Healthy Living: Local News
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Whooping Cough Cases Up In Western New York
(WKBW) Have a cough that won't go away? Health officials in Chautauqua County say it could be whooping cough or pertussis. The Chautauqua County Health Department says it is seeing a big increase in... Read more..
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New Study Warns About Dangers of Bounce Houses
There is a new study out concerning the dangers of bounce houses. Those backyard birthday party favorites are also home to more than 200 injuries each week. The most serious cases are typically... Read more..
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Study Finds Link Between Pregnancy, Flu And Autism
(WKBW/ABC News) Cases of autism are growing. It's estimated to affect 1 out of every 88 children born in the United States. Now, a new study shows women having a fever or the flu for a week during pregnancy... Read more..
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New Recommendations On Hormone Replacement Therapy
(WKBW/ABC News) An independent group of national experts is updating its recommendations on hormone replacement therapy. Hormone replacement therapy for post-menopausal women involves administering female... Read more..
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New Guidelines For Cervical Cancer Screening
(WKBW/ABC News) Cervical cancer has declined more than 50% in the United States over the past thirty years because of increased screening. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology has made a... Read more..
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Breast Cancer Awareness Walk and On-The-Spot Mammograms
An upcoming event hopes to raise awareness of breast cancer in a creative way and even help give mammograms to participants.... Read more..
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Free Mammograms For Breast Cancer Month
(WKBW) October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to mark it, several local agencies are teaming up to offer free mammograms for women over age 40 without health insurance or who are under-insured.... Read more..
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Gov't: Supplements Have Misleading Labels
(WKBW/ABC News) It is a $20 billion industry, but dozens of weight loss and immune system supplements have illegal labels and lack scientific evidence to back up their health claims, according to a government... Read more..
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Time To Get Your Flu Shot
(WKBW) It won't be long now before the sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aches and pains of the flu start popping up. Flu season typically runs from October through May, and this year, health officials... Read more..
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Xanax, Valium Linked To Side Effects
(WKBW/ABC News) A new study published in the British Medical Journal shows a class of drugs used to treat insomnia and anxiety could put the elderly at greater risk of life-altering side effects. Benzodiazepines,... Read more..
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Arsenic Warning In Rice
(Reuters) - Consumer Reports is urging U.S. limits for arsenic in rice after tests of more than 60 popular products - from Kellogg's Rice Krispies to Gerber infant cereal - showed most contained some level... Read more..
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A Little Exercise Goes A Long Way
(WKBW/ABC News) We already knew that exercise was one of the best weapons in the war on childhood obesity. Now, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that just twenty minutes... Read more..
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Out Of The Darkness Walk To Prevent Suicide
(WKBW) Hundreds of walkers will be coming out to Delaware Park this weekend to help raise awareness of depression and suicide. A person dies by suicide every 15 minutes in this country, claiming thousands... Read more..
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Western New York Goes Red With A Traveling Gallery
(WKBW) Western New York is going red with a new program from the American Heart Association that helps spread the word about heart disease, the number one killer of women. A kickoff was held at Mercy... Read more..
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Pot Smoking Linked To Cancer And Infertility
(WKBW/ABC News) More than a third of high school seniors report using marijuana in the past year. A study of 455 men in the journal "Cancer" finds that those who had smoked marijuana were twice as likely... Read more..
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Report Says Let Babies Cry
(WKBW/ABC News) Almost half of babies over six months of age have sleeping problems, their mothers report. That also means sleepless nights for mommy and daddy -- as well as raising the risk of depression... Read more..
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Stand Up To Cancer: Katie Couric's Fight Against The Deadly Disease
The third Stand Up to Cancer Primetime TV special airs Friday, September 7th at 8 P.M., right here in Channel 7.... Read more..
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Fitness Friday On Eyewitness News "This Morning" - September 7th
It's time to get our Friday Fitness workout with Robbie Raugh!... Read more..
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Kids Shouldn't Lose Sleep Over Studying
(WKBW/ABC News) School bells shouldn't be competing with alarm clocks! A study in the journal "Child Development" finds evidence that burning the midnight oil to cram for tests is time wasted. Researchers... Read more..
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Watch What You Put In Your Ears!
(WKBW/ABC News) Putting a cotton swab--or anything else--into your ears--is not only unhealthy--but dangerous. Most people start probing--hoping to remove wax that's built up in the ear canal. Ear... Read more..
