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Health Matters: Gluten Free Now Has To Really Mean Gluten Free
The Food and Drug Administration says the deadline is up to use gluten free labeling on food products. The FDA says all products that use the gluten free label must now have undetectable levels of...
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Health Matters: Voice Guided CPR Device
A new device takes the intimidation out of giving CPR. CPR rescue assist creator Joe Hanson spent years working on the device before getting the FDA's approval this winter. The gadget fits properly on...
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Ethical Questions Emerge Over Who Gets Ebola Drug
MADRID (AP) — In a development that raises a host of ethical issues, Spain announced it had obtained a scarce U.S.-made experimental Ebola drug to treat a Spanish missionary priest infected with the...
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Health Matters: Fitness Bands
Fitness bands may be doing more than just tracking our health and wellness. U.S. senator Charles Schumer says the popular health bands may be invading our privacy. Senator Schumer addressed the issue...
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Spanish Priest Dies of Ebola Despite Receiving Experimental Drug
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish priest being treated for Ebola died Tuesday in Madrid despite having received an experimental drug while the World Health Organization announced it is ethical for unproven drugs...
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Bacteria In Tattoo Ink
Before you get a tattoo, you may want to check the ink. According to the associated press the food and drug administration is warning tattoo parlors, their customers and those that buy at home tattoo...
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As African Medics Die of Ebola, Debate Over Drugs
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Doctors treating a leading Sierra Leone physician who became sick with Ebola considered giving him an experimental drug but feared it could trigger a dangerous immune response and...
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Fox 2 Fit Fix
Get your calendar ready, because there are lots of healthy events to get to this weekend! This Saturday morning, Renaissance Cancer Foundation is providing FREE skin cancer screenings to the public....
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Liberia Ponders Who Should Get Ebola Drug
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian officials faced a difficult choice Thursday: deciding which handful of Ebola patients will receive an experimental drug that could prove life-saving, ineffective or...
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Health Matters: What You Crave Reflects On Your Health
If you crave sweets, you may be suffering from fluctuations in your blood sugar levels. Reaching for a quick fix like a cookie or candy will cause your levels to spike. Instead, pick a piece of fruit...
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Aid Group: W. Africa Ebola Outbreak Like ‘Wartime’
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 1,100 people in West Africa could last another six months, the Doctors Without Borders charity group said Friday. One aid worker...
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Health Matters: Working Out During Sundown
Running and working out after sun goes down is something many of us do, but there are ways to do it more safely to avoid harm. Number one, wear reflective and bright clothing and wear lights so that...
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17 Who Fled Liberia Ebola Clinic Still Missing
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Authorities were searching Monday for more than a dozen patients who abandoned an Ebola quarantine center in Liberia's capital during looting this weekend, although several...
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DHA Supplements Can Help Fight Off Alzeimers
Research shows that you can too improve your brain memory, slow down brain shrinkage and possibly fight off Alzeimer's at any age man Fox 2 has your tips. Health experts say to take a DHA supplement....
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Liberia: 3 Receiving Untested Ebola Drug Improving
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Three Liberian health workers receiving an experimental drug for Ebola are showing signs of recovery, officials said Tuesday, though medical experts caution it is not certain...
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Are You Sabotaging Your Workout
Have you been working out regularly but are not seeing any results? You may have acquired some bad work out habits that have put a stop to your progress. Life by daily burn came out with a list of bad...
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WHO: West Africa Ebola Death toll Rises to 1,350
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The World Health Organization says the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now at least 1,350 people. The latest figures Wednesday show that the deaths are...
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Get Your Fox Fit Fix
You asked for it, and here it is, upcoming health events going on around the Rio Grande Valley. Get your bicycles ready Friday night for the cyclobia glow wild event in Brownsville. The city of...
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2 American Ebola Patients Released from Hospital
ATLANTA (AP) — After nearly three weeks of treatment, the two American aid workers who were infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Africa have been discharged from an Atlanta hospital, officials said...
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Health Matters: Teen Birth Rate Drops
Teen births in the U.S. are on the decline according to a recent report by the centers for disease control and prevention. The CDC says the number of teen births has dropped 57 percent since the 1990s,...
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