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Report: Spanking Causes Long-Term Damage
Last Updated: 10:53 PM 02/08/12 - It's long been debated among parents and experts - the issue of spanking.
Getting Caffeine Fix as Easy as Taking Deep Breath
Last Updated: 10:42 AM 02/08/12 - Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.
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Health Officials Mark Black HIV/Aids Awareness Day
Last Updated: 12:51 PM 02/07/12 - Officials are marking the 12th National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day by urging Nevadans to get tested for the diseases.
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Surprises About Planned Parenthood Cancer Testing
Last Updated: 2:20 PM 02/03/12 - To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor women who visit Planned Parenthood, it's usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.
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Lap-Band Makers Won't Sell it to 1-800-GET-THIN
Last Updated: 10:23 PM 02/02/12 - The Irvine-based makers of the Lap-Band say they will no longer sell the weight-loss device to companies affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing company.
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"Go Red" This Friday
Last Updated: 9:58 PM 02/01/12 - Stroke and heart disease claim more women’s lives each year than the next five causes of death combined. That’s the reason each year for “National Wear Red Day. The campaign hopes to bring awareness to a real lady killer.
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Pfizer Recalls 28 Lots of Birth Control Pills
Last Updated: 4:33 PM 01/31/12 - Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills after uncovering a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally.
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No Ruling on Doc's Competency in Vegas Hep C Case
Last Updated: 8:01 PM 01/27/12 - A Nevada state psychiatrist testified Friday that despite two strokes, the embattled former physician-owner of Las Vegas outpatient clinics involved in a 2008 hepatitis outbreak is mentally competent to stand trial on criminal charges.
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Norovirus Concerns at Senior Living Facility
Last Updated: 8:38 AM 01/27/12 - A senior living to facility is taking precautions after people began showing symptoms that may indicate the norovirus.
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School Lunches to Have More Veggies, Whole Grains
Last Updated: 3:21 PM 01/25/12 - Schoolchildren's favorite lunch - the ubiquitous frozen pizza - is about to get healthier.
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Dropped Heart Successfully Transplanted in Mexico
Last Updated: 9:42 PM 01/24/12 - A heart that was dropped on the ground while being transported to a hospital has been successfully transplanted into a 28-year-old hair stylist.
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UC San Diego Takes Over Nevada Cancer Institute
Last Updated: 10:21 PM 01/23/12 - The University of California San Diego Health System says it has approval to acquire the financially troubled Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas.
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Men Who Cannot Afford to Look Their Age Turn To 'Brotox'
Last Updated: 8:00 PM 01/16/12 - Face-lifts, botox, fillers, and lasers, all are available to help erase age, and make you look younger. For years women have been taking advantage of such procedures. But, the trend is changing where more men are opting for them.
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Coca-Cola Says it Alerted FDA About Fungicide
Last Updated: 8:27 AM 01/12/12 - Coca-Cola Co. says it alerted the Food and Drug Administration after it found some Brazilian growers had sprayed their orange trees with a fungicide that is not approved for use in the U.S.
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Low Risk of Heart Incidents Found for Marathoners
Last Updated: 10:54 PM 01/11/12 - It's dramatic news when a marathon runner keels over with no pulse. Now a big study finds such calamities are rare and are usually due to a pre-existing heart problem.
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Food Facility Audits Largely Ignore FDA Guidance
Last Updated: 5:29 PM 01/10/12 - Congressional investigators looking into an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe that killed at least 30 people last year found that third-party auditors who gave Colorado's Jensen Farms a "superior" rating just before the outbreak largely ignored government guidance on food safety.
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Nevadans Googling the Flu
Last Updated: 2:11 PM 01/10/12 - A lot of people in Nevada are Googling the flu. Compared to other states, more Nevadans want to know about the flu, according to Google trends.
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New Healthy Vending In Break Rooms
Last Updated: 2:14 PM 01/10/12 - If you’ve made a New Year’s Resolution to eat better in 2012, chances are the vending machines where you work aren’t helping you out. But a new local company may have an answer for you. Called Avanti Markets it could be what vending machines look like in the near future.
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Drug Company Recalls Bottles of Excedrin, NoDoz
Last Updated: 3:12 PM 01/09/12 - Novartis is recalling some bottles of Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X Sunday over concerns that the bottles could contain stray pills from other medicines, or chipped or broken tablets.
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Best Diets of 2012
Last Updated: 8:17 AM 01/09/12 - If you're looking to get healthier this new year... you may be wondering which diet you should pick. Well, U-S News and World Report has released its list of best diets for 2012.
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CDC, FDA Say Powdered Infant Formula Not Tainted
Last Updated: 5:18 PM 12/30/11 - Two federal agencies say there is no evidence that four cases of a rare bacterial infection in babies are related, and there is no need to recall infant formula.
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Oklahoma Baby is 3rd Sickened by Rare Bacteria
Last Updated: 3:00 PM 12/28/11 - Health officials say an Oklahoma baby is the third infant this month sickened by bacteria sometimes associated with tainted infant formula.
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Study Linking Virus and Chronic Fatigue Retracted
Last Updated: 4:00 PM 12/22/11 - A prestigious scientific journal is retracting a controversial 2009 report that linked chronic fatigue syndrome to a virus.
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Lap Band Marketer Promises to Disclose Risks
Last Updated: 5:40 PM 12/20/11 - A marketing company for lap-band surgeries says it will revise its ads to properly disclose risks of the procedure.
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Chilean Doctors Separate Conjoined Twins
Last Updated: 3:01 PM 12/14/11 - Chilean doctors successfully separated conjoined twin girls in a marathon 20-hour surgery, saying Wednesday that the operation went extremely well despite challenges.
