Studies: Forgiveness Good for Health
Forgiving someone who has hurt you or let you down is never an easy thing to do, but several new studies say it could have powerful health benefits.
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1/3 in US Will Develop Diabetes
It's no secret that Americans are getting heavier. That rising rate of obesity is causing a dramatic increase in type-2 diabetes. Currently 17 million Americans suffer from diabetes and a new study shows it's only going to get worse.
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Weight Loss Is All In The Mind
When people think about weight loss the two elements they usually think of are diet and exercise. But the element that is usually overlooked may be the most important one of all. It's the mental preparation.
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Med Professionals Unite Against Prop 54
Supporters of Prop 54 say it will help create a color blind society. But many health and medical officials say it will simply create a blind one.
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Disabled Crew Sails Trans-Pacific Race
Sailing a yacht across the Pacific is no easy task. It takes skill and teamwork. Now, one extraordinary crew has shown it takes something else - the courage and determination to rise above challenges most of us can't even imagine.
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NIH Campaign Helps Depressed Men
It's estimated that as many as six million American men suffer from depression every year. However, most men don't recognize the symptoms or the need to get help.
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Joint Replacement Numbers Show Bias
Each year close to half a million Americans undergo joint replacement surgery to get a new knee or hip, but a new study says race gender and geography influence who gets it and who doesn't.
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States Not Helping Women Quit Smoking
Despite years of warnings, smoking is still the largest preventable cause of death among women, killing almost 180,000 women every year. But a new study says most states are not doing enough to help women quit.
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Choosing Weight Loss Participants
We read through nearly 1,300 e-mails to find the people we thought would not only have a good chance of succeeding, but who would also serve as role models for everyone else at home trying to do the same.
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Food Police Put Fresh Mex Under Arrest
The group known as the "Food Police" are at it again, and this time they're taking aim at so called "fresh mex" food.
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Meet KRON 4's Weight Loss Team
The KRON 4 Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge group is now complete. More than 1,300 viewers sent us e-mails and shared their stories, meet those who were chosen!
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Cereal Threat To Infant's Health
A new study says the time a baby starts eating solid food could affect his/her risks of a deadly disease.
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Stress: A Survivor's Guide
Stress is something we all experience, but for a growing number it's something that is becoming a regular part of their lives. Left to run out of control that can have a big impact on the quality and length of life. But it doesn't have to be that way.
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Doggie Bag Could Make You Sick as a Dog
Almost 70% of Americans eat out at a restaurant at least once a week, but the food they are taking home from the restaurant could be putting them at risk.
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Over The Counter Meds Not Always Safe
Every day millions of Americans turn to over the counter medications for relief for everything from allergies to headaches and heartburn. But many may not be doing that in a safe manner.
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Prostate Cancer Survival Improves
Prostate cancer kills more than 30,000 American men every year. But now a new study says early detection and better treatments are improving a man's chance of surviving the disease.
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Study: Good, Bad News for Child Cancer
A new study has good and bad news about childhood cancer. The good news is that we're doing a better job treating childhood cancers. Unfortunately nearly half of all survivors face significant health problems as adults.
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KRON 4 to Help Viewers Lose Weight
Last week we kicked off the KRON 4 Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge and the response from viewers has been incredible.
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New Way to Fight Child Obesity
Obesity is becoming an increasingly serious, and increasingly common problem for American children. So researchers are trying to come up with a new, comprehensive approach to tackle it.
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Emergency Contraceptives, Unsafe Fish
The morning after pill is now a routine part of contraceptive care. Plus, what kind of fish should a pregnant woman eat? Those are the topics in this medical minute.
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Mobile Grocery Is Health On Wheels
What if you live in a neighborhood where the nearest grocery store is miles away and where many people don't have a car? The answer is simple, you take the store to the people. That's what is happening in west Oakland.
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Learn Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer
This year more than 25,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, more than 14,500 will die of it. To help raise awareness about the disease, the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance is holding it's annual conference in San Francisco.
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Scientists Search For AIDS Vaccine
More than 20 years after the AIDS epidemic began, scientists are still struggling to come up with a vaccine against the virus. Some of the top scientists in the world are gathering in New York to see how far we have come, and how far we still have to go.
