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The Best Ways to Recover From Exercise 10/30/2016 08:00pm • After exercising, most of us half-heartedly stretch for 15 seconds before hitting the shower, smoothie shop or couch. But dedicating a little extra time to post-activity recovery can help speed healing, prevent injury and allow you to get back at it sooner. Here are four of the best ways to do it: Marine Corps Marathon runners: How did they do? 10/30/2016 03:20pm • WASHINGTON -- During the month of October, WTOP profiled eight Marine Corps Marathon runners. Here's how they finished: Brooke Sydnor Curran -- 3:51:05.  This was the 100th marathon for the Alexandria, Virginia, native, who is raising money to renovate local playgrounds through her nonprofi Photos: 2016 Marine Corps Marathon 10/30/2016 07:03am • WASHINGTON -- Nearly 30,000 runners and many spectators came out on Sunday, Oct. 30 for the 41st Marine Corps Marathon. The race brought many road closures compounded by the 10th ongoing Metro track work surge that began Saturday. WTOP has chronicled many stories of runners leading up to the m 5 reasons to start eating full-fat dairy, according to science 10/28/2016 10:40am • As much as we've cozied up to the idea of "healthy" fats, cooking with olive oil, topping our burgers with avocado and eating almonds by the handful in the name of better health -- most of us still get pretty squeamish about which milk carton we choose. "Drinking whole milk will make you gain wei Va. woman to push special needs boy across Marine Corps Marathon finish line 10/27/2016 04:52am • WASHINGTON -- When Kareen Lawson’s feet hit the pavement at this year’s Marine Corps Marathon, she won’t just be powering herself through the 26.2 mile race. She will also be pushing her favorite 10-year-old buddy in his running chair. Kareen, 48, started running 15 years ago to lose so 5 Facts to Know About Smart Beta ETFs 10/26/2016 08:00pm • The term "smart beta" has become popular in the exchange-traded fund market as a way for investors to avoid buying equities when prices are high. With the Standard & Poor's 500 index hovering near record highs, finding a way to value an investment aside from its market capitalization makes usin When Weight Loss Makes You Stupid 10/25/2016 08:00pm • There's no overstating society's desire to lose weight. For decades, the goal has placed in our top New Year's resolutions, fueled a $60-billion American weight-loss industry, served as the driver of hundreds of idiotic diets and is the sizzle behind multiple, recurring, prime-time television shows These Fitness Trends Will Rule 2017, the American College of Sports Medicine Says 10/25/2016 08:00pm • If you want to fit in at Walter Thompson's workplace, don't dare leave your fitness tracker at home. "If you're not wearing some kind of technology like a Fitbit, you're like an outcast," laughs Thompson, a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and associate dean in Georgia State Univers Skydiving helps injured vets, disabled fly above the pain 10/25/2016 02:29am • ASHBURN, Va. — “I was just kind of figuring out how I was going to commit suicide.” Like many who have confronted the physical and existential pain associated with a life-changing injury, Andrew Einstein doesn’t see the point in mincing words. Five years ago, he was a civil affairs marin A Health Psychologist Analyzes Trump and Clinton's Body Image Discourse 10/24/2016 08:00pm • I've loved studying body image for the past 20 years. And, I've loved watching presidential politics unfold for as long as I can remember. But I never thought these two loves would meet. Enter Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton into the election of 2016. Here's my analysis of four incidents of "body t 4 food trends driven more by consumers' fears than science 10/24/2016 09:00am • If I learned one thing at the 2016 American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo, it's that cruising the exhibit hall's many aisles of new and exciting products can be exhausting -- especially when wearing stilettos all day. OK, fine: I also learned a lot by att 3 Dieting Mistakes Sabotaging Your Gut Health 10/23/2016 08:00pm • Dieting, cutting calories and avoiding entire food groups in the name of health could be sabotaging your gut health. And that's no small consequence. The colon, once thought to be a rather dead place where undigested waste sits until you are ready to poo, is actually brimming with activity primarily Buying wood for your fireplace? Don't get scammed 10/21/2016 12:13am • WASHINGTON — One of the biggest scams this time of year is the firewood scam, and the best way to make sure you don’t get burned is to get out your tape measure. The most common way to sell firewood is by the cord, or fraction thereof, and in many jurisdictions it is the only legal way to se 10 Ways to Boost Your Post-Workout Recovery for Better Results 10/20/2016 08:00pm • Here's a harsh reality for you: Without proper recovery, your workouts go largely wasted. Sure, you'll still burn calories and get your heart pumping in the gym, but you'll miss out on building health-promoting lean muscle mass, your exercise performance will lag and you even risk chronically too-h Ballroom Dancing Boosts Fun and Healthy Aging 10/20/2016 08:00pm • Samba, anyone? Classes in ballroom dancing -- or any type of dance you desire -- beat hanging out in front of the TV almost any evening. And while older adults are mastering the merengue or honing the hustle, they're also improving their health. Treadmill or Tango? At the Arthur Murray Dance Cen