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Berrien County mom fights rare cancer
WSBT-TVCOLOMA, Mich. – This month is Lymphoma Awareness Month.A Coloma wife and mother of three is battling a rare form of this disease known as T-Cell Lymphoma cancer. Lisa Tavolacci gave birth to her third child earlier this year and soon after found...Tags: Cancer, Lymphatic System, Hodgkins Disease, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy
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Bariatric surgery to cure Type 2 diabetes better understood
BALTIMORE — Days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Brenda Maker’s diabetes was gone — her body producing enough of the hormone insulin to turn sugar into fuel. It’s a phenomenon seen in recent years by doctors who...Tags: American Diabetes Association, Amputation, University of Maryland, College Park, Heart Disease, Hormones and Metabolism
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Lab tests show deer dying from virus
WSBT-TVHundreds of deer have died in northern Indiana and southern Michigan from an apparent ailment fueled by this summer’s unusually dry conditions. Epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, has been confirmed in Marshall and LaGrange Counties of...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Viral Diseases and Infections, Lab Tests, Hunting
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Trial starting over Michigan inmate's bad tooth
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — An inmate who blames Michigan prison officials for gum disease is getting his day in court. Jerry Flanory's lawsuit against three people is going to trial Monday in federal court in Marquette. He claims he lost a tooth in...Tags: Gum Disease, Prisons, Punishment, Trials
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Patients asking for flu shots earlier this year
WSBT-TV ReporterDoctors and pharmacists are starting to get a lot of calls about flu shots. Think back a couple years -- most people were waiting until the end of September or early October to get vaccinated. According to the CDC, even though flu activity is quiet...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Drugs and Medicines, Vaccines, Flu, Health and Medical Professionals
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CDC reports incidents of tainted ricotta cheese in Indiana, 17 other states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says ricotta cheese tainted with listeria bacteria is linked to 14 illnesses and at least one death. The imported Italian ricotta salata cheese distributed by Forever Cheese,...
Tags: Listeria Outbreak (2011), Salmonella Infection, Health Organizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration
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Diabetes rates rocket in Oklahoma, South
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's diabetes problem is getting worse, and the biggest jump over 15 years was in Oklahoma, according to a new federal report issued Thursday. The diabetes rate in Oklahoma more than tripled, and Kentucky, Georgia and...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diabetes, Disease Prevention, Obesity, Weight
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Brain-eating amoeba suspected in SW Indiana death
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A parasite commonly referred to as the "brain-eating amoeba" infected a man teaching his daughter to swim in a southwestern Indiana lake, killing him within weeks, his father said Tuesday. State and federal officials have not...
Tags: Naegleria Fowleri, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Headaches, Meningitis
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West Nile virus threatens Labor Day celebrations
DETROIT (AP) — People celebrating Labor Day weekend outdoors in Michigan could be setting themselves up as the main course for feasting mosquitoes, including the species known to carry the West Nile virus. The disease has become the summer...Tags: West Nile Virus, Weather, Labor Day, Viral Diseases and Infections, Weather Reports
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Lilly Alzheimer's drug trial yields promising sign
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eli Lilly's potential Alzheimer's disease treatment failed to slow mental decline in two late-stage studies, but combined data from both trials showed promising results in patients with mild-to-moderate cases of the mind-...Tags: Lilly Eli & Co, Alzheimer's Disease
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Officials: Swine flu confirmed in ill Michigan child
MASON, Mich. (AP) — Health officials say a strain of swine flu is responsible for an illness that sickened a child who recently attended the Ingham County Fair in mid-Michigan. The Michigan Department of Community Health announced Wednesday it...
Tags: Health, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Flu, Swine Flu
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1 man dead from rodent disease at Yosemite
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Yosemite National Park officials say a man is dead and a woman is recovering after contracting a rare rodent-borne disease in a popular lodging area. Park officials said Thursday that tests confirmed the man...Tags: National Parks, Viral Diseases and Infections
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