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• Obama: Birth Control Policy Meets Everyone's Needs
  Last Updated: 11:35 AM 02/10/12 - President Barack Obama says a revamped birth control policy will both protect religious liberties and protect women's access to contraception.
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• Thousands Join first lady for 'Let's Move' Outing
  Last Updated: 1:24 PM 02/09/12 - There were wild arm swings, sharp robotic turns and pulsing fist pumps.
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• Test Confirms Appleton Student has Tuberculosis
  Last Updated: 10:11 AM 02/09/12 - Health officials say a student at Appleton North High School has contracted tuberculosis, and the city plans to test about 300 students who may have been exposed.
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• Democrats Call on Walker to Lift Family Care Cap
  Last Updated: 3:15 PM 02/07/12 - The four Democrats have sent a letter urging Republican Gov. Scott Walker to lift the enrollment cap on the state's Family Care program that helps keep the elderly and disabled out of nursing homes.
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• CDC: Fewer Smokers Go to the Dentist
  Last Updated: 3:11 PM 02/07/12 - If you're a smoker, the Center for Disease Control & Prevention says you're less likey to visit the dentist.
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• Junk Foods Widely available at Elementary Schools
  Last Updated: 3:23 PM 02/06/12 - A new study suggests that junk food remains plentiful at the nation's elementary schools despite widespread efforts to fight childhood obesity.
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• Specialists Push for Family input to Detect Dementia Earlier
  Last Updated: 2:09 PM 02/06/12 - Dementia can sneak up on families because its sufferers are pretty adept at covering lapses early on. It can take even longer to be noticed if spouses are there to compensate. And doctors can be fooled as well.
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• American Cancer Society Offers Scholarships for Young Cancer Survivors
  Last Updated: 9:47 AM 02/06/12 - The Midwest Division of the American Cancer Society is offering a limited number of scholarships for young cancer survivors who are planning to attend a university, college, technical or vocational school in the fall of 2012.
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• It's Not Too Late to get the Flu Shot
  Last Updated: 8:37 AM 02/05/12 - We're in peak flu season and if you haven't gotten the flu shot yet, medical experts say it's not too late.
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• Feb. 3: National Wear Red Day
  Last Updated: 6:31 PM 02/03/12 - Feb. 3, 2012 is National Wear Red Day. The goal of the movement is to spread awareness about the seriousness of cardiac disease, especially among women. Health experts say most women don't realize, it's their number one killer. That's why the American Heart Association has made the entire month of February American Heart Month.
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• Wisconsin Among States included in Michael Foods Egg Recall
  Last Updated: 9:24 AM 02/03/12 - A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination.
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• Susan G. Komen for the Cure Halts Partnerships with Planned Parenthood
  Last Updated: 4:50 PM 01/31/12 - NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its financial partnerships with numerous Planned Parenthood affiliates.
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• New Report Puts Wis. Medicaid Shortfall at $141M
  Last Updated: 2:11 PM 01/31/12 - A new report by Wisconsin's nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau says the state's Medicaid programs face a $141 million budget shortfall by July 2013.
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• Drug Approved to Treat Cystic Fibrosis' Root Cause
  Last Updated: 10:57 AM 01/31/12 - The first drug that treats the root cause of cystic fibrosis won approval Tuesday, offering a life-changing treatment for a handful of patients with the deadly illness, and broader hope for thousands more patients suffering from the inherited disease.
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• Wood County Pharmaceutical Drop-off Locations Announced
  Last Updated: 11:16 AM 01/30/12 - Bring all your unwanted, unneeded or outdated prescriptions, and over-thecounter medicines for proper disposal. Please leave the medications in their original containers. The patient’s name may be crossed out.
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• Hospitals Hope to Reduce Readmissions, Infections
  Last Updated: 8:38 PM 01/29/12 - About 100 hospitals are participating in a statewide initiative to reduce the number patients who get infections in the hospital, as well as the number of patients who need to be readmitted.
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• Oral Cancer Virus Affects 7 Percent of Americans
  Last Updated: 11:08 AM 01/26/12 - About 16 million Americans have oral HPV, a sexually transmitted virus more commonly linked with cervical cancer that also can cause mouth cancer, according to the first nationwide estimate.
