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Can You Gain Muscle While Losing Weight? 12/01/2016 07:00pm • Losing weight can be great. But not if that poundage comes from muscle loss. Unfortunately, a lot of the time, when people lose weight, they wind up with a lot less muscle than they started out with. Some even find their body fat percentages increasing. Why? Because when you consume fewer calories t 3 Ways to Take Your Plant-Based Diet to the Next Level 11/30/2016 07:00pm • Ready for some good news? While 2016 continues to be unpredictable, your diet doesn't have to be. By simply building meals around vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, you can create a phytochemical shield against chronic diseases including obesity, diabetes, heart disease and e Why Can't I Get Pregnant? 11/30/2016 07:00pm • Results: negative It can feel like a cruel game of hide and seek: Many women spend years actively avoiding pregnancy, but when they welcome it, it evades them. If that sounds familiar, take heart: "It can be totally normal to try for 11 months and not achieve a pregnancy," since infertility is defin What to Expect When Your Loved One Is in the ICU 11/29/2016 07:00pm • It starts with the shock that someone you love is sick enough to be here. The sight of your parent, partner or child under harsh lights, possibly bandaged and bruised, attached to tubes, drains, IV lines, maybe even a ventilator. The unfamiliar sounds of beeps, buzzes and emotional outbursts from n Are You Too Old for Your Favorite Sport? 11/29/2016 07:00pm • For about 30 years, Joe Raffa enjoyed playing full-court pickup basketball. Though he wasn't a great athlete, Raffa liked the exercise, teamwork and camaraderie with his fellow players. Raffa, at the time a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy, picked up the game relatively late in life, in the 1970s Atrial Fibrillation: What Puts You at Risk and How to Avoid It 11/29/2016 07:00pm • As the most common electrical problem that disrupts the beating of the heart, atrial fibrillation carries health risks that can lead to strokes and even a greater risk of death. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we discussed the problems associated with atrial fibrillation and how to treat it. Her Healthy or natural? Decoding food labels 11/29/2016 04:14pm • WASHINGTON — Many foods boast that they are "healthy" or "natural." But what do those terms really mean? Lean Plate Club ™ blogger Sally Squires says the Food and Drug Administration has not yet technically defined what “natural” means. However, the FDA has been allowing products that don NBC's 'This Is Us' is the perfect family show this holiday season 11/29/2016 01:08am • WASHINGTON — Thanksgiving is over, but boy are we thankful for this show. If you're looking for a touching show to binge-watch with the family over the holidays -- one that'll make you feel somehow wiser and more alive --  check out "This Is Us" at 9 p.m. Tuesdays on NBC. Episode 9 A Fool-Proof Plan for Setting Up Furniture When Selling Your Home 11/27/2016 07:00pm • Square footage is important to homebuyers, so when you're selling a house it's important to maximize the space to appear bigger and highlight each room's dual functionality to enhance buyer appeal. A home seller can do this by decluttering, lighting up the room and especially by having your furnitur 5 Questions to Ask After a Heart Attack 11/27/2016 07:00pm • "Serious as a heart attack." That's a phrase we use to make it clear we're not joking around; that something shouldn't be taken lightly. And for good reason -- few things are as life-changing or invoke more fear than a heart attack. Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in America, and a heart a The Hidden Risks of Eating Disorders in Guys 11/22/2016 07:00pm • Think of someone who's suffering from an eating disorder, and a female face probably comes to mind. Unfortunately, this is often true for health care professionals, too, which is why eating disorders among men often go unrecognized and untreated. Believe it or not, 25 percent of those who suffer fro 9 Food-Focused ETFs to Feed Your Portfolio 11/22/2016 07:00pm • ETFs to buy food stocks.There's money in food -- trillions of dollars are spent globally on food and beverages every year, from dividend-generating processing multinationals to quick-growing organic producers to even the agricultural companies that make it all possible. And you can invest across var What Does a Trump Presidency Mean for Science and Medicine? 11/21/2016 07:00pm • While much about a Trump presidency remains relatively unclear, one thing is for certain: The way health care is handled in the U.S. today will most certainly undergo a major transformation. From medical research to the delivery of care to patients, much may change under the new administration. It 6 Credit Card Blunders to Avoid This Holiday Season 11/21/2016 07:00pm • If you've just finished paying off your credit card debt from last year's holiday shopping, you know that gift buying and paying with plastic can be a dangerous combination. There are so many things that can go wrong (and right) that it would take forever to list every possible way you could spend Does your child hate fruits and vegetables? 11/21/2016 09:00am • Getting children to eat more vegetables and fruits is an ongoing struggle that many parents face. In a country filled with readily available processed and high-calorie foods, our eating habits have changed greatly -- and so has kids' liking of fruits and veggies. One of that factors playing a role i