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Study: CT scans rule out heart attacks faster
A CT scan - a kind of super X-ray - provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.
Food for Thought
Food for thought: aritifical sweetner
If you can't have sugar, or are trying to lose weight, you may be intrigued by some of the new artificial sweeteners you can bake with. In tonight's food for thought, how they taste, and how many calories they really save you. Video Video
Journal of American Medicine Association
Study: Many Americans don’t have access to burn centers
A new study shows a lot of Americans don't have access to the best care when it comes to burns. Video Video
What's Going Around
What's Going Around: 11-11-09
One of the reasons we've been able to keep track of how the virus is spreading in our community is because we check in each week with doctors to see what's going around. For the fourth week in a row, the flu is practically all doctors are seeing. Video Video
Family Healthcast Q&As
More of your questions about the H1N1 flu answered
You've asked us a lot of questions about the flu. Thursday, we answer your questions about the limitations on Tamiflu and the best ways to take a child's temperature. Video Video
Health Alerts
Report: Young adults can go 2 years between Pap Smears
New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.
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