Articles filed under Washington Post
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Skipping breakfast may help you lose weightAug 15, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — Researchers at a New York City hospital several years ago conducted a test of the widely accepted notion that skipping breakfast can make you fat. For some ...
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New study shows that the happiness of a first-time parent falls after baby arrivesAug 14, 2015 6:00 am - Life has its ups and downs, but parenthood is supposed to be among the most joyous. At least that's what the movies and Target ads tell us. In reality, it turns out that...
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Senile sea snails are helping us understand memory lossAug 14, 2015 6:00 am - Just in case sea snails aren't slow enough, new research has found that they get more sluggish when they grow old — and the discovery is helping us to understand how mem...
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Your health: Hookah smoking among college students increasesAug 10, 2015 6:00 am - Twitter influences hookah use As hookah smoking becomes more popular among young adults, especially college-age students, researchers are finding that positive ment...
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Could standing desks at school help curb childhood obesity?Aug 10, 2015 5:45 am - Being told to “sit still” in the classroom may soon be a thing of the past. Schools in a growing number of jurisdictions are experimenting with the once-faddish, now com...
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From ghosts to old dogs: The weird world of home-sale clausesAug 09, 2015 7:41 am - Maybe some Virginia lawmakers have watched too many episodes of "Breaking Bad." Home buyers in Virginia now have one more request they can make of sellers: to disclose w...
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SEC backs rule forcing companies to compare ceo and worker payAug 09, 2015 7:37 am - WASHINGTON -- The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule Wednesday requiring companies to reveal the pay gap between the chief executive officer and their ty...
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CDC: Coordinated approach could cut projected 'superbug' infections in halfAug 09, 2015 7:36 am - With the United States facing an increasing number of drug-resistant "superbugs," federal health officials said a relatively simple solution could prevent more than half...
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What raising the minimum wage to $15 would mean in every stateAug 09, 2015 7:34 am - WASHINGTON - Look around the country, and you'll find the same impassioned argument about pay for low-wage workers is taking place. The $15 minimum wage was approved in ...
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Factcheck: Harry Reid's claim that 30% of women rely on Planned ParenthoodAug 09, 2015 7:33 am - "The Republican bill pretends to be for women's health, but it would prohibit federal funds to go to an organization that is the health care backbone for American women ...