Health
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Norovirus strikes at two Arlington elementary schools
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Outbreaks of what’s known as the winter vomiting disease have occurred at Arlington’s Patrick Henry and Randolph elementary schools.
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Family medical history
CommentDr. Angela Marshall sat down with Melanie to discuss the importance of learning about your family's health history.
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Coping with the loss of loved ones during the holidays
CommentClinical psychologist Dr. Andrea Bonior came on the show to talk about how families can cope the loss of loved ones during the holidays.
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Maintaining inner and outer beauty
CommentHolli Thompson, a certified Holistic Health Coach, came on the show to tell us how we can maintain our inner and outer beauty as we age.
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Maryland prison participates in breast cancer campaign
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Maryland state prison inmates in Sykesville are taking part in a breast cancer awareness campaign.
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Pfizer Inc. to pay $55M in drug misbranding case
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The Justice Department says Pfizer Inc. will pay to resolve allegations that its subsidiary promoted the drug Protonix for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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NFL HGH testing considered by Congress
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Back in August 2011, the NFL and the players' union signed off on a new labor deal that set the stage for the league to test for human growth hormone, perhaps as soon as a month later.
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Former President George H.W. Bush still hospitalized
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A spokesman at Methodist Hospital in Houston said Tuesday that Bush's status hasn't changed and he remains in stable condition.
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Meningitis outbreak: Maryland reports second death
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Nationwide, there have been 590 cases of fungal meningitis in 19 states. The outbreak is linked to steroid shots for back pain made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts.
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Food poisoning to get easier to diagnose
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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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Nick Balenger paralyzed in accident, works to walk again
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Nick Balenger was born to pitch. But his life changed forever this summer when he was paralyzed in a swimming accident. Now he's using the same drive he had on the pitcher's mound to walk again.
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African-American women have highest obesity rate: CDC says
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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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Don't pack on the Christmas pounds
CommentRegistered dietitian Marie Spano came on the show today to give us tips on not overindulging with holiday goodies this month.
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Study: Gene testing in early pregnancy can now be used more broadly
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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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Sick girl pulled from Arizona hospital safe, being treated in Mexico
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The father of a girl with leukemia who was taken out of an Arizona hospital says his daughter is doing well and being treated in Mexico.
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Florida hopes to release genetically modified mosquitoes
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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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Flu season off to an early start
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Health officials on Monday said suspected flu cases have jumped in five Southern states, and the primary strain circulating tends to make people sicker than other types.
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Alzheimer's treatments hopeful with new study
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For Alzheimer's patients and their families, desperate for an effective treatment for the epidemic disease, there's hope from new studies starting up and insights from recent ones that didn't quite pan out.
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