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• Local Author Writes Book, Shedding Light on Dementia
  Last Updated: 9:15 PM 01/23/12 - A book by a local author is shedding some light on dementia.
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• Walker Turning Down $37 Million for Health Care
  Last Updated: 11:42 AM 01/19/12 - Gov. Scott Walker says he will turn down $37 million from the federal government that had been awarded to help implement health care exchanges under President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
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• It's Dangerously Cold Outside
  Last Updated: 5:31 PM 01/18/12 - A local pediatrician says both conditions are extremely harmful. Severe frostbite can lead to loss of limbs and hypothermia can lead to death.
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• US Wants Effective Alzheimer's Treatment by 2025
  Last Updated: 10:11 AM 01/17/12 - The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer's disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025.
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• Antigo Conjoined Twin Separated in 1984 Gives Birth
  Last Updated: 1:13 PM 01/17/12 - A Wisconsin woman who, along with her conjoined twin, made headlines 27 years ago when they were surgically separated, is making news again.
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• Medford Man is First Civilian to Get New Bionic Hand
  Last Updated: 6:35 PM 01/13/12 - A Medford man is now the first U.S. civilian to be fitted for a bionic hand. In 2006, Matt Razink, 36, lost his left hand after doctors had to amputate his arm just below the elbow after it was caught in a piece of construction equipment.
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• Ashland County Now has 10 Whooping Cough Cases
  Last Updated: 11:24 AM 01/13/12 - Ashland County now has 10 cases of whooping cough. Cyndi Zach, the public health administrator for the county health and human services department, says the cases include nine students in the Ashland School District and one adult.
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• Coca-Cola Says it Alerted FDA about Fungicide
  Last Updated: 10:29 AM 01/12/12 - Coca-Cola Co. says it alerted the Food and Drug Administration after it found some Brazilian growers had sprayed their orange trees with a fungicide that is not approved for use in the U.S.
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• More Parents Skip Immunizations for Children
  Last Updated: 1:01 PM 01/10/12 - A growing number of parents in Wisconsin are choosing not to have their children immunized.
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• Manufacturer Recalls Excedrin, NoDoz, and Bufferin
  Last Updated: 11:01 AM 01/09/12 - The company that makes Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X said Sunday that they are recalling some bottles of those products due to concerns that the bottles could contain stray pills from other medicines, or chipped or broken tablets.
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• Dept. of Justice Broadens Definition of Rape After 84 Years
  Last Updated: 10:42 PM 01/06/12 - The antiquated version does not include men as victims or women as perpetrators. The new definition expands on what is considered rape as any form of non-consensual penetration.
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• More US Women Having Twins; Rate at 1 in 30 Babies
  Last Updated: 10:38 AM 01/05/12 - The number of twins born in the U.S. soared over the last three decades, mostly the result of test-tube babies and women waiting to have children until their 30s, when the chances of twins increase.
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• FDA Warns About Changes To Liquid Acetaminophen
  Last Updated: 3:45 AM 01/07/12 - The FDA is warning parents to look at the labels carefully when buying liquid acetaminophen for infants. There's a new, more diluted version of the medicine now available for infants.
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• Wisconsin's Medicaid Shortfall Improves
  Last Updated: 1:22 PM 01/03/12 - Gov. Scott Walker's administration says the projected shortfall in Wisconsin's various Medicaid programs serving the poor, elderly and disabled has improved by more than $300 million.
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• Appleton Schools Warn Parents of Whooping Cough
  Last Updated: 12:54 PM 12/30/11 - APPLETON, Wis. (AP) -- The Appleton Area School District is telling parents there are several confirmed cases of whooping cough in district schools.
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• Health Insurance Going up with New Government Fee Added
  Last Updated: 12:40 PM 12/28/11 - Health insurance bills are about to go up. The government is adding a new fee to most health insurance plans.
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• Colorado Residents Can Make Money by Losing Weight
  Last Updated: 11:42 AM 12/28/11 - Companies have been making similar offers to their employees for years as a way to reduce obesity in the workplace and lower health costs, but Kaiser is taking it one step further and making the offer to any adult in Colorado.
