WHSV - Health

Pfizer Recalls 28 Lots of Birth Control Pills
Last Updated: 12:14 PM 02/01/12 - Pfizer Inc. is recalling 28 lots of birth control pills after uncovering a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally.
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Va Board of Health to Take Up Abortion-Clinic Regs
Last Updated: 10:29 AM 01/27/12 - The Virginia Board of Health is developing permanent state regulations governing clinics that perform abortion procedures.
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Bill to End HPV Vaccine Mandate Passes Va Panel
Last Updated: 1:23 PM 01/24/12 - A bill that would end a state mandate for girls to receive vaccinations against a virus that can lead to cervical cancer later sailed through a Republican-dominated House committee on a largely partisan vote.
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W.Va. Requires Vaccinations for 7th, 12th Graders
Last Updated: 11:57 AM 01/23/12 - A new West Virginia law requires all seventh and 12th graders to be vaccinated for tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and meningitis before entering the 2012-13 school year.
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Improved Device Helps to Better Treat Heart Patients
Last Updated: 12:25 PM 01/21/12 - RMH doctor first in the state to implant new and improved device to better treat patients with heart failure.
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What's Going Around 1-11
Last Updated: 10:38 PM 01/11/12 - In this week's What's Going Around, it should be more like what isn't going around. The doctors in and around the Valley are busy with all kinds of illnesses.
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What's Going Around 1-4
Last Updated: 1:55 AM 01/05/12 - Doctors are reporting several cases of upper respiratory infections, also known as, the common cold.
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Police Suspect Allergy in Va 7-Year-Old's Death
Last Updated: 6:58 PM 01/03/12 - Chesterfield County police are investigating the death of an elementary school pupil who apparently suffered an allergic reaction.
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Altria Group Launches Tobacco Rights Website
Last Updated: 6:59 PM 01/02/12 - Cigarette maker Altria Group is giving consumers a new place to read about and act on tobacco-related public policy issues.
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What Will Gas Prices Be in 2012?
Last Updated: 3:18 AM 01/03/12 - Gas prices could be even higher than 2011 this year.
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Flu Vaccines Highlighted with New Concerns over Swine Flu
Last Updated: 11:34 AM 12/28/11 - With the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention monitoring a strain of the swine flu, it's a good reminder of the importance of flu vaccines.
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2 Cases of Swine Flu Variant Confirmed in W.Va.
Last Updated: 10:16 AM 12/28/11 - West Virginia health officials have increased monitoring for a variant of the swine flu after two cases were confirmed in Mineral County.
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Heart Attacks Leading Cause of Death for On-Duty Firefighters
Last Updated: 4:15 AM 12/27/11 - About 100 firefighters in the U.S. die on the job each year. Heart attacks cause almost half or about 45 percent of these deaths.
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What's Going Around - Seasonal Depression
Last Updated: 9:55 AM 12/26/11 - As the seasons change so can your mood. In this week's What's Going Around, CBS19's Stephanie Satchell has a look at seasonal depression.
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Wal-Mart Pulls Infant Formula after Baby Dies
Last Updated: 12:00 PM 12/22/11 - Wal-mart has stopped selling Enfamil Newborn powder after a baby died from an apparent bacterial infection
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Woman Wishes for Pain-Free Teeth for Christmas
Last Updated: 7:54 AM 12/22/11 - A Valley woman has a total of 11 abscessed teeth and she says her Christmas wish is to have them removed.
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What's Going Around 12-21
Last Updated: 7:56 AM 12/22/11 - There's no surprises in this weeks What's Going Around Report, we probably can ask you. It's cold and flu season, and while we're not seeing flu yet, a lot of us are dealing with colds.
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What's Going Around 12-14
Last Updated: 7:04 AM 12/15/11 - You may have a bad cough or a mild fever but it probably isn't the flu. Augusta Health says it's seen an increase in "influenza like illnesses," but still no confirmed cases of flu.
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NTSB Recommends Ban on Cell Phones While Driving
Last Updated: 8:52 AM 12/14/11 - Federal accident investigators recommended states ban the use of cell phones and other electronic devices by all drivers except in emergencies.
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Virginia Launches Health Care Registry
Last Updated: 12:23 PM 12/07/11 - Virginia is launching a registry for residents to let friends and families know their health care wishes if they are unable to make their own decisions.
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Pregnancy-center Disclaimer Cases Postponed
Last Updated: 10:46 AM 12/06/11 - Arguments have been postponed in two cases in which Maryland anti-abortion pregnancy counseling centers claim that government ordinances requiring them to post certain disclaimers infringe on their constitutional rights.
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Abortion-Rights Supporters Meet with Gov's Aides
Last Updated: 6:07 PM 12/01/11 - Abortion-rights supporters met with Gov. Bob McDonnell's policy advisers to urge the governor to reject proposed abortion clinic regulations.
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W.Va. Suspends Enrollment in In-Home Care Program
Last Updated: 4:36 PM 12/01/11 - Elderly and disabled West Virginia residents who apply for a state in-home care program will be put on a waiting list because of funding concerns.
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Lipitor Drug Goes Generic, Pfizer Manuevers to Shield Sales
Last Updated: 10:40 AM 11/30/11 - Pfizer is getting creative to preserve Lipitor's billions in sales as the cholesterol drug gets generic competition in the U.S. market.
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Obama Administration Appeals Cigarette Pack Ruling
Last Updated: 6:19 PM 11/29/11 - The Obama administration is appealing a judge's order blocking a requirement that tobacco companies put graphic images warning about the dangers of smoking on cigarette packs.
