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Straight to the Heart - Part One

Posted: 2:57 PM The bad news: heart disease is the number 1 killer. The good news: there are things you can do today to avoid having heart problems tomorrow.

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Colon Cancer Awareness

Posted: 2:57 PM Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths, but it's totally preventable.

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Peanut Allergy Vaccine

Posted: 2:57 PM A potential cure is being tested in humans for peanut allergy.

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Lung Cancer

Posted: 2:57 PM More people aware of smoking dangers after death of Peter Jennings.

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Hospital Grades

Posted: 2:57 PM The Joint Commission issued a report Tuesday on the first assessment of how the nation's hospitals are doing when treating heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia. The Joint Commission has evaluated hospital performance since the 1950s. The commission uses hospital reported data on seven performance measures for heart attack care, four measures for heart failure and four related to pneumonia treatment. Here is how three Panhandle hospitals compared to the nations average.

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P-E Requirements for School Children in Florida

Posted: 2:57 PM With obesity rates rising among children, Florida legislators want to find a way to put a stop to it. They are pushing to increase the requirement for physical education for elementary school children.

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Local Help for Urinary Incontinence

Posted: 2:57 PM There are at least 20 million people in the United States with a sometimes embarrassing problem. It's called urinary incontinence. Of those 20 million, 40 percent never tell their doctor about it, and half of those rarely get treated.

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A Little Known Stomach Problem for Infants

Posted: 2:57 PM It's normal for newborns to act irritable and spit up their food from time to time. But if the conditions persist your child could have a rarely known condition called Pyloric Stenosis.

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Breast Cancer Treatment Update

Posted: 2:57 PM A group of 19 of the nation's leading cancer centers has published a new version of its breast cancer treatment guidelines for doctors.

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New Medicine Deals With Reducing Amputations

Posted: 2:57 PM Amputations are a common problem with diabetics. Many have a problem with being able to sense their feet. If they stub their toes, they burn their feet, have cuts or sores, they don't really notice it until it's sometimes too late.

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Medical News

  • Report questioning salt guidelines riles heart experts
    An unusual medical brawl erupted on Tuesday when the influential Institute of Medicine issued a report questioning the basis of years of advice for Americans to cut their salt intake in half.
  • Chris Christie's weight-loss procedure doesn't always work

    New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed that he's had gastric-band weight-loss surgery, which experts say has the least amount of short-term risk but also yields the least amount of weight loss.New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed that he's had gastric-band weight-loss surgery, which experts say has the least amount of short-term risk but also yields the least amount of weight loss.


  • Caffeinated gum raises health buzz

    A new line of caffeinated chewing gum is causing jitters among health advocates and prompting federal officials to take a new look at the proliferation of jolt-infused foods, including those marketed to children and teens.A new line of caffeinated chewing gum is causing jitters among health advocates and prompting federal officials to take a new look at the proliferation of jolt-infused foods, including those marketed to children and teens.


  • Dr. Oz's tips for losing those last 10 pounds

    Stress, the slowing of metabolism of middle age, and hormone changes after having a baby are three main reasons why many people see the numbers on the scale going up. Dr. Mehmet Oz shares tips on how to shed those final 10 pounds. Stress, the slowing of metabolism of middle age, and hormone changes after having a baby are three main reasons why many people see the numbers on the scale going up. Dr. Mehmet Oz shares tips on how to shed those final 10 pounds.


  • How First Lady won over Miss. on school lunches
    Despite its deeply red political leanings, it was Mississippi that early on embraced the first lady’s ideas about healthy food, and was the site where Mrs. Obama kicked off a two day, three-city tour touting the three-year anniversary of her “Let’s Move” initiative, which encourages kids to get and stay fit.
  • Anger may raise heart attack risk, study finds
    Bottling up emotions is thought to harm both mind and body, but a new study suggests that the opposite extreme may be no better.
  • Just one daily soda can raise diabetes risk
    Drinking just one 12-ounce soda a day may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, a new study from Europe suggests.
  • Gut bugs linked to heart attacks, strokes
    Thousands of heart attack victims every year have none of the notorious risk factors before their crisis - not high cholesterol, not unhealthy triglycerides.
  • 12 school football players die each year, study finds
    Each year in the U.S. an average of a dozen high school and college football players die during practices and games, according to a new study that finds heart conditions, heat and other non-traumatic causes of death are twice as common as injury-related ones.
  • Chelation little help for heart disease: study
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Removing metals from the body through a controversial treatment has little effect on the long-term health of people who've previously suffered a heart attack, according to the results of a government-funded trial released Tuesday.
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