Health
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Meningitis Outbreak Continues to Spread
Days after many health officials thought they contained the spread of a deadly strain of meningitis, more cases have broken out.
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Walk To Remember: Coping With Infant Loss
It happens often, but we don't often talk about it. It's the loss of a baby from miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death.
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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 report
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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 say the swine flu is making a comeback, so they are encouraging everyone to get vaccinated against the virus.
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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
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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 of inorganic arsenic, a known human carcinogen.
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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 of exercise a day can help reduce a child's risk of type 2 diabetes -- one of the more feared results of obesity.
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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
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ABC's Robin Roberts Journey to Health: A Local Woman Knows It Well
Robin Roberts went into the hospital yesterday to begin her treatments for a bone marrow transplant.
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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
