• Health Headlines
Cut the salt by cutting the bread

Individual servings may not be that salty, but it adds up when you eat several slices or bowls.

Super Bowl measles alert

Officials say an Indianapolis area patient with measles mingled in the Super Bowl Village last week.

St Leonard anything but traditional

St. Leonard in Centerville just celebrated a groundbreaking new facility that is anything but traditional. It is the San Damiano Residence Assisted Living and

OH health funds to boost Dayton groups

The Ohio Department of Health has awarded two grants worth a combined $65,000 to the Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services Board for Montgomery

Women "Go Red" at Dayton Mall

The Go Red Foundation hosted its 9th annual Go Red Connect audition at the Dayton Mall Saturday afternoon. The casting call searched for women to tell how

Women's health not just about breasts

The problem with the Komen Foundation's thinking appears to be that it treats the breast as if it were the whole experience, the whole story. It's like

Researchers: Sugar is toxic

"We recognize that societal intervention to reduce the supply and demand for sugar faces an uphill political battle against a powerful sugar lobby," they

Cystic Fibrosis drug approved

The Food and Drug approved Vertex Pharmaceutical's Kalydeco to improve lung function in patients with a rare variant of the disease that affects just 1,200

Pfizer recalls birth control pills

The problem affects 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and 14 lots of generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets. Both products are manufactured by Pfizer

Resource Center opens at Children's Hospital

The MeadWestvaco Family Resource Center features private computer stations, a children's area, informational DVDs in multiple languages and easy access to

Blood pressure two times

That's the recommendation after a new study shows doctors are missing significant signs of heart disease.

Don't let flu season fool you

The influenza virus is pretty unpredictable. Some years it peaks in December, others as late as February. That appears to be the case here this winter.

School lunches get an overhaul

The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years will mean that most of them will have less sodium, more whole grains and a wider

Local hospital gets top grade

For the sixth year in a row, Health-Grades has named Miami Valley hospital a 'Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence.'

Wellness workshop offered in Richmond

Ivy Tech Community College in Richmond has announced a new program that focuses on improving all aspects of personal well-being and it starts on Wednesday,

Local company introduces bionics

It's made by i-Walk and is the world's first artificial limb system that actually uses robotics to replicate muscles and tendons.

  • Consumer Technology

2.1M watched Super Bowl online

That's a small fraction of the record 111.3 million viewers that watched NBC's …

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