WVLT Health Headlines http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines RSS Feed for WVLT - Health - Headlines en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:09:29 GMT New pap smear guidelines http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines/70659742.html On the heels of a mammography controversy, new recommendations are out regarding cervical cancer screenings. The guidelines suggest women wait until their 20's to have their first pap smear and they can be rescreened less often than previously recommended. We talked with local doctors about what you should do. Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines/70644877.html Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. Don’t let food poisoning make your Thanksgiving a turkey http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines/70565822.html Food safety isn’t on your holiday to-do list? Maybe it should be. Quit smoking cold turkey http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines/70523697.html Health officials blame smoking for over 9-thousand deaths in Tennessee each year- nearly half of which are due to lung cancer. In honor of today being the Great American Smoke-Out, Volunteer TV's Rebecca Solomon found out one fulfilling way that you can quit smoking. Government panel says women under 50 do not need mammograms http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines/70323627.html It's a major change in the way women try to prevent breast cancer and it has local experts fuming. A government panel suggests women in their 40's should stop having annual mammograms and older women should one get one every other year. We talked with local experts about what this could mean for you and your family. Home care called for in health care reform http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines/70247582.html At only 1.5 percent of the nation’s health care budget, home health care is argued as one of the most cost-effective forms of care. Now it’s facing some major cuts from Medicare reform. FDA approves new drug for heavy menstrual bleeding http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines/69999317.html Federal health officials have approved a new drug as the first non-hormonal treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding. Chemical used in plastic bottles linked to sex problems http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines/69762082.html Male factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported Wednesday. Teach your kids 'A Healthy Weigh to Go' http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines/69685132.html If you've been struggling to come up with healthy habits for you and your children, the Knox County Health Department has a program that can help. To fight childhood obesity, the program hopes to get your kids to eat right and move more. 'Hoopla' raises money for premature babies http://www.volunteertv.com/health/headlines/69537542.html "Hoopla at the Square" made dozens get up and dance Saturday night. The event at Cafe 4 on Market Square kicked off fund raising for the next year, to help build private Neonatal Intensive Care Units at UT Medical Center.