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Researchers show gut microbes might be useful in fighting fat

WASHINGTON – Call it a hidden ally: The right germs just might be able to help fight fat. Different kinds of bacteria that live inside the gut can help spur obesity or protect aga...

DATE: Sep 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

What’s proper burial for an aborted fetus?

Medical examiners have to decide the cause and manner of death when somebody dies under their jurisdiction. That’s not all they have to decide. Sometimes, they have to decide wh...

DATE: Sep 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Some flu vaccines working overtime

Treatments now target certain specific populations

DATE: Sep 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Helping hands

Urgent-care centers handling more traffic, offer relief for over-stressed emergency rooms

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Expo to take holistic approach

90 exhibits scheduled at local fairgrounds for event’s 18th year

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Students skip veggies, schools dump lunches

Program falters when kids refuse to eat

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Kids courting serious trouble when they huff

School is well underway, so here’s a pop quiz – for you parents. What is most commonly the first drug of abuse among children and adolescents. Alcohol? Not quite. Marijuana? Think...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Districts reaping fewer profits from junk food, soft-drink sales

ATLANTA – There’s been a big shift in how many school districts take money from soda companies and ban junk food from vending machines, health officials say. A government survey f...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

9M use sleeping pills to get some zzz’s

ATLANTA – Can’t get enough shuteye? Nearly 9 million U.S. adults resort to prescription sleeping pills – and most are white, female, educated or 50 or older, according to the first governmen...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

New cap to curb fatal Tylenol overdoses

WASHINGTON – Bottles of Tylenol sold in the U.S. will soon bear red warnings alerting users to the potentially fatal risks of taking too much of the popular pain reliever. The unusual step, ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

New criteria increase number of men with depression

A new study finds that depression may be far more common in men than previously estimated. Women traditionally have been diagnosed with depression about twice as often as men, wit...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Health Brief

Mercy wins honor for medical records HIMSS Analytics has awarded Mercy Regional Medical Center a Stage 7 award for its electronic medical records system. Stage 7, the highest rank...

DATE: Sep 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

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