KXII Health Headlines
Kids get codeine in ER despite risks, guidelines
Posted: 04/21/2014
- CHICAGO (AP) - Despite recommended limits on codeine use in children, the potent painkiller is prescribed for children in at least half a million emergency room visits each year, a study suggests.
Health overhaul signup ends, survives for now
Posted: 03/31/2014
- WASHINGTON (AP) - Monday marks the end of the six-month sign-up period for insurance under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a highly controversial attempt to reduce the number of Americans without medical coverage, estimated at about 50 million.
Study finds many preteens have high cholesterol
Posted: 03/28/2014
- There's fresh evidence that a lot of young people could be headed for heart trouble. A large study of preteens in Texas found that about one-third of them had borderline or high cholesterol when tested during routine physical exams.
Study: Married folks have fewer heart problems
Posted: 03/28/2014
- Love can sometimes break a heart but marriage seems to do it a lot of good. A study of more than 3.5 million Americans finds that married people are less likely than singles, divorced or widowed folks to suffer any type of heart or blood vessel problem.
Millions could get extra time for health sign-ups
Posted: 03/26/2014
- WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of Americans could get extra time to enroll for taxpayer-subsidized coverage this year under President Barack Obama's health care law, allowing the administration to boost sign-ups and the political fortunes of Democrats under attack over the program's troubles.
E-cigarettes: fresh air or smoke and mirrors?
Posted: 03/10/2014
- NEW YORK (AP) - On the edge of the SoHo neighborhood downtown, The Henley Vaporium is an intimate hipster hangout with overstuffed chairs, exposed brick, friendly counter help - but no booze.
Polio-like illnesses called a 'rare phenomenon'
Posted: 02/25/2014
- STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - More than a dozen children in California have developed an extremely rare, polio-like syndrome within the past year that within days paralyzed one or more of the children's arms or legs, Stanford University researchers say.
Stroke risk tied to cold, humidity, weather swings
Posted: 02/12/2014
- There may be a link between weather and the risk of suffering a stroke, say researchers who analyzed climate trends and hospital records on millions of Americans.
FDA launching anti-smoking campaign aimed at youth
Posted: 02/04/2014
- WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is using ads that depict yellow teeth and wrinkled skin to show the nation's at-risk youth the costs associated with cigarette smoking.
Carter Co. reports first flu death this winter
Updated: 01/24/2014
- CARTER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA---Another person has died from the flu, this time in Carter County.
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Three Americans were killed on Thursday when a security guard opened fire at a Kabul hospital funded by a U.S. Christian charity, in the latest of a spate of attacks on foreign civilians in Afghanistan. A fourth American was wounded, the Afghan Health Ministry said. The attacker, a policeman employed as a security guard at the Cure Hospital, was captured, the ministry said. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for similar attacks this year, but made no comment about Thursday's shooting.
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