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Cancer Screening Available for Former Piketon Workers
Last Updated: 9:28 AM 11/20/09
 A 42-foot long mobile CT scanner parked at a union hall near Piketon now is offering free lung cancer screening to current and former workers at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

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Smoking & Your Financial Health
Last Updated: 7:17 PM 11/19/09
 Quitting smoking is not easy, but the American Cancer Society reports smokers who kick the habit won’t have to wait long to feel those health benefits.

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Kentucky Universities Start New Smoking Bans
Last Updated: 11:46 AM 11/19/09
 Smoking is being officially snuffed out at the University of Kentucky, which sits in the heart of burley tobacco country.

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Special Rascal Flatts Concert Saturday in Huntington
Last Updated: 4:10 PM 11/18/09
 A concert by Rascal Flatts will highlight Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution event in Huntington on Saturday.

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Kanawha Students Learn Proper Hand Washing Techniques
Last Updated: 9:24 AM 11/12/09
 Kanawha County paramedics stopped by Clendenin Elementary School early Thursday morning for a hand washing exercise.

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Obesity and Diabetes in Pregnancy
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Last Updated: 6:44 PM 10/29/09 - Research shows obese diabetic mothers produce obese diabetic babies setting them up for a lifetime of health problems. (Full Story)
Fighting "Fat" With a Tax
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Last Updated: 9:18 PM 10/26/09 - PEIA is considering a controversial move to charge higher insurance premiums for overweight state workers. (Full Story)
Local Leaders Share Concerns about Chef Oliver's Show
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Last Updated: 8:25 PM 10/15/09 - Thick city, thin skin. That's one of the claims about Huntington's reaction to the Jamie Oliver Show. (Full Story)
Diabetes Forum Coming to Charleston
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Last Updated: 6:39 PM 10/15/09 - State and national health care providers are holding a forum in Charleston focusing on diabetes. (Full Story)
New Kentucky Program Aimed at Improving Smiles
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Last Updated: 7:10 PM 10/14/09 - Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear says he's starting a program to improve dental care in a state known for gaps in its oral health and its smiles. (Full Story)
4th Swine Flu Death Confirmed in Cabell County
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Last Updated: 12:14 AM 10/14/09 - The Cabell-Huntington Health department says a 4th person has died of Swine Flu (H1N1) in Cabell County. (Full Story)
Cabell Health Department Schedules Seasonal Flu Clinics, Flu Hot Line Active
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Last Updated: 4:30 AM 10/11/09 - High risk individuals who live or work in Huntington or Cabell County and need a seasonal flu shot will have two opportunities to be vaccinated next week. (Full Story)
A Sight For Sore Eyes: Jessica Ralston Takes a Look at Advanced Eye Surgery
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Last Updated: 5:37 PM 10/09/09 - After wearing glasses and contacts for decades, WSAZ's Jessica Ralston undergoes an advanced surgery in search of 20\20 vision. (Full Story)
Fat City: Huntington Braces for TV Show Depiction
Last Updated: 10:17 AM 10/09/09 - Residents of a West Virginia town still smarting from a news story that dubbed their community as America's fattest city are worried that a new reality TV show will reopen those wounds. (Full Story)
School Closing Considerations
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Last Updated: 9:20 PM 10/08/09 - To have school during this swine flu surge, or to stay home. It’s a hotly debated topic and Thursday the state’s top doctor took it on. (Full Story)
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Health Headlines - CNN.com
  • Can your doctor spot H1N1?
    You know what the flu looks like, don't you? Fever, aches and pain, sometimes an upset stomach. But an estimated 10 to 50 percent of H1N1 flu cases are showing up without fever -- long thought of as the flu's defining feature.
  • After suicide takes their loved ones, survivors find purpose
    Dozens of people shared stories of losing loved ones to suicide on CNN.com's iReport. They're part of a growing movement that openly speaks out about the experience, despite the stigma.
  • 'I want my mammograms!'
    A government task force says women in their 40s don't need annual mammograms, but Sara Fought would beg to differ: She says she's alive today because a routine mammogram found cancer when she was 42.
  • Health care rhetoric heats up before key vote
    Traditional Senate decorum yielded to brass-knuckle politicking Friday in the health care debate as top Democrats sought to close party ranks before a key procedural vote this weekend.
  • New cervical cancer screening guidelines released
    The new mammogram recommendations out earlier this week caused quite an uproar. Now comes another change in screening tests for women -- this one for cervical cancer.
  • Vicks nasal spray recalled over bacteria
    Procter & Gamble is recalling Vicks Sinex nasal spray in the United States, Britain and Germany after finding it contained bacteria, the company said.
  • Two men reflect national divide over health reform
    Aisha's Fish and Chicken is named for Stanley Walker's 16-year-old daughter; it's a small family business known for its wings, catfish and signature sauce.
  • HIV+ soccer team scores against stigma
    Somebody told me about a group of HIV positive ladies in the Epworth Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic in Zimbabwe who had formed a football team and every time they won a match, they would march through the clinic in their football jerseys singing uplifting songs in order to inspire other HIV-infected people like them.
  • Senate health bill arrives with $849 billion price tag
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping health care bill that would expand health insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans at an estimated cost of $849 billion over 10 years.
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