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Study Links Tobacco Use to Skin Cancer
Last Updated: 9:56 PM 12/19/11 - A new study links tobacco use to skin cancer in women. The study found women who smoked have a greater risk of developing a type of non-melanoma skin cancer.
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Obama Calls Morning-After Pill Call "Common Sense"
Last Updated: 10:14 AM 12/14/11 - President Barack Obama said Thursday it was just common sense to keep girls under the age of 17 from being able to buy a morning-after contraceptive pill off a drugstore shelf. Citing his own two daughters, Obama said: "I think most parents would probably feel the same way."
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Research: Bedbugs Can Thrive Despite Inbreeding
Last Updated: 10:33 AM 12/07/11 - Bedbugs aren't just sleeping with you. They're sleeping with each other.
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FDA Favors More Risk Info on Birth Control Pills
Last Updated: 6:44 AM 12/06/11 - Federal health regulators are leaning toward adding new warning labels about the risk of blood clots to packages of widely prescribed birth control pills such as Yaz, in light of growing evidence suggesting the newer contraceptive drugs are more risky than older drugs.
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TRX Suspension Training Reshaping Workouts
Last Updated: 3:47 PM 12/02/11 - There's a new workout craze that's made for everyone, and personal trainers say it really helps strengthen your core.
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Reno Observes World AIDS Day
Last Updated: 9:46 AM 12/02/11 - “It's the best thing that ever happened to me,” says Donna Steadman about being diagnosed with HIV.
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US Report: Foster Kids Get High Rate of Psych Meds
Last Updated: 2:44 PM 12/01/11 - Federal health officials are failing to monitor how state agencies are doling out powerful psychotropic drugs to foster children, according to a comprehensive investigation.
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FDA Examines Level of Arsenic in Apple Juice
Last Updated: 4:49 PM 11/30/11 - The Food and Drug Administration is considering lowering its standards for the levels of arsenic allowed in apple juice after consumer groups pushed the agency to crack down on the contaminant.
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November Becomes Moustache Month For Men's Health
Last Updated: 12:16 PM 11/24/11 - November sprouts moustaches all over the country to change the face of men's health issues.
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Toy Safety Report Finds Some Dangers
Last Updated: 11:29 AM 11/23/11 - Shoppers awaiting this week's traditional kick-off of the holiday shopping season should find plenty of safe toys for children, but consumer advocates say some dangers still lurk.
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Washoe County Reports First Lab-Confirmed Flu Case
Last Updated: 10:42 AM 11/21/11 - The Washoe County Health District has confirmed its first case of the flu this season in the Reno area.
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Curing A Leaky Bladder Without Surgery
Last Updated: 9:19 PM 11/17/11 - One local doctor is helping men and women cure leaky bladders without going under the knife.
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Psoriasis Patients Needed For Study
Last Updated: 12:58 PM 11/17/11 - Here in the U.S. it’s estimated two out of every one hundred people have Psoriasis. There is no cure for the skin disorder. But there have been plenty of medical advancements over the years that can make Psoriasis more manageable. And there could be another treatment down the road with your help.
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Freshman 15 A Myth
Last Updated: 6:24 PM 11/14/11 - If you remember your first year of college, roommates, dorm parties, and declaring a major may come to mind. What about the ”Freshman 15?” That commonly held belief is actually a myth.
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1 in 10 Adults Could Have Diabetes by 2030
Last Updated: 9:28 AM 11/16/11 - The International Diabetes Federation predicts that at least one in 10 adults could have diabetes by 2030, according to its latest statistics.
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Pharmacies Accuse Pfizer of Antitrust Over Lipitor
Last Updated: 2:20 PM 11/09/11 - A group of California pharmacies are accusing Pfizer Inc. and a generic drug maker of conspiring to keep the price of cholesterol-fighting Lipitor artificially high.
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Understanding Robotic Surgery in Reno
Last Updated: 8:58 AM 11/08/11 - Regular people got to test out a medical tool that usually only surgeons and medical professionals get to touch.
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Babies on Obesity Path? New Sign May Offer Answer
Last Updated: 4:54 PM 11/07/11 - Researchers say there's a new way to tell if infants are likely to become obese later on: Check to see if they've passed two key milestones on doctors' growth charts by age 2.
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November is Diabetes Month
Last Updated: 2:45 PM 11/04/11 - Southern Nevada health officials are hoping to raise awareness about one of the most prevalent diseases in the country through November's American Diabetes Month.
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29th Person Dies in Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak
Last Updated: 4:11 PM 11/02/11 - The death toll in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe has reached 29 after federal health authorities say an eighth person has died in Colorado.
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Light Drinking Linked to Slight Breast Cancer Risk
Last Updated: 10:42 AM 11/02/11 - A study suggests that women who drink just three alcoholic beverages a week face a slightly higher chance of developing breast cancer when compared to women who don't drink.
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Boys Should Get HPV Vaccine Too, Panel Says
Last Updated: 9:38 AM 10/25/11 - A government panel is recommending that young boys also get the controversial HPV shot. That's the vaccine now given to girls to prevent cervical cancer.
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JTNN to Hold Prescription Drug Round-Up
Last Updated: 9:39 AM 10/25/11 - Join Together Northern Nevada is working with the DEA and local law enforcement agencies to collect unused prescription medication.
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Saint Mary's Unveils Monitoring System Via Smartphone
Last Updated: 11:16 AM 10/21/11 - Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center has recently implemented an innovative patient monitoring solution, AirStrip OB™, which allows obstetricians to keep a closer eye on their labor and delivery patients.
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Wal-Mart Cuts Some Health Care Coverage
Last Updated: 11:16 AM 10/21/11 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest private employer, is scaling back health care coverage for future part-time workers while raising premiums for some full-time workers.
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