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SPECIAL REPORT: Granger woman doing all she can to save her own life
A Granger woman has survived a lot of heartache at the hands of heart disease -- the #1 killer of most women. It's a story you'll only see on WSBT:
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Indiana dealing with deadliest flu season in years
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana, like most states, is in the midst of one of its worst flu seasons in recent years, and health officials say that it's too early to tell whether the season has peaked. The season's 40 flu deaths make it Indiana's...
Tags: Pneumonia, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses
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Indiana's flu deaths rise to 40, most victims over 65
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Flu deaths in Indiana have climbed to 40 this season and it's too soon to tell if the spread of the illness is slowing statewide, state health officials said Wednesday. Marion County health officials said visits to the...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Asthma, Health Insurance Cost, Symptoms
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CDC: 1 in 8 U.S. women binge drink 3 times a month
CBS NewsThe dangerous activity of binge drinking -- defined as consuming four or more alcoholic drinks at one time -- can take a toll on anyone's health. And, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals in a new report, it's an under-recognized...Tags: High Schools, Arthritis, Substance Abuse, Social Sciences, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Study: People worldwide living longer, but sicker
LONDON (AP) — Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, according to the most expansive global look so far...Tags: Africa, HIV, Physical Conditions, Polio, Europe
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Unemployment may increase chances of heart attacks
CHICAGO (AP) — Unemployment hurts more than your wallet — it may damage your heart. That's according to a study linking joblessness with heart attacks in older workers. The increased odds weren't huge, although multiple job losses posed as...
Tags: Obesity, Unemployment Benefits, Internists, Internal Medicine, Health and Medical Professionals
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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, Science and Technology, Insulin, Weight Loss
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Docs at odds over kids' cholesterol test guidance
CHICAGO (AP) — Should all U.S. children get tested for high cholesterol? Doctors are still debating that question months after a government-appointed panel recommended widespread screening that would lead to prescribing medicine for some kids....Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Schering Plough Corporation, American Medical Association, Drugs and Medicines, Food and Drug Administration
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British TV crew visits Indiana city for obesity show
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A British TV crew visited an Indiana city this week to film segments about obesity for a program called "Supersize vs. Superskinny." Producers from the show, which focuses on dieting and extreme eating lifestyles, visited...Tags: Obesity, Health Insurance Cost, United Kingdom, Diseases and Illnesses, Entertainment
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CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
ATLANTA (AP) — Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. And an even larger proportion...Tags: Obesity, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Popular issues stall behind Indiana Dem boycott
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Anti-smoking advocates are on the verge of success in the Indiana General Assembly but must wait out House Democrats' boycott of a divisive labor bill.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the Senate and House is pushing to...Tags: Super Bowl, Politics, Executive Branch, Republican Party, U.S. Senate
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Murder not a top cause of death, a first in 45 yrs
ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time in 45 years, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top causes of death. U.S. Health officials say the murder rate fell enough in 2010 to drop it out of the top 15 causes. Criminologists have not...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cancer, Health, Murder, Diseases and Illnesses
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