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Denison toddler fights life-threatening disease

Updated: 07/03/2014 - DENISON, Texas -- As a Denison boy fights a rare and deadly disease, his parents watch hefty medicals bills slowly pile up.

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Unapproved device buys time for new pair of lungs

Posted: 07/02/2014 - PITTSBURGH (AP) - An Oklahoma man is slowly gaining strength at a Pittsburgh hospital with a second set of transplanted lungs in a procedure that was possible only through a device that until now hasn't been used in the U.S.

Cell phones believed to cause serious sleep problems

Updated: 06/26/2014 - DENISON, Texas -- Checking your phone before bed and keeping it close by as you sleep is now believed to cause serious sleep problems, which could lead to poor health.

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Local vet responds to viral "No Ice Water For Dogs" blog post

Updated: 06/23/2014 - DENISON, TX -- A local veterinarian has responded to a recently-gone viral blog post that claims a dog almost died after drinking ice water

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Warning signs and how to prevent a drowning

Updated: 06/19/2014 - DENISON, TX -- As the temperatures rise in Texoma, lifeguards and emergency crews are concerned about an increase in drowning accidents as more people hit the water.

FDA prepping long-awaited plan to reduce salt

Posted: 06/17/2014 - WASHINGTON (AP) - Food companies and restaurants could soon face government pressure to make their foods less salty - a long-awaited federal effort to try to prevent thousands of deaths each year from heart disease and stroke.

Safe Family: BB gun problems

Posted: 05/22/2014 - IOWA -- An Iowa woman is warning parents about the dangers of BB guns. She was hit in the chest and it is now lodged in her body. Vanessa Peng has her story in today's safe family report.

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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.

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CBS News Health Headlines

Quarantine lifted after bubonic plague death
More than 150 people were under observation after coming in contact with a man who died from bubonic plague
Popular painkiller doesn't help back pain: Study
Over-the-counter pain reliever in Tylenol is commonly recommended for back pain, but its effectiveness had never been studied before
Acetaminophen does not lessen back pain
New research casts doubt on the most common treatment for lower back pain. Also, checking your pulse frequently after a stroke may be the best way to prevent another stroke. Marlie Hall has some of the day's top health stories.
The risks of being a night owl
What's the connection between sleep patterns, personality types and well-being? Researchers find a few surprises

WebMD Health News

Study: Car Interiors Reach Dangerous Temps All Year

After a string of high-profile cases of kids being left in hot cars this year, a new study shows just how quickly heat can become a danger, even in cooler months of the year.
Acetaminophen May Not Help Against Back Pain, Study Contends

The common pain reliever, best known as Tylenol, showed no effect in Australian trial
Routine Pulse Check May Prevent Second Stroke, Study Says

Patients, relatives can get reliable results, researchers find
New HIV Guidelines Released by WHO

Five groups of people are driving the global HIV epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) says in its new guidelines.
Will 3-D Printing Revolutionize Medicine?

A video and article about 3-D printing and how it's being used in medicine.

AP Top Health Stories

Varying health premium subsidies worry consumers
MIAMI (AP) — Linda Close was grateful to learn she qualified for a sizable subsidy to help pay for her health insurance under the new federal law. But in the process of signing up for a plan, Close said her HealthCare.gov account showed several different subsidy amounts, varying as much as $180.
China lifts quarantine after man dies of plague
BEIJING (AP) — A nine-day quarantine imposed on parts of a northern Chinese city where a man died of bubonic plague has been lifted, China's official news agency reported Thursday.
GSK asks European regulator to OK malaria shot
LONDON (AP) — Pharma giant GSK said Thursday it is submitting its malaria vaccine for regulatory approval to the European Medicines Agency.
Nigeria fears as man falls ill with Ebola-like symptoms

A Liberian man has been hospitalised in Lagos with Ebola-like symptoms, but it is not yet clear if he is infected with the killer virus, Nigerian officials said Thursday. The 40-year-old Monrovia resident arrived in Nigeria's mega-city on Sunday and was admitted to hospital on Tuesday suffering from severe vomiting and diarrhoea, said Yewande Adesina, the special advisor on health for the Lagos state government. The patient was "detained for possible Ebola infection while blood samples were sent to the Virology Reference Laboratory in Lagos as well as to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Dakar," she said.
U.N. chief condemns attack on U.N. school in Gaza
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he was appalled by an attack on a United Nations-run school in the Gaza strip that killed civilians, including children, and U.N. staff. "Many have been killed – including women and children, as well as U.N. staff." The Gaza health ministry said at least 15 people had been killed and some 200 wounded. Israel Radio, without citing a source, reported that most of those killed at the United Nations school were children. More than 140,000 Palestinians have fled 17 days of fighting between Israel and Gaza militants, many of them seeking shelter in buildings run by the U.N. Refugee Works Agency (UNRWA).