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More employers offering programs to obese workers 12/17/2014 06:42am • WASHINGTON -- More than ever, employers are helping obese workers lose weight, a growing trend that helps them save money on health care costs. By this time next year, about 40 percent of corporate America will offer workers free programs designed to help them lose weight. The Wall Street Jou A test can determine your heart attack risk 12/17/2014 03:40am • WASHINGTON -- What if a test could tell you whether you're at risk for a heart attack? It's called the PLAC test, and it detects an enzyme that's given off by the walls of arteries when they're inflamed by "junk that builds up," says Dr. Warren Levy, a cardiologist at Virginia Heart. Levy tol Apps That Help You Keep New Year's Resolutions 12/16/2014 07:00pm • Resolutions are easy to make, and, unfortunately, easy to break. We start off strong, following the advice of the experts to keep them small, keep them focused, allow ourselves to make mistakes and share our ups and downs with colleagues, friends and family. We may even drill a little deeper into th 5 Myths About Women Weightlifters 12/16/2014 07:00pm • Erin Parker can squat the weight of the average man, plus 10 pounds. She can hoist a 127-pound barbell over her head. If she wanted, she could lift most people she meets. By all accounts, Parker, a 25-year-old weightlifter in San Francisco, is strong. And at 102 pounds and only 4 feet 11 inches tal How to Cope With Gestational Diabetes 12/15/2014 07:00pm • Protect your baby.When you're pregnant, dieting seems perfectly counterintuitive: You are, after all, eating for two. But if you've been diagnosed with gestational diabetes, you have to control your carbohydrates like never before. And you may have to take insulin for the first time in your life, to Private Student Loan Refinancing Carries Risks, Rewards 12/14/2014 07:00pm • John Moye was tackling $40,000 in high-rate federal student loans when a friend pointed out that he might find lower rates elsewhere. An online search brought up SoFi, a company that lets borrowers refinance student loans through a network of private and institutional investors. "I have a strong f Should You Try the Whole30 Diet? 12/14/2014 07:00pm • Melissa Hartwig knows it looks hard: Eliminating all traces of grains, dairy, sugar and legumes for 30 whole days. That means no sandwiches, no yogurt, no pizza, no peanut butter, no chips, no cereal, no hummus, no cheese -- the list goes on -- for an entire month. And no, this isn't a liquid diet Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: What Is It and Who Needs It? 12/14/2014 07:00pm • By the time she was 61, Martha Rhodes had spent decades battling intractable depression. Diagnosis: treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. She'd tried a variety of medications to no avail; most were ineffective or caused nausea, diarrhea, weight gain and mood swings. During one particularly The truth about low-cal diets 12/11/2014 08:48pm • WASHINGTON -- This is the time of year when people tend to indulge, and some think about balancing all those extra calories with a low-cal diet. But how low is too low? The truth is there is no single answer. "That is really dependent on your size, age and your activity," says Stephanie Wrigh Can Weight-Loss Surgery Cure Diabetes? 12/11/2014 07:00pm • For Arnoldo Gutierrez, 59, the priority for weight-loss surgery was getting his "horrendous" diabetes under control. The Aspermont, Texas, veterinarian took pills three times a day and an insulin injection each evening -- but his blood sugar levels remained high. At 5 feet 9 inches and a peak weigh How to avoid shipping fees on late holiday gifts 12/11/2014 06:09pm • By Allison Keyes, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- If you're a last-minute shopper worried about whopping shipping fees, don't panic. Consumer savings expert Andrea Woroch says there are many ways to get around them and still have gifts delivered in time for the holiday. "Lots of retailers offer free shi Maryland foreclosures on rise, bucking trends 12/11/2014 01:03am • WASHINGTON -- The housing market is slowly getting back to normal and the number of foreclosures continues to fall. But that's not true in Maryland. Maryland has the third-highest foreclosure rate in the country, up 93 percent from a year ago, according to a new study by RealtyTrac. Foreclosu How Sharing Your Health Data Can Help Others 12/10/2014 07:00pm • Most of us are in the midst of holiday shopping, but if you can step outside the commercial hustle, consider giving a gift that literally keeps on giving: your health data. That's right -- your height, weight, blood pressure reading, cholesterol, pulse, sleeping habits, reactions to medications an Why You Should Start Your New Year's Resolution Today 12/10/2014 07:00pm • Empty champagne bottles, leftover cookies, no energy and headaches for days -- hello to the New Year! Have you ever thought about what you can do now to prevent all that regret later? The holidays are knocking on your door, and the New Year is right around the corner. Will you greet them the same o How to Meal Plan Over the Holidays 12/09/2014 07:00pm • Holidays are a hectic time, and if you didn't make a plan for healthy meals, this is when waistlines suffer and the dreaded holiday weight gain rears its ugly head. If this sounds like you, it's time to come up with a strategy. I'm all too familiar with the roller coaster that is the holiday season