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Cervical Cancer

Updated: 8:02 AM Cervical cancer killed about 4,000 women in 2008. Information is key to prevention and treatment.

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Beating the Bulge in the New Year

Posted: 7:37 AM This time of year losing weight is a top priority for some residents. Dr. Robert Hernandez with Primary Medicine of North Texas is here with a few tips to help you lose the weight and keep it off.

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New TMC design promotes healing atmosphere

Updated: 9:24 AM DENISON, TX - The new Texoma Medical Center is certainly a beautiful place both outside and in. But the nice decoration and lay out don't just look good, it's also meant to make you feel good.

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Carter Co. holds drive thru H1N1 vaccine clinic

Updated: 6:44 PM ARDMORE, OK -- While it may seem like the worst part of the H1N1 flu outbreak has passed, Carter County health officials tell us there is still a need to get vaccinated.

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Grayson Co. to hold another H1N1 vaccine clinic

Posted: 3:52 PM SHERMAN, TX -- The Grayson County Health Department will provide the 2009 H1N1 injectable or influenza live, attenuated intranasal vaccine (LAIV/the nasal spray) to clients on a first-come, first-serve basis. Supplies are limited on Friday, December 11, 2009, from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

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HPV Questions and Answers

Posted: 7:34 AM Human papillomavirus is affecting women across the country. There is recent controversy over wheter or not girls beginning at age 9 should get vaccinated. Dr. Alex Ehsan is here to talk to us about HPV and how it effects women.

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New TMC grand opening

Updated: 9:13 AM DENISON, TX - It's been years in the making and under construction for the past 18 months. On Wednesday the new Texoma Medical Center is now open. State, County and local lawmakers joined with TMC officials to cut the ribbon, officially opening the facility Wednesday afternoon.

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Older Driver Safety Awareness Week

Updated: 4:47 PM It's a delicate subject that many Texomans are faced with in their lifetimes---seniors and driving, and when is it time to ask a loved one for their keys.

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Officials, area leaders set to cut ribbon on new TMC

Updated: 5:52 PM DENISON, TX -- We're less than twenty-four hours away now from a day years in the making, as officials at Texoma Medical Center will cut the ribbon on the brand new TMC Wednesday afternoon.

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Grayson County set for H1N1 Flu Mist vaccine dispensing sites

Updated: 8:15 PM SHERMAN, TX -- The Grayson County Health Department will provide Flu Mist, the 2009 H1N1 influenza live, attenuated intranasal vaccine (LAIV/the nasal spray vaccine) to people 2 through 49 years of age who are not pregnant and do not have certain health conditions listed below.

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What to do with holiday leftovers

Updated: 11:32 PM SHERMAN, TX – Turkey, stuffing, pie are all Thanksgiving staples and all usually left over after the feast. But how you throw out the remaining food could cost you money, one being a trip to the vet's office or paying for a plumber.

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Healthy Cooking Competition: Contestant 2

Posted: 8:30 AM 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.

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Healthy Holiday Cooking: Contestant 1

Updated: 7:58 AM 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.

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Healthy Holiday Eating

Posted: 7:50 AM 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.

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Statewide effort to blitz H1N1 set for Saturday in Oklahoma

Updated: 5:48 PM 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.

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Chicken Mushroom Barley Soup

Updated: 4:07 PM 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!

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Safe Family - H1N1 Vaccine is Safe

Updated: 1:57 PM 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.

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Flu concerns affect Halloween

Updated: 9:39 AM 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.

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Report: TX prisoners may get swine flu vaccines

Updated: 4:37 PM 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.

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Savoy ISD closes due to flu-related absences

Updated: 4:50 PM 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.

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  • Nonprofit launches campaign to reach uninsured
    CHICAGO (AP) — A nonprofit group helping to spread the word about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul launched a campaign Tuesday that will target states with high numbers of uninsured Americans and tackle their skepticism with straightforward messages.
  • Medicare: Cost-saving changes coming for diabetics

    FILE - In this March 14, 2009 file photo, a woman gets ready to check her blood sugar in Sacramento, Calif. Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar _ but it also may cause some patient confusion. On July 1, Medicare opens a national mail-order program for diabetes testing supplies that will drop substantially the prices the government pays for those products _ and will restrict who's allowed to sell them. The goal is to save taxpayer dollars, and seniors in the program should see their copays drop, too, from more than $15 an order to less than $5. For a chronic disease, that can add up fast. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar — but it also may cause some confusion as patients figure out the new system.


  • Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India

    In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, an Indian child in a pink shirt undergoes treatment for encephalitis at a hospital in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh state, India. Encephalitis is sweeping through northern India, killing at least 118 children in what officials worry could become the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Biswajeet Banerjee)GORAKHPUR, India (AP) — A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade.


  • Singapore fumes as air pollution hits 16-year high

    This photo taken on Monday, June 17, 2013 shows the Marina Bay Sands hotel and the Supertrees at Gardens By The Bay covered in haze. The Pollutant Standards Index, Singapore’s main measure to determine air quality, crept into the “unhealthy” classification Monday as smoke from roaring blazes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island drifted across the sea and cast a gray pall over the city-state’s skyscrapers. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years.


  • 18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda

    FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday, the mayors say it’s “time to test and evaluate approaches limiting” the use of the subsidies’ for sugar-laden beverages. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.


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