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Exploring the link between gut microbes and diabetes 06/05/2015 09:30am • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 9.3 percent of the population has diabetes, which is a three-fold increase in the last 30 years. Today, nearly 21 million American adults have been diagnosed with and suffer from diabetes, and more than 33 percent of our population lives What to do when the stock market drops 1,800 points 06/05/2015 07:13am • WASHINGTON -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average  (DJIA) - usually what we refer to when we say the stock market - has seen double-digit percentage gains every year since 2010. So would it surprise anyone if the stock market, which is up 100 percent over the past five years, comes down by 10 perce Portfolio Analysis: A $1.23 Million Portfolio Built on Shaky Ground 06/04/2015 08:00pm • My latest portfolio report card is for BB, a late-60s retiree living in Naples, Florida. He manages his own investments and says he watches his money "like a hawk." BB's $1,236,939 portfolio consists of a taxable brokerage account that contains one hedge fund, one mutual fund, one individual stock A Nutrition Expert Walks Into a Barbecue... 06/04/2015 08:00pm • In the summer, there's nothing I love more than hosting a barbecue. But truthfully, sometimes it is so much easier to simply be a guest. All that's required is showing up (hopefully with a smile) and maybe, just maybe, bringing a dish to pass. Being a nutritionist, my friends feel they can count o Men: Start Treating Your Bodies Like Your Cars 06/03/2015 08:00pm • For many of us, unless we feel pain, discomfort, or we fear that a physical issue might keep us from doing the things we need to do, we take good health for granted. Studies show this tendency is especially common among men. In fact, it's been reported that one-third of men haven't been to the doc It's Not Your Fault: Dealing With Guilt After a Lung Cancer Diagnosis 06/02/2015 08:00pm • On April 5, 2005, Peter Jennings, the long-time news anchor for ABC, announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. In the very next sentence, he admitted he had smoked for much of his life and that he had weakened and taken up smoking again after the attacks on 9/11. Implicit in this admis 3 Reasons You Can't Lose Your Belly Fat 06/02/2015 08:00pm • Recently, a friend asked me how she could reduce her belly fat. She is a fitness instructor who works out regularly and follows the "80/20 rule" -- eating healthy about 80 percent of the time. Still, she couldn't lose her belly fat and was frustrated about it. My initial response? Eat better, work 3 Key Differences Between Prepaid, Regular 529 Savings Plans 06/02/2015 08:00pm • As parents look for ways to save money for their children's college educations, many are discovering 529 savings plans. In every state and the District of Columbia, individuals are able to invest in these state-operated accounts that provide tax advantages when the funds are used for approved educat Weighing Your Health: Where BMI Falls Short 06/02/2015 08:00pm • You entered your height and weight in the calculator on your favorite health website, and it says you're "healthy." Case closed, right? Wrong. Weight and body mass index may well be the go-to numbers for defining obesity and related health risks, but they fall far short for many people. Nearly 70 All about flora: How important gut health really is 06/02/2015 09:00am • Your intestines host up to 1,000 unique species, and how often do you think of any of them? Probably not very often at all, but they're really amazing little things. For starters, there are more of them than you: Bacterial cells outnumber human cells in most people by about tenfold. But it doesn' How I Teach Moderation to My Kids 06/01/2015 08:00pm • We live in a food culture of extremes, to say the least. It's hard enough to navigate through the constant temptation and over-sized portions as an adult, but to have to teach young children to do so can be daunting. But just as it's our responsibility to teach our kids not to run out into the stre 6 steps to a long and healthy life 06/01/2015 11:00am • How long we live is often in the hands of our genes. But researchers have established that certain attitudes and behaviors promote health, and will give us a better chance of living out our full life span of 80 or 90 years. Here are six strategies that can have a major impact not only on how long we North Korean nuclear weapons threaten U.S. West Coast 06/01/2015 05:54am • WASHINGTON — Fears are growing that North Korea (DPRK) may soon have the ability to attach a nuclear warhead to a missile, launch it and hit a target on the western coast of the U.S. Two intelligence sources told WTOP as recently as May 28, there are growing reasons to believe they may have rea Family-Centered Care: The Brass Ring of Health Care? 05/31/2015 08:00pm • In the last decade, a much-needed emphasis on the partnership between patients and health care providers regarding care has emerged. In principle, the concept is on point. In implementation, it has perhaps fallen way short of reaching the goal. The question, then, that has to be asked is: Can we act Wine of the Week: Falling in love with Italy, 1 wine at a time 05/29/2015 02:20pm • WASHINGTON — Italy has been making wine for a very long time. There is evidence that Etruscan and Greek explorers cultivated wine grapes as far back as the 5th century BC. But it was the Romans who, 300 years later, developed a widespread winemaking industry and introduced advanced techniques, suc