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Wis. Camp Gets Cleaning After Kids Get Sick
A YMCA camp in western Wisconsin has been cleaned after more than 50 children from a Minnesota school district were sickened with norovirus.
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Cost of Walker's Medicaid Plan Increases
The cost of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to reject federally funded Medicaid expansion and instead tighten income eligibility for the program has gone up.
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Public Invited to Organ Donation Remembrance Ceremony
Aspirus Wausau Hospital is holding a special donor remembrance ceremony on Sunday to honor those who have given the gift of life through organ, tissue and eye donation.
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Report: Wis. Hospitals Have Low Infection Rate
Patients at Wisconsin hospitals have less of a chance of getting a serious infection than most nationwide.
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Hooked: Part 2- Overcoming Heroin Addiction
It's a speech we all got growing up and we'll give it to our kids. Don't do drugs. But the number of our kids getting involved in the growing drug culture here in Central Wisconsin appears to be growing. With the increased availability of heroin, it's becoming a very popular choice among our youth.
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Preemies get a Boost From Live Music Therapy
A rock song says music can soothe the soul but hospitals are finding it can help premature infants and other sick babies, too.
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Hooked: Part 2- Family Rocked By Heroin Overdose
Loosing a child is a parent's worst nightmare. A nightmare Becky Short had to live through after her son lost his battle with heroin addiction.
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Stem Cells Recovered From Cloned Human Embryos
Scientists have recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.
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Hospitals could Lose $500M in Federal Funds
Hospitals nationwide could lose half a billion dollars in federal funding meant to offset the cost of covering the uninsured next year.
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Study Questions if Bed Rest Prevents Prematurity
Some specialists reacting to the latest study on bed rest for troubled pregnancies are calling on doctors to refrain from assuming that taking it easy can't hurt a pregnant woman.
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Video: Handbags have more germs than toilet seats, study finds
According to a study by Initial Washroom Hygiene, handbags have up to ten times the level of microbiological activity on them than an average toilet seat. Willem Marx reports from London.
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Video: Young Innovators: Teen tackles cancer diagnosis
After his close friend died from pancreatic cancer, 16-year-old Jack Andraka unleashed his hyper-drive intellect on preventing more cancer deaths. And as Jim Axelrod reports, the teen created a much faster and far cheaper detection method for pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer.
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Inside the analyst's office
Psychoanalyst-photographer Mark Gerald documents the couch, little changed since Freud
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Controversial update to psychiatry manual, DSM-5, arrives
Latest major revision since 1994 has been met with opposition from health advocates, medical community
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Handbags may contain more germs than average toilet flush
Handbag handle the dirtiest part of the bag; Face or hand creams inside the purse had the most germs
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