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    May 20, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. Lawsuit in Ohio cancer cluster will take years

    JOHN SEEWER,Associated Press
    TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The wait for answers is far from over for parents who for years have lived with the worry of not knowing what's behind the mysterious cancers that have sickened dozens of children in a rural area of northern Ohio. Despite a...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Whirlpool Corp., Trials, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    2. May 13, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  2. CONSUMER REPORTS: Mechanically tenderized beef risk

    Before you fire up the grill for some great summer meals, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Consumer Reports</em> has a caution. The beef you buy may have been tenderized by machines, and that process can introduce potentially deadly bacteria into your food.
    Before you fire up the grill for some great summer meals, Consumer Reports has a caution. The beef you buy may have been tenderized by machines, and that process can introduce potentially deadly bacteria into your food. The trouble is that sharp...

    Tags: Consumers, E. coli Infection, Diseases and Illnesses

    3. May 8, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  3. Meningococcal disease alert after Riley HS case

    <span style="font-size: small;">SOUTH BEND &ndash; The St. Joseph County Health Department is in the process of alerting people who may have come in contact with someone at South Bend's Riley High School with meningococcal disease.</span>
    WSBT-TV
    SOUTH BEND – The St. Joseph County Health Department is in the process of alerting people who may have come in contact with someone at South Bend's Riley High School with meningococcal disease. The school sent a letter home with students Tuesday...

    Tags: Headaches, Flu, Health, Meningitis, Diseases and Illnesses

    4. May 2, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  4. Shocking numbers: CDC says Indiana middle-aged suicide rate grew 54 percent

    <span style="font-size: small;">INDIANAPOLIS (AP) &mdash; The federal government says Indiana's suicide rate among its middle-aged population surged nearly 54 percent from 1999 to 2010, giving the state one of the nation's biggest such increases.</span>
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The federal government says Indiana's suicide rate among its middle-aged population surged nearly 54 percent from 1999 to 2010, giving the state one of the nation's biggest such increases. Thursday's report from the Centers for...

    Tags: Suicide, Disease Prevention, Substance Abuse

    5. May 2, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  5. Michigan sees big rise in middle-aged suicides

    <span style="font-size: small;">DETROIT (AP) &mdash; A government study finds Michigan is one of the states with the highest jumps in suicides among middle-aged Americans.</span>
    DETROIT (AP) — A government study finds Michigan is one of the states with the highest jumps in suicides among middle-aged Americans. A Centers for Disease Control Prevention report released Thursday says the state's suicide rate among people...

    Tags: Suicide

    6. May 1, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  6. Tick population increasing in Michiana

    <span style="font-size: small;">Ticks are pretty bad this year, especially for dogs, according to a veterinarian who has been pulling them off pets every day for the past few weeks.</span>
    WSBT-TV
    Ticks are pretty bad this year, especially for dogs, according to a veterinarian who has been pulling them off pets every day for the past few weeks. “Just since it's warmed up the past couple or few weeks the number of ticks have gone up...

    Tags: Pets, Disease Prevention, Vaccines

    7. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  7. Half of Indiana's smokers tried to quit in 2011

    <span style="font-size: small;">MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) &mdash; Indiana has the nation's seventh-highest percentage of smokers, with more than a quarter of the state's population smoking, but more than half of those people tried to quit in 2011, according to a study.</span>
    MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana has the nation's seventh-highest percentage of smokers, with more than a quarter of the state's population smoking, but more than half of those people tried to quit in 2011, according to a study. "Most people...

    Tags: Quitting Smoking, Health Insurance Cost, Heroin

    8. Apr 13, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  8. 3rd Annual Indiana Black Barbershop Health Initiative held Saturday

    Barber shops... They're places where men go to keep up with their looks and even socialize, but on this weekend in South Bend and across Indiana, they were much more than that. Every other week, you'll find Jamhal Black here at Cutrageous Barbershop....

    Tags: High Blood Pressure, Prostate Cancer

    9. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  9. More gun laws = fewer deaths, 50-state study says

    <span style="font-size: small;">CHICAGO (AP) &mdash; <span id="fbPhotoPageCaption" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{&quot;type&quot;:45}"><span class="hasCaption">It's a study everyone is talking about today because the statistics are so dramatic: States with the most gun control laws have a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of gun control laws, according to a 50-state study that suggests sheer quantity of measures might make a difference.</span></span></span>
    CHICAGO (AP) — It's a study everyone is talking about today because the statistics are so dramatic: States with the most gun control laws have a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of gun control laws, according to a...

    Tags: Suicide, Politics, University of California, Davis, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control

    10. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  10. Oregon lawmakers advance ban on young teen tanning

    SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Across the nation, lawmakers are debating where to draw the line on young teen tanning, considering proposals that would make it illegal to expose minors to ultraviolet rays from sunlamps. Those who support such a ban say the...

    Tags: Elections, Politics, Skin Cancer, Sunburn, Justice System

    11. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  11. 7 new infections in Michigan from steroids

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan health officials are reporting seven more infections linked to contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company. The Michigan Department of Community Health said Monday that at least 256...

    Tags: Steroids, Meningitis, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines

    12. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  12. Obesity and cancer

    <span style="font-size: small;">How much you weigh could put you at major risk of developing cancer.</span>
    WSBT-TV
    How much you weigh could put you at major risk of developing cancer. In fact, doctors treat 100,000 cases every year, and those are only cancers linked to obesity. Body weight can determine who gets cancer, how you treat it and how likely you are to...

    Tags: Health Treatments, Weight, Healthy Diet, Obesity, Genetics

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