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Doctor warns coronavirus may trigger onset of Type 1 diabetes in children 07/09/2020 08:53pm • Dr. Fran Cogen in front of the Diabetes Care Complex at Children's National Hospital. (Courtesy Children’s National Hospital) A D.C. doctor who believes the coronavirus also may act as a trigger for Type 1 diabetes wants to alert parents to be aware of warning signs. Type 1 diabetes can be FICO’s new resilience score predicts your creditworthiness future 07/09/2020 09:05am • (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) FICO, the largest credit scoring service in the nation, has rolled out a new consumer credit scoring formula called the FICO Resilience Index. The purpose of the index is not to rely fully on reviewing a borrower Fenfluramine: New Drug Approved for Kids With Severe Epilepsy and Dravet Syndrome 07/08/2020 12:00am • In June, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the medication fenfluramine for people with severe epilepsy and Dravet syndrome, or SCN1A-related seizure disorders, who are 2 years of age or older. Approval was based on the results from two separate trials involving 206 patients -- one publ Pregnancy and Prenatal Tips 07/08/2020 12:00am • If you're pregnant -- or even considering pregnancy -- there's a lot to think about. Below, experts suggest how to live well with pregnancy and prepare for the best possible outcomes for you and your healthy newborn. Prepregnancy"It's essential to optimize your health before pregnancy, including ca Fractional-Share Investing -- Where to Invest 07/07/2020 12:00am • Novice investors interested in tapping into the stock market may be intimidated by not having much capital to start out with, but with the introduction of fractional shares disrupting the investment industry, they can now have skin in the game. Fractional-share investing involves purchasing a portio Tips for Relieving Daily Stress and Calming Down 07/07/2020 12:00am • Whether you're racing to catch a bus, striving to meet a big deadline at work or trying to balance your family's needs with your own, stress is part of our modern life. We've all got it, and most of the time we take it in stride. In many ways, a little stress can be a positive thing. For example, if How to Handle Extreme Stress 07/07/2020 12:00am • Ben Franklin famously said that the only things guaranteed in life are death and taxes. But he missed one additional element of life that we all must cope with from time to time: change. As it turns out, most of us don't really like change. We like routine and predictability, and change in all its Tom Hanks on COVID-19, 'Greyhound' and wartime mentality 07/06/2020 05:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Since contracting COVID-19 in March, Tom Hanks has been, by most measures, busy. He and his wife, Rita Wilson, flew home after recuperating in Australia, where he had been shooting Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley film. He hosted a from-home episode of “Sa Breaking Stereotypes While Climbing Mountains 07/06/2020 12:00am • We get plenty of chances to be inspired by professional athletes. But the media can create a stereotype of what an athlete is "supposed" to be. Yet athletes come in all bodies, ages and sizes, and everybody deserves to have role models that look like them. In this series, we introduce you to inspiri Mental Exercises to Keep Your Brain Sharp 07/03/2020 12:00am • No matter how hard we try to slow or stop its movement, time marches inevitably on. As it does, our bodies and their abilities change, too. For some people that means certain changes that can alter how we interact with and perceive the world around us. "Aging is a natural process," says Dr. Douglas Four ways IBD impacts women and what you can do about it 06/30/2020 09:38am • This content is sponsored by Johns Hopkins Medicine. About 3 million Americans live with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the chronic gastrointestinal disorders collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Both men and women with IBD experience potentially damaging infla Centreville, Virginia man jailed in Spain was unwitting drug mule, US says 06/27/2020 04:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Victor Stemberger of Centreville, Virginia wasn't about to ignore the emails inviting him into a multimillion-dollar business opportunity, so he pitched himself as perfect for the job. In a way he was — but for all the wrong reasons. The 76-year-old Fairfax County man, whose Belly fat in older women is linked to a 39% higher risk of dementia within 15 years, study says 06/23/2020 07:10pm • For older adults, your current belly size could be a key indicator in whether you develop dementia within the next decade or two. For women that risk is particularly high. For women in later adulthood, above average belly fat can lead to a 39% increased risk of dementia within 15 years compared w Northam: Northern Va. to enter Phase Two on Friday; schools to reopen in fall 06/09/2020 08:29pm • Northern Virginia and Richmond can enter Phase Two of the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, Gov. Ralph Northam announced. At a news briefing Tuesday, Northam said the move came as the commonwealth’s “health metrics are looking positive.” Positive tests are at about 10% and "trendi Finding a recipe for recovery: What DC area chefs are stress eating right now 06/09/2020 03:54am • Sure, the clinical name of the coronavirus is “COVID-19,” and yes, the "19" stands for the year 2019 — when it was first discovered. But the “19” could also mean pounds — as in how much weight some people may have added from stress eating during the pandemic and ensuing quarantine.