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Ohio county takes 200-pound 8-year-old from mother
CLEVELAND (AP) — The case of an 8-year-old third-grader weighing more than 200 pounds has renewed a debate on whether parents should lose custody if a child is severely obese. Roughly 2 million U.S. children are extremely obese — weighing...Tags: American Medical Association, Healthcare Provider, Healthy Diet, Diabetes, Nutrition
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Ohio officials take 200-pound boy from mother
CLEVELAND (AP) — The case of an 8-year-old boy taken from his family because he weighs more than 200 pounds (90 kilograms) has renewed a U.S. debate on whether parents should lose custody if a child is severely obese. The boy was removed from his...Tags: American Medical Association, Healthcare Provider, Healthy Diet, Diabetes, Nutrition
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CDC launching graphic anti-smoking ad campaign
ATLANTA (AP) — In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome stories of people damaged by tobacco products.
The new effort confronts a hard truth: Despite...Tags: Human Body, Economy, Business and Finance, Altria Group, Inc., Companies and Corporations, Disease Prevention
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West Nile virus found in LaPorte County
Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been found in LaPorte County. It’s the first time this year the virus has been confirmed by state and local health officials to be in the county.
A 60-year-old Elkhart County woman died Aug. 24 from West...Tags: West Nile Virus, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Headaches, Health
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CDC: 2 children sickened by novel swine flu strain
Health officials say a novel strain of swine flu has sickened two children in Pennsylvania and Indiana. One had contact with pigs. The other is believed to have been infected by a caregiver who had contact with pigs, suggesting the virus can spread...Tags: Swine Flu, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health
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California hospital: Girl survives rabies without vaccination
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California hospital says an 8-year-old girl is a rare survivor of a rabies infection without having received a vaccine. University of California, Davis Children's Hospital in Sacramento says in a statement...Tags: Human Interest, Diseases and Illnesses, Rabies, California, Davis (Yolo, California)
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Probe into rare cancer cases in Michigan gets help
MARINE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A probe into cases of a rare childhood kidney cancer cropping up in St. Clair and Macomb counties is expected to pick up next month. The Times Herald of Port Huron reports (http://bit.ly/pLsdcz) a part-time...Tags: Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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FDA refutes TV claim that apple juice is unsafe
The federal Food and Drug Administration and a leading doctor are refuting claims by television show host Dr. Mehmet Oz that trace amounts of arsenic in many apple juice products pose a health risk.
Oz said on his show on Tuesday that testing by a New...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Television, ABC (tv network), Health, Entertainment
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Cantaloupe warning issued after Listeria outbreak
DENVER (AP) — Health officials have issued a warning for Rocky Ford cantaloupes from Colorado amid a bacteria outbreak blamed for four deaths in the state and New Mexico. The warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came after 16... -
Scores got sick, 1 died trying to kill bedbugs
ATLANTA (AP) — Worried about bedbugs? Maybe you should be more concerned about the insecticides used to get rid of them. A government study counted one death and 80 illnesses linked to bedbug-targeting insecticides used from 2008 through 2010. Many...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, New York City, Inorganic Chemical Industry, Health, Chemical Industry
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Salt diet dangers may be influenced by potassium
ATLANTA (AP) — A new federal study suggests a new wrinkle in the debate about the dangers of eating too much salt. The research found that the people who are most at risk are those who get too much salt but also get too little potassium. They...Tags: Heart and Circulatory System, Health and Medical Professionals, High Blood Pressure, Internal Medicine, Diseases and Illnesses
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Yet another shocking South Bend dog abuse case surfaces
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterIts wide-open mouth is frozen in time as if it died inside this tiny doghouse desperately gasping for air. Stench wafts in layers around the house at 2513 Westmoor St., where the black rotting carcass of a Presa Canario dog discovered two weeks ago has...Tags: Human Interest, Rentals, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Firearms, Prosecution
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