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Research: Sitting Can Be as Deadly as Smoking [VIDEO
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Ale-Enchancement? Study Finds Drinking Is Actually Good for Runners
There may be more to a runner's high than we initially thought.
A new study has uncovered information so hard to believe it will blow the tap off your keg: drinking beer can help competitive runners.
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Wireless Health Concerns Broaden
June 5, 2011 Minimize cell phone use...it's confirmed by the world's leading health body, the W-H-O (World Health Organization) but some scientists outside the agency say there are also concerns about the effects of chronic low-power exposures to wi-fi.
Camilla Rees, founder of ElectromagneticHealth.org, says the W-H-O's International Agency for Research on Cancer was only charged with reviewing data specifically related to cancer. She says there is a mounting body of evidence of other biological effects - such as changes in DNA, fertility and brain metabolism - from cell phones, and other wireless technologies.
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Scammers Target Restaurant Operators
May 19, 2011 Reports of fake health inspection scams around the state has the Casper-Natrona County Health Department warning restaurants, grocery stores and other food establishments to be on the look out.
"Someone is calling restaurants and claiming to be a health inspector. Their scheme is they try to make an appointment to come do an inspection and during that whole process they try to get the restaurant operator to divulge either personal information or sensitive business information."
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Health Center Wrestles Traffic Concerns
May 17, 2011 Approval of the site plan for a new building for the Community Health Center is before Casper City Council this evening.
Much ado about traffic flow and its potential impact to the Blackmore Road area has come up leaving Community Health Center of Central Wyoming Director, Dan Reiner, concerned with possible delay.
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Texting Kills – What Are You Doing About It? [AUDIO]
May 17, 2011
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“Deadly Spin” On Health Care
May 15, 2011 Insider information on the health insurance industry is landing on the desks of Wyoming legislators and task force members this week - as they look at how to implement the Affordable Care Act. They’re receiving copies of the book “Deadly Spin,” by Wendell Potter.
Potter was an executive at Cigna for 20 years, and he says his story helps provide context as insurance reforms fall into place.
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Cuts To Vaccine Program Effects Over 200 Locally
May 13, 2011
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