Health
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Testing Our Kids: Do You Know Your Child's Cholesterol Levels?
Do you know your numbers? Medical professionals say you should. Your blood pressure and cholesterol levels are important indicators of your health, but what about your kids? Should you know their numbers, too? Tonawanda Pediatrics says yes.
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Kaleida Health Enforces Temporary Visitor Restrictions
To protect the health and safety of families, visitors, and staff during this flu season.
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Catholic Health Enforcing Temporary Visitor Restrictions
Age restrictions are an attempt to reduce influenza for patients and visitors
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FDA Issues Warning About Some Sleep Aids
Agency issues reminder about risk of impaired activities the morning after use for all insomnia drugs.
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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 whooping cough cases, especially in the southern part of the county.
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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 may increase their chances of having a child born with the disorder.
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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 hormones called estrogens, but its use is controversial.
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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
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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.
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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
