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How to Capitalize on Falling 401k Fees 10/16/2017 08:00pm • Investment fees can shrink retirement assets, but for 401(k) investors, plan fees have been declining steadily. Investors pay an average expense ratio of 0.41 percent in 2017, down from 0.52 percent in 2013, according to NEPC Investment Consulting. "Regulatory pressure and a rash of high-profile cl ‘A wondrous discovery’: Kilonova may explain how gold, platinum, uranium were created 10/16/2017 05:22pm • WASHINGTON — Do you remember what you were doing at 8:41 a.m. EDT Aug. 17, 2017? At that moment, two Gravitational Wave Observatories in the U.S. called LIGO were detecting a ripple in space time caused by gravitational waves. LIGO had already discovered several black hole mergers, but this si Detox diets: Should you try it to lose weight 10/16/2017 05:14pm • -Fairfax Hackley, personal trainer The story behind the story: 'Big Dan Runs the Marathon' 10/16/2017 01:41am • WASHINGTON -- Dan O’Neil was pretty athletic as a kid. He ran indoor track and cross-country in high school. Then, like so many high school athletes, “after I got out of high school, I just stopped running.” Over the next couple of decades, the Boston-area man could probably find lots of re What's it take to run a Michelin-star restaurant? 10/15/2017 09:30pm • WASHINGTON — Last fall, a little red book no thicker than 100 pages had D.C. abuzz. Days before its release, there was anticipation, speculation, even trepidation — Who would be recognized with one, two, or three stars in Washington’s inaugural Michelin Guide? It turns out, 12 Statins Can Help Lower the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis 10/15/2017 08:00pm • Rheumatoid arthritis is most commonly associated with joint pain and destruction that can be severe, and even crippling, if the disease is not properly treated or if response to treatment is poor. The damage caused by RA is not confined to the joints, however. RA is a chronic autoimmune disorder t Should You Eat and Drink During Exercise? 10/15/2017 08:00pm • David Nieman ran his first marathon in the 1970s, when dreadlocks rivaled ponytails and granola hadn't given way to Gatorade. "The fact that during exercise you're supposed to drink sugar water and that helps you -- at first we just scoffed and said, 'That doesn't sound right,'" says Nieman, a prof You're Eating Pasta Wrong, This Nutrition Pro Says 10/15/2017 08:00pm • Despite its reputation for being fattening, studies show that eating pasta the authentic way may actually improve your diet and help you stay slim. People who live from Bergamo to Sicily have some of the lowest rates of obesity, yet they enjoy delicious pasta dishes nearly every day. In fact, Itali Dividend Stocks: Is Yield Better Than Growth? 10/15/2017 08:00pm • There's an old saying on Wall Street that says, "Profits are a matter of opinion, but dividends are a matter of fact." As U.S. and global economies accelerate and companies earn fatter profits, dividends are the proverbial "area of interest" for fact-minded long-term investors. While various data d US obesity problem is not budging, new data show 10/13/2017 07:48am • NEW YORK (AP) — America's weight problem isn't getting any better, according to new government research. Overall, obesity figures stayed about the same: About 40 percent of adults are obese and 18.5 percent of children. Those numbers are a slight increase from the last report but the difference Primary Care Physicians Can Play a Critical Role in Caring for Patients With Gastrointestinal Disorders 10/12/2017 08:00pm • This month, 50,000 people worldwide will gather at the World Congress of Gastroenterology to discuss ways to improve care for gastrointestinal disorders. While these efforts within the GI community are undeniably important, it's also critical that we educate the broader medical community about the What would you give to wipe out your student loans? 10/12/2017 12:19pm • WASHINGTON — With student loan debt at a record $1.3 trillion and delinquency rates rising, Americans saddled with student loans, especially young adults, would be willing to do some drastic things to get out from under the weight of their debt burden. Credible.com, a sort of Kayak for comparin 8 Ways Parents Can Help Manage Their Teen's Diabetes 10/11/2017 08:00pm • If you have a teen with diabetes, you know how exhausting it is to help them with their self-care. You want to stay involved with monitoring blood sugar numbers like you did when he or she was younger, but you also want to give the independence teens crave. "It's quite difficult to achieve the appro Are You Drinking Too Much Water? 10/11/2017 08:00pm • Want to lose weight? Drink more water. Dream of better skin? Drink more water. Crave more energy? Drink more water. The liquid, says Jennifer Sommer-Dirks, a registered dietitian and nutrition manager at Eating Recovery Center in Denver, "has been touted as a miracle" substance for years. It's also DC is one of the greenest cities in America 10/11/2017 08:26am • WASHINGTON — It's not easy being green but out of 100 cities nationwide, analysts named D.C. the sixth greenest city in the United States. All top three cities are in California and the top 10 is dominated by the West Coast, with the exception of D.C. and Honolulu, Hawaii. The analysis was c