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CDC: Get Smart About Antibiotics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a new campaign to make sure some of the most important drugs we have don't lose their effectiveness. The drugs are antibiotics.
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Using Flu As A Weapon Of Terror
The fever, the aches, the pains. Every year millions of Americans get sick with the flu. But could those numbers be much greater and the disease much more serious if the flu was used as a weapon?
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Bad News For Herbal Supplements
Millions of Americans regularly use herbal therapies and supplements. But a couple of new studies have some bad news for them.
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Study: Magnets No Help For Pain
Each year Americans spend around half a billion dollars on magnetic devices to treat pain. But there's not a lot of research showing whether or not they work. Now a new study says it may all have been a waste of money.
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Experts Discuss Child Obesity
The number of children in America who are overweight or obese has doubled in the last 25 years. That's bringing together health experts from across the nation to try to find out why and what can be done about it.
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Walking & Bones, Gestational Diabetes
Regular exercise has lots of benefits, such as helping build strong bones and reducing the risk of osteoporosis. But how much exercise do you need and what kind is best for building those bones? Also, how common is gestational diabetes? Those are the questions in this Medical Minute.
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Rare Heart Condition Kills John Ritter
The death of actor John Ritter has saddened and shocked his family, friends and fans, particularly because it came so suddenly. Doctors say the problem was an undiagnosed heart problem that is rare and often it strikes without warning.
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Easy Cigarette Access For Teens Online
Every day around 3,000 children begin smoking. Now a new study shows just how easy it is for many of those kids to buy cigarettes on the Internet.
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Brisk Walking Beats Breast Cancer
There's some good news about the health benefits of brisk walking. A new study says women who exercise, who are physically active, are less likely to get breast cancer than women who lead sedentary lives.
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Underage Drinking a Big Problem
A new report out is calling for tough action to combat underage drinking. This study by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council says teenage drinking is a big issue and big business.
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Best Exercise For Weight Loss
We all know that exercise is an essential part of any weight loss program, but what kind of exercise is the best and how much do you need to do?
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40K Born With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
The March of Dimes estimates that every year about 40,000 babies are born with some degree of brain damage caused by alcohol. In some severe cases the degree of damage is more dangerous, more lasting than that caused by cocaine.
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Obesity, Fitness and Active Life News
Find out the latest obesity, fitness and active lifestyle news.
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Toxoplasmosis & C-Sections
Getting pregnant can be an exciting time for an expectant mother, but there can be unexpected health problems as well as difficult decisions to make. Two of those questions are the topic for this Medical Minute.
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Teen Birth Control & Cancer Prevention
This Medical Minute looks at what teenage girls can do to protect themselves against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, and what actions they can take right now to reduce their risk of breast cancer later in life.
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Fewer Periods From New Contraceptive
The FDA is deciding whether to approve a new birth control pill. It would do more than just prevent pregnancy, it would also reduce the number of periods a woman has every year.
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Protein Offers Hope For Weight Loss
In the US obesity accounts for 280,000 deaths each year. Experts say it may soon surpass smoking as the leading cause of preventable death. But a protein could offer hope for a way to battle obesity.
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Prop 54 Worries Med Professionals
Proposition 54 is a controversial proposition that seeks to limit state and local governments' ability to classify people by race or ethnicity. One of the groups most concerned is medical professionals.
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Doctor Helping Cure World's Poor
San Jose's tech museum is giving out its annual health awards today. Among the five recipients is a woman who is offering hope to millions of impoverished people worldwide.
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Med Students Choose Job vs Family
You might soon find it hard to get a family doctor or surgeon. It has nothing to do with health insurance, and everything to do with medical students' career decisions.
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Sprawling Suburbs Make Residents Fat
Could where you live be making you fat? The answer could well be yes, according to a new study linking urban sprawl to sprawling waistlines.
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Aspirin Reduces Breast Cancer Risk
The Women's Health Initiative produced a series of reports detailing the risks of hormone replacement therapy. Now the WHI has shown how common painkillers could reduce the risk of breast cancer.
