Stand up to Cancer: Treatment Options

Updated: Thu 4:06 PM, Oct 29, 2009

After someone is diagnosed with Breast Cancer they must make a critical decision about how the cancer can and will be treated. Dr. Mary Hebert is here to talk about what options you have and the best way to make for a safe and successful recovery.

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Emotional Eating: How to Overcome It

Do you eat when you're stressed, angry, or sad? Emotional eating can derail your diet. You can get past it. Find out how at WebMD.
Scientists Shed Light on Link Between Depression, Dementia

Researchers deem depression an independent risk factor for dementia
Leading Doctor in Ebola Outbreak Dies From Disease

Leading Doctor in Ebola Outbreak Dies From Disease
Fast-Food Salads: 6 Tips to Pick the Best Ones

Heading for the drive-thru? Before you order your next fast-food salad, read these six tips to make the best choices.
Did Your Meal Win an Xtreme Eating Award?

The Monster burger meal from Red Robin is the most "xtreme" restaurant meal in America, according to a new survey.

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Probe exposes flaws behind HealthCare.gov rollout

Officials tell The Associated Press that a nonpartisan investigative report concludes that management failures by the Obama administration set the stage for the computer problems that paralyzed the HealthCare.gov website last fall.
$1,000 Sovaldi now hepatitis treatment of choice

WASHINGTON (AP) — The price is sky-high, but so is demand. A new $1,000-per-pill drug has become the treatment of choice for Americans with hepatitis C, a liver-wasting disease that affects more than 3 million.
5 food writers subpoenaed in 'pink slime' lawsuit

Several food writers, including a New York Times reporter, have been subpoenaed by a meat producer as part of its $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC in regards to the network's coverage of a beef product dubbed "pink slime" by critics.
Japan's smoking rate drops to record low

Japan's smoking rate has dropped below 20 percent for the first time, according to a new survey, as a recent rise in cigarette prices helped to further discourage the habit. The proportion of adult smokers stood at 19.7 percent as of May, down 1.2 percentage points from a year earlier and the lowest rate since the survey started in 1965. The number of smokers in Japan stands at about 20.6 million, according to the study published Wednesday, which is conducted by cigarette monopoly Japan Tobacco. The overall figures put Japan roughly on par with the United States, where the Centers for Disease Control estimates that some 18.1 percent of the adult population smokes.
Liberia shuts schools as Ebola spreads, Peace Corps leaves 3 countries

By David Lewis and Emma Farge DAKAR (Reuters) - Liberia will close schools and consider quarantining some communities, it said on Wednesday, rolling out the toughest measures yet imposed by a West African government to halt the worst outbreak on record of the deadly Ebola virus. "This is a major public health emergency. It's fierce, deadly and many of our countrymen are dying and we need to act to stop the spread," Lewis Brown, Liberia's information minister, told Reuters. "We need the support of the international community now more than ever.