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White meat just as bad as red meat for your cholesterol, study finds

Updated: 06/06/2019 - Here’s some food for thought. Despite what we’ve been told for decades, white meat, including chicken, may not be so healthy after all.

Donate a kidney now, help save a life later

Posted: 05/30/2019 - Through the National Kidney Registry’s donor voucher program, a donor can donate a kidney now and get a voucher for an intended recipient for a later living donor transplant.

Heated chemotherapy helping patients with signet ring cell carcinomas

Posted: 05/22/2019 - Signet ring cell carcinomas develop in the organs of the GI tract: the stomach, appendix, colon, bladder and pancreas. The cancer gets its name from the ring appearance the cells take on under the microscope.

Nerve transfer surgery helping patients with AFM

Posted: 05/21/2019 - Acute flaccid myelitis is rare, but it usually pops up in young, healthy children. There is no cure for the illness, but doctors continue to find new ways to give kids back some of what they’ve lost.

Health officials: Hepatitis A cases rising in Florida

Posted: 05/15/2019 - Health officials in Florida say that despite giving out 6,900 free hepatitis A vaccines last week, the state saw its biggest increase in new cases.

Lowndes County officials looking to curb rising rate of infant deaths

Updated: 05/13/2019 - Lowndes County officials say in the last five years, at least 20 infants have died because of unsafe sleeping, most commonly caused by co-sleeping.

FDA approves 1st generic nasal spray to treat opioid overdose

Updated: 04/23/2019 - U.S. regulators have approved the first generic nasal spray version of Narcan, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses.

Study: ASMR meditation may help with insomnia, anxiety

Updated: 04/19/2019 - ASMR is a form of meditation that does much more than just relax and focus.

Measles cases soar to second-highest level in 25 years

Updated: 04/16/2019 - Since the beginning of 2019, 555 cases of measles have been confirmed in the United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

New recommendations say most women don't need yearly mammograms

Posted: 04/09/2019 - The American College of Physicians recommends the majority of women get a mammogram every other year beginning at age 50 and younger women should speak to their doctors about the benefits.