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New help for war wounded
The blast from the explosive device, hidden somewhere out of sight, propelled Marine Lance Cpl. Caleb Childers off a set of stairs and onto the ground of the compound.
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2 Your Health: Your best defense against belly fat
Aerobic exercise is better than resistance training if you want to lose the belly fat that poses a serious threat to your health, researchers say. Aerobic exercise burned 67 percent more calories than resistance training.
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2 Your Heatlh:Sleep Apnea clinical trial at MUSC
The Medical University of South Carolina has been selected to participate in a pivotal clinical study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new therapy for patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.
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2 Your Health:Heat wave pose dangers for senior citizens
The risk of heat-related illnesses, such as heat stroke and heat exhaustion, increases with age, experts at the U.S. National Institute on Aging warn.
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2 Your Health:The weight loss vitamin
Researchers say overweight or obese women in a diet-and-exercise program who lost more than 15 percent of their weight gained 8 nanograms of vitamin D per milliliter of blood.
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2 Your Health:Thinking and the Stroke Belt
Researcher at University of Alabama at Birmingham says physical conditions that can lead to stroke can also raise the risk of inability to think.
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2 Your Health: Diabetes rate rising in US
The study notes that “a recent publication estimated that there were 285 million people with diabetes worldwide in 2010” but the authors explain the higher number of diabetes cases in this new report is most likely the result of different methods of analysis and the review of more studies
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Heat blamed in part for 30% increase in Charleston County EMS calls on Monday
Heat blamed in part for 30% increase in Charleston County EMS calls on Monday.
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SC officials promote health during Obesity Month
COLUMBIA, S.C. - State health officials want South Carolinians to get up and keep moving to help fight obesity.
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2 Your Health:Teens watch your weight
Teens who are overweight tend to have health risks, and a study now says these problems could include weaker bones.
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2 Your Health: Weight loss surgery, a cut above
Surgery for weight loss is only an option for people who are dangerously overweight, due to the potential for serious complications.
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2 Your Health: Diabetes Education
The National Institutes of Health state that 95 percent of all diabetes cases are Type 2. Why? It's a lifestyle disease, triggered by obesity, a lack of exercise, increased age and to some degree, genetic predisposition.
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2 Your Health: Weight-Loss Class for Diabetics
East Cooper Community Outreach (ECCO) and REACH US SEA-CEED offer a program for people living with diabetes or pre-diabetes to help lose weight.
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WCBD News 2 partners with Hollings Cancer Center/MUSC
The Hollings Cancer Center of MUSC and News 2 are partnering to help you take control of your health. The free event begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11 at the International Longshoreman’s Association on 1142 Morrison Drive. There will be several guest speakers, including local cancer research experts and cancer survivors who will share their stories as a prime example of the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
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My News 2 Medical Monday: Diabetes and foot health
Nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes. Those with the condition can develop many different foot problems.
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2 Your Health:Walk off weight with a little weight
New health guidelines recommend people get at least 150 minutes of walking or 75 minutes of running a week, along with two or more days a week of resistance training.
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2 Your Health: How are your managing your diabetes?
Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, led a study on the effects of exercise on diabetes.
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Free diabetic retinopathy screenings at MUSC
Doctors recommend yearly eye exams for patients with diabetes. This Friday, the Storm Eye Institute is offering free diabetic retinopathy screenings.
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2 Your Health:Where Kids Get Their Empty Calories
Nearly 40% of the energy consumed by 2- to 18-year-olds comes in the form of "empty" calories-those from solid fats and added sugars-a new study has found. Half of those empty calories come from the solid fats and added sugars in just 6 sources: soda, fruit drinks, dairy desserts, grain desserts, pizza and whole milk.
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My News 2 Medical Monday: Exercise options for diabetics
Nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes with about 6 million of them unaware of their disease. With obesity on the rise, millions more are at risk of developing diabetes.
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2 Your Health:FDA restricts diabetes drug Avandia
An ncreased risk of serious heart problems, including heart attacks and strokes, in patients taking Avandia, the FDA said Thursday.
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Sleep for your health
Three new studies available that link sleep deficits to major health problems.
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Veterans compensated diabetes, heart disease
The list of "presumptive" medical problems has grown to include seven ailments with only a "limited or suggestive" link to Agent Orange - a link that scientists said could be influenced by other factors, such as chance or bias in scientific studies. Those include diabetes along with prostate cancer and lung cancer
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African American increased risk blod clots
Researchers say a genetic difference occurs more often in African-Americans than in white patients making the use of the drug clopidogrel difficult because they are more likely to develop blood clots. Doctors say more African-American participants are needed in key clinical trials to determine if the treatment works before a drug is on the market
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Lowcountry Proud: The "Eat Smart, Move More" campaign
South Carolina has the 5th highest obesity rate in the US, and Walterboro ranks high on that list within the state, and one county is trying to change that.
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