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Which Medical Screenings Should You Have in 2017? 01/03/2017 07:00pm • Sorting out screenings.With so many health screenings available, which are the right ones for you? Some preventive tests are for men or women only, while others become more important with age. Having a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician assistant who asks pertinent questions, guides you through U.S. News Unveils 7th Annual Best Diets Ranking 01/03/2017 07:00pm • Face it -- you ate horribly over the holidays. Between that second batch of Christmas cookies or those few extra latkes, you blew it. Enter U.S. News' latest Best Diets rankings, here to help in these trying times. U.S. News' Best Diets 2017, released Wednesday, once again crowned the DASH diet the The Best Diets to Stave Off or Manage Diabetes 01/03/2017 07:00pm • Diet or diabetes: You decide.Nearly 30 million people in the U.S. -- or 1 in 11 -- have diabetes. Diet is a crucial tool for managing the disease, and weight loss can help people who are overweight prevent Type 2 diabetes. Prevention is particularly important when you consider that diabetes brings c U.S. News' 38 Best Diets Overall 01/03/2017 07:00pm • The Best Diets OverallU.S. News evaluated and ranked 38 diets with input from a panel of health experts. To be top-rated, a diet had to be safe, relatively easy to follow, nutritious and effective for weight loss. It also had to be stellar at preventing diabetes and heart disease. Click on to see wh The 38 Easiest Diets to Follow 01/03/2017 07:00pm • 38 diets ranked by how well each one helps dieters stay on boardHard work is always going to be part of the diet equation, but some plans and approaches are easier to follow than others. U.S. News' Easiest Diets to Follow list ranks 38 popular diets. The highest scorers are typically tasty, flexible 9 Fitness Vacation Ideas to Jumpstart Your New Year's Resolution 01/03/2017 07:00pm • If you're a health nut who's vowed to get in tiptop shape and kick off the year with a getaway focused around fitness, there are plenty of places to put your New Year's resolution into action. Sometimes, all you need is a little inspiration to spark your motivation. Here's where to go to get started The 12 Best Heart-Healthy Diets 01/03/2017 07:00pm • Eat your heart out, baby.Or at least eat for your heart. While being overweight puts people at risk for heart disease and stroke, a heart-healthy diet can help you lose weight or lower cholesterol, blood pressure or triglycerides. According to experts who rated 38 diets for U.S. News, these are the 6 Strategies for Maintaining a Healthy Relationship With Food 01/03/2017 07:00pm • Do you have a healthy relationship with food? It may sound like an odd or superfluous question. You don't have to worry about your breakfast's feelings, whether your lunch loves you or if your dinner is about to break up with you. But many people struggle with an unhealthy relationship with food and U.S. News Best Diets: How We Rated 38 Eating Plans 01/03/2017 07:00pm • Diets come and go, teasing and tempting with dreams of that elusive hot body. Eat what you want! Pounds melt away overnight! The reality, as frustrated dieters know well, is that dieting is hard, and frankly, most diets don't work. Some can even threaten your health. And digging out the truth about What Makes a Healthy Diet? 01/03/2017 07:00pm • A healthy diet doesn't require a lot of money or newfangled appliances or subsisting on any kind of scheme that sounds like a gimmick. Because it's true what they say about what seems too good to be true: Eating well means listening to that little voice inside that knows what healthy foods generally How to Make Any Workout More Body Positive 01/03/2017 07:00pm • Michele Burmaster used to live in a gym -- literally. Every day, the personal trainer in Huntington Beach, California, worked out for up to five hours, trained clients for close to 14 and spent the remainder sleeping in the gym's loft. All the while, she saw someone too big in the mirror -- even tho How to make Healthy dietary changes last a lifetime 01/03/2017 07:00pm • Wipe your plate clean and start fresh. Maybe a soggy, boiled Brussels sprout -- the kind that haunted your childhood plate -- comes to mind when you think about eating healthy. Or perhaps you think you'll have to forgo all your favorite foods and feel defeated before any substantive changes you p Is the TTAC ETF the Right Way to Buy Buybacks? 01/03/2017 07:00pm • Stock buybacks are in the news of late, but for precisely the wrong reasons. Specifically, they fell 28 percent in the third quarter from the previous year, to $115.6 billion. That's the second consecutive three-month period of declines, and a multiyear low last seen in 2013. That's not exactly ple 5 Health Resolutions That Will Actually Make Your Life Better 01/03/2017 07:00pm • Ah, resolutions. Love 'em or hate 'em, we can't help ourselves but make them come New Year's Day. Perhaps that's because as we slowly come out of our sugar- and booze-filled comas, we notice that our pants feel a little tighter and our bodies feel a little weaker. Suddenly, we're motivated to do so Is Food Withdrawal a Real Thing? 01/02/2017 07:00pm • Alex thought it was the flu. She had headaches, "crazy fatigue" and belly trouble. But when most of her symptoms faded after a few weeks, she chalked them up to a positive change in her diet: She had quit sugar and flour cold turkey. "When I felt withdrawal, I thought, 'Holy crap, it is an addictio