Tag Archives: Health

• Health

  Will you bike to school today?

  If mother nature cooperates today, you may want to hop on your bike and ride to school if you can.
• Health / News

  FDA considers tough rules for tanning bed use among teens

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants tighter regulation of indoor tanning beds, citing concerns about equipment malfunctions that have resulted in consumers getting excess radiation.
• Health

  Study: Licking your child’s pacifier clean may offer health benefits

  The findings seem to add to a growing body of evidence that suggests some degree of exposure to germs at an early age benefits children.
• Health

  Grieving dad helps kids get to chemo

  Richard Nares organizes free rides to the hospital for poor children with cancer
• News

  Study: 1 of 3 stroke patients don’t call ambulance

  One out of three stroke victims don’t call an ambulance to get to the hospital.
• Today's Discovery

  Today’s Discovery: VCU Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety

  Watch Today’s Discovery every other Wednesday on CBS 6 at 4:38 pm, 6:13 pm and 11:12 pm.
• News

  What’s in a pollen count, anyway?

  Most seasonal allergies are caused by smaller tree pollen and mold spores, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
• Virginia This Morning

  VIRGINIA THIS MORNING: It Comes In Pink

  The 2013 It Comes in Pink PinkNic will be held Saturday, May 4th!
• Health

  FDA probes caffeinated gum

  The Food and Drug Administration is taking a look at a new caffeinated chewing gum, worried about the potential impact on children
• News

  Eating habits could change if menus display exercise activity levels

  Researchers say showing the number of calories an item has on a fast food menu does not change consumers’ eating habits.
• Health

  Vaccines shunned by some as others struggle for access

  Somalia is home to one of the highest child mortality rates in the world with children dying, in many instances, from diseases that could be prevented by vaccines.
• Health

  Doctors blast ethics of $100,000 cancer drugs

  Should a life-saving drug that can be profitably sold for far less cost more than $100,000 per year?