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Utah smoker quit line sees surge in participants

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 10:31am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Health officials say they're seeing a big jump in the number of Utah tobacco users seeking the state's help quitting.

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HERS ONLINE

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Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 3:26pm

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Food: You can't beat cinnamon rolls (but you can knead them)

Manage your life: Is it ever OK to spy on your romantic partner?

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Weber-Morgan officials to visit schools to immunize against whooping cough

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 10:26pm

OGDEN -- Weber-Morgan Health Department will visit schools through the end of April to offer sixth-graders the whooping cough vaccine.

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Utah trails in the rate of breast cancer screenings

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 8:34pm

OGDEN -- Utah women lag behind the rest of the nation when it comes to screening for breast cancer.

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Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 9:43am

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* Food: Chinese greens

* Manage your life: Women can do science, and surf, too

* Health: Coffee, wine, low carbs vs. Alzheimer's

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Gynecologist Dr. Amber Bradshaw stands next to the robot she and other doctors use to perform more precise surgeries at Ogden Regional Medical Center on Wednesday. Use of robotics means smaller incisions and faster recovery times.

OB/GYNs use robotics to help perform better surgeries

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 30, 2012 - 6:13am

OGDEN — Gone are the days when surgery for women’s issues involved a long, ugly incision.

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Officials warn of brain injuries from snow sports

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 9:31am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Health officials say being safe in the winter weather can help Utahns avoid the traumatic brain injuries that affecting hundreds of state residents each year.

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This photo provided Jan. 10, 2012, by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department shows firefighters battling a blaze from a shake-and-bake meth lab explosion Jan. 29, 2010, at a house in Union, Mo. The crude new method of making methamphetamine, by combining raw and unstable ingredients in a 2-liter soda bottle, poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions of dollars in advanced treatment _ a burden so costly that it’s contributing to the closure of some burn units. (AP Photo/Franklin County Sheriff’s Department )

Meth fills hospitals with burn patients

Jim Salter The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 11:59am

ST. LOUIS — A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions of dollars in advanced treatment — a burden so costly that it’s contributing to the closure of some burn units.

So-called shake-and-bake meth is produced by combining raw, unstable ingredients in a 2-liter soda bottle. But if the person mixing the noxious brew makes the slightest error, such as removing the cap too soon or accidentally perforating the plastic, the concoction can explode, searing flesh and causing permanent disfigurement, blindness or even death.

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Cold weather can raise risk for heart attacks

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 3:55pm

OGDEN -- The dropping thermometer just might drop you to your knees with health problems, experts say, especially when it comes to your ticker.

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Paramedics learn how to rapidly insert breathing tubes

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 8:38pm

FARMINGTON — Davis County sheriff’s and Layton fire paramedics now have one extra tool to help save lives.

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Kids have higher obesity risk if dad is fat

Jeannine Stein Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, January 20, 2012 - 2:58pm

Kids might be at higher risk for obesity if Dad is overweight, a study suggests.

Other studies have shown an association between two overweight parents and higher weight in their children, and weight relationships between fathers and sons and mothers and daughters. Researchers in this study, published in the January issue of the International Journal of Obesity, measured the height and weight of children from 3,285 two-parent families in Australia in 2004, when the children were ages 4 and 5, and again in 2008 when they were ages 8 and 9.

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In this Jan. 13, 2012 photo, heart patient Tammy Collins, right, goes through her cardio rehabiltaion workout while being monitored by nurse Julie Walsh at The Ohio State University CarePoint East facility in Columbus, Ohio. After suffering a heart attack and then healing she was apprehensive about how to safely return to her sex life. The American Heart Association says having sex only slightly increase the chance for having a heart attack. And that's true for patients with and without heart disease. (AP Photo/Mike Munden)

Sex safe for most heart patients

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 4:04pm

CHICAGO -- Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you're healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life.

That advice from a leading doctors' group on Thursday addresses one of the most pressing, least discussed issues facing survivors of heart attacks and other heart patients.

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Idaho mental institutions see increase in admissions

William L. Spence Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 10:28am

BOISE, Idaho -- State Hospital North in Orofino has seen a 50 percent increase in admissions in the past five years, yet its state funding has dropped 11 percent.

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4-foot-9 Reid not short on talent, heart

Dave Schroeder WLOX-TV

Last updated Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 5:36pm

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- This is Malcolm Reid.

The son of former NBA player Billy Reid.

Starting point guard and co-captain for defending state champion St. Stanislaus.

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Davis County sheriff’s deputy paramedics and Syracuse police respond to a rollover of a green 2000 Chevy Malibu at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at 3361 S. 700 South in Syracuse. Spencer Steven Nicolas, 18, of Syracuse, was cited for driving under the influence of drugs, possession of a psychotoxic chemical, not wearing a seat belt and running a stop sign. Officers found air duster in the vehicle and say Nicholas told them he had been huffing while driving. Officials say inhalant abuse is becoming more prevalent among adults. (Photo courtesy of the Davis County Sheriff’s Office)

Police: Syracuse man rolls car after huffing 'Duster Air' to get high

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 5:39am

SYRACUSE — An 18-year-old Syracuse man is facing charges after rolling his car while huffing air duster, a chemical used to clean electronic appliances, police say.

At 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Spencer Steven Nicolas rolled a green 2000 Chevy Malibu at 3361 W. 700 South, said Detective Heath Rogers.