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4 Healthy Foods Men Should Eat Now 06/14/2015 08:00pm • If you are a man, live with a man, gave birth to a man or just want to keep the man in your life healthy, read on. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the leading causes of death among males include heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, all of which, luckily, can be Winning Food Combinations for Summer 06/14/2015 08:00pm • They have arrived: The vibrant colors that come with warmer temperatures, from Hawaiian shirts to sun dresses and bright beach umbrellas. When getting decked out in the colors of the season, just remember to apply the same rules to your plate. A colorful meal loaded with produce translates to energ Know How Law Schools Weigh Undergraduate, Transfer GPAs 06/14/2015 08:00pm • Welcome to the latest installment of Law Admissions Q-and-A, a monthly feature of Law Admissions Lowdown that provides admissions advice to readers who send in questions and admissions profiles. If you have a question about law school, please email me for a chance to be featured next month. Dear Long-Term Care Goes Virtual 06/11/2015 08:00pm • Every morning, Marion Berg measures her blood pressure and heart rate and then uses a tablet to relay the results to her health care team. At 101 years old, the Sun City, Arizona, resident says the system is a change for her, but one she likes. "Using a tablet is new to me, but my health care coach Think you're sensitive to gluten? Think again 06/11/2015 01:30pm • It seems as if everyone is going to great lengths to avoid gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and many processed foods. Are there real health benefits associated with going gluten-free, or is it just another passing fad? A recently published study in the journal Digestion found that 86 To take or not to take: Debate arises on antidepressants during pregnancy 06/11/2015 01:29pm • WASHINGTON -- Expectant moms usually go to great lengths to protect their babies. They give up smoking and wine and watch what they eat. But do those who take pills for depression need to give up their medications? There are advocates for and against the use of antidepressants during pregnancy. S Managing Intestinal Failure in Children 06/09/2015 08:00pm • Intestinal failure can be described as a state when the intestine is unable to function optimally to meet the nutritional needs or maintain the fluids and electrolyte needs of a patient. Most often, intestinal failure is due to short bowel, or SB -- secondary to loss of bowel length. Intestinal fai Right Mind, Trim Body: How to Start Listening to Your 'Good Angel' to Control Cravings 06/09/2015 08:00pm • Walking by a bakery window, you see a Russian tea biscuit that seems to have your name on it. You've had a rough day. A little voice inside your head whispers, "Go ahead. You deserve it." Another voice says, "You'll gain weight and feel lousy. Don't do it." How do you control which voice you hear? Laugh and cry with the Sundance champ 06/09/2015 02:31am • WASHINGTON -- "Jurassic World" may devour it at the box office this weekend, but don't you dare miss this year's Sundance champ, which offers a different take on the notion that "life finds a way." "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" finally gets its D.C. release on Friday, months after winn What to Know Before Using an Insulin Pump 06/08/2015 08:00pm • There is no right or wrong way to manage your diabetes. With that being said, there are a variety of options and devices that can be used for proper diabetes management. Many of my patients choose to use an insulin pump because they find that it provides better control over their blood glucose leve Children With Sleep Apnea Face Health and Cognitive Issues 06/08/2015 08:00pm • Is your hyperactive child having trouble learning at school? Does your son constantly toss and turn at night? Can you hear your daughter's irregular breathing during sleep? All of these symptoms could be the result of obstructive sleep apnea, a serious but treatable disorder that can lead to healt How Negative Self-Talk Is Killing Your Health and Weight-Loss Goals 06/08/2015 08:00pm • "Idiot! I can't believe I'm so stupid. What am I going to do now? She must hate me. I'm hopeless!" This sounds familiar, doesn't it? It's the negative self-talk we all indulge in. For me, it happened recently when I discovered I'd made a mistake with a client. I hurt her feelings, and took respons 6 Strategies for 401(k) Success 06/08/2015 08:00pm • For the majority of American workers, the 401(k) plan has become their single largest source of retirement savings. If you participate in a 401(k) plan, the good news is that you have more control over your retirement money. The bad news is you have more control over your retirement money. For pe On Capitol Hill, a Push to Get the Birth Control Pill Over the Counter 06/08/2015 08:00pm • A debate about women's access to birth control is once again brewing in Washington. On Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., introduced the Affordability Is Access Act, which would require health insurance companies to cover birth control pills if they are offered in pharmacies without a prescripti Diets of Straw 06/07/2015 08:00pm • We have been diverting what we know about nutrition and health into lamentable nonsense for decades already. But now, our dialogue about nutrition seems to have devolved further into a sequence of assaults on straw man arguments, aided and abetted by the shoot-aim-ready inclination that prevails in