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Movie Review: ‘Contagion’
By Bill Wine KYW Newsradio 1060 Germaphobes beware! You may not be able to wash your hands of this movie for quite a while. Conventional horror films may be scary, but this disaster flick about a...
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Area Pharmacies Doing Lots of Business With On-The-Spot Flu Shots
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - These days, flu season means big business for pharmacies, but not for the reason you may think. Eric Keuffel, an assistant professor at Temple University’s Fox School of Business,...
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Vaccinating Young Children Against The Flu
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - There is a very important report released by the CDC in their monthly morbidity and mortality report which looks at children and flu-related deaths. According to their statistics,...
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CDC: 25 Percent Of Women Are Victims Of Domestic Violence
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new survey by the Centers for Disease Control finds 25 percent of women are victims of domestic violence — a figure one government official calls astounding. But...
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Report: 1-In-5 Children Exposed To Secondhand Smoke In Cars
By Dr. Brian McDonough PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new report out today sheds light on the amount of exposure to secondhand smoke children and teenagers receive. The danger, according to the Centers for...
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HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - If you are a parent you may have heard that the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that all boys between the ages of 11 and 12...
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Philadelphia Councilwoman Hopes CDC’s New Anti-Smoking Ads Will Work
By Paul Kurtz and Nicole Brewer PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – As the tobacco industry battles an effort to place more graphic warnings on cigarette packs, the federal government is using another tactic to get...
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Increased Use Of Anti-Depressants Could Be Result Of Drug Marketing
By Dr. Brian McDonough PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Boy, this is depressing: according to several studies, more Americans than ever before are taking anti-depressants — roughly 27-million people. That’s three...
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Health: Autism Cases Up 78% From A Decade Ago
By Stephanie Stahl PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Autism cases are up 78 percent from a decade ago, according to a sweeping new report from federal health officials. The new report from the Centers for Disease...
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Who Really Breastfeeds?
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The World Health Organization recommends that women breastfeed for the first six months of life. But what do most women do? Researchers from...
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Opinion: Republicans Advances War On Women
The Governor of South Carolina is unconcerned with women in South Carolina dying from preventable cancer. This week she took steps to promote cervical cancer in South Carolina. Nikki Haley, the...
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STUDY: Pennsylvania Is Fatter Than New Jersey, New York
By Chelsea Karnash PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The latest study on obesity is out, and the news for Pennsylvania isn’t pretty. In a recent study on adult obesity done by the Centers for Disease Control...
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CDC Data Shows More Parents Are Getting Their Kids Vaccinated
By Lynne Adkins PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Parents in Pennsylvania and around the country are getting the message, that childhood vaccinations are worthwhile. The Centers for Disease Control has released...
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Methadone Deaths On The Rise
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – We talk a great deal about painkillers and the problem of addiction. It is a growing issue in this country. There is more information from...
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Study: 1-In-25 Drivers Admit To Driving While Drowsy
By Jim Melwert PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control finds in the past month, more than 4 percent of people say they’ve nodded off while driving. The CDC says this is...
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Eat Your Vegetables, But Wash Them First, CDC Study Confirms
By Hadas Kuznits PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A new CDC study attributes most foodborne illnesses across the United States to raw produce. Dr. John Painter, with the Centers for Disease Control, says the goal...
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Study: Majority Of New HIV Cases In Philadelphia Already Have AIDS
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Disturbing new numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control show that a majority of Philadelphia’s new HIV cases already have full blown AIDS at the time of...
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Methadone Abuse On The Rise
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - It is a disturbing statistic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, methadone accounted for two percent of painkiller...
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Diagnosing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Chronic fatigue syndrome is severe fatigue that is not relieved with rest and in many cases it can be associated with physical symptoms. The...
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American Diet Increasing Obesity
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The data from the CDC is disturbing when it comes to obesity. The obesity rate has increased from 19.4% in 2004 to 29.0% in 2012. During the...
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CDC: Flu Vaccine Averts Millions Of Illnesses
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Approximately 13 million illnesses (and over 110,000 hospitalizations) may have been averted by the flu vaccine over the last six years in...
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Health: Deaths From Prescription Painkiller Overdose Rise Sharply Among Women
By: Stephanie Stahl PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – There’s been a dramatic increase in the number of women dying from prescription drug overdoses. 3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl is here now...
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Teens Still Tanning
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The statistics are concerning. According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 1 in 3 young white women regularly ignore tanning bed...
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Some Tobacco Products Becoming Increasingly Popular Among Teens
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Most parents know that cigarettes are bad for your health and they talk to their kids about it, but there are other concerns. According to...
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Princeton To Begin Meningitis B Vaccinations
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Princeton University is getting ready to administer the first doses of a vaccine against meningitis. The Ivy League school has experienced an outbreak of type B meningococcal...
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Flu Activity Now Widespread In Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Flu season appears to be in full swing in Pennsylvania, with health officials reporting outbreaks in at least half the regions of the state. The state Health Department confirms...
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Most Kids Don’t Get Enough Exercise
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - It is a discouraging statistic. Only 25% of kids get enough exercise: 60 minutes of physical activity every single day. This, according to...
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CDC: Doctors Don’t Talk To Patients About Alcohol Use
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - You would think it is an important question to ask every visit but most doctors don’t ask patients about alcohol use. Perhaps they should...
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Doctors Asked To Encourage Adult Vaccinations
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - If you have children, you know all too well the many trips needed to the doctor for vaccinations in those early years. In fact, you probably...
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New Jersey Shows High Occurrence of Autism Disorders
By Cherri Gregg NEWARK, N.J. (CBS) — New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control show a significant increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism, with New Jersey ranked number one...
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Your Health And The Weather
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — We talk a great deal about different things that can impact our health, both good and bad. But one of the things we don’t talk about much is...
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Health Advocates Call For More Information About Marcellus Shale Fracking
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A coalition of public health advocates is calling on the state to provide more information about the impact of the gas drilling technique known as “fracking.” Fracking...
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CDC: Pregnant Women Should Get Flu Shot
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A couple of major organizations have gotten together to make a big recommendation. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists...
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Enterovirus Case Confirmed In New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Health officials have confirmed New Jersey’s first case of a respiratory illness that is caused by an uncommon virus. Enterovirus 68 was identified in a specimen sent to the...
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Prescription Drugs Killing Young Adults
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The state of Delaware is small enough to allow detailed records to be kept in the area of health and medicine. Although there are definitely...
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Women Of Reproductive Age Prescribed Opioids At Alarming Rate
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – There is a disturbing new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that nearly four out of ten women of reproductive age...
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Autism Is Complex Diagnosis
KYW Medical Reports Sponsored By Independence Blue Cross By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The numbers are staggering: one in 68 children in the United States has an autism...
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A Focus On Fall Prevention During Older Americans Month
By Dr. Marciene Mattleman PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Each year, according to Nora Super, executive director of the recent White House Conference on Aging, one in three Americans over 65 falls and the fear of...
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Jury Still Out On E-Cigarettes
By Amy E. Feldman PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Grape, cotton candy, bubblegum. Not flavors of candy. Flavors of e-cigarettes. How legal are they? The Centers for Disease Control found that the use of...
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US Infant Mortality Rates Down 15%
By Robert Jimison PHILADELPHIA (CNN)–Infant mortality rates have reached new lows, according to a report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. From 2005 to 2014,...
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