May 21, 2013

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KXII Health Headlines

Safe Family: Indoor Tanning

Updated: 05/07/13 - The federal government wants stronger warnings on indoor tanning beds as more young people develop a deadly form of skin cancer. Read More

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Safe Family: Tech Pain

Updated: 05/02/13 - Pat Newby has traveled to 87 countries and all seven continents, but a recent trip left her with nagging neck pain. Read More

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Safe Family: Distracted Driving

Updated: 04/23/13 - Do you think you aren't a distracted driver? Well the state department of health says that if you eat or drink behind the wheel, adjust your radio, or use a navigation system, then you are distracted. Read More

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Safe Family:Hidden Salt

Updated: 03/26/13 - The Centers for Disease Control says healthy American adults should be eating no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day, but study after study finds that people are eating way over that amount. Read More

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  • Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy
    YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.
  • Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death
    RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported.
  • Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device

    FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2012, file photo, Utah State basketball player Danny Berger holds a defibrillator, like the one implanted in his chest, following a news conference at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling. Increasingly, teenagers and younger adults receive these implants, people who may be more active and fit but have some underlying heart abnormality that puts them at risk of an arrhythmia. Last year, Utah State forward Danny Berger collapsed on the basketball court, was revived and had a defibrillator implanted; he has said he hopes to play again. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Ravell Call, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling.


  • Talking to Your Kids About Tornadoes
    How to talk to your children about tornadoes and other natural disasters.        
  • Tunisia announces first death from new coronavirus
    Tunis (Reuters) - A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from new coronavirus, a strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year, after a visit to Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The man, a diabetic, died in hospital in the city of Monastir, ministry spokesman Ibrahim Labassi said. It was the first death in Tunisia from the virus. "Tests showed that his two sons were infected by the same virus and they are under medical observation," Labassi said. ...