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Recall for Meta MO based dog food company product
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Federal officials say the number of people sickened by salmonella after handling tainted dog food has grown by two to 16. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday the two new cases occurred in Canada and...
Tags: Salmonella Infection
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Tests show no rabies danger to people from dog in Seymour that was euthanized
news@ky3.comMARSHFIELD, Mo. -- The Webster County Health Unit says tests on a dog from Seymour that was euthanized last week show people who were around the dog are not in danger of contracting rabies. The tests don't show, however, whether rabies would have...Tags: Symptoms, Family, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Rabies
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Case of dog put down after possible rabies exposure: owner says he was unaware of quarantine option
lrussell@ky3.comSEYMOUR, Mo.-- A man from Seymour says he was told the state veterinarian ordered his family's beloved pet to be euthanized after a rabid skunk showed up at the family's home. Phone calls and e-mail messages kept coming in to KY3 News since our...Tags: Disease Prevention, Family, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, Rabies
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Study says most victims of Alabama tornadoes knew they were coming
ATLANTA (AP) - Most of the victims of last year's epic tornado outbreak in Alabama had at least one thing in common: They knew the storm was coming. A year after the onslaught of dozens of twisters killed at least 250 people in Alabama and more elsewhere...Tags: Tornadoes, Disease Prevention, Natural Disasters, House Building
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Walking school bus program gets Springfield students to school, provides exercise
dhodges@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- According to the Centers for Disease Control, the rate of childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. That’s one reason that some schools in Springfield are on a mission to get kids moving. "I'm loving it,&...Tags: Weight, Health and Safety at School, Missouri State University, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity
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Chronic Lyme Disease - hard to diagnose, hard to treat, controversial among medical field
jscherder@ky3.comGREENE COUNTY, Mo -- A mild winter season could translate into more ticks and more bites this Spring. According to the Center's for Disease Control, cases of Lyme Disease has steadily risen in the last decade. The data suggests people in the Ozarks...Tags: Disease Prevention, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Lyme Disease, Health
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Death of baby from Lebanon prompts Walmart to pull some Enfamil formula off shelves
ewood@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Walmart’s corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., told its stores across the country to pull and hold a specific lot number of Enfamil baby formula. The company says it made the move out of an abundance of caution after a...Tags: Disease Prevention, Symptoms, Food and Drug Administration, Hands, Companies and Corporations
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Efforts by Springfield-Greene County Health Dept. caught deadly fungus early.
jscherder@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo -- In the aftermath of the Joplin tornado area hospitals were swamped with injuries and critical patients. A St. John's physician came across something unusual in the midst of it all. Efforts at the local level helped health care...Tags: Tornadoes, Injuries and Wounds, Missouri, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses
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CDC: Smoking prevention efforts get short shrift from states
Los Angeles TimesEvery day, about 3,800 American kids try a cigarette for the first time. A thousand of them will grow up to to have a daily smoking habit, and nearly 300 will wind up dead due to a smoking-related disease. Those statistics would be depressing under...Tags: Disease Prevention, Quitting Smoking, Tobacco Products, Polio, Health
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After you quit smoking: Food for thought
According to the Centers For Disease Control, almost 20 percent of the adults in the United States are regular cigarette smokers. That's approximately 45 million people. In fact, cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the country....Tags: Disease Prevention, Politics, Cancer, Quitting Smoking, Diseases and Illnesses
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Analysis: HMO stocks may struggle over health claim costs
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans' low use of healthcare services has proved a boon to health insurers over the past two years, reducing medical claim costs and raising profits. The growing view on Wall Street is that those days are over. A series of first-...Tags: Goldman Sachs, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Earnings, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at Work
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Saw palmetto no better than placebo in men with BPH
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Saw palmetto, a fruit extract some men take to relieve the symptoms of an enlarged prostate, is no more effective than a sugar pill, according to the latest review of research on the herbal remedy. "Many different preparations...Tags: Symptoms, Tamsulosin (drug), Placebo, Herbal Medicines, Proscar (drug)
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