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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 Arlington Memorial Bridge repairs bring closures, weight restrictions 05/29/2015 11:52am • WASHINGTON — Part of the Arlington Memorial Bridge is closed Friday for emergency repairs. The curbside lanes and 4-feet of the adjoining sidewalks across the drawbridge span of the bridge are closed. Additionally, there is a 10-ton load limit for the length of the bridge, which carries nearly Your Best Breakfast Ever 05/29/2015 11:00am • Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But is your morning meal -- or half-eaten cereal bar -- cutting it? To find out how to maximize your morning meal, check out these eight simple tips to a better breakfast. 1. Put down the cereal box. Eating refined carbs, such as those found in sug Va. General Assembly to consider recommendations of task force on sex assault 05/29/2015 09:25am • WASHINGTON — The Virginia General Assembly next year will likely take up some of the recommendations a state task force made to help sexual assault victims on college campuses and to help prevent assaults. Sen. Dick Black, R-Loudoun, said he expects lawmakers to “pull some ideas” from the Do This Every Day, and You May Lose 20 Pounds in 6 Months 05/29/2015 08:00am • When's the last time you weighed yourself? If you can't remember or you don't even own a scale, read on to find out how weighing in may help you peel off pounds. According to a first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, researchers from Duke Univer The Value of Having a Primary Care Doctor 05/28/2015 08:00pm • Do you want to live longer; enjoy better health; avoid unnecessary emergency room visits, hospitalizations and surgeries; and pay lower health care costs? I surmise that for nearly everyone, the answer is "yes." Each of these goals can be attained through a relationship with a primary care doctor. P 10 things no one tells you about breast-feeding 05/28/2015 09:00am • Breast is best If there's one thing everyone tells you about breast-feeding, it's "do it." After all, breast-feeding has been linked to a host of benefits, including better cognitive development and a lower risk of obesity in children, as well as improved recovery from childbirth and a reduced ri The Statin Dilemma: a Primer for Patients 05/27/2015 08:00pm • Statins have redefined the treatment of heart disease. Statins work by halting or reducing the buildup of fatty plaque inside blood vessels, a condition known as atherosclerosis, chiefly fueled by abnormally high cholesterol and the leading cause of heart attacks and strokes. A true game changer i A Disorder That's Hard to Swallow 05/27/2015 08:00pm • Ed Steger's last meal was a bowl of soup in Las Vegas. "I remember it all too clearly, as if it were yesterday," he says. But it wasn't yesterday -- it was 2006. "Life is very different" now, says Steger, a 63-year-old former program manager in Houston. Steger was diagnosed with head and neck can The 5 Biggest Money Decisions New Grads Face 05/26/2015 08:00pm • Congratulations! You've just passed through one of modern life's great rites of passage: college graduation. If you're like many of your cohort, you have a lot of weighty decisions to make in the next few months. Fortunately, these decisions are a lot like college: show up, do the homework and more Arthritis uptick sparks concern about joint protection during youth 05/26/2015 05:17pm • WASHINGTON -- The United States is heading for an explosion in the number of adults with arthritis. The primary culprit is osteoarthritis, which is caused by wear and tear on the joints. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 52.5 million Americans over the age of 18 were diagnose What You Should Know Before Restricting Food Groups 05/25/2015 08:00pm • Mike Hopson of St. Louis doesn't have celiac disease, and he's not allergic to dairy products. But when January rolled round, he was determined to find a diet that would help him lose weight and "feel better," he says. That's when he started the Bulletproof Diet -- one that omits gluten, sugar, addi The hottest summer fitness trend: Body weight training 05/25/2015 04:38pm • -Fairfax Hackley, personal trainer 5 free apps to help you get in shape 05/21/2015 12:00pm • It has officially been 12 weeks since I had my baby, which means that it is time to think about getting back in shape. The gym has never been my favorite place but after nearly six months of sitting around and either growing a baby or taking care of a newborn, I am eager to get moving again. I don't When vegetarians go paleo 05/20/2015 11:00am • Lindsay Tupper used to subscribe to the belief that low fat was good, and no fat was even better. Once, as a college student trying to reverse the freshman 15, she bought a giant tub of red licorice. It was fat-free, after all. "I thought, 'If I don't eat fat, I won't get fat,'" says Tupper, a 33