Seven foods that get an unfair rap

(Mark Gail / THE WASHINGTON POST)

With all the hoopla about healthful eating, it’s hard to separate fact from fiction. Here’s the skinny about some so-called “bad” foods.

Washington area’s healthiest workplace?

Government backs exergaming

(Krys Bailey / ALAMY)

The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition teams with makers of active video games to promote them as a way for kids and adults to exercise.

Yoga studios going to the mat?

(Evy Mages)

Proliferation of studios puts the squeeze on D.C. area yoga businesses.

Balancing body and mind

(Mark Gail / THE WASHINGTON POST)

A class that combines spinning and yoga is the latest effort to force us to expand our workout routines.

The Checkup

Good news on soy-based baby formula

New study finds that soy-fed babies develop on par with babies who are fed milk-based formula.

The Checkup

Pills fall short in birth-control contest

The most popular forms of birth control in the U.S. are also the least effective, new study finds.

The Checkup

Is that right? POM protects against disease?

Is it okay for POM Wonderful to say its pomegranate juice protects against heart disease and prostate cancer and remedies erectile dysfunction?

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Eat, Drink & Be Healthy

Nutrition and fitness resolutions for 2012

HANDOUT PHOTO: Picture Christine Gerbstadt, MD, RD, riding her bike. She's the author of 'Doctor’s Detox Diet The Ultimate Weight Loss Prescription.' ONE-TIME USE ONLY. For re-use, contact Christine Gerbstadt, 412-638-0000, crgerbstadtmd@aol.com

It’s not too early to start thinking about ways to make 2012 your most healthful year yet.

Me Minus 10, revisited

She made good on her pledge to lose 10 pounds before she turned 50. Now at 51, this nutrition columnist looks back.

Real-world holiday weight-control tips

HANDOUT: Sam Hardman

How three people who’ve shed a lot of weight keep the pounds off this time of year.

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Health News

She wasn’t tired, but she couldn’t stop yawning. What was wrong with her?

MEDICAL MYSTERIES | Liisa Ecola was yawning as often as 200 times per day and squinting.

Medical Mysteries: Was crying caused by man’s severe depression?

Staten Island, N.Y.. - Feb.11: Richard Anderson and his wife Rosemarie in their Staten Island home.  Richard suffered a severe traumatic brain injury at 47 which developed into uncontrollable crying.  A new drug has helped treat  his disorder called pseudobulbar affect.   (Photo by Helayne Seidman/For The Washington Post)

His uncontrollable and inexplicable crying embarrassed him, deepening his social isolation.

Medical Mysteries: A baby’s seizures

Medical Mystery. ****ONE-TIME USE ONLY**** for Health 1/31/12

Days after a baby got a routine vaccine, she developed seizures. It took years to learn their cause.