http://www.localnews8.com/-/308798/14412880/-/fylnrcz/-/index.html en-US © 2011 Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. Home Home en-US © 2011 Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Etheridge-Jolie-mastectomy-not-brave-choice/-/461628/20615608/-/7daooxz/-/index.html Rock legend and breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge is taking issue with Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:50 GMT 20615608 2013-06-19T10:45:50Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Doctors-Let-us-treat-Guantanamo-detainees/-/461628/20624288/-/mfqgptz/-/index.html In an open letter to President Barack Obama published Tuesday, dozens of doctors asked to be allowed to treat hunger-striking prisoners at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:36:50 GMT 20624288 2013-06-19T08:36:50Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Pregnant-To-drink-or-not-to-drink/-/461628/20613510/-/138ryyc/-/index.html A new study in the British Medical Journal is the latest to look at whether moderate drinking during pregnancy is associated with adverse effects on children. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:22:34 GMT 20613510 2013-06-19T01:22:34Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Will-Facebook-s-organ-donor-success-stick/-/461628/20614668/-/ymw1hc/-/index.html On May 1, 2012, Facebook launched an initiative aimed at encouraging more people to register as organ donors. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:21 GMT 20614668 2013-06-18T18:00:21Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Test-may-predict-HPV-related-throat-cancer/-/461628/20610228/-/whnu68z/-/index.html Scientists may be able to predict throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus more than 10 years before patients get diagnosed, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:43:33 GMT 20610228 2013-06-18T17:43:33Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/money/Health-care-costs-to-slow-in-2014/-/461672/20608214/-/158okbm/-/index.html Total costs for health care services, including everything from doctor visits and prescription drugs to surgeries, are expected to rise 6.5% in 2014, when the Affordable Care Act fully kicks in, according to a report released Tuesday. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:26:37 GMT 20608214 2013-06-18T13:26:37Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Venezuela-weighs-baby-bottle-ban/-/461628/20604820/-/qkyq4x/-/index.html Venezuelan lawmakers are weighing whether to ban the use of baby bottles as part of a push to promote breast-feeding, state media reported. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:39 GMT 20604820 2013-06-18T10:57:39Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Meningitis-vaccines-urged-before-NYC-Pride/-/461628/20604368/-/ppe30az/-/index.html While meningitis has reached an all-time low in the United States, an op-ed in this week's Annals of Internal Medicine highlights cases of a deadly meningitis strain among men who have sex with men. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:41:51 GMT 20604368 2013-06-18T08:41:51Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/22737-pounds-of-beef-recalled-on-e-coli-fears/-/461608/20623300/-/djqyoiz/-/index.html The United States Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Tuesday that 22,737 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled on fears that they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:40:40 GMT 20623300 2013-06-18T08:40:40Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Head-lice-don-t-take-summer-off/-/461628/20599004/-/h30x5/-/index.html Head lice are more common during the first few months of the school year, but don't take the summer off. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:46:28 GMT 20599004 2013-06-17T22:46:28Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Minority-children-lack-access-to-specialists/-/461628/20595296/-/13x1f6iz/-/index.html African-American and Hispanic children are far less likely to be seen by specialists -- for autism, but also other medical conditions -- and also less likely to receive specialized medical tests than their white peers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:58:17 GMT 20595296 2013-06-17T15:58:17Z http://www.localnews8.com/news/politics/OFA-launches-health-care-ads/-/308336/20596066/-/5mxykx/-/index.html Organizing for Action, the nonprofit advocacy group that originated from President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, released its first television ad Monday promoting the president's sweeping health care reform that became law three years ago. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:26:49 GMT 20596066 2013-06-17T14:26:49Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/technology/study-only-5-of-us-wash-our-hands-properly/-/4887744/20577708/-/8dhc5fz/-/index.html Only 5% of us actually wash properly in the first place, according to a new trending study from Michigan State University. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:27:07 GMT 20577708 2013-06-17T10:27:07Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/man-3d-movie-changed-my-sight-for-the-better/-/461628/20582976/-/11mxiqiz/-/index.html Trees once looked like green panels for Bruce Bridgeman. He'd have to move his head to gauge the relative closeness of objects. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:10:17 GMT 20582976 2013-06-17T10:10:17Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Recliner-maker-settles-after-5-babies-die/-/461628/20580614/-/6mvqbnz/-/index.html The deaths of five infants and dozens of injuries or falls have led federal regulators to stop the sales of a popular baby recliner. On Friday, it was announced that the company had agreed to the government's terms to end further legal proceedings. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:17:39 GMT 20580614 2013-06-16T14:17:39Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Facing-fatherhood-he-lost-140-pounds/-/461628/20567800/-/ts6utsz/-/index.html Tyrone Garrett's father wasn't around while he was growing up. So when Garrett's girlfriend, Whitney Hammond, told him she was pregnant, he knew he had to make a change. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:46:06 GMT 20567800 2013-06-16T13:46:06Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/MERS-deaths-at-33-researchers-claim-progress/-/461628/20569166/-/37i4dr/-/index.html Thirty-three people have now died from the MERS coronavirus, the World Health Organization said Friday. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:13:00 GMT 20569166 2013-06-15T02:13:00Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Urban-Outfitters-halts-prescription-products/-/461628/20572544/-/12g6vr1/-/index.html Several Urban Outfitters prescription-themed products have come under fire recently from safety advocates who say the items promote the misuse and abuse of painkillers. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:49:58 GMT 20572544 2013-06-14T15:49:58Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/health/Facebook-Most-mastectomy-pics-are-allowed/-/461628/20560506/-/10hbpujz/-/index.html When photographs of women displaying their surgical scars started disappearing from The SCAR Project's Facebook page and SCAR Project photographer David Jay was temporarily suspended from the site, an angry activist launched a Change.org petition demanding that Facebook "stop censoring photos of men and women who have undergone mastectomies." Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:31:40 GMT 20560506 2013-06-14T11:31:40Z http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/money/Drugstores-in-a-pickle-over-conscience-clause-on-Plan-B/-/461672/20567528/-/12h7u9sz/-/index.html Pharmacists aren't required to sell the morning-after pill if they're morally opposed to it. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:19:05 GMT 20567528 2013-06-14T11:19:05Z