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Flat Feet More Common Than You Might Think

According to Orthopedist Dr. Victor Prisk, about 30 percent of people have a flat foot.

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You May Want To Clean Your Purse

Your mother always told you to wash your hands, but she probably never mentioned your handbag.

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Report Looks At Stress On Military Children

A new report is highlighting the stress that military children face while their parents are deployed.

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Skip Training Wheels, Consider A Balance Bike

The newest trend in bikes for very young kids is the balance bike. It has no petals and no training wheels.

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Has The Cure For Many Common Diseases Been Overlooked?

(CBS Charlotte) — When you visit the doctor with an ailment, you are often prescribed medication to treat your symptoms — regardless of other non-medicated remedies that may help alleviate your symptoms. Your doctor is [...]

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To Ease Shortage Of Organs, Grow Them In A Lab?

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she’d been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery. [...]

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What You Need To Know About Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

(CBS Charlotte) — In light of three deaths over the last couple of months at the Best Western Hotel in Boone, North Carolina, we felt it was important to highlight the hidden dangers of carbon [...]

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Lawsuits Filed Over SC Tuberculosis Outbreak

GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Several lawsuits have been filed against education officials and the Department of Health and Environmental Control over a tuberculosis outbreak at a Greenwood County school. The lawsuits accuse officials of unnecessarily [...]

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Study: Nearly 40 Percent Of Designated Drivers Are Impaired

(CBS Charlotte) — According to a new study, being a designated driver doesn’t mean that the driver has sustained from drinking alcohol necessarily, but rather it may only mean that they have consumed less alcohol [...]

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Possible Causes Of Unexplained Fatigue

(CBS Charlotte) — Many Americans awake each morning hoping to feel well-rested, but instead feel exhausted. While not getting an adequate night’s rest is becoming the norm for people across the country, other people experience [...]

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Feds Now Back Morning-After Pills For All Girls

NEW YORK (AP) — After setting off a storm of criticism from abortion rights groups upset that a Democratic president had sided with social conservatives, the Obama administration said it will comply with a judge’s [...]

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Antibiotics May Relieve Back Pain Symptoms

Taking antibiotics could relieve symptoms of chronic lower back pain, according to a new study.

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Confused By Health Care Marketplaces? Help Is Coming

Under the Affordable Care Act, people and small businesses will be able to purchase insurance through a Marketplace.

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Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy: Q&A

Mutations in certain genes raise the risk of breast cancer by as much as 80 percent, experts say.

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