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Beyond Sex: Erectile Dysfunction Could Spell Heart Trouble 10/13/2015 08:00pm • Judging by the ubiquity of ads touting drugs that treat erectile dysfunction, or ED, marketing campaigns would have you believe that 21st-century medicine has revolutionized modern men's sexual performance, improved couples' romantic lives and all but eradicated a disorder that was once only whispe Know What to Do if Your College Savings Plan Closes 10/13/2015 08:00pm • When Washington state officials announced that they were freezing the state's popular prepaid college savings plan, Heather Hewson Rock was among thousands of investors faced with the same decision: Keep the money in or take it out? She bought into the Guaranteed Education Tuition plan, called GET, Study: After beating cancer, survivors less likely to eat a healthy diet 10/13/2015 05:15pm • WASHINGTON — A new study finds that cancer survivors, as a whole, have bad eating habits — they take in a lot of empty calories and are less likely to eat a healthy diet than Americans in general. Researchers at Tufts University in Boston analyzed the diets of 1,500 cancer survivors and 3,000 Which Comes First: Cardio or Strength Training? 10/13/2015 01:00pm • How many times have you gone to the gym and asked yourself, "Which should I do first: cardio or strength training?" The answer depends on whom you ask. A recent study commissioned by the American Council on Exercise suggests that the order in which you do various exercises matters to your body an Why There's No Better Time to Buy Commodities 10/12/2015 08:00pm • Commodities haven't just had a rough year. It's been more like a rough half-decade, in which prices of raw materials and foodstuffs were halved. Once a mainstay ingredient in the investing soup, this asset class is now being shunned, and some people are making ever more bearish price forecasts. So How to Talk to Your Child About Breast Cancer 10/12/2015 08:00pm • When Maimah Karmo was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer at 32, her family and friends urged her not to tell her 3-year-old daughter, Noelle. On a mission to empower her daughter and herself, Karmo chose otherwise. Now, 10 years later, she says she's never regretted her decision to be open about h Diet, Time, Desperation and Measures 10/12/2015 08:00pm • Although it's only autumn, now is the winter of our discontent -- at least for those of us who care about the potentially stunning health benefits of optimal eating, and the rather horrifying assault upon them. As I write this, evidence about profit-motivated, richly-funded alliances conspiring to 3 Upcoming Changes to the FAFSA That College Students Should Understand 10/12/2015 08:00pm • Some important changes are coming to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid next year, but Joseph Orsolini, a college financial aid adviser in the Chicago area, hasn't fielded many questions from parents. "It's still so new and fresh that people don't realize these changes are going forward, 5 Big Money Mistakes to Avoid in Your 30s 10/12/2015 08:00pm • Last week, I wrote a post called "5 Big Money Mistakes to Avoid in Your 20s." The article was chock-full of advice for people starting their professional life so that they avoid some common personal finance mistakes that could haunt them for many years to come.When your 20s slowly turn into your 30s 9 Ways Watching TV Can Shorten or Ruin Your Life 10/12/2015 08:00pm • Turn away from the blue light.Want to get fat, wreck a romantic relationship, perhaps lower your chance of getting pregnant -- if you're trying -- and shorten your life expectancy? Grab the remote. Click away to see how watching TV, particularly prolonged viewing, can hurt your health and reduce you Marijuana as Medicine 10/12/2015 08:00pm • By 2013, Liz Gorman had lost hope. Her daughter Maddie, then 6, suffered from relentless seizures, untamed by 13 medications and even brain surgery. Maddie could barely fall and stay asleep, much less learn to read. Even waking up triggered seizures. Desperate, Gorman began weighing a treatment -- 6 tips for keeping off the weight once you lose it 10/12/2015 07:45am • Losing weight is the easy part. Keeping it off is what's really hard. By some estimates, 85 percent of people who lose weight gain it all back, and one review from the University of California--Los Angeles found that, after successfully losing weight, about two-thirds of dieters regained everythi 3 reasons to get a little more umami in your diet 10/12/2015 07:00am • When it comes to flavor, umami is the shady character hiding in the dark corner. While the other tastes -- sweet, salty, sour and bitter -- all have an easily identified punch that's delivered upfront, umami prefers subtlety and nuance. It is the mystery man of flavor profiles, adding a richness and Aging gracefully: Caring for your bones as you age 10/12/2015 02:36am • For our Aging Gracefully series, WTOP speaks with different specialists at MedStar Washington Hospital Center about the best ways to maintain your health as you age.   WASHINGTON — Orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Tozzi has some advice for those under the age of 50: “Exercise really should be p 'Jane the Virgin' Actress Gina Rodriguez on Living With Hashimoto's Disease 10/11/2015 08:00pm • On her hit TV show "Jane the Virgin," which kicks off its second season tonight, star Gina Rodriguez weathers no shortage of curveballs: an unplanned pregnancy after being artificially inseminated by mistake. A love triangle, nefarious drug lord and baby-snatching. While perhaps not as, ah, dramati