuts and muffins line the bakery, and boxes of gluten-free granola are stuffed into the cereal aisle. But the holy grail awaits in the frozen-food section, where you can choose among gluten-free pizza, lasagna, b