HEALTH BEAT
(NBC) -- The next time you visit your doctor, don't be surprised if you're greeted by a machine.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The toll in the salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes has passed 1,000 confirmed ill, making it the worst food outbreak in years.
NEW JERSEY (NBC) -- A system that uses a wrist bracelet to keep track of the disabled, including people with Alzheimer's disease, may have saved a New Jersey man's life.
(NBC) -- If you're having a tough time getting your kids to eat right this summer you're not alone; when school lets out so do good eating habits for many children.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As kids begin to take sports more serious at younger agres their injuries also get more serious.
ILLINOIS (NBC) -- It's summer and for many that means camp. But there is a different kind of sports training camp for diabetics.
NASHVILLE, TN (NBC) -- One person with an idea can make a difference.
NEW YORK (NBC) -- It's often said that after a few years, pets start to look like their owners.
BOSTON (AP) -- An elderly patient in a Cape Cod hospital has tested positive for a degenerative brain disorder.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Researchers at the University of Southern Maine are trying to invent a pill to supplement fruits and vegetables to decrease cancer risk and improve health.
NEW YORK, N.Y. (NBC) -- Relentless high temperatures during the summer months can heat the surfaces of some playground equipment to unsafe levels that can burn children.
SOUTH PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Most cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy lose more than just their energy... oftentimes they can lose their confidence or even will to move.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The Maine Center For Disease Control warns that tests are showing high levels of red tide in lobster tomalley.
(NBC) -- Doctors have discovered a new way to zap cancer away by literally freezing pre-cancerous cells.
TEXAS (NBC) -- A Texas mom frustrated with constant insulin injections has designed a device that's changing the lives of diabetics.
PORTLAND (AP) -- Maine may have the highest obesity rates in New England, but it's in the middle of the pack nationally.
(NBC) -- It's now safe to resume eating tomatoes.
(NBC) -- A new procedure allows for men to get a vasectomy without the use of a needle.
(NBC) -- 16% of American children and teens are obese and another 32% are overweight, according to the CDC.
(NBC) -- A new Harvard study is leveling some serious accusations against the tobacco industry.
CALIFORNIA (NBC) -- A new study out of UCLA seeks to shed light on why some of us grieve longer than others after losing a loved one.
(NBC) -- It's called a g-trainer, a high-tech anti-gravity treadmill.
(NBC) -- American children and teens are not getting enough exercise to minimize the risk of obesity and other health problems.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Getting a lot of exercise may help slow brain shrinkage in people with early Alzheimer's disease, a preliminary study suggests.
MOSCOW (AP) -- A laser show at a music festival injured more than 30 people, Russian news reports said Monday.
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's Agriculture Department says its tests found no salmonella in Mexican tomatoes.
(AP) -- More than 1.5 million Americans a year experience preventable drug-induced injuries, says a Purdue University health sciences expert.
(NBC) -- There has always been a battle of the sexes but when it comes to living longer it appears that women win.
(NBC) -- A new report says we need new ways to gently, but definitively, determine when a driver needs to hand in their license.
(NBC) -- A new study released by the National Cancer Institute reveals a shocking, and potentially deadly trend amongst women and not men.
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