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Health

Women less likely to get immediate heart attack treatment

8:38 AM, Feb 22, 2012

Women having heart attacks are less likely than men to get immediate treatment and more likely to die in the hospital, says a groundbreaking new study that tracked more than 1.1 million patients.

Court action could prolong health care fight

8:04 AM, Feb 21, 2012

Next month's challenge to the Obama-sponsored health care law could affect the care available to most Americans, alter the balance of power between Washington and the states and remain a flash point through this presidential campaign.

Tenncare offers help to those struggling with medical bills

9:42 PM, Feb 17, 2012

State officials announced Friday that the Tenncare Standard Spend Down program will offer another round of open enrollment.

Battling the bacteria: Is your kitchen safe?

10:50 PM, Feb 16, 2012

It's the second most common food illness in the United States and it makes more than a million people sick every year.

Buddy Check 10: Staying in touch through Skype

4:03 PM, Feb 11, 2012

Two East Tennessee college students are studying abroad but staying in touch via Skype to remind each other to do breast self-exams.

Stark gaps uncovered in nursing home care

8:22 AM, Feb 10, 2012

More than 560 U.S. facilities have had lowest rating for 3 years.

Pfizer recalls 28 lots of birth control pills

10:02 AM, Feb 1, 2012

Pfizer Inc. is recalling 28 lots of birth control pills after uncovering a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally.

Dana's Journey: WBIR follows one East Tennessee woman's weight loss

9:27 AM, Jan 28, 2012

Dana Bradley, bariatric coordinator for Blount Memorial Weight Management Center, will soon be getting a gastric sleeve to lose weight and kick start a healthier lifestyle. WBIR will follow her journey.

Reading nutritional labels is key to healthy shopping

10:12 AM, Jan 25, 2012

10News' Allison Bybee visited a local grocery store with health expert Charlie Oesterling to learn the ins and outs of healthy shopping including reading nutritional labels.

Government requires more fruits, veggies for school lunches

9:55 AM, Jan 25, 2012

Students: Get ready for pizza with whole-grain crust and bigger portions of fruits and vegetables on your school lunch tray. You're still going to get french fries, but they'll probably be baked and sprinkled with less salt.

'Top Cities for Hospital Care' lists Knoxville at 20th

8:28 AM, Jan 24, 2012

Knoxville cracked the 50 "Top Cities for Hospital Care" along with two other Tennessee metropolitan areas.

Meth fills hospitals with burn patients

10:15 AM, Jan 23, 2012

A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions of dollars in advanced treatment.

Tennessee professor: Fresh foods may prevent nearsightedness

10:03 AM, Jan 21, 2012

Students who said they consumed fruit, fresh vegetables and whole grains reported fewer instances of myopia. The findings are in the latest issue of the Journal of Behavioral Optometry.

"Not out of the woods" during mild East TN flu season

7:30 PM, Jan 18, 2012

Health officials say they're not seeing many flu cases right now, during what is typically considered peak flu season in East Tennessee, but that doesn't mean new cases won't pop up later this spring.

Obesity rate inches up for males, but levels off overall

6:07 PM, Jan 17, 2012

Obesity in the USA has inched up slightly over the past decade, mainly because of weight gain among men and boys, new government statistics show.


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