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- Local Impact of Healthcare Reform Proposal
- Toughest on Small Business, Employees
- We've been hearing a lot of talk about what President Obama's healthcare reform could cost Americans. But you may be asking yourself, "What about me, here in the Capital Region?" CBS 6 Anchor Jerry Gretzinger reached out to a New... Full story
- A Simple Machine Could Save Your Life
- Jim King had a heart attack five years ago. He says, "I played the first half of the ball game, played pretty well for me, walked over, got a drink at the drinking fountain, stepped back on to the court and just collapsed." More than a... Full story
- Don't Skimp on Kid's Nutrition
- Becky Edvalson, an Albany mother of two... knows how important nutrition is for her children.... she also knows how expensive it is. baby formula runs around 20 dollars a can. Pretty pricey when you have two children... that's why Edvalson... Full story
Focus on Fitness
- Fine-tune workout to rule slopes
- Folks, ski season is coming. And more than a few of you have asked questions about getting in skiing shape. Even when we're in great shape there are things we can do to help improve our ability to ski better and, if you ski as badly as I do,... Full story
- U.S. needs czar to coordinate health efforts
- America needs a trainer.
- America needs a trainer. The country needs somebody qualified to help whip our butts into shape. That somebody would have the power to command, influence and draw resources from various aspects of the government to help us get in better shape.... Full story
- Gradual shift in habits helps avoid fitness-program rebellion
- Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs.
- Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs. Folks are aware that too many kids in the United States are overweight or obese. We even know how to reverse the situation and how to prevent it. We know that more physical activity helps. We know... Full story
Health News (AP)
- 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....
- 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....
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