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American Heart Association Outlines Essentials For Keeping Your Heart Healthy
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Last Updated: 3:28 PM 01/20/10 - The American Heart Association has outlined seven essentials for keeping the heart healthy and living a long life. (Full Story) |
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UW-Madison Official Says Another Swine Flu Wave Likely
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Last Updated: 5:29 PM 01/10/10 - MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison's top health official says she's expecting another wave of swine flu cases as students return for the spring semester. (Full Story) |
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Sign Up for Pesticide Alerts
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Last Updated: 10:45 PM 01/07/10 - MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin residents who want to be notified before pesticides are applied in their neighborhoods can sign up on a free state registry. (Full Story) |
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Is Your New Year’s Resolution to Lose Weight… Again? Make It a Personal Promise Instead
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Last Updated: 6:56 AM 12/31/09 - One of the most common New Year’s resolutions people make is to lose weight. Unfortunately, it’s also a pledge many fail to keep. (Full Story) |
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H1N1 Still A Big Concern This Winter
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Last Updated: 5:51 PM 12/30/09 - The holidays are usually a season for giving, but you should try to keep at least one thing to yourself this winter, cold and flu germs. (Full Story) |
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Household Items Can Cause Allergies in Winter
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Last Updated: 8:13 AM 12/23/09 - Winter allergies are nothing to sneeze at. Dust, mold and pets can make things unbearable this time of year. (Full Story) |
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Milwaukee Public Schools to Provide Condoms for Students
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Last Updated: 8:52 PM 12/18/09 - MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A controversial plan to make condoms available at Milwaukee public high schools has final approval. (Full Story) |
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- Video: The Risk of Amateur Football
Football players are often the victims of sports-related head injuries but pro-athletes aren't the only ones at risk. The CDC estimates that about 300,000 student athletes suffer concussions each year. Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports. - Video: Parent's Age: Factor in Autism?
As autism concerns continue to grow, studies show that older parents are more likely to have autistic children. As Dr. Jon LaPook reports, this may be an important clue in finding the cause of autism. - Autism, Older Parents Link Detailed
Mothers Older Than 40 Are 50 Percent More Likely to Have Autistic Child, but Overall Risk is Still Low - Malaria Drugs in Africa Found Defective
Up to 40 Percent of Pivotal Drugs Fail Inspections, Raising Fears of Increased Resistance and a Coming Epidemic - Many Overweight Teens Don't Think They Are
Study Finds 1 in 3 Don't Believe They're Overweight or Obese; Dr. Jennifer Ashton Says Incorrect View Can Hinder Treatment
- Mediterranean diet may help prevent dementia, study says
Eating a diet rich in healthy fats and limiting dairy and meat could do more than keep your heart healthier. It could also help keep you thinking clearly. - How to fight childhood obesity in 3 steps
Worried about your child's weight? You can do more than just nag him or her about eating too much junk food. Implementing three healthy family habits--eating dinner together, making sure they get enough sleep, and limiting TV--may help. - Study: Older moms' kids have higher autism risk
A 10-year study examining 4.9 million births in the 1990s has found more evidence that there's a link between autism and the mother's age at conception. - In sickness and in health, couple's love endures
The 30 years that Tom and Vera Forkner have loved each other have been up and down, smooth and rocky, but a chronic illness presented a new challenge. - More than 1,000 get mumps in NY, NJ
More than 1,000 people in New Jersey and New York, many of them adolescent Orthodox Jews, have been sickened with mumps since August, health authorities said Monday.
- Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.... - Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn - is facing an ethics attack.... - Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday.... - Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.... - China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder
BEIJING (AP) -- The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged....
- Flu Vaccine Status
Flu News (Status as of 2/8/2010) Limited Seasonal Flu Vaccine We currently have H1N1 vaccine available for all patients of any age, with or without underlying health conditions. However, we have very limited quantities of seasonal flu vaccine availab... - Key Up for Kids Supports American Family Children's Hospital
MADISON - More than 300 young piano students will use their talents to raise money for American Family Children's Hospital during the 17th annual Key Up For Kids, a piano-playing marathon, 9am until 5pm Saturday at Hilldale Mall. Participating studen... - Kids Helping Kids for American Family Children's Hospital
MADISON - Local Madison children now have the opportunity to help their peers through the Kids Helping Kids program at all Madison area Culver's restaurants. From now through March 31, children can turn in their Scoopie Tokens from Scoopie Kid's Meal... - Mindfulness Meditation in the Treatment of Alcoholism
MADISON – Recovering alcoholics may benefit in the battle over the bottle if they practice mindfulness meditation. That's according to a Wisconsin physician-researcher who is one of the few in the country testing the possible connection between... - Researchers Receive Funding for Program on Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Madison - A multidisciplinary team of University of Wisconsin-Madison physiologists and cardiac specialists have launched a new program to study the mysteries of sudden cardiac arrest, thanks to a grant from the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institu...
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Aspirus Health Beat 7 helps you make better health care decisions with news about the latest medical breakthroughs, research and technology. Tune in for information about exciting new care options you and your family can access right here in central Wisconsin through Aspirus doctors, services and the Wausau Hospital.
December 21, 2009
Bar-Code System Supports Patient Safety
Joni Hahn, RN
Health Beat : Bar-Code System Supports Patient SafetyDecember 28, 2009
Confusion Problems in Seniors
Paula Brabec, RN
Health Beat : Confusion Problems in SeniorsJanuary 4, 2010
Team Helps Women With Abnormal Bleeding
Paul Kerns, M.D.
January 11, 2010
Innovations In Joint Replacement Surgery
Daniel Seybold, M.D. & Daniel Priebe, M.D.
Health Beat : Innovations in Joint Replacement SurgeryJanuary 18, 2010
Personalized Cancer Care
Christopher Peterson, M.D.
Health Beat : Personalized Cancer CareJanuary 25, 2010
Pain Relief For Facial Shingles
Mazin Ellias, M.D.
Health Beat : Pain Relief for Facial ShinglesFebruary 1, 2010
3-D Technology Advances Heart Diagnostics
Germain Larrain, M.D.
Health Beat : 3-D Technology Advances Heart DiagnosticsFebruary 8, 2010
Transporting Critically Ill Newborns
Sue McDonald, RN & Jason Keffeler, RN.
Health Beat : Health Grades from 2009/2010 Women's Health Excellence AwardFebruary 15, 2010
Wireless Pacemaker Technology
Mark Hoffmann, M.D.
February 22, 2010
Treatment Options for Disc Herniation
Todd Fairchild, M.D.
March 1, 2010
Infertility Testing and Artificial Insemination
Jennifer Mullen, Nurse Practitioner
March 8, 2010
Injection Therapy for Low Back Pain
Luke Budleski, M.D.
March 15, 2010
Minimally Invasive Colon Surgery
Steve Weiland, M.D.
