Health
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Flu season hits early, patients flood hospitals
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Researchers at the University of Maryland are trying to figure out why this year’s flu season is so much worse. Local hospitals are seeing a serious increase in the number of patients.
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Flu season: Boston's mayor declares public health emergency
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Health officials in Boston have declared a public health emergency after the flu is blamed for 18 deaths in Massachusetts and our region is not immune to the concern.
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Getting healthy in 2013
CommentRegistered Dietitian Marie Spano came on the show today to tell us easy ways we can live and eat healthier in 2013.
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Flu cases spike this flu season
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Sick calls at offices and schools are on the rise—thanks to the flu.
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Flu season worsening, according to CDC data
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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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Cancer death rates continue to inch down
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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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Gym for a New Year's resolution: A gym made for overweight clients
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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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Obesity: Few Americans know all the risks
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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 year, new you
CommentBeauty and lifestyle expert Lianne Farbes came on the show to tell us about great ways to help us take care of our body inside and out.
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Stick to your resolutions!
CommentRegistered Dietitian Rebecca Scritchfield came on the show today with tips to help you kick off 2013 in a healthy way.
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Get yourself back into shape
CommentGerard Burley, a certified fitness coach and director of Coach G Fitness, sat down today to talk about starting and maintaing a fitness routine.
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Insight Imaging lied to patients in meningitis outbreak, lawsuit claims
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A $25 million lawsuit claims that Roanoke-based Insight Imaging misrepresented the steroid by telling patients there were getting a safe, name-brand drug instead of a generic substitute.
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No more excuses! Get moving
CommentFitness expert Lisa Reed came on the show to help you throw your excuses out the window and get to working out.
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Single-tasking vs. multi-tasking
CommentAndie Row, the Wellness Director at Evolent Health, sat down with Natasha to talk about whether multi-tasking is really more effective than just focusing on one task.
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Medicare warns doctors about potential cuts
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Medicare is warning doctors - and millions of elderly patients - that payments will be slashed next year unless Congress acts soon.
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Fewer health care options for illegal immigrants after Obama overhaul
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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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Asperger's syndrome not linked with violence, experts say
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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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D.C. to appeal judge's decision in Ivy City case
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And in a letter to the mayor, Ward 5's Kenyan McDuffie wrote. "The Crummell School is an inappropriate location for a charter bus lot, and I stand with the community in urging you to select an alternative location."
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