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How to Plan a Weight-Neutral Thanksgiving 11/20/2016 07:00pm • Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday -- by far. I love starting to plan the menu a month in advance, waking up early Thanksgiving morning to spend the day alongside my mom in the kitchen and enjoying a cozy day inside a house filled with my multi-generational, blended family to enjoy delicious food 5 Reasons to Eat Whatever You Want on Thanksgiving 11/16/2016 07:00pm • Warning: This is not your typical "don't eat that" lecture from the food police. I'm not that kind of dietitian and Thanksgiving is not that kind of day. It's the biggest food holiday of the year, darn it! It's one day we are supposed to ditch food rules. In fact, I'll go as far as to say I think it Health department investigates case of TB at Md. high school 11/16/2016 06:12pm • WASHINGTON — A student at a high school in Charles County, Maryland, has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. The Charles County Department of Health confirmed that a student at La Plata High School has tuberculosis and is working with the county's school system to identify others who should rece Nursing homes spice up food offerings 11/16/2016 10:00am • The first Sunday of each month, residents at St. Paul's Towers in Oakland, California, which provides long-term skilled nursing care, are treated to a grand buffet Champagne brunch prepared by the facility's executive chef. Past starters for the brunch have included heirloom tomatoes, summer gree How Diabetes Can Sabotage Circulation 11/15/2016 07:00pm • Diabetes is a disease involving body-wide vulnerability. By disrupting circulation, diabetes causes insidious damage to blood vessels that feed the limbs, heart, kidneys, brain and eyes. With reduced blood flow over time, worst-case scenarios include foot and leg amputation, kidney failure, heart d Follow This Bipartisan Strategy to Achieve Your Health Goals 11/15/2016 07:00pm • No matter your political slant -- rant or chant -- Election Day is done, and its outcome is no longer in your control. But some things -- namely nutrition, exercise, stress management and sleep -- are within your control, even though you may have to conceptualize, strategize and sometimes try new h 10 ETFs That Pay Sky-High Dividends 11/15/2016 07:00pm • ETFs that pay you to own them.There's yield, and then there's yield. Let's talk about the latter. Exchange-traded funds can give you access to just about any theme you want, and that includes dividends. However, like the stock world, if you want to dredge up significantly more income than your avera How to have a Mediterranean Thanksgiving 11/15/2016 09:30am • For years you've enjoyed the traditional Thanksgiving feast of turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes and stuffing and other calorie-rich fixings, but you want to try something different this holiday. Preparing a Mediterranean-themed meal that emphasizes lots of vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, who Trying to lose weight? Pay attention to lunchtime 11/15/2016 05:23am • WASHINGTON — If you are having trouble shedding pounds, take a look at the time you eat your meals. Recent research finds that the time you eat lunch especially could make a difference. Lean Plate Club™ blogger Sally Squires said eating at certain times of the day might make you more likely t Treating Exercise As a Vital Sign 11/14/2016 07:00pm • As decades of research and public health messaging attest, the breathtaking lack of exercise we get as a society has become a matter of life and death. A lack of fitness currently lags behind only smoking as a risk factor for predicting if a person will die early. A sedentary life raises a person's How to Get the Most Value From Your Thanksgiving Turkey 11/14/2016 07:00pm • The year is flying by, and Thanksgiving, believe it or not, is just around the corner. Over the next several weeks, people will be gathering across America with friends and families to enjoy a delicious meal together. And the centerpiece of that meal in many households will be the traditional Thanks What Is the Feldenkrais Method? 11/13/2016 07:00pm • One of the most difficult aspects of dining out for Maria Lee wasn't deciding what to order or calculating whether she could spare the expense. It was getting up from her chair. " might just put the chair back and, with equal weight on both feet, use the legs and core to stand up. Well, I can't do The Best and Worst Foods for PMS 11/13/2016 07:00pm • If you're among the 85 percent (or more) of women who has at least one premenstrual syndrome symptom -- think acne, fatigue, tender breasts, stomach discomfort, headaches, joint and muscle pain, mood swings and trouble concentrating -- each month, you may be in the market for relief. Fortunately, th 7 Huge Black Friday Sales Starting on Thanksgiving 11/13/2016 07:00pm • Before you've even started on your second serving of stuffing, many retailers will have flung open their doors for Thanksgiving sales. By the time you've moved on to the pecan pie, floods of shoppers will have reached the back aisles, their carts wobbling under the weight of towering TVs and piles 8 Ways to Profit From Donald Trump's Infrastructure Plans 11/13/2016 07:00pm • How to bet on the Trump White House.Donald Trump's Election Day victory has put several industries in the spotlight, but infrastructure looks to be one of Trump's major areas of focus. Trump has pledged $1 trillion in infrastructure investment over the next 10 years, and infrastructure even merited