KKTV - 11 For Health

More Testing After Students Test For Tuberculosis
Last Updated: 2:02 PM 02/09/12 - Health officials have ordered that all students and staff at Longmont High School be tested for tuberculosis after about 40 percent of those tested showed signs of exposure.
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Obama Compromises On Birth Control Rule
Last Updated: 10:58 PM 02/10/12 - President Obama has conceded to religious leaders outraged over a new health care policy regarding contraceptives, offering a compromise Friday.
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CDC: Breads Top List Of Salt Sources In US Diets
Last Updated: 10:12 AM 02/07/12 - Trying to cut down on salt? Maybe you should eat less bread.
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Vending Machine Dispenses 'Morning-After' Pill
Last Updated: 9:46 AM 02/07/12 - A vending machine at Shippensburg University's Etter Health Center provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.
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Michael Foods Widens Egg Recall
Last Updated: 7:45 AM 02/03/12 - Because of a potential listeria contamination, a Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs.
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35 Cases Of Illness Tied To Pa. Farm's Raw Milk
Last Updated: 4:40 AM 02/03/12 - Pennsylvania health officials say the number of people stricken with illness after consuming raw milk from the same dairy has risen to 35 in four states.
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FDA: Low Levels Of Fungicide In Domestic OJ
Last Updated: 3:06 PM 02/02/12 - The FDA says it has found low levels of an illegal fungicide in samples taken from Florida orange juice manufacturers.
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Pfizer Recalls 28 Lots Of Birth Control Pills
Last Updated: 12:50 PM 02/01/12 - Pfizer Inc. is recalling 28 lots of birth control pills because of a packaging error.
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Drug Approved To Treat Cystic Fibrosis' Root Cause
Last Updated: 9:23 AM 01/31/12 - The first drug that treats the root cause of cystic fibrosis won approval Tuesday.
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Tanning Bed Warnings Prompt Another Colorado Bill
Last Updated: 8:52 AM 01/29/12 - Democratic Rep. Cherylin Peniston of Westminster wants to require parental consent before a person under 18 could use a tanning bed with UV exposure.
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FDA Clears Pfizer Drug For Advanced Kidney Cancer
Last Updated: 5:37 PM 01/27/12 - The FDA has approved a new drug for patients with advanced kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
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Judges Weigh HIV-Infected Man's Fight To Get Job
Last Updated: 9:17 AM 01/25/12 - A panel of federal judges seems skeptical of the Atlanta police department's decision to reject a job application from an HIV-infected man.
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Feds: Religious Employers Must Cover The Pill
Last Updated: 3:22 PM 01/20/12 - The Obama administration has announced that church-affiliated institutions will have to cover free birth control for their employees.
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Longmont Student Tests Positive For Tuberculosis
Last Updated: 9:17 AM 01/18/12 - About 20 students may have been exposed to tuberculosis by a student at Longmont High School who tested positive for the disease.
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CDC: States Fall Short In Helping Citizens Quit Smoking
Last Updated: 12:45 PM 01/16/12 - Most smokers say they'd like to quit, so should state governments be doing more to help them?
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Study: Diet Soda Linked To Weight Gain
Last Updated: 7:19 AM 01/16/12 - A new study from the University of Texas reveals that drinking diet soda could still lead to weight gain.
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Ban On Orange Juice Imports Because Of Chemical
Last Updated: 6:00 AM 01/13/12 - A ban is in place on all imported orange juice after a potentially harmful fungicide was found in juice concentrates out of Brazil.
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CVS Will Pay $5M To End Drug Price Investigation
Last Updated: 10:40 AM 01/12/12 - CVS will pay $5 million to reimburse Medicare prescription drug beneficiaries who paid more than they expected for the drugs, and end an investigation by the FTC.
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Murder Not A Top Cause Of Death, A First In 45 Yrs
Last Updated: 10:22 AM 01/11/12 - For the first time in 45 years, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top causes of death.
