"Gluten-Free" labels seem omnipresent on foods these days. But is gluten a problem, or is the campaign just hype?

Are Christmas calories pushing on the pounds? Here is advice from weight-control experts on how to avoid extra avoirdupois and how to get rid of it.

Do you know what to do if a hurricane, tornado, fire or accident hits your household? How about death? Are your affairs in order?  Here is some expert advice.

Organized activities beyond the classroom can do more than just look good on a college application. They often help develop a student's skills and personality.

Eldersburg pediatrician Dr. Cathy H. Reifman has heard thousands of those kinds of mealtime woes from parents in her 19 years of practice.

Mt. Airy plastic surgeon Dr. Guy Cappuccino discusses a procedure with his assistant, Shelly Atchison.Spring is for youth. But if your inner youth is hidden behind wrinkles, frown lines and droopy eyelids, an army of cosmetic surgeons, aestheticians...

Alternative Energy Gains a Foothold in Carroll County where wind turbines and solar panels are generating off-grid energy.

Artist DiAnn Grimes says she works to be perceived on many levels.Farms and fields that once stretched over the hills and valleys of Carroll County live on in the watercolor paintings of Di Ann Grimes. In her art, ducks parade near ponds, cows stand...

“Common Ground” founder Walt Michael takes time to strum his guitar on the lawn of “The Hill” (McDaniel College). In the crucible of the ’60s, young Walt Michael went to West Virginia as a poverty-fighting volunteer. Among the mountain peop...

Builder Robin Ford used salvaged stone and beams in a recent renovation. Stone from a deconstructed barn near Manchester now graces the exterior of a $2 million-plus house in Baltimore County. The enhancement is part of a growing trend in reclaiming ...