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The health benefits of vinegar 01/18/2017 01:00pm • Move over, balsamic! A new crop of gourmet vinegars has arrived, offering new flavors and possibly even novel health benefits. From fruit- or herb-infused vinegars (think: raspberry, pineapple, rosemary) to drinking vinegars like those from McClary Bros. or the organic Suja brand, vinegars have beco Cubs' historic White House visit first, may be last of its kind 01/17/2017 03:10am • WASHINGTON – If the concept of the championship White House visit has become a bit commonplace, Monday’s stood in opposition to the trend, and possibly as one of the last of its kind. With just four days left in his presidency, Barack Obama welcomed not just a baseball team from his hometown, b 7 Basic Materials Investments to Buy in 2017 01/16/2017 07:00pm • The basic materials sector may not be sexy, but it is poised to outperform in 2017. This sector posted strong gains at up 14.1 percent in 2016, versus a 9.5 gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, and may just be gathering steam. The materials sector includes commodity-oriented, non-energy comp 6 Signs You're Taking Your Yoga Practice Too Seriously 01/16/2017 07:00pm • When I started doing yoga, I obsessed over getting to class every day and mastering every pose. Sure, I dropped 40 pounds within two months, but I proceeded to injure myself and put the weight back on again. I felt depleted and inferior because I was comparing myself to the fit, more flexible studen 8 Mistakes to Avoid when Starting Solids With Your Baby 01/16/2017 07:00pm • Feeding your baby in the first few months is pretty straightforward. You have two choices: breast milk or formula. After about 6 months, you're faced with the next stage: starting solids. This is when feeding your baby gets confusing and complicated. One mom tells you to avoid baby food altogether, 5 Tips for Practicing Yoga With Arthritis 01/16/2017 07:00pm • When she was a teenager, a doctor told Marina Nellius her rheumatoid arthritis would eventually force her into a wheelchair. "He said I'd be crippled by the age of 25," she says. "I remember his exact words. It utterly broke me." A few years later, Nellius needed to lean on walls or railings for sup BWI gets full-service gym with showers 01/13/2017 10:46am • WASHINGTON — ROAM Fitness will open the first of its planned chain of airport gyms at BWI Marshall airport later this month. Construction started last fall. The gym was originally scheduled to open in November. The 1,175-square-foot gym has designated areas for cardio and strength training, Wine of the Week: White wines for winter 01/13/2017 09:08am • WASHINGTON — There’s a nip in the air and snow on the ground. Winter has definitely come to Washington, and along with it, an opportunity to change your wine wardrobe. But before you put away all of your white wines for the spring, reconsider. While big red wines traditionally are the defa How Often Do You Need to Work Out to See the Results You Want? 01/12/2017 07:00pm • For most people, the biggest obstacle to hitting their get-fit goals isn't what exercises they include in their workouts -- it's how consistent they are. "By spacing your workouts too far apart, you don't give your body enough of a chance to 'build' off that last workout," explains California-based 6 Health Resolutions That Are Sure to Backfire 01/12/2017 07:00pm • I believe everyone who makes resolutions has good intentions. "This is going to be the year that I will finally ," they think. But let's be honest: How are those resolutions coming? If your answer is "not so well," I think I know why: The resolution itself was doomed from the beginning. Over the ma The Only Word You Need to Know to Reach Your New Year's Resolution 01/11/2017 07:00pm • We're almost halfway through January and, chances are, you did some goal-setting for 2017. Perhaps you want to lose weight, get fit, sleep more soundly or manage stress better. But if you're already disillusioned with your progress, listen up. Over the course of my career, I've worked with thousand My Journey Trying Diets to Treat My Ulcerative Colitis 01/11/2017 07:00pm • Sometimes it's denial that causes unfortunate decisions. Throughout my medical journey, there have been many options for treatment. Soon those options faded, leaving only treatments unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration. These treatments were diets, which we often find appealing because th This Class Lets You Do Yoga With Goats 01/11/2017 07:00pm • Doing yoga with your pet isn't exactly a new phenomenon. But what if your yoga partner were a different kind of furry friend, say a goat? That's where Goat Yoga comes in. Lainey Morse's Oregon-based yoga class featuring her eight goats currently has a waiting list with 1,200 people on it, according In 2017, Resolve to Take Care of Your Heart 01/11/2017 07:00pm • With the holidays behind us, the great annual tradition of making (and soon after, breaking) our New Year's resolutions has begun. As a cardiologist, my favorite resolutions are those related to your health. A better diet, losing weight, more exercise -- these are all noble pursuits. But for most, Why you should always eat carbs at breakfast 01/11/2017 10:55am • As sure as the sun rises in the East and the flu virus arrives on our shores each autumn, I can count on the annual uprising against carbs every January. Anti-carb movements have come in many forms in my lifetime. There was the all-out war waged by Atkins devotees in the 1970s and 1980s, and a mo