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Food Facility Audits Largely Ignore FDA Guidance
Last Updated: 2:52 PM 01/10/12 - Congress is asking the FDA to crack down on third-party auditors, like the one who gave Jensen Farms a "superior" rating just before a listeria outbreak that killed 30 people.
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CDC: Young Adults Down 9 Drinks When They Binge
Last Updated: 10:50 AM 01/10/12 - College-age binge drinkers average an astounding nine drinks each time they get drunk, according to new data from the CDC.
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Groups Release Sex Education Standards
Last Updated: 2:45 PM 01/09/12 - A coalition of health and education groups released new, non-binding recommendations for sex education.
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Lawmaker Proposes Paying Expectant Mothers To Attend Checkups
Last Updated: 11:50 AM 01/09/12 - Expectant mothers in Memphis, Tenn. could receive $50 a prenatal visit if one lawmaker gets his way.
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FDA Warns About Changes To Liquid Acetaminophen
Last Updated: 5:41 AM 01/06/12 - The FDA is warning parents to look at the labels carefully when buying liquid acetaminophen for infants. There's a new, more diluted version of the medicine now available for infants.
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Couple Says Defective Recalled J&J Med Killed Son
Last Updated: 4:35 PM 01/05/12 - Parents are suing Johnson & Johnson because they say that a defective batch of Tylenol had killed their son.
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US Proposes Regulating Face, Hand Transplants
Last Updated: 2:50 PM 01/05/12 - The government wants to start regulating face and hand transplants.
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University Files Lawsuit Over Health Insurance
Last Updated: 6:48 AM 01/05/12 - A Denver-area university is taking the federal government to court over a mandate that would force the school to offer contraceptives in its group health plans.
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FDA Limits Some Antibiotics In Livestock
Last Updated: 11:44 PM 01/04/12 - The Food and Drug Administration says it will limit the presence of one type of antibiotics in meat, saying they could increase human resistance to the drugs.
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2011 Medication Shortages Set New Record At 267
Last Updated: 3:33 PM 01/03/12 - There were 267 new prescription drug shortages in 2011, a number that well exceeded the previous record.
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CU Considers Benefits For Employees Who Work Out
Last Updated: 4:10 PM 01/02/12 - The University of Colorado is considering offering discounted health insurance premiums to employees who work out.
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Utah Women Send More Than 1 Ton Of Breast Milk To Denver Milk Bank
Last Updated: 10:22 AM 12/31/11 - Nursing women in Utah have donated more than a ton of breast milk to a nonprofit milk bank since the University of Utah opened a donation center earlier this year.
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Colorado Receives $26 Million Bonus For Children's Health Insurance
Last Updated: 7:28 AM 12/29/11 - The federal government is giving Colorado more than $26 million to enroll more children in health insurance.
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Youth Concussion Rules Among New State Laws
Last Updated: 10:56 AM 12/28/11 - Starting Jan. 1, coaches will be required to bench players when it's believed they've suffered a head injury.
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New Fee Coming For Medical Effectiveness Research
Last Updated: 10:48 AM 12/27/11 - A little-known provision of President Barack Obama's health care law will soon begin charging health insurance plans a fee for research to see which drugs, tests and treatments work best.
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Study Linking Virus And Chronic Fatigue Retracted
Last Updated: 9:57 AM 12/22/11 - The journal Science is retracting a research paper suggesting that chronic fatigue syndrome may be caused by a virus.
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US Says Don't Publish Recipe For Lab-Bred Bird Flu
Last Updated: 10:04 AM 12/20/11 - The government is asking researchers not to publish data about a genetically engineered bird flu.
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Opting To Track, Not Treat, Early Prostate Cancer
Last Updated: 6:25 AM 12/20/11 - A government health panel is advocating "active surveillance" of prostate cancer.
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FDA Approves First Heart Pump For Infants
Last Updated: 2:28 PM 12/16/11 - Federal health regulators have approved the first heart pump for children with heart failure, offering an important treatment option for patients who are too small to receive adult implants.
