Posted 6:15 PM 12/21/2012 by Alyse Rzemek

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A troubled New Mexico peanut butter plant that had its licensed yanked after being linked to a widespread salmonella outbreak reached a deal Friday to resume some operations the day after Christmas under the watchful eye of federal regulators. A consent decree (More)

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Posted 8:59 AM 12/19/2012 by Marissa Torres

Severe tremors can be debilitating, but now scientists in Canada have pioneered a new way to help patients who can barely hold a glass.

Posted 1:30 PM 12/18/2012 by Lauren Molenburg

KERSEY, Colorado (AP) - In October, at halftime of a Platte Valley High School football game, the team's student manager approached Marilyn Johnson as she sat in the visitors' bleachers and relayed a vaguely ominous message. "Trey's acting weird." A former emergency-room (More)

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Posted 8:55 AM 12/13/2012 by Marissa Torres

Doctors warn, a seasonal sadness could lead to something much worse if it goes untreated.

Posted 1:57 PM 12/12/2012 by Eric Ross

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Senate has approved two House-passed bills that would allow collection and redistribution of prescription medication. The bipartisan measures the Senate passed on Wednesday would allow medical facilities to donate unused drugs for distribution to (More)

Posted 1:50 PM 12/12/2012 by Eric Ross

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kristen McAllister has a competitive spirit, and she used to have very physically demanding outlets for it, rigorously training for gymnastics, cheer/dance and swim competitions. At age 10, an autoimmune disease, a type of juvenile arthritis, robbed Kristen of (More)

Posted 11:50 AM 12/12/2012 by Kirsten Bennett

Parkview Medical Center is hosting a community flu vaccine clinic Tuesday, December 18 at the Parkview Pueblo West ER. Vaccines will be administered to those 18 years or older between 4 p.m. and 7p.m.

The flu shot will cost $20 which can be paid by cash, check or credit card and those applicable can use their Medicare part B to pay for the flu shot.

The clinic will be at the Pueblo West ER which is on 899 E. Industrial Blvd.

Posted 5:40 PM 12/10/2012 by posted by Alyse Rzemek

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

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Posted 9:47 AM 12/8/2012 by Matt Stafford

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African President Jacob Zuma says that former President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital in Pretoria to undergo tests.

Zuma issued a statement Saturday saying that Mandela is "doing well and there is no cause for alarm."

Mandela, 94, is in frail health and has not made public appearances for a few years.

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Posted 7:20 PM 12/6/2012 by Siera Santos, ssantos@koaa.com

"No shot, no job."

That's the policy hospitals are adapting. Flu shots are no longer a recommendation. They're a mandate.

"It's a trend you're seeing nationally," said Brian Newsome, a spokesperson with Memorial Hospital.

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Posted 5:49 PM 12/6/2012 by Alyse Rzemek

RENO, Nev. (AP) - It's been more than 15 years in the making, but Reno-based First Warning Systems is close to bringing a new type of breast cancer screening tool to the market: the Smart Bra.

The device makes it easier and more economical to detect breast cancer in younger women (More)

Posted 11:30 AM 12/6/2012 by Lauren Molenburg

KEY WEST, Florida (AP) - Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the risk of dengue fever in the tourist town of Key West.

If (More)

Posted 10:30 AM 12/6/2012 by Lauren Molenburg

A new study sets the stage for wider use of gene testing in early pregnancy. Scanning the genes of a fetus reveals far more about potential health risks than current prenatal testing does, say researchers who compared both methods in thousands of pregnancies nationwide. A surprisingly (More)