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Weighing Your Health: Where BMI Falls Short 06/02/2015 08:00pm • You entered your height and weight in the calculator on your favorite health website, and it says you're "healthy." Case closed, right? Wrong. Weight and body mass index may well be the go-to numbers for defining obesity and related health risks, but they fall far short for many people. Nearly 70 All about flora: How important gut health really is 06/02/2015 09:00am • Your intestines host up to 1,000 unique species, and how often do you think of any of them? Probably not very often at all, but they're really amazing little things. For starters, there are more of them than you: Bacterial cells outnumber human cells in most people by about tenfold. But it doesn' How I Teach Moderation to My Kids 06/01/2015 08:00pm • We live in a food culture of extremes, to say the least. It's hard enough to navigate through the constant temptation and over-sized portions as an adult, but to have to teach young children to do so can be daunting. But just as it's our responsibility to teach our kids not to run out into the stre 6 steps to a long and healthy life 06/01/2015 11:00am • How long we live is often in the hands of our genes. But researchers have established that certain attitudes and behaviors promote health, and will give us a better chance of living out our full life span of 80 or 90 years. Here are six strategies that can have a major impact not only on how long we North Korean nuclear weapons threaten U.S. West Coast 06/01/2015 05:54am • WASHINGTON — Fears are growing that North Korea (DPRK) may soon have the ability to attach a nuclear warhead to a missile, launch it and hit a target on the western coast of the U.S. Two intelligence sources told WTOP as recently as May 28, there are growing reasons to believe they may have rea Family-Centered Care: The Brass Ring of Health Care? 05/31/2015 08:00pm • In the last decade, a much-needed emphasis on the partnership between patients and health care providers regarding care has emerged. In principle, the concept is on point. In implementation, it has perhaps fallen way short of reaching the goal. The question, then, that has to be asked is: Can we act Wine of the Week: Falling in love with Italy, 1 wine at a time 05/29/2015 02:20pm • WASHINGTON — Italy has been making wine for a very long time. There is evidence that Etruscan and Greek explorers cultivated wine grapes as far back as the 5th century BC. But it was the Romans who, 300 years later, developed a widespread winemaking industry and introduced advanced techniques, suc Arlington Memorial Bridge repairs bring closures, weight restrictions 05/29/2015 11:52am • WASHINGTON — Part of the Arlington Memorial Bridge is closed Friday for emergency repairs. The curbside lanes and 4-feet of the adjoining sidewalks across the drawbridge span of the bridge are closed. Additionally, there is a 10-ton load limit for the length of the bridge, which carries nearly Your Best Breakfast Ever 05/29/2015 11:00am • Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But is your morning meal -- or half-eaten cereal bar -- cutting it? To find out how to maximize your morning meal, check out these eight simple tips to a better breakfast. 1. Put down the cereal box. Eating refined carbs, such as those found in sug Va. General Assembly to consider recommendations of task force on sex assault 05/29/2015 09:25am • WASHINGTON — The Virginia General Assembly next year will likely take up some of the recommendations a state task force made to help sexual assault victims on college campuses and to help prevent assaults. Sen. Dick Black, R-Loudoun, said he expects lawmakers to “pull some ideas” from the Do This Every Day, and You May Lose 20 Pounds in 6 Months 05/29/2015 08:00am • When's the last time you weighed yourself? If you can't remember or you don't even own a scale, read on to find out how weighing in may help you peel off pounds. According to a first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, researchers from Duke Univer The Value of Having a Primary Care Doctor 05/28/2015 08:00pm • Do you want to live longer; enjoy better health; avoid unnecessary emergency room visits, hospitalizations and surgeries; and pay lower health care costs? I surmise that for nearly everyone, the answer is "yes." Each of these goals can be attained through a relationship with a primary care doctor. P 10 things no one tells you about breast-feeding 05/28/2015 09:00am • Breast is best If there's one thing everyone tells you about breast-feeding, it's "do it." After all, breast-feeding has been linked to a host of benefits, including better cognitive development and a lower risk of obesity in children, as well as improved recovery from childbirth and a reduced ri The Statin Dilemma: a Primer for Patients 05/27/2015 08:00pm • Statins have redefined the treatment of heart disease. Statins work by halting or reducing the buildup of fatty plaque inside blood vessels, a condition known as atherosclerosis, chiefly fueled by abnormally high cholesterol and the leading cause of heart attacks and strokes. A true game changer i A Disorder That's Hard to Swallow 05/27/2015 08:00pm • Ed Steger's last meal was a bowl of soup in Las Vegas. "I remember it all too clearly, as if it were yesterday," he says. But it wasn't yesterday -- it was 2006. "Life is very different" now, says Steger, a 63-year-old former program manager in Houston. Steger was diagnosed with head and neck can