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Fast food could be damaging your brain 01/11/2012 02:09am • WASHINGTON - You know fast food isn't the greatest on your waistline, but it could be having a negative impact on your brain. Rodents in a new study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation were given a diet of fatty foods. Some experienced damage to the hypothalamus region of the brain, which Gadgets that get you moving in 2012 01/05/2012 09:47pm • WASHINGTON -- Many made a vow to shed some pounds in 2012 and there are some gadgets on the market that could help in that effort. One of the keys to weight loss is counting calories, and several electronic devices ingare available designed to help you do just that. A gadget called "striiv" bill One easy step to a healthier 2012: Breakfast 01/04/2012 11:07pm • Michelle Basch, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- If you're trying to live healthier in 2012, there's something you should stop doing: skipping breakfast. Many of us eat something small or nothing at all in the morning, but research shows eating breakfast and making it the biggest meal of your day can reall Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig high on best diet list 01/04/2012 07:38pm • Lindsay Lyon, health news editor, U.S. News & World Report Advice for new gym-goers: Stick with it at least 21 days 01/04/2012 01:33am • Michelle Basch, wtop.com OWINGS, Md. -- If you're joining a gym with the goal of losing weight in the new year, a fitness expert has some advice for you. Roxie Hinton, a personal trainer at World Gym locations in Calvert County, says it takes about 21 days to form a new habit. Don't try to do to Top tips for a healthier 2012 01/03/2012 08:07pm • WASHINGTON -- A look at some of the top health tips in 2011 may provide the necessary edge for those seeking a healthier lifestyle to keep up with their new year resolutions. Prevention Magazine put together a list of the best lessons they learned regarding health last year, and dredged up some in Coooookies!!!! 01/02/2012 11:32pm • The cruel irony of the New Year and the resolutions to lose weight is that Girl Scout Cookies are now on sale. Click here for a link to all the National Capitol Region Girl Scout Cookie details. All cookies sell for $4.00 per box in the Nation's Capital. Money is collected upon delivery (except for Men and women look at resolutions differently 12/31/2011 01:08pm • Max Smith, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Whether it's losing weight or saving money, if you want to stick to your New Year's Resolutions, men need to do one thing and women need to do another. A survey from Leadership IQ finds that women care more about their goals than men, and set goals that are toughe The January gym people are back 12/29/2011 06:12pm • WASHINGTON -- It's not January yet, but the January people are flooding area gyms again. Experts say if you're one of them, be sure you know what you're doing before you start working out. "In January, you'll definitely see an influx in traffic. Probably twice the usage," says Josh Crane, general m Mont. Co. Police turn to public to find missing Gaithersburg teen 12/27/2011 05:53pm • WASHINGTON -- Montgomery County police are turning to the public for help finding a teenager who has been missing since Dec. 26. Jennifer Borrego, 15, was last seen at her Gaithersburg house in the 100 block of Duvall Lane. She is known to frequent the local Lakeforest Mall and the Londonderry Apa To lose weight, you have to think differently 12/23/2011 03:39pm • WASHINGTON -- The time to make New Year's resolutions is here again and many will include weight loss as one of them. The best way to go about that, experts say, is to change your thinking. "Seeing weight loss as a temporary diet is just setting people up for failure," says Kay Loughrey, a nutrit Foods that help you kick the winter blues 12/22/2011 09:03pm • WASHINGTON -- Winter is the season least conducive to good health, with the cold keeping folks indoors, the holidays keeping people's bellies full and the runny noses keeping people home from work. But experts say there are certain foods that help keep the winter blues away. Men's Health put toge Missing American's captors cover their tracks 12/16/2011 07:19pm • J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Former FBI agent Robert Levinson, missing in Iran for more than four years, appeared in a video that may have been doctored to conceal his true location. The video, released Dec. 9, shows him seated on the floor of an unknown location with what appears to be a ston Legal battle brews after HIV positive teen is denied private school admission 12/16/2011 03:56pm • Kate Ryan, wtop.com WASHINGTON - A 13-year-old boy has been denied admission to a private school because he's HIV positive. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a national organization, has announced it's throwing its weight behind the effort to get the boy admitted to the Milton Hershey School in Her Crime Report: Knife-Wielding Robbers Edition 12/14/2011 02:47pm • Whether you’re out delivering a pizza or walking a dog, sometimes you can never be too careful after dark. In this week’s Arlington County crime report, there were two instances of people being robbed by knife-wielding individuals on the street at night. ROBBERY, 12/07/11, 1000 block o