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Billings Clinic NICU is going Kangaroo
Posted 5:42 PM 5/16/2012 by Callie Eike - KTVQ
BILLINGS- To the parents of a premature infant, they often carry the weight of the world on their shoulders.
But these parents, Dax and Chantel Scheiffer, are carrying the weight of 2 pound 12 ounce Dax Junior entirely on their chests.
Dax Junior, who was named after his father, was born 10 weeks premature according to the Neonatal Intensive Care experts at the Billings Clinic.
Experts say skin-to-skin contact between the baby and a parent's bare chest has shown multiple (More)
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Eight Montana school districts affected by whooping cough outbreak
Posted 8:59 AM 5/16/2012 by Angela Marshall - KAJ
KALISPELL - There are now 25 confirmed pertussis cases in Flathead County after local health officials confirmed four more cases on Tuesday afternoon.
Pertussis is also known as whooping cough.
Flathead City-County Health Department Director Joe Russel says the new cases involve fifth graders at two rural Flathead Valley schools, meaning that pertussis has now popped up in eight school districts.
The health department is advising residents to get tested if they've been (More)
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Whooping cough making a comeback as most adults fail to get recommended booster shot
Posted 8:13 AM 5/16/2012 by CBS Health
The first effective vaccine for whooping cough was developed in 1940. Before that, the respiratory infection killed thousands each year -- and it may be making a comeback.
Hundreds of cases are being reported in nine states. Washington State has declared an epidemic, with 1,484 cases. CBS News correspondent Dr. Jon Lapook has taken a look at what is behind the outbreak.
Heidi Bruch of Seattle did everything she was told during her pregnancy. Unfortunately, that didn't include (More)
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Americans Living Longer but Obesity Rising
Posted 3:01 AM 5/16/2012
March 16, 2012 -- The CDC today released its annual state of the union's health, and there's good news and bad. We're living longer. But we're also gaining more weight. Teen pregnancies are at a record low. But fewer people can afford necessary prescription (More)
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Ulm girl is the 2012 "Montana Champion" for Children's Miracle Network
Posted 9:26 PM 5/15/2012 by Jen Hollenbach (jen@krtv.com)
Each year, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH) nominate a patient as their champion child from each state, and this year, Shodair Children's Hospital in Helena had one patient that they say stood out: Samantha Faulkner of Ulm.
Anastasia Burton, Shodair spokeswoman, explained, "Rather than being encumbered by Stickler syndrome, Samantha manages to find something positive every day. She's got an amazing amount of energy and exuberance, and she just draws people to her, and we (More)
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Helmet decision threatens kids' football program
Posted 9:20 PM 5/15/2012 by Kay Rossi (kay@krtv.com)
One day, 11-year-old Kyle Torgerson of Great Falls hopes to play for the Seattle SeaHawks, but for now, he's just happy playing football with his younger brother Levi, and playing with his team in the Boys and Girls Club Football Program.
Since the program started in late 1990's, league participation has steadily increased.
T.J. IronBear, sports director for the club, noted, "Each year we've had almost over 300 kids per year. Last year was our highest enrollment. We had 334 and (More)
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Button batteries blamed for uptick in emergency room visits, study finds
Posted 1:46 PM 5/15/2012 by CBS Health
Button batteries are becoming a big problem for children across the U.S. The shiny, coin-sized batteries come in just about everything these days, and now a new study shows that may have led to a doubling in the amount of battery-related emergency room visits over the past two decades.
According to the study, throughout a 20-year period from 1990 to 2009, there were about 66,000 battery-related emergency department visits by U.S. children under 18. Kids were sent to the ER after placing (More)
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Get a paper cut, save a life
Posted 11:24 AM 5/15/2012 by CNN
Registering to become a bone marrow donor just became as simple as tending to a paper cut.
Help Remedies, a small health care products company, has recently teamed up with DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center, to release Help: I Want to Save a Life. The product contains 16 adhesive bandages and a bone marrow testing kit.
Now when people cut themselves and search for a bandage they can dab their blood with a cotton swab, place it in the pre-packaged envelope, and mail (More)
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FDA delays sunscreen label changes by 6 months
Posted 10:36 AM 5/15/2012 by CBS Health
Sunscreen labeling rules set to go into effect this summer are being delayed for another six months, the Food and Drug Administration said. The label changes were aimed at reducing confusion surrounding how much protection a consumer actually gets from applying sunscreen, but the FDA bowed to an industry request for more time.
So long, sunscreen? Scientists suggest red wine helps prevent sunburnFDA sunscreen labels plan blasted by watchdog groupPICTURES: Is it skin cancer? 38 (More)
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Missoula Co. seeing its worst pertussis outbreak ever
Posted 9:22 PM 5/14/2012 by KPAX News
MISSOULA- Missoula County now has seven confirmed cases of whooping cough with the Missoula City-County Health Department reporting that cases range in age from infants to adults and includes both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated population.
Health department officials say this is the worst pertussis outbreak they've ever seen in this county, but can't say where some of the cases were reported in the community.
However last week, the Missoula County Public Schools confirmed (More)
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