When Americans can’t afford something, Washington loves to help buyers and ignore producers. Politicians might feel as if they are improving affordability, but the strategy creates a vicious cycle: ...

Although genetics has the biggest effect on your ability to burn fat, certain foods can rev up your metabolism or seriously slow it down. When we can’t lose weight or our weight loss stalls, we blame ...

Though we don’t yet fully understand what causes dementia, many scientists think that the build-up of “amyloid plaques” and “tau tangles” in the brain can be a precursor to Alzheimer’s. This seems to ...

Ready to beef up your Wi-Fi network? A wireless range extender is a less expensive alternative to a new router. (Some can even turn your router setup into a mesh system.) Here are the top performers ...

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