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Gov't taking new steps to combat food stamp fraud

Posted: 8:06 AM Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash and then asking the government for replacement cards.

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Report: Pill prescriptions surging in Tennessee

Posted: 3:24 PM A new report shows that nearly 18 million prescriptions for controlled substances like OxyContin and hydrocodone were dispensed in Tennessee last year -- a 23 percent increase from the previous year.

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Report: More support needed for kinship caregivers

Posted: 9:54 AM As more of America's children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope with an array of financial and emotional challenges

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Fake malaria drugs common in Asia, Africa

Posted: 6:42 AM More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to fight the disease, a study said Tuesday.

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Born to run barefoot? Some end up getting injured

Posted: 5:33 AM As more runners experiment with barefoot running, doctors say they are treating injuries, mainly in people who ramped up too fast. In serious cases, they are laid up for several months.

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Tennessee's dental health among worst in nation

Posted: 2:56 PM A survey performed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed declining dental visits in Tennessee and an increase in the number of people who have lost at least one permanent tooth.

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Half of overweight teens have heart risk

Posted: 4:44 AM Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says.

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CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C

Posted: 1:05 PM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released draft recommendations calling for all baby boomers to get a one-time blood test for the liver disease. That's everyone born from 1945 to 1965.

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$4M grant to help state build insurance exchange

Posted: 3:17 PM The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the grants Wednesday, saying Tennessee will receive $4.3 million to use in establishing Affordable Health Care Insurance Exchanges

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Schools team up with Smokies for 'Safe Kids' Day

Posted: 6:04 AM 40 Knox Co elementary schools are teaming up with the Tennessee Smokies on Tuesday to help students live healthier lifestyles with activities as part of the Tennessee Smokies Safe Kids and Health Awareness Day.

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Britain bedeviled by binge drinking

Posted: 8:41 AM The girls slumped in wheelchairs look barely conscious, their blond heads lolling above the plastic vomit bags tied like bibs around their necks.

