Great American Smoke Out Friday Midday Interview for 11/06/09 [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTHI CBS 10 Terre Haute]
There's new evidence that the H1N1 vaccine is safe. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
While so many look for work, nine people who had secure union jobs at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for decades have been fired for refusing to get flu shots. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTXF FOX 29 Philadelphia,]
Cases of the swine flu may have peaked in the Chicago area. But, health officials are warning people not to let their guard down. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WFLD FOX 32 Chicago, IL]
39-year-old Melinda Maletic just had her first mammogram. "I think it's important to be screened," she said. Now -- by giving just three teaspoons of her blood, she's playing a critical role in breast cancer research. For Melinda, the fight against the disease is personal, "I have a really good friend who just passed away from breast cancer, so the earlier you know, the better." Melinda joins more than 20-thousand other bay area women who have given a blood sample at California Pacific Medical Center for researchers to study. By studying their blood, researchers hope one day they'll be able to develop a blood test that can detect whether a woman is at higher risk of developing breast cancer. Researchers have already discovered an important link between how much tissue is in a woman's breast, or her breast density, and a higher risk of developing breast cancer. A risk even higher than family history. "We think that breast cancers come out of tissue in the breast, not the fat so therefore the more tissue in a breast the greater the risk of developing breast cancer," Dr. Steve Cummings, a breast cancer researcher, said. Doctors also say it's much harder to detect tumors in the mammogram of a woman with dense breasts. But why do some women have dense breasts and others don't? Researchers are looking for answers in volunteers' blood. "Right now the blood that's been stored from participants in the study is being used to understand what the genetic basis of breast density might be. If we can understand the genes that contribute to it we can find new ways of preventing breast cancer," Dr. Cummings said. Researchers are also studying blood for hormones and genetic markers that may increase a woman's risk of breast cancer. Scientists don't see a blood test ever replacing a mammogram. But they do hope one day it will be used with the traditional screening to accurately assess high risk patients, giving them the early warning needed to start taking potentially life saving medications. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerq
Life coach and author Christina Florence says you shouldn't have to work to be happy. That's why she created her Be Alive In Five program. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
As senators debate health care reform, there is one provision they agreed upon - making sure mammograms and preventative screening tests for women are covered. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
Sonia and Des learn to Zumba! [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTNH ABC 8 New Haven]
How to releave pain [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTHI CBS 10 Terre Haute]
Medical headlines for Friday, December 4. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WNYW FOX 5 New York, NY]
Several H1N1 and season flu clinics will be held around Boston this weekend. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WCVB ABC 5 Boston MA]
An online auction is aimed at helping Americans struggling with arthritis. 22News spoke with Cindy Senk, a trainer for the Arthritis Foundation, about this disease that affects over 1.3 million Americans. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Lung cancer is the most fatal cancer in the U.S. However a local clinical study is providing new hope for patients. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KMGH ABC Denver]
If your kids go to get their picture taken at the mall with Santa this year, you may notice something new at the display: Hand sanitizer. At Cottonwood Mall, kids were lined up Thursday to give Santa their Christmas wishes, but stopped at the hand sanitizer before jumping on the big guy's lap in hopes of keeping the H1N1 virus from spreading. In between kids, Santa changes out his gloves— just like someone who makes your sandwich. Parent Dolores Vallejos said, "I think it's a good idea because they're around a lot of children and I think by washing their hands with sanitizer it has some control on it." Santa's suits are being cleaned more often, and his sitting area gets disinfected regularly. Santas at malls all across the country are having to do it, to keep from getting and spreading the H1N1 virus. The precautions are something Jennifer Nanez is happy to hear about. Her 3-year-old daughter, Julissa, caught a bad case of the flu this year, and just recently got out of the hospital for an illness. Nanez said, "It's good, my daughter has severe asthma and she's had to go through a lot of stuff, a lot. She just got out of the hospital from all kinds of stuff so I got to watch her, got to carry all of that stuff." Santa and his helpers are also being encouraged to gargle with mouthwash or salt water every day, and to drink warm liquids. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
Girl with Cerebral Palsy gets dream trip to see Oregon Ducks. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOCO ABC 5 Oklahoma City]
There are specific warning signs doctors want you to look for if you think your child has the H1N1 flu. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOCO ABC 5 Oklahoma City]
A half hour on the elliptical machine could power your laptop for twice as long. Soon this idea of creating watts by working out will be reality at Texas State University . [www.clipsyndicate.com | KNVA CW 54 Austin]
Breaking up is hard to do, but there is an alternative cure for that broken heart. A new procedure at the Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture hopes to get rid of those lovesick blues, by targeting pressure points on the human body. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KSAZ FOX 10 Phoenix, AZ]
Independent Nursing Care is sponsoring a swine flu clinic in West Falls. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WNLO CW 23 Buffalo]
Some public school students are in the middle of a war of words. On one side, there is Florida's education commissioner, who says public schools are showing consistent improvement on the other, is the son of a former Florida governor, who is walking the entire state to make his point. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTVT FOX 13 Tampa, FL]
The number of H1N1 cases has begun to decline and local clinics are receiving more vaccine. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KSBW NBC 8 Monterey CA]
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