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Staged heart attack at mall draws attention to heart disease

Posted 1:36 PM 2/8/2012 by Brittany Wooley- KTVQ News

BILLINGS- Community attention focused in on heart disease Wednesday morning as emergency personnel responded to Rimrock Mall for a staged cardiac episode.

Billings Clinic's full-scale drill ran through the patient's initial signs, to first response, and concluded with cardiac care at the (More)

Yesterday

New West health insurance company aims to streamline

Posted 9:45 PM 2/7/2012 by Melissa Anderson (Helena)

Montana's third largest health insurance provider, New West, is looking to streamline its services as part of a government anti-trust settlement.

About 8,600 customers of New West may soon be changing over to PacificSource Health Plans of Oregon.

The transfer agreement of 25% of its (More)

Montana Family Uses Different Autism Therapies

Obama to boost Alzheimer's research funding

2/6/2012

Access to unhealthy snacks at school unchanged

Posted 3:20 PM 2/6/2012 by CNN Health

About half of public and private elementary students could buy unhealthy snacks at school during the 2009-2010 school year from stores, vending machines and snack bars according to survey results released Monday. The survey was part of a report published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent (More)

Montana man shakes it up, sheds pounds with Zumba

2/4/2012

Health tips for football fans and players

Posted 10:00 PM 2/3/2012 by Dr. David Agus - Special to CNN

This Sunday, more than 100 million people are going to tune into the Super Bowl as the New York Giants take on the New England Patriots in Indianapolis. They will be watching more than just an American tradition at play - they will be witnessing one of the deadliest sports in history, whose (More)

Women's health not just about breasts

2/3/2012

HPV vaccine now recommended for all boys, CDC says

Posted 9:06 PM 2/3/2012 by Ryan Jaslow

(CBS) The HPV vaccine should be given to all males between the ages of 11 and 21, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said in its 2012 recommendations, that the human papillomavirus vaccine should be "routine" for all boys (More)

Montana included in egg recall

Komen reverses decision to stop Planned Parenthood funding

2/2/2012

Billings sees the first confirmed influenza case

Posted 8:37 PM 2/2/2012 by Q2 News/Riverstone Health Release

BILLINGS - Just two years ago an influenza outbreak of H1N1 claimed lives here in Billings, including a child. Today the city is seeing a much different picture. It's Feb. 2 and RiverStone Health is reporting its first confirmed case of influenza this season.

A teenager has (More)

Sugar should be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, commentary says

Nutrition guru backs new USDA public school lunch plan

General anesthesia in infancy linked to higher risk of ADHD

Birth control packaging error leads to recall

2/1/2012

Report claims that tanning salons lure teens in with lies

Posted 1:04 PM 2/1/2012 by CBS News

A new congressional report accuses tanning salons of lying to customers just to get their business.The investigation found that often, tanning salons aren't just downplaying the risks of tanning, they're promoting benefits that don't exist to a young clientele that may not know better. (More)...

Sleep apnea linked to silent strokes