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It's time to stop fearing foods 12/03/2015 09:30am • There are many things that may make us fearful -- crimes, scary movies, rats and snakes, for example -- but food should not be one of them. We need to eat to survive, and we should feel free to pick the foods we want and not feel guilty, afraid or ashamed by what we choose. Yet, headlines talk about Don't Fall for Christmas Lights: Illuminating Safety in Holiday Decorating 12/02/2015 07:00pm • Whether you just plan to wrap a few lights around the trees in your front yard or harbor a grand, Griswoldian vision of installing enough holiday sparkle to keep the neighbors awake at night, take heed of what emergency room doctors already all know too well: Installing holiday lights can be hazard Are Sugar Alcohols the Culprit of Your Digestive Woes? 12/02/2015 07:00pm • Registered dietitian Elaine Magee's curiosity got the best of her. While writing about sugar alcohols -- a category of low-calorie sweeteners -- for her job, she decided to taste them in the form of sugar-free chocolates. One chocolate down, no problem. Two chocolates down, risky. Three chocolates How to go on a spending diet 12/02/2015 02:00pm • If you're finding it hard to stay within budget month after month or have already spent much more than planned this holiday season, now is a great time to clean up your spending habits. Scaling back your spending may be just what you need to reduce some of that financial stress in your life and get The ultimate 2015 tech gift guide 12/02/2015 10:16am • by Ben Taylor At SpecOut, we set out to create the ultimate tech gift guide, with product selections from more than a dozen categories. The gadgets, gizmos and geek-approved devices on this list range from inexpensive ($35) to pricey ($3,000), but they all represent the top tier of their resp Shop to Drop Some Pounds This Holiday Season 12/01/2015 07:00pm • Who knew that shopping was considered a form of physical activity? It may not be a high-intensity aerobic workout, but if you're pounding the pavement at the mall with a lengthy holiday shopping list, you could be burning a fair amount of calories. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Your Healthy Holiday Survival Guide 12/01/2015 07:00pm • Thanksgiving is now behind us and with that, the holiday season officially begins. For many of my clients, this means the start of holiday madness. On the one hand, office parties, celebrations with friends and traveling to visit family can be festive and a lot of fun. On the other hand, the season Colleges spending the least on their students 12/01/2015 08:53am • by Nick Selbe For America's current high school students, higher education has never come with a bigger price tag. The average cost of tuition has been on the rise, just as the median household income experiences a steady decline. For these reasons, college students rely more heavily on fi Part 3: Getting back to normal eating, exercise after Thanksgiving 12/01/2015 05:25am • WASHINGTON — Now that Thanksgiving is in the rear view mirror, it’s time to get back to normal eating and exercise habits. This is the third in a series of talks between WTOP and Sally Squires, author of the Lean Plate Club™ blog, a former Washington Post health writer and Washington Po Study: Losing weight can protect knee cartilage 12/01/2015 05:23am • WASHINGTON — Losing weight can help protect your knees from osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease that afflicts more than one in three people over 60 years old in the U.S. A study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) followed 506 overw The Big Question: Do Pregnant Women Need the Flu Shot? 11/30/2015 07:00pm • At 9:45 a.m. in early November, I walk into the exam room to see my patient, Maria Smith (not her real name). She's 32 years old, with a history of high blood pressure and thyroid problems, and she's also 22 weeks pregnant. Ten minutes into her appointment, we've reviewed her medications and her we A KIND and Timely Nudge to the FDA on Food Labeling 11/30/2015 07:00pm • This past spring, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to KIND, notifying the natural snack food company that the use of "healthy" on the packaging of four of its bars -- and, in some instances, on its website -- did not meet the agency's regulatory definition of the word. This made Hazy Advice: Should Moms Who Smoke Weed Continue to Breast-feed? 11/30/2015 07:00pm • Dr. Torri Metz, an obstetrician specializing in high-risk pregnancies at the University of Colorado Hospital and Denver Health Medical Center, says that increasingly, patients are disclosing a potentially concerning habit: They're using marijuana while pregnant and breast-feeding. Colorado is one Tips for maintaining your weight during the holiday season 11/30/2015 04:55am • WASHINGTON — This may be the cruelest season for your waistline, but experts say it is possible to keep all those holiday parties from playing havoc with your weight. "Don't go hungry to the party — that is usually a mistake," says Dr. Domenica Rubino, director of the Washington Center for 7 healthy ways to gobble leftover Thanksgiving turkey 11/29/2015 07:00pm • Enjoy leftovers responsibly. It's no secret that Thanksgiving will leave many of us stuffed. But you don't need to waste all the uneaten food to get your waistline back on track. "Add fresh, low-calorie ingredients -- salad greens, cucumbers, peppers, citrus -- to balance the high-calorie ingredi