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Bike Right For Good Health
It's no secret that most Americans don't get enough exercise or physical activity. Now there's a new campaign trying to show people how easy it is to lead a more active lifestyle.
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Prilosec, Docs & God, Pot & Hearing News
The so-called purple pill is turning pink and going over the counter. Should doctors ask you about religion? And why marijuana could be bad for children's hearing. Those are the items in this edition of medical briefs.
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Stopping Child Sexual Abuse
It's often impossible to see when a child has been sexually molested. There may be no obvious physical signs, but the emotional damage can be enormous.
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Race & Heart Disease, Obesity, Diet News
A new study says your race or ethnicity may influence not only your risk of getting heart disease but also surviving it. Plus why our children may lead shorter lives than us, and why the French live longer ones.
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Does Your Race Shape Your Health?
Many factors influence our risk of getting some diseases, everything from our diet to how much we exercise. But could your race also be a factor in determining what diseases you are at risk of getting, and how you respond to treatment?
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Heart Monitor Can Help You Get In Shape
Over the last few months we've been following a group of Bay Area people who are taking fitness to the next level using a heart rate monitor. Those benefits are not just for aerobic training, they also extend to the weight room.
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Pregnancy Car Safety, Body Fat Answers
Dr. Kim answers viewers' questions about seatbelts during pregnancy and whether there anything women can do about the extra fat that comes with menopause?
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Swimming Pool Hygiene Tips
Despite modern techniques used to disinfect swimming pools, over the past decade there has been an increase in the number of illnesses linked to swimming pools.
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West Nile Spreading Fast
A Bay Area woman may have West Nile virus. If confirmed, it will be the first reported case in California this year. However, the woman is believed to have been infected while on vacation in Colorado.
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How Thinking Can Cut Flu Risk
A new study has an interesting and cheap way of avoiding the flu? Could your ethnicity affect your eyesight? And why some of the nation's leading doctors have come out with a controversial prescription. Those are the items in these medical briefs.
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Too Few Organs To Go Around
Every day 17 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant. A new national study looks at some of the reasons why more Americans don't agree to be organ donors and what can be done to change that.
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Best Exercises for Wheelchair-Bound
Posted: August 13, 2003 at 6:29 p.m. BAY AREA (KRON) -- This summer we've had a series of stories on fitness. We've looked at swimming, cycling, jogging and spinning, but one viewer sent an e-mail asking
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High Cost, Low Pay Makes MDs Unhappy
A recent survey shows that Bay Area doctors are increasingly unhappy and that could have dire consequences for your medical care. It all boils down to simple economics.
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A Swim Helps Heart, Doesn't Hurt Body
When you are trying to get fit and maybe even lose a few pounds, finding an exercise that pushes you hard without overdoing it is not always easy.
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Smallpox, Multivitamins & Too Tight Ties
Could your necktie be putting your eyesight at risk, and whatever happened to the government's plans to vaccinate everyone against smallpox? Those are two of the items making medical news.
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Breast Enlargement, Good Diet News The diet industry is a multi-billion dollar business in America. Even so finding one that works is not always easy. Now there's encouraging news for fans of one of the most popular and controversial weight loss programs.
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HRT Increases Breast Cancer Risk
Just when you thought the news about hormone replacement therapy couldn't get any worse, a new study from England has yet more gloomy news.
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Nursing Moms to Attempt World Record
More than 1,200 women are expected to gather in Berkeley this Saturday to set a new world record for breast feeding. It's a high profile, highly visual publicity stunt, but one with a very serious health purpose.
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West Nile Virus Spreading Fast
There's been an alarming rise in the number of West Nile virus infections. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are saying it's even worse than expected, that it seems to be spreading faster and earlier than anticipated.
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Distracted Drivers Caught On Camera
It seems cell phones are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to driver distractions. A new study put video cameras into people's cars to see just what was taking their minds and eyes off the road.
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Final Word On HRT
It's been a year of bad news for women taking hormone replacement therapy. Two new studies are being published with what could be the final word on routine hormone replacement therapy.
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Vitamin C Helps Combat 2nd-Hand Smoke
Smoking is the single largest preventable killer of Americans. And it doesn't just affect people who smoke, second hand smoke is also a real health threat.
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