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Food Security Summit Set for Next Week at UVa
Last Updated: 6:35 PM 11/28/11 - Plans for increasing access to healthy, nutritious food in Virginia will be discussed at a symposium at the University of Virginia.
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RMH Awarded for Sustainability Efforts
Last Updated: 4:38 PM 11/23/11 - Rockingham Memorial Hospital has been awarded for reducing health care's environmental impact on communities.
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WVU Educator Says Time to Improve State's Health is Now
Last Updated: 4:51 PM 11/22/11 - The interim founding dean of West Virginia University's School of Public Health urges state leaders to take what he calls deplorable health problems seriously.
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Tips to Avoid Foodborne Illnesses
Last Updated: 6:20 PM 11/21/11 - Thanksgiving is a time to enjoy and celebrate with families and friends, but experts say it's also a time to be especially careful of foodborne illnesses.
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WV KIDS COUNT Plans Oral Health Initiative
Last Updated: 5:30 PM 11/21/11 - West Virginia KIDS COUNT is planning a new initiative to improve the oral health of the state's children.
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Judge Weighing Delay on Decision in Tobacco Case
Last Updated: 4:33 PM 11/17/11 - A federal judge is asking the Justice Department and America's largest cigarette makers whether to delay a decision in a 12-year-old lawsuit against the tobacco industry while other cases challenging new tobacco regulations are decided.
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Smucker Recalls Jars of Chunky Peanut Butter
Last Updated: 8:50 AM 11/17/11 - J.M. Smucker Co. is recalling thousands of 16-ounce jars of its Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter Chunky because of possible salmonella contamination.
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Higher Copays Seen for Medicare Brand-Name Drugs
Last Updated: 3:08 PM 11/16/11 - With three weeks left for seniors to change their Medicare prescription plan for 2012, a study finds copays for brand-name drugs are going up -- in some cases sharply.
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Valley Offices Participate in National Memory Screening Day
Last Updated: 11:46 AM 11/15/11 - Tuesday is National Memory Screening Day and locations across the Shenandoah Valley are offering their services.
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Recall: Plastic in Wegmans Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Last Updated: 5:04 PM 11/11/11 - Wegmans Food Markets says 4,000 pounds of its mashed sweet potatoes are being recalled because of possible contamination with pieces of white plastic.
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Va. Collects More Than 58K Pounds of Pesticides
Last Updated: 10:26 AM 11/10/11 - Virginia officials say the state collected more than 58,000 pounds of unwanted pesticides this year.
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Health Care Workers Try to Lower Prescription Drug Overdoses
Last Updated: 6:52 AM 11/09/11 - Prescription overdoses have tripled in the past decade, and it is now responsible for 40 deaths every day in the U.S.
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FDA Clears Blood Thinner for Irregular Heart Beat
Last Updated: 6:06 PM 11/04/11 - Federal health officials have expanded approval of a blood thinning drug to millions of new patients with a common heart problem that can cause deadly strokes and blood clots.
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New Laws on Concussions Protect Student Athletes
Last Updated: 10:36 AM 11/04/11 - Starting this school year, public schools in Virginia are required to have concussion-management policies in place to help protect student-athletes.
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FDA Plans $600M Anti-Smoking Campaigns
Last Updated: 4:15 PM 11/02/11 - The Food and Drug Administration is planning to spend $600 million over five years to educate the public about the dangers of tobacco use.
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More Than 3,600 Pounds of Unwanted Pills Collected
Last Updated: 5:15 PM 11/01/11 - Officials say West Virginians turned in more than 3,600 pounds of unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs during a weekend drug take-back event.
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Virginia Receives 'C' on Premature Birth Report Card
Last Updated: 1:16 PM 11/01/11 - The March of Dimes has given Virginia a 'C' grade on its latest premature births report card.
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Obama to Order FDA to Help Reduce Drug Shortages
Last Updated: 4:57 PM 10/31/11 - President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, an escalating problem that has endangered patients and raised the possibility of price gouging.
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Drug Take-Back Day in Virginia
Last Updated: 10:25 AM 10/28/11 - Drug Take-Back event set for Saturday in Virginia.
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Pine Nuts Recalled Over Salmonella Concerns
Last Updated: 4:55 PM 10/27/11 - Wegmans Food Markets has recalled 5,000 pounds of pine nuts sold in the bulk foods department of its stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland after salmonella sickened 42 people.
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W.Va. Nurses Must Renew Licenses by Monday
Last Updated: 12:39 PM 10/27/11 - The state's 29,000 licensed registered nurses have until Monday to renew their annual licenses.
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Health Insurance Exchange Focus of Va. Meeting
Last Updated: 4:03 PM 10/24/11 - The General Assembly wants a jump on how to create a health-insurance exchange required under federal law.
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2 W.Va. Cancer Centers Receive Accreditation
Last Updated: 5:47 PM 10/21/11 - Two Huntington cancer centers have been awarded accreditation by a national breast health organization.
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Va Regulators OK Sale of Shenandoah Life
Last Updated: 3:12 PM 10/21/11 - Virginia regulators have approved United Prosperity Life's plan to acquire a Roanoke insurer that's been in receivership for more than two years.
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Calif. Company Recalls Bagged Salad Blends
Last Updated: 4:59 PM 10/20/11 - Taylor Farms Retail Inc. is voluntarily recalling 3,265 cases of various bagged salad blends that have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella.
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