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Popular 14th Street restaurant group signs on to The Wharf 06/30/2016 11:48am • WASHINGTON — Southwest D.C.'s massive mixed-use waterfront development The Wharf is still more than a year away from Phase 1 opening, but restaurants are lining up. The latest to sign on is Social Restaurant Group, which runs Provision No. 14 and The Prospect in the 14th and U Street corridor, Coping With Childhood Constipation 06/28/2016 08:00pm • Pediatric constipation is a year-round problem, but summer is a particularly good time to talk "kids and poop" because travel, camp and vacation bring about changes in a child's environment and daily routine that can lead to constipation. Constipation is often deemed a problem of middle-aged or old The Man's Guide to Becoming Healthy 06/27/2016 08:00pm • After a light knock, I open the exam room door. The smell of cigarette smoke is evident. I introduce myself to the gentlemen sitting uneasily on the exam table. I ask what brings him to the office today and he states, "I need to get a check-up." I ask when he last saw a doctor. No response from the Does breakfast really help you lose weight? 06/27/2016 08:50am • "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." We've all heard it before -- typically as part of a monologue designed to convert breakfast haters into devout bacon-and-egg lovers. But the reality is that breakfast has long been a point of contention among weight-loss warriors, doctors, nutrit Active Medicine: How Children's Hospitals Support Weight Management 06/26/2016 08:00pm • Born at 10 pounds and 13 ounces, Gigi Eisenstein of Philadelphia had been a robust baby. But when her weight was still outpacing her height at her 6-year check-up, the pediatrician referred her parents to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There, in consultations every six weeks or so including a Study: Standing won’t prevent office weight gain 06/26/2016 01:39pm • WASHINGTON — We all know that sitting too much at the office can raise the risk of all sorts of health problems — from diabetes to heart disease. As a result, many people are trying to get out of the chair and get on their feet as much as possible. Some turn to standing desks, while others ju Dietitians' favorite creative uses for summer fruit 06/24/2016 09:15am • Some of my favorite fruit varieties are coming into season -- I'm counting the days until the first peaches hit the farmers market stands. While I enjoy the simplicity and satisfaction of a fresh piece of summer fruit, I equally enjoy incorporating fruit into recipes and festive snacks ideas, and my 5 Ways Becoming a Mom Changes the Way You Eat 06/23/2016 08:00pm • I started to study parents' influences on children's eating behavior long before I was a parent. In hindsight, that was unreasonable; no one should try to understand parenting until he or she is a parent. Only then, do the complexities become so much more, well, apparent. At any rate, I was confide I Lost My Legs and Fingers to Meningitis, and This Is What I Learned 06/22/2016 08:00pm • As a new student at the University of Texas--Austin in the fall of 2008, I was excited to learn and enthusiastic about the world of possibility before me. Little did I know that one of the toughest lessons of my life -- and the one I least expected -- was in store for me at UT. During my first semes What Employers Think About Your Online IT Degree 06/22/2016 08:00pm • When Reza B'Far completed his online master's degree in computer science through University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering, he watched the same lectures as the on-campus students. "The degree that you got was the equivalent of a normal college degree," says the 44-year-old, 8 foods to boost summer weight loss 06/22/2016 07:00am • 8-foods-to-boost-summer-weight-loss How Sleep Helps Manage Diabetes 06/21/2016 08:00pm • Often, people with diabetes blame what they ate or their inactivity as the culprit for an out-of-range blood glucose level. But there are other health behaviors that can affect blood glucose levels, and poor sleep habits is a common -- and maybe unnoticed -- one. Not only do poor sleep habits affec 10 Energy ETFs That Will Clear Your Conscience 06/21/2016 08:00pm • Investing with a green thumb.Solar and wind companies might be the future, but they're often risky investments, with many stocks in the space suffering large annual losses and volatile price movement. But that's not the only way to invest "clean." In addition to these game-changers, there are a numb Is it bad that my knees crack when I exercise? 06/20/2016 06:00am • You're halfway into a squat or lunge, and your knees start spazzing out. They crack, pop and pretty much create their own less-than-pleasant workout soundtrack. Called crepitus, this crackling can freak out anyone who doesn't want to destroy his or her knees, or perhaps has some existing knee iss 3 Things to Know About Investing in Self-Storage Spaces 06/19/2016 08:00pm • Stocks mentioned in this story: PSA, CUBE, SSS, EXR, TSLA We love our stuff. Many of us might even be considered hoarders, which makes self-storage a good industry. Occupancy rates are generally high, turnover and maintenance is low. When the economy slows, people tend to downsize and put their pos