Staying Healthy

  1. AMA declares obesity a disease

    AMA declares obesity a disease

    The American Medical Association’s decision to recognize obesity as a disease could boost sales and continued development of prescription diet drugs, according to Forbes.

  2. 23K pounds of ground beef recalled

    23K pounds of ground beef recalled

    National Beef Packing Co., a Liberal, Kan., company, is recalling approximately 22,737 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) …

  3. Not guilty plea in butt-injection case

    Not guilty plea in butt-injection case

    A Mississippi woman has pleaded not guilty to killing a woman by giving silicone injections as a buttocks enhancement.

HypnoBirthing method could reduce delivery pain
HypnoBirthing method could reduce delivery pain

HypnoBirthing is a natural birthing method that could help to relieve some of the pain of delivery and some experts predict the method will grow in popularity.

Report: US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent
Report: US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent

The results of the latest national health survey by the government finds the percentage of smokers in the United States has dropped to 18 percent in 2012.

Carlsbad teen given high school diploma in hospital
Carlsbad teen given high school diploma in hospital

A Carlsbad High School senior unable to walk with his graduating class after a tumor was discovered in his brain received his diploma Monday in a ceremony in …

Susan G. Komen breast cancer charity names new CEO
Susan G. Komen breast cancer charity names new CEO

Susan G. Komen for the Cure has a new CEO.

To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?
To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?

Growing lungs and other organs for transplant is still in the future, but scientists are working toward that goal.

Questions raised after UC San Diego decides to shut down Nevada Cancer Institute
Questions raised after UC San Diego decides to shut down Nevada Cancer Institute

What looked like a win-win proposition to UC San Diego Health System administrators has now turned into an $18 million money pit, Team 10 learned.

Couple inspire study of coconut oil, Alzheimer's disease
Couple inspire study of coconut oil, Alzheimer's disease

In those first two years, her husband used chopsticks again. He also oiled door hinges, slow-danced at a party, remembered his hairdresser's name. He …

Natural isolated DNA not patentable but synthetic DNA is, US Supreme…
Natural isolated DNA not patentable but synthetic DNA is, US Supreme…

The Supreme Court says companies cannot patent human genes, a decision that could profoundly affect the medical and biotechnology industries.

Whooping cough's resurrgence explained; last year, nearly 42,000 people…
Whooping cough's resurrgence explained; last year, nearly 42,000 people…

Resurgent outbreaks of whooping cough in the United States and much of the developed world have drawn a flurry of research to understand why the …

Girl at center of organ transplant debate is getting new lung
Girl at center of organ transplant debate is getting new lung

The 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl whose efforts to qualify for a transplant drew public debate over how organ donation should be done is getting a new lung.

La Mesa man accused of posing as doctor ordered to stand trial
La Mesa man accused of posing as doctor ordered to stand trial

A La Mesa man accused of posing as a doctor and promising patients he could cure cancer and HIV must stand trial on nine felony counts, including treating …

Rady Children's Hospital among best medical facilities for kids in US
Rady Children's Hospital among best medical facilities for kids in US

Rady Children's Hospital ranks seventh best in the United States in pediatric orthopedics, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of medical …

Feds now back morning-after pills for all girls
Feds now back morning-after pills for all girls

After setting off a storm of criticism from abortion rights groups, upset that a Democratic president had sided with social conservatives, the Obama …

Fraternity pledge survives soy sauce overdose that left him in a coma for 3 days
Fraternity pledge survives soy sauce overdose that left him in a coma for 3 days

A 19-year-old survived a dangerous sodium overdose after drinking more than a quart of soy sauce, according to a case study in the Journal of Emergency …

In breast cancer treatment, trial backs less surgery
In breast cancer treatment, trial backs less surgery

In treating breast cancer, a less invasive technique of removing and testing lymph nodes close to the tumor has proved to be as effective as the traditional …

Experts: Sunglasses as important as sunblock for children
Experts: Sunglasses as important as sunblock for children

As summer quickly approaches, experts warn parents that sunglasses are just as important as sunscreen for children.

Palomar Health laying off 84 workers
Palomar Health laying off 84 workers

Palomar Health, which operates three North County hospitals, has issued layoff notices to 84 employees, effective July 26, the company confirmed Friday.

Latest lawsuit over berries linked to Hepatitis A filed in San Diego
Latest lawsuit over berries linked to Hepatitis A filed in San Diego

Team 10 spoke with a San Diego woman who filed the latest lawsuit after getting hepatitis A from eating Townsend Farms Frozen Berries she bought at Costco.

Fewer doctors counseling overweight patients
Fewer doctors counseling overweight patients

Americans are fatter than ever, but fewer of their primary care physicians are warning them of the dangers of being overweight, a new study shows.

Class-action suit filed against Townsend Farms: Frozen berries product…
Class-action suit filed against Townsend Farms: Frozen berries product…

The number of San Diegans sickened by a frozen berries product bought at Costco is growing, along with the legal fallout.

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