When Hanne Blank was diagnosed seven years ago with an insulin sensitivity, she learned the best treatment was working out. But the 43-year-old didn’t always feel treated s...

Add postpartum hair loss to the list of yucky pregnancy side effects no one ever tells you about. “I didn’t expect it at all,” says Marilin Karst, 28, of Rockville, who ...

In the Information Age, finding answers is easy. It’s finding the right answer that’s hard. After 25 years as a law librarian, Don MacLeod has learned a thing or two about...

Name: Melissa Schwartz Jones, 34 Salary: $90,000 Position: Makeup artist, hair stylist and owner of Georgetown Bride What She Does: Schwartz Jones helps some of D.C.’s ­mos...

Rachel Papantonakis is tired of people who behave like boobs when it comes to breast-feeding. “Breast-feeding mothers, on the whole, are not exhibitionists or looking to fla...

The exercisers who show up at Kathy Corbey’s 4,000-square-foot studio in Ashburn, Va., don’t just bring water bottles. They’re also toting sippy cups and strollers. What...

With 15 internships under her belt, Lauren Berger could write the book on interning. So she did. “All Work, No Pay” ($12.99, Ten Speed Press) is Berger’s 208-page guide ...

Forget the tutu and tap shoes. The options in kids’ dance classes are broadening beyond the basics so parents can introduce those tiny feet to other ways to bust a move -- a...

Jennifer Balarezo, 34 Title: Owner, GOTCPR LLC Salary: $79,000 (company earned $122,000) What She Does: Balarezo teaches people how to save lives. An emergency medical technic...

Today’s teaching degrees are anything but cookie-cutter. The industry trend toward not-so-textbook master’s programs helps education professionals specialize in what secon...

Oscar-winner Sissy Spacek effortlessly slips into parts as varied as a psycho high-schooler (“Carrie”), country singer Loretta Lynn (“Coal Miner’s Daughter”) and a m...

At Chesterbrook Elementary, gym-class technology has advanced far beyond the bouncy red ball. When students at the McLean, Va., school show up for P.E., they’re handed iPads...

Chalk it up to allergies: Spring makes people itchy to move. To help match buyers and sellers, Realtors’ associations are sponsoring the third annual Nationwide Open House (...

Quentin Schultze knows how to get you a job — no matter what. Education level and even past jobs aren’t make-or-break, says the communication professor at Calvin College i...

Spring is in the air — and way too early if you’re an allergy sufferer. “I’m not used to feeling this way for at least another month," says Michael Arnone, 40, who's m...