Montana Health News
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Montana Health News
Flathead sees more whooping cough cases
Posted 10:39 AM 5/19/2012 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center
KALISPELL- Local health officials are reporting that three more whooping cough cases have been confirmed in Flathead County, bringing the total to 39.
The Flathead City-County Health Department reports that three more cases of pertussis were confirmed late Friday with two of the three new (More)
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Helena News
Author, nurse addresses cancer treatment
Posted 6:58 PM 5/18/2012 by Melissa Anderson (KXLH Helena)
HELENA- The Capitol grounds in Helena will be transformed into a sea of pink for the Race For The Cure on Saturday, as people turn out to support efforts to battle and ultimately defeat breast cancer.
Registered nurse and author Lillie Shockney was diagnosed with breast cancer in her 30's (More)
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Montana Health News
Over 200 pertussis cases reported in Montana
Posted 12:52 PM 5/18/2012 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center
HELENA- State health officials are still logging reports of whooping cough with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services saying on Friday that the number of cases has passed 200, the highest number since Montana's 2005 outbreak that resulted in almost 600 cases.
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Entertainment & Lifestyle
Tips to eating healthy while dining out
Posted 6:46 AM 5/18/2012 by Drew Trafton (KTVQ Billings)
BILLINGS- In a world constantly on the move eating healthy can sometimes be thrown to the wayside for convenience and cost. At least, that's what a few new studies with alarming statistics are suggesting.
Earlier this month the United States Department of Agriculture released that as many (More) • Video (1)
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Montana Health News
More Flathead whooping cough cases reported
Posted 8:54 PM 5/17/2012 by Angela Marshall (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- New data released late Thursday shows the number of pertussis cases in the Flathead Valley has grown to 36.
Four school-aged children and two adults were identified as having whooping cough on Thursday with the Flathead City-County Health Department reporting those four students (More)
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Healthy Living
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High Reps With Low Weights Builds Muscle, Too
Posted 4:39 PM 4/27/2012
April 27, 2012 -- Want to build up your muscles in time for beach season? High reps with low weights may be the way to go, a new study suggests.
"There is nothing magical about heavy weights beyond the fact that they make you work hard," says researcher Nicholas Burd, PhD, of Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands.
In a series of experiments, Burd and colleagues tweaked some resistance-exercise variables to see which had the greatest (More)
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Most Peaceful, Least Peaceful U.S. States
Posted 8:49 PM 4/25/2012
April 25, 2012 -- For the 11th year in a row, Maine is the most peaceful state in America, according to the 2012 United States Peace Index report.
The report, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace in Washington, D.C., also named Louisiana as the country's least peaceful state. It has held this position for the last 20 years.
To create this annual coast-to-coast ranking, researchers looked at five key measurements.
Each state's peace (More)
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Any Exercise May Cut Alzheimer's Risk at Any Age
Posted 7:00 PM 4/18/2012
April 18, 2012 -- Daily physical activity may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and mental decline even in people older than 80, according to a new report in Neurology.
And it's not just walking, running, or other (More)
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Summer Temperature Swings May Harm Elderly
Posted 9:18 PM 4/9/2012
April 9, 2012 -- Extreme summer temperature swings may be a health threat for people ages 65 and older, a 20-year study shows.
Those kinds of big temperature swings are becoming more common, according to some climate models.
"It means we probably should be more concerned about climate change because there may be some significant health effects directly associated with the increasing variability of weather," says researcher Joel Schwartz, PhD, a (More)
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Health Care Hearings: Day 1 Focuses on Tax
Posted 9:05 PM 3/26/2012
March 26, 2012 -- In the first day of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the issue was about whether the law's penalty for not purchasing health insurance is essentially a tax.
Why is that important? Because if it isa tax, then the court can't rule on it until it goes into effect in 2014 and someone sues for a refund, which then delays any rulings regarding the entire law until 2015.
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