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What Small Car Owners Need to Know About Insurance 04/05/2015 08:00pm • Americans are known for their love of big cars, but a growing number of consumers are bucking that trend. Concerns about gas prices and environmental impact have drawn drivers to popular models like the MINI Cooper and the Smart car -- despite safety concerns due to their small size. And many new The quiet killers: injuries and bullpen woes 04/03/2015 02:35am • WASHINGTON — Going into the 2011 season, the baseball world prepared for an epic October clash between Major League Baseball’s two elite teams: the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies. Sports Illustrated projected the two to win 100 and 93 games, respectively, the top two totals in the s Pregnant Women: Get More Omega-3s 04/02/2015 08:00pm • Eating for two is exciting, but comes with a lot of baggage: weight gain, uncontrollable cravings for ice cream and pickles, and constant concern over whether your growing baby is getting all the nutrients it needs, to name a few. Now, findings published in Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabol As Law Schools Undergo Reform, Some Relax LSAT Requirements 04/01/2015 08:00pm • If excelling at the LSAT -- with its tricky logical reasoning questions and not-so-easy games -- is becoming an impossible task, you're in luck. A few law schools have nixed it from their admissions requirements. Kind of. The American Bar Association, which governs most U.S. law schools, announced Which 'Water' Is Healthiest? 04/01/2015 02:00pm • As the temperature outside starts rising -- well, hopefully soon -- many of us start increasing our water intake. But truthfully, we should be drinking water all year round -- even long before we are officially thirsty. It's funny, though, that many people I meet don't like the taste of water. My fa Play Your Way to a Healthy Body and a Happy Life 03/31/2015 08:00pm • Play isn't some trivial, dumb thing that's just for kids. Playing should be as important to you as eating greens or drinking water. Not only does it grow new brain connections for happier moods and better memory, but playing also sets off a cascade of body-positive effects that help keep you slim a Your Step-by-Step Financial Spring Cleaning Guide 03/31/2015 08:00pm • As the tulips start to bloom, Emily Zillig reviews her monthly bills and looks for ways to cut costs. Zillig, who lives in Seattle and helps others align their money management with their bigger goals, says the spring season is a great opportunity to declutter finances. That's why around tax time, 3 Must-Do Tasks for Law School Students Looking to Transfer 03/29/2015 08:00pm • As law school admissions decisions continue to roll in, some applicants are faced with the difficult news that they have not been admitted to their top-choice schools. Other applicants may have been admitted to top-choice schools but have received lucrative offers from other schools that they feel t Don't Eat Your Children's Food 03/29/2015 08:00pm • No, this is not about noshing on plate scraps. Nor is it about "kid food," per se. I have written about that before. For that matter, my son has weighed in on that topic, addressing it both to you and directly to his peers, your kids. He has done so more than once, growing from a boy to a young man 5 Common Preventable Medical Errors 03/29/2015 08:00pm • More Than 200,000 Preventable Deaths a Year The hospital is supposed to be a safe place. When you take a sick or injured child there, "your shoulders drop, you relax, thinking they're in good hands," says Joe Kiani, founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. "The last thing you imagine is What Does Clean Eating Mean to Dietitians? 03/26/2015 08:00pm • As a college professor, I hear about diet trends fairly early and often. Many of my students love the idea of "eating clean," but I find that most of them struggle to define what it actually means. Indeed, " clean eating" is a term that has no official definition, leaving it wide open for interpret Cardiac Rehab: Boosting Your Heart Recovery 03/26/2015 08:00pm • If you've recently had a heart attack, or you're recovering from surgery such as heart bypass or stent placement -- or you have a condition such as hardening of the arteries, angina or heart failure -- you should ask your doctor about cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehab is proven to reduce your 6 Things Keeping You Fat 03/26/2015 08:00pm • You're filling up on healthy foods, exercising daily and still, the scale isn't budging. It's mind-numbingly frustrating. Luckily, it's also fixable. Here are six common things that could be standing between you and your weight-loss goals -- plus easy ways to bust through each. 1. You Aren't Track The new fuel for exercise: Maple syrup? 03/26/2015 05:03am • WASHINGTON — It may seem like the perfect example of empty calories, but some experts are saying maple syrup may be worth its weight in high-powered exercise. The website Shape reports that maple syrup might be exactly the thing you want to consume during a run: It’s glucose and almost nothin 5 Smart Credit Habits to Start in Your 20s 03/25/2015 08:00pm • The bad news: Good habits typically need to be taught. Most of us aren't born wanting to work on projects before they're due or cover our mouths when we sneeze. More seriously, our desire to have fun and impress others typically results in the innate desire to spend, spend, spend. The good news: H