Copyright 2012 http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health en-us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:39:32 -0500 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:39:32 -0500 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health/Health-Centers-Offers-Free-TB-Screenings-139001364.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:04:15 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/tuberculosis-dfw-generic-11.jpg
A patient and some workers tested positively for TB.

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This year's cold is quite uncommon.

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A patient and some workers tested positively for TB.

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Doctors caution there are fewer long terms studies on the new drug, and like Botox, Xeomin is a neurotoxin, which carries the risk of some life-threatening side-effects.

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Food additive, deemed safe by the USDA, is used to kill bacteria.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health/Social-Multitasking-Can-Impact-Tweenage-Development-Study-138425154.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:15:15 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/tweenage-girls.jpg
Being too digitally social can hurt the development of tweenage girls, according to a new Stanford study.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health/Connecticut-Hospital-Uses-Healing-Hands-138147633.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:27:23 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/160*120/reiki200.jpg
Donna Zagorsky said everything emits energy and, as a Reiki practitioner, she knows how to feel for any disturbance in the energy field..

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Yale's School of Medicine has dozens of trials in need of volunteers.

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Dr. Paul Desan said a cure is in the form of a light box.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health/Woman-Loses-Arm-After-Bath-Salts-Injection-137390448.html Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:59:32 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/bath+salts+11512.jpg
A New Orleans woman lost her arm and nearly her life after injecting herself with "bath salts," according to a case report published today in the journal Orthopedics.

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There have been two recent deaths involving the use of neti pots. Are they still safe and what are the risks?

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health/White-Castle-Tests-Beer-Wine-Sales-136012128.html Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:41:40 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/200*120/116042878.jpg
Customers love it, says company spokesman.

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A rehab center is using a video game to help their patients build muscle and balance

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health/NATL-Tanning-Beds-Linked-to-Most-Common-Skin-Cancer-135539943.html Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:37:26 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/181*120/tanning+bed+trap2233.JPG
Tan at your own risk.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/video/#!/news/health/Watch-TV-and-Fight-Childhood-Obesity-at-the-Same-Time/133850053 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:30:02 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/7920343_N5PPKGBIKETVOBESITY_722x406_2167510173.jpg
A new device can hook any kid's bike up to the TV, and to keep the signal going, the child has to keep pedaling. For more information, go to www.123gotv.com.

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Anyone who came into close contact with the cat should seek immediate medical attention.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health/Biggest-Loser-Inspires-Live-Changing-Habits-133494243.html Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:37:21 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/Biggest+Loser+inspiration_fixed.jpg
Brittany Clark is on a mission to lose big and win back her life. At her heaviest, Clark was 220 pounds.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health/Oyster-Recall-133294488.html Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:14:34 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/oysters102711_722x406_2161390978.jpg
A contagious virus has been linked to frozen Korean oysters sold in Asian grocery stores as well as restaurants.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health/Stanford-Hospital-First-with-New-Aneurysm-Treatment-133181788.html Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:03:11 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/160*120/3D_Brain_Aneurysm_738_large_448x336.jpg
Pipeline is designed to help those with large brain aneurysms.

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