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Health experts: Obese children should receive at least 26 hours of intensive counseling every year Health experts: Obese children should receive at least 26 hours of intensive counseling every year 02:03 TEANECK, N.J. — New guidance from some health experts is taking an aggressive stand on curbing childhood obesity. The recommendations say doctors need to
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Major retailers including Amazon, Target and Walmart will stop selling water beads marketed to children amid calls for a ban on the colorful, water-absorbing balls sold as toys that can be potentially lethal if swallowed. The retailers, along with Etsy and Alibaba, are halting sales and marketing of water beads for children after receiving pressure
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Actress Kate Micucci, known for her role as Lucy on the CBS sitcom “Big Bang Theory,” says she underwent surgery for lung cancer – despite having never smoked a cigarette in her life. “Hey everybody, this is not a TikTok, it’s a ‘Sick Tok,’” Micucci said in a TikTok video she posted on Saturday. “I’m
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People who have bought, leased or rented certain Philips Respironics sleep apnea machines can now file a claim for restitution. The Dutch medical equipment maker recently agreed to pay at least $479 million to compensate users of 20 different breathing devices and ventilators sold in the United States between 2008 and 2021. Initially recalled two-and-a-half years
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After Texas Supreme Court blocks abortion, woman leaves state for the procedure – CBS News Watch CBS News The Texas Supreme Court ruled against 31-year-old Kate Cox to receive an abortion just hours after she left the state to receive the procedure. CBS News’ Janet Shamlian has the latest. View CBS News In Be the
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new medical breakthrough has roots in Philadelphia. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first gene therapies to treat patients with sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that strikes mainly people of color. “You feel like somebody is taking a sledgehammer to your bones and hitting it over and
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Texas Supreme Court halts ruling allowing woman to have emergency abortion – CBS News Watch CBS News The Texas Supreme Court has paused a lower court’s decision to allow Kate Cox to get an emergency abortion. CBS News’ Janet Shamlian has more on why a final decision is so urgent for the 31-year-old. View CBS
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West Virginia, October. Friday night football. The Oak Hill Red Devils are hosting the Buckhannon Buccaneers. In small town America, Friday night football is a big deal. Zach Davis, head coach for the Buccaneers, described what’s ahead for the area’s young people: “Our kids, some are gonna go to college and then go into some
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Black lung threat increasing among coal miners – CBS News Watch CBS News Coal mining has always been a dangerous job, with one in every five miners ending up with “black lung” disease. But today, in Appalachia, miners are suffering from black lung at increasingly younger ages. “Sunday Morning” senior contributor Ted Koppel talks with
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High school sweethearts Mitchail and Brenda Encarnacion filled the early years of their marriage with excitement, before embarking on another kind of adventure. According to Mitchail, Brenda was “gung-ho” about the impending birth of their baby. “She was reading all these books. It was, like, YouTube videos. She made me a PowerPoint! It was like
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