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• Oklahoma Baby is 3rd Sickened by Rare Bacteria in Tainted Formula
  Last Updated: 11:34 AM 12/28/11 - Health officials say an Oklahoma baby is the third infant this month sickened by bacteria sometimes associated with tainted infant formula.
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• UW La Crosse Kicks Off Youth Fitness Camp
  Last Updated: 7:55 AM 12/28/11 - It's a chance for area children to learn great health habits as the UW La Crosse kicks off its Youth Sports and Fitness Camp. About 120 kids are spending the next three days staying active playing sports like kickball, flag football and soccer.
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• Company Recalls Ground Beef Over E. coli concern
  Last Updated: 10:42 PM 12/17/11 - A Nebraska meatpacker is recalling more than 40,000 pounds of ground beef products distributed in 16 states after a test confirmed the presence of E. coli.
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• Analysis Finds Questionable Doctor's Notes in Wis
  Last Updated: 4:38 PM 12/17/11 - A newspaper investigation has found that at least 10 doctors not previously disciplined by the state signed sick notes for Madison School District employees that the district considered fraudulent.
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• Plan Would lift Wages of Home Care Workers
  Last Updated: 12:07 PM 12/15/11 - President Barack Obama says it's inexcusable that home health care workers who care for the elderly and disabled can be paid less than minimum wage, and he's going to change it.
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• Health Care Overhaul Insures 2.5 million more Young Adults
  Last Updated: 10:45 AM 12/15/11 - Since the new health care overhaul law took effect a year ago, 2.5 million young adults have gained insurance, according to a new report from the Obama administration.
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• Report: Marijuana use up, Alcohol use Down Among U.S. Teens
  Last Updated: 10:39 AM 12/15/11 - esults from the latest teen survey from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) are a mixed bag. The survey showed fewer teens are turning to alcohol and cigarettes than ever before.
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• Survey: 1 in 4 US Women Victims of Severe Violence
  Last Updated: 11:34 AM 12/14/11 - A U.S. government survey reports that 1 in 4 women say they were hit hard, kicked or otherwise violently attacked by their intimate partners.
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• 2 Cases of Whooping Cough Confirmed in Eau Claire
  Last Updated: 12:58 PM 12/14/11 - Two more cases of whooping cough have been reported in Wisconsin, this time in Eau Claire County.
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• 25% Increase in Families Delaying or Not Vaccinating Kids in Langlade Co.
  Last Updated: 8:22 PM 12/13/11 - Some parents in Central Wisconsin are choosing to either delay or not vaccinate their children. It's something that has Langlade County public health leaders concerned.
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• Wisconsin Gets Preliminary OK for Medicaid Cuts
  Last Updated: 1:40 PM 12/09/11 - The state of Wisconsin has received preliminary approval from the federal government for some of the Medicaid cuts expected to result in about 65,000 poor adults and children leaving health insurance programs.
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• Walker Seeks Extension of SeniorCare Waiver
  Last Updated: 10:04 AM 12/08/11 - Gov. Scott Walker's administration is seeking a waiver to continue Wisconsin's program for providing discount prescription drugs to senior citizens.
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• HHS Says No to Over-the-Counter Morning-After Pill
  Last Updated: 1:20 PM 12/07/11 - The nation's health secretary says young teenagers cannot buy the Plan B morning-after pill without a prescription -- a surprise move overruling her own experts, who were preparing to let it be sold on drugstore shelves like condoms.
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• Justice Prosser Recovering from Colon Ailment
  Last Updated: 6:42 PM 12/06/11 - MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser says he's recovering from a colon ailment and won't take up any new cases this month.
  
• FDA revisits Safety of Newer Birth Control Drugs
  Last Updated: 1:54 PM 12/05/11 - Federal regulators will take a closer look this week at the safety of newer birth control pills that were heavily promoted as having fewer side effects and the ability to clear up acne and other hormonal bothers.
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• New Information: Leaders Hope to Start Classes in 2013 at New Medical School
  Last Updated: 5:29 PM 12/01/11 - We have new information about the medical school that could make Central Wisconsin home in the next few years. The dean of the proposed college said the next six months will be crucial in deciding if the college will come to Wausau in August of 2013.
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