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Group Urges Gov't To Strictly Limit Chimp Research
Last Updated: 9:16 AM 12/15/11 - The Institute of Medicine says chimpanzees, humans' closest living relatives, should hardly ever be used for medical research anymore.
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Survey: 1 In 4 US Women Victims Of Severe Violence
Last Updated: 10:15 AM 12/14/11 - A government survey found that one-quarter of women say they were violently attacked by their intimate partners.
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Gastrointestinal Illness On The Rise In El Paso County
Last Updated: 4:14 PM 12/13/11 - The El Paso County Public Health Department says it has observed a sharp increase in gastrointestinal illness related to an infection caused by ‘norovirus.’
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NJ Doctors Arrested In Alleged Kickback Scheme
Last Updated: 10:25 AM 12/13/11 - Federal prosecutors say and illegal kickback scheme involving fifteen doctors and other health care professionals started as early as 2010.
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Doctors Say They Aren't Responsible For Locking Up Syringes
Last Updated: 9:17 AM 12/12/11 - Dr. Sherry Gorman finds herself at the center of a lawsuit two years after a surgery tech receives a 20 year sentence for replacing syringes with dirty ones.
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Michelle Obama Breaks Jumping Jacks Record
Last Updated: 7:48 AM 12/12/11 - The first lady announced in an email Monday that her October bid to break the record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period succeeded.
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Raw Cookie Dough Dangerous To Eat, Study Warns
Last Updated: 6:45 AM 12/12/11 - Ever sneak a bite of the raw cookie dough log living in your refrigerator? You might be seriously risking your health, according to a new study.
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Targeted Breast Cancer Drugs Show Promise
Last Updated: 6:12 AM 12/08/11 - Promising results from two studies involving drug treatments potentially offer new hope for breast cancer patients.
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Report: We Control Many Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Last Updated: 12:22 PM 12/07/11 - Women concerned about breast cancer should worry less about cellphones and hair dyes and worry more about weighing or drinking too much, exercising too little, using menopause hormones and getting too much radiation from medical tests.
HHS Says No To Over-The-Counter Morning-After Pill
Last Updated: 11:49 AM 12/07/11 - Overruling her own experts, the nation's health secretary says young teenagers cannot buy the Plan B morning-after pill without a prescription.
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Meningitis Case At Colorado Springs Catholic School
Last Updated: 6:38 AM 12/08/11 - Administrators of Corpus Christi Catholic School, located off Cascade Avenue, have notified parents that one student has contracted a viral form of meningitis.
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Feds Crack Down On Homeopathic Weight Loss Remedy
Last Updated: 8:52 AM 12/06/11 - Federal regulators are ordering several companies to stop selling an unproven weight loss remedy that uses protein from the human placenta.
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Should religious-based employers (such as universities and hospitals) be required to cover contraceptives in insurance plans?

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11 for Health Links
	El Paso County's H1N1 Informational Video The El Paso County Department of Health and Environment has created an informational video about H1N1 and the community vaccination clinics being held throughout the county. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml3cGPIFEA8
	Feb 6, 2008 - Go Red For Women Go Red for Women to help heart disease! http://www.goredforwomen.org/
	Arthritis Foundation The Arthritis Foundation helps people take control of arthritis by providing public health education; pursuing public policy and legislation; and conducting evidence-based programs to improve the quality of life for those living with arthritis.
	American Diabetes Association The mission of the American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
	Peak Vista Community Health Centers Peak Vista is a nonprofit health center dedicated to medical and dental service of persons of all ages, cultures and economic backgrounds in the Pikes Peak region through eleven outpatient primary medical clinics and a dental clinic.
	March of Dimes The March of Dimes is dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.
	El Paso County Health Department Log onto the El Paso County Department of Health & Environment Web Site to get information on programs and services. Watch KKTV 11 News This Morning on Tuesdays for important health news and information.
	American Heart Association The American Heart Association supports research, education, and community programs leading the fight against America’s No. 1 killer, cardiovascular disease.