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	Healthy Cooking Competition: Contestant 2 Last Updated: 8:30 AM 11/11/09 - Contestant number two for our healthy cooking competition is Lesa Lovejoy from Lovejoy's on Main Street in Whitesboro. She is making a delicious Autumn Soup with cheese baguette. (Full Story)
	Healthy Holiday Cooking: Contestant 1 Last Updated: 7:58 AM 11/11/09 - Contestant number one for our Healthy Holiday Cooking Competition is Beth Schnitker from Circle S Catering in Pottsboro. She is making a Cranberry-Pecan Brown Rice Stuffing. (Full Story)
	Healthy Holiday Eating Last Updated: 7:50 AM 11/10/09 - Many of the traditional foods for the holidays we eat are packed with calories and fat. Today we are talking about healthy options for you and your family. (Full Story)
	Statewide effort to blitz H1N1 set for Saturday in Oklahoma 5 Comments Last Updated: 5:48 PM 11/06/09 - ARDMORE, OK -- The full court press is on for health officials this weekend. They're trying to get H1N1 vaccinations to as many people as they can by holding what health officials have deemed the H1N1 Blitz. Austin Wright has more. (Full Story)
	Chicken Mushroom Barley Soup Last Updated: 4:07 PM 11/06/09 - For a diabetic diet, having a balance of carbohydrates and protein is important for stable blood sugar. When carbohydrates in a recipe are the whole grain type, they are even better for you, as they will not break down to sugar or starch quickly in the body. The bonus? Its good food for EVERYONE! (Full Story)
	Safe Family - H1N1 Vaccine is Safe Last Updated: 1:57 PM 11/03/09 - In today's safe family report... A leading government health figure says tests on millions of people who have received the H-1-N-1 flu vaccine show that it's safe and effective. (Full Story)
	Flu concerns affect Halloween 10 Comments Last Updated: 9:39 AM 10/30/09 - SHERMAN, TX -- Forget the monsters, ghosts and goblins, this Halloween the real scare is potentially spreading the H1N1 flu virus. Parties and trick or treating are just more opportunities for flu germs to reach more children. (Full Story)
	Should Grayson Co. inmates get H1N1 vaccine first? 41 Comments Last Updated: 10:38 PM 10/28/09 - Grayson Co., TX - Texas remains one of the states with the fewest H1N1 vaccines. But how would you feel if an inmate in prison received a vaccination before you did? (Full Story)
	Report: TX prisoners may get swine flu vaccines Last Updated: 4:37 PM 10/28/09 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas prison officials say thousands of high-risk convicts may be vaccinated against the swine flu ahead of the general public as soon as next week. (Full Story)
	Savoy ISD closes due to flu-related absences Last Updated: 4:50 PM 10/27/09 - SAVOY, TX -- Another Texoma school district is closing its doors temporarily due to a high number of kids out sick with flu like symptoms. Savoy ISD superintendent Brian Neal says the district made the decision Monday afternoon to close down for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday after roughly 20 percent of students were out sick by the end of the day. (Full Story)
	Stand up to Cancer:Reach to Recovery Program Last Updated: 7:48 AM 10/27/09 - Those suffering from breast cancer are not alone. The Reach to Recovery program is a support system to help those dealing with the disease to recover successfully. (Full Story)
	H1N1 contributed to child’s death, Carter Co. health officials say Last Updated: 6:26 PM 10/21/09 - ARDMORE, OK -- The Carter County Health Department is confirming the death of a child due to H1N1 complications. However there is still no confirmation whether that child was an Ardmore student, but Ardmore Schools did send out a press release today regarding the district's procedures to monitor and inhibit the spread of illness. (Full Story)
	Bryan Co. to hold H1N1 vaccination clinic Thursday Last Updated: 5:33 PM 10/21/09 - BRYAN COUNTY, OK -- Bryan County has received about 600 doses of the influenza A--or H-1-N-1--vaccine. (Full Story)
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Video: Preview: The Cost of Dying
Many Americans spend their last days in an ICU, subjected to uncomfortable machines or surgeries to prolong their lives at enormous cost. Steve Kroft reports. Sunday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m. ET/PT.
CDC: "Nothing Typical" about 2009 Flu
43 States Still Seeing Widespread H1N1 Activity, 15 More Confirmed H1N1 Deaths, CDC Reports

H1N1 Swine Flu Wave Peaking in U.S.?
This wave of the H1N1 swine flu may have peaked. New cases are declining in most of the U.S., although deaths and hospitalizations are still rising.
Photo of a Loved One Reduces Pain
A new study shows that just looking at a picture of a loved one can help reduce pain.
Green Tea May Prevent Kidney Stones
A new study shows compounds in green tea extract make it more difficult for certain kidney stones to form.
Seasonal Flu Vaccine May Cut Swine Flu Risk
Military personnel who got last year's seasonal flu shot were 42% less likely to get mild H1N1 swine flu and 62% less likely to be hospitalized with the pandemic flu.
Drug May Boost Women's Sexual Desire
An investigational drug that didn't perform well as an antidepressant appears to slightly boost sexual desire as well as the number of satisfying sexual encounters in women with lagging libidos, a study shows.

Report: Homosexuality no factor in abusive priests (AP)
AP - A preliminary report commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops on the roots of the clergy sex abuse scandal found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said Tuesday.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC (AP)
AP - Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
SEC accuses 4 people in alleged Ponzi scheme (AP)
AP - Federal regulators have accused four people and two companies of fraud in an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme that lured 300 investors nationwide in purported eco-friendly investments.
AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound (AP)
AP - When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.
US survey shows southern counties most obese (AP)
AP - The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.