How fast you run a mile predicts how heart-healthy you’ll be in your old age, according to a new study by the Stanford, Northwestern University, Cooper Institute in Dallas and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. These two studies encompassed more than 66,000 people and found overwhelming evidence that looking at how a middle-aged person runs a mile predicts cholesterol, blood pressure and other measures of health later in life.

Dear Dave,
My husband and I have been married less than a year, and already we’re having huge disagreements over money. He’s got a big heart, but often he’ll just give money to friends and family. Sometimes, this leaves us short when it comes to monthly bills, paying off debt, and saving anything. I guess he thinks we’ll get by somehow, but it scares me. What can I do?
Summer

Will Walking My Dog Help Me Lose Weight? The Podcast
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Dear Dave,
Why do you only recommend 15-year mortgages?
Nikki

Dear Dave,
My husband and I can’t agree on how we should handle the child support payments I receive. He thinks it should be put in the pool with our household budget money, but right now I keep it in a separate account. Who’s right?
Leslie

Getting a dog sounds like a great excuse to get outside and get fit, doesn’t it? Yet, can simply walking really hold a candle to more rigorous fitness like a 1-mile run, a spin class or weight lifting with a personal trainer? Will Walking My Dog Help Me Lose Weight?
I’ve had a puppy for the past 4 months. We walk for a total of two hours a day and frankly, sometimes I break quite a sweat. During this time, my weight has fluctuated within five pounds and I’ve wondered, “Is it …

Getting Back On Track

Dear Dave,
I grew up in a house where my parents always lived below their means. They taught me to live that way, but they never showed me how to make it happen. Now, at 45, I’ve gotten out of debt and fallen back in several times. I’m sick of this, and I want to get control of my money. How do I break this bad cycle?
Sandy

Wonderland: Alice’s New Musical Adventure
Song: The Mad Hatter
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A child believes the best in you,
And that belief
Always makes the darkest lies
Seem almost true.
With slight of hand,
This almost truth
Can beguile the purest youth
To Wonderland.

Wonderland: Alice’s New Musical Adventure
Song: The Mad Hatter
The Mad Hatter Lyrics from Wonderland
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Well Hello, there, it’s me
With how it’s gonna be,
Settle down and listen up good.
The old Hatter is gone
But the Hat must go on
Worn by me, is that understood?
So shut up and tow the line,
While I redefine
How this all will be mine.