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CDC says data show worsening flu season
In the last week of December, flu was widespread in 41 states; flu-related child and infant deaths climbed to 18 and outpatient visits for flu symptoms had jumped to 5.6 percent.
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A new gym opens for only overweight clients
Downsize Fitness is an exclusive health club, evocative of the nation's trendiest gyms. But there's a strict requirement to join: You must be 50 pounds or more overweight.
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Obama: The cost of Medicare needs to be addressed
Ethridge interview January 3, 2013
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Dieters boost weight loss with apps
New technology may help individuals who are seeking to achieve their weight-loss goals stay on course with their plan.
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Fewer health care options for illegal immigrants after Obama overhaul
President Barack Obama's health care overhaul threatens to roll back some services through free or low cost clinics, if those clinics and hospitals are overwhelmed with newly insured patients and can't afford to care for as many poor families.
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Growing new skin for a young boy
Before he even turns 1, Evan Gill will have surgery to remove a large, rare birthmark from his forehead. His parents and doctors are taking the unique step to grow new skin to cover the surgically repaired area.
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Maryland prison participates in breast cancer campaign
Maryland state prison inmates in Sykesville are taking part in a breast cancer awareness campaign.
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Food poisoning to get easier to diagnose
It's about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning, but that progress for individual patients comes with a downside: It could hurt the nation's ability to spot and solve dangerous outbreaks.
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Study: Gene testing in early pregnancy can now be used more broadly
A new study sets the stage for wider use of gene testing in early pregnancy. Scanning the genes of a fetus reveals far more about potential health risks than current prenatal testing does, say researchers who compared both methods in thousands of pregnancies nationwide.
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Cancer death rates continue to inch down
Death rates from cancer are continuing to inch down, researchers reported Monday. Now the question is how to hold onto those gains, and do even better, even as the population gets older and fatter, both risks for developing cancer.
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Few Americans know all the risks of obesity
Carrying too many pounds may lead to or worsen some types of cancer, arthritis, sleep apnea, even infertility. But a new poll suggests few Americans realize the links.
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New Study: Sugar triggers overeating
Scientists are using imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose can trigger brain changes that may lead to overeating.
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Medicare warns doctors about potential 27 percent cut
Medicare is warning doctors - and millions of elderly patients - that payments will be slashed next year unless Congress acts soon.
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Despite recent suspicion, violence and Asperger's syndrome not linked, experts say
While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger's syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder and violence.
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Health insurance exchange deadline fast approaching
Ethridge interview December 12, 2012
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Young girl fights cancer with Letters to Santa
A local girl facing and fighting cancer is turning her darkest moment into a movement of giving that will help other children.
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CDC: African-American women have highest obesity rate
African-American women have the highest obesity rate of any group of Americans. Four out of five black women have a body mass index above 25 percent, the threshold for being overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Florida hopes to release genetically modified mosquitoes
Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the risk of dengue fever in the tourist town of Key West.
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