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National MS Awareness Week

National MS Awareness Week

(NEWS CENTER) -- Multiple Sclerosis is a disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system.

Artist shares struggle with lyme disease

Artist shares struggle with lyme disease

BAR HARBOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)--- A local artist has a new exhibit on display at the College of the Atlantic, which focuses on her struggle with lyme disease.

Sebelius asks insurers to justify rate hikes

Sebelius asks insurers to justify rate hikes

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the nation's leading health insurers Thursday to publicly justify a spate of double-digit premium hikes that have infuriated consumers in at least a half dozen states.

Congress hears cancer screenings offer mixed results

Congress hears cancer screenings offer mixed results

(NBC) -- New recommendations on whether men should be screened for prostate cancer are causing confusion. The American Cancer Society, urologists and government researchers disagree on whether the popular PSA blood test and digital rectal exams are effective.

FDA goes after companies

FDA goes after companies "making false claims"

(NBC) -- Stroll down the aisle of just about any grocery store in America and you'll find what appears to be the promise land for optimal health.

Voice device changes Ohio woman's life

Voice device changes Ohio woman's life

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (NBC) --  After a lifetime of silence, 24 year old Ashley Caudill wants everyone to know who she is.

Healthbeat Headlines 2/28/10

Healthbeat Headlines 2/28/10

A new study finds post-menopausal women who consume a high-fat diet are at greater risk of a stroke. Researchers at the University of North Carolina looked at data on over 87 thousand post-menopausal women.

How to boost your metabolism

How to boost your metabolism

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- We all know people who can eat whatever they want and never gain weight.  Those of us who can't to that often blame a slow metabolism, which means our bodies burn fat and calories and a slower rate.   Some of that is genetic.  But you can boost you metabolism through diet and exercise.

Pain therapy laser can be used to zap fat

Pain therapy laser can be used to zap fat

DALLAS (NBC) -- A laser designed for pain therapy might be the fat buster of our dreams.  The Zerona laser is being used on stubborn areas to leach fat out of cells.

Age of stroke patients on the decline

Age of stroke patients on the decline

(NBC) -- Often considered a disease of the elderly, strokes are now striking adults at much young ages. New research finds the average age of stroke patients has gone from 71 to 68 since the 1990s.

Designer Makes Amazing Comeback After Stroke

Designer Makes Amazing Comeback After Stroke

WINTHROP, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- When we last talked to Pamela Hedden, she was trying to rebuild her life following a delibitating stroke. Her brain injury happened during the height of her career as a residential designer. But she isn't letting her physical challenges keep her from using her gift.

FDA flags heart risk with HIV drug combination

FDA flags heart risk with HIV drug combination

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning about potential heart risks of combining two anti-HIV drugs.

Report: U.S. fails to fight high blood pressure

Report: U.S. fails to fight high blood pressure

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A critical new report declares high blood pressure in the U.S. to be a neglected disease -- a term that usually describes mysterious tropical illnesses, not a well-known plague of rich countries.

Hospital gowns now lower infection rates

Hospital gowns now lower infection rates

ST. LOUIS (NBC) -- When we think of hospital gowns, we often think of the ones that don't close enough in the back! But there is actually a new type of gown that's helping lower hospital infection rates.

Check your nutrition label

Check your nutrition label

(NEWS CENTER) -- There is a lot of misinformation out there when it comes to what is good for us.

Health Beat Headlines February 21, 2010

Health Beat Headlines February 21, 2010

Employees who can set their own hours tend to be happier and healthier!

How Healthy Is Your County?

How Healthy Is Your County?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new report suggests that where you live plays a role in how healthy, or unhealthy you are.

Study: Aspirin helps in the treatment of breast cancer

Study: Aspirin helps in the treatment of breast cancer

(NBC) -- Studies have touted the benefits of aspirin to prevent heart disease and cancer. Now there's evidence that aspirin may also prevent cancer already in the body from spreading.

Merck: Studies boost Gardasil for new uses

Merck: Studies boost Gardasil for new uses

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The Gardasil vaccine protected most young women from cervical cancer and homosexual men from anal cancer, according to new studies released Wednesday by its maker, Merck & Co.

Biggest Loser winner keeping weight off

Biggest Loser winner keeping weight off

(NBC) -- The winner of last season's "The Biggest Loser" has been feeling the glory when it comes to staying slim. Season 8 champ Danny Cahill has lost 239 pounds and he's keeping off the weight.

Hypnosis helps reduce pain of childbirth

Hypnosis helps reduce pain of childbirth

TUCSON, Ariz. (NBC) -- Technology and medications can reduce and even eliminate the pain associated with childbirth, but some mothers are still opting for a natural, drug free labor.

FDA wants changes to nutrition labels

FDA wants changes to nutrition labels

DALLAS (NBC) -- The government wants to give consumers a taste of reality as they go for that second or third handful of chips.

WHO to assess whether swine flu peak is over

WHO to assess whether swine flu peak is over

GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization will hold an expert meeting later this month to consider whether the swine flu pandemic's peak has passed.

Part-time smokers put health at full-time risk

Part-time smokers put health at full-time risk

(NBC) -- For some people, lighting up is a commitment that lasts a lifetime. But for others, their relationship with cigarettes is more like dating, only smoking on occasion.

Congenital Heart Defect Week

Congenital Heart Defect Week

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Congenital Heart Disease is the leading cause of  birth defect related deaths worldwide.  Even though some 1.8 million families are  affected by CHD, a relatively small amount of funding  is currently available for parent/ patient educational services, research, and support.

First lady begins fight against childhood obesity

First lady begins fight against childhood obesity

WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama launched a nationwide campaign Tuesday to fight childhood obesity, part of her effort to teach America's children about better nutrition and exercise.

Healthbeat Headlines

Healthbeat Headlines

NEW YORK (NBC) -- New research shows certain patients in vegetative states are aware of their surroundings.  That story tops our Healthbeat Headlines.

 
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