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It's never too late to eat healthy and exercise 04/12/2016 05:31am • WASHINGTON — Everyone has heard that eating well and exercising while young will keep you healthy when you're older, but it turns out healthy habits in later years are just as good for you. Lean Plate Club blogger Sally Squires says that new research suggests seniors who engage in healthy habi Is it time to break up with your gym? 04/12/2016 12:00am • It all seemed so perfect: top-of-the-line equipment, a loaded class schedule and the promise of the body you've always wanted. But somewhere along the way, something went wrong. You starting giving more and getting less, feeling more like a number and less like No. 1. And when you tried to break Coca Cola can no longer claim Vitaminwater health benefits, settlement says 04/09/2016 07:01am • WASHINGTON-- Coca Cola is prohibited from making health claims related to its Vitaminwater product after the final approval of a settlement agreement, following a yearslong legal dispute. "This Vitaminwater settlement is good news for consumers," said Jeff Cronin, director of communications for Most famous actor from every state 04/07/2016 05:10am • The following information is provided by Graphiq and PrettyFamous. You don’t necessarily have to be born in Tinseltown to make it as a star. While it certainly helps to be born in the epicenter of the entertainment industry, the path to Hollywood is not always a direct one. Today’s stars ha 5 Tips to Choosing Quality Value Stocks 04/05/2016 08:00pm • For those without the power of clairvoyance, investing is murky. It's hard to tell if you're buying or selling at the right time and emotions tend to get the best of us. There's good news, though. Value investing, a popular school of thought regarding how to find attractively priced stocks, can rem The 10 Best ETFs for Value Investors 04/05/2016 08:00pm • Buy value stocks and enjoy the profits.Value investing is one of Wall Street's most well-traveled strategies, and that's because it's one of the most lucrative. While the idea is simple -- find great, undervalued companies, then wait for Wall Street to bid them up -- it's easy to stumble upon indivi To Improve Diabetes Management, Know the Latest Standards of Care 04/05/2016 08:00pm • To make sure scientific advances in diabetes care filter down to people with diabetes, the American Diabetes Association created the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes. Updated annually, the Standards of Care are a detailed compilation of best practice recommendations for shaping diabetes care fo Inflammation and Heart Disease: What Is C-Reactive Protein? Who Might Benefit from Testing? 04/05/2016 08:00pm • We typically think of inflammation occurring suddenly after an injury or an infection -- such as a red, swollen joint -- a process in which the body releases chemicals and infection-fighting white blood immune cells to aide in the body's healing process. But did you know that inflammation can also b 8 phrases a nutritionist would love to never hear again 04/05/2016 08:00pm • As a nutritionist, I'm pretty much the ideal audience for people who want to talk about how they eat -- or at least that's what everyone thinks. It's sort of like when you meet a dentist at a party and you can't help but ask for his or her advice on how to treat your toothache. Or, when you come acr Why Not All ETFs Are Created Equal 04/04/2016 08:00pm • The market for exchange-traded funds, popular stock-market instruments that track all sorts of equity and bond indexes and commodities, is continuing to grow. But some are better investments than others, experts say. At the end of last month, the number of U.S.-based ETFs reached 1,585 with $1.95 b 5 Tips to Improve Nonverbal Communication at Meetings 04/04/2016 08:00pm • Assertive communication is important for successful business relationships, whether they're with your co-workers, your clients or executives in your company. What we don't say can be just as important as what we do say. For example, we try to extend firm handshakes and smile when greeting important Eat and Drink Well to Bike Better 04/04/2016 08:00pm • Getting ready to hop on a bike this spring? To ride strong and long, you need not only the right equipment and physical stamina, but also to fine-tune your fueling skills. This will help you charge up hills and recover from spills. To ride your best, you must make the right food and beverage choices A Comprehensive Guide to Saving on Moving 04/03/2016 08:00pm • Moving can be a stressful ordeal, ranking closely behind getting teeth pulled and filing taxes as one of life's most dreaded activities.What's more, the moving process can be expensive. There's movers to hire, trucks to rent and boxes to buy. Before you know it, you can end up spending hundreds, eve Study: Waist size a strong predictor of heart disease, better than BMI 04/03/2016 03:25pm • WASHINGTON — There is more evidence that it’s better to be a pear than an apple. A new study shows yet another link between your waist size and your risk of serious heart trouble. Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City and at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore followed 2 Book offers tricks for an easier life with kids 04/02/2016 04:01pm • WASHINGTON -- Children don't come with instruction manuals, but life with little ones can be easier with some simple tricks. "Parenting is a series of best guesses," said Asha Dornfest in her book Parent Hacks - 134 Genius Shortcuts for Life with Kids. "Raising kids reveals our hidden problem-so