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No Doctor Visits
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Last Updated: 7:25 PM 05/17/12 - How would you like if your doctor could monitor your health from home?
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Frequent Emails=Stress
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Last Updated: 7:17 PM 05/17/12 - If you're stressed out at work you might want to take an email vacation. (Full Story)
New Abortion Bill
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Last Updated: 7:10 PM 05/17/12 - Lawmakers in Louisiana have overwhelmingly supported an abortion bill focused on reducing abortions.
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Safe Sunscreen
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Last Updated: 6:55 PM 05/17/12 - Just in time for the tanning season a list of the best and worst sunscreens, has just been released.
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More doctors are ditching the old prescription pad
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Last Updated: 3:35 AM 05/17/12 - Doctors increasingly are ditching the prescription pad. The latest count shows more than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic.
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CDC Says Higher Education Linked to Longer Lifespan
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Last Updated: 4:46 PM 05/16/12 - Study finds higher education linked to better health. (Full Story)
Should Organ Donors Be Paid?
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Last Updated: 4:41 PM 05/16/12 - Many Americans support compensation for organ donations. (Full Story)
Button Batteries Cause Kids' ER Trips
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Last Updated: 9:53 AM 05/16/12 - The number of children needing treatment for swallowing batteries has doubled. (Full Story)
Can Eating too Much Sugar Make You Dumb?
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Last Updated: 9:00 AM 05/16/12 - Study finds eating too much sugar is bad for your brain. (Full Story)
HIV Home Test Approved by FDA
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Last Updated: 8:55 AM 05/16/12 - FDA advisory committee recommends approval for home HIV test. (Full Story)
Guidelines Defining Alcoholics May Change
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Last Updated: 8:49 AM 05/16/12 - New guidelines in manual on mental disorders could broaden the definition of addict. (Full Story)
Man Claims to be Infected With HIV After Surgery
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Last Updated: 6:31 PM 05/14/12 - An Alabama man has filed a lawsuit against a Florida blood bank, charging that a transfusion during a coronary bypass surgery infected him with HIV.
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Children frequently injured from bottles, sippy cups
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Last Updated: 1:28 AM 05/14/12 - Every four hours a child goes to the emergency room with an injury from a bottle, pacifier or sippy cup.
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Rats! Rats! Rats!
Last Updated: 11:09 PM 05/12/12 - Rats in your house? (Full Story)
Possible New Drug to Prevent HIV
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Last Updated: 4:12 PM 05/11/12 - The Food and Drug Administration is debating whether to approve the first drug to prevent HIV. (Full Story)
More Sleep? More Weight Gain?
Last Updated: 4:03 PM 05/11/12 - Looking forward to sleeping in this weekend?
Don't do it, you could gain weight. (Full Story)
Smoking Ads Effecting Alabamians

Last Updated: 5:09 PM 05/10/12 - A new CDC National tobacco education campaign called "Tips from Former Smokers" is causing quite a stir.
Not only do they present shock value, they're packed with purpose.
News 4's Muriel Bailey has more on their effectiveness among Alabamians. (Full Story)
Multiple Strategies Needed to Fight Obesity
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Last Updated: 4:32 PM 05/09/12 - Battling childhood obesity may take several solutions. (Full Story)
Exercise may reduce cancer risk
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Last Updated: 3:20 AM 05/09/12 - Staying active may reduce the risk of dying from breast and colon cancer.
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Testosterone may help men lose weight
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Last Updated: 3:19 AM 05/09/12 - A boost of testosterone may help men over 40 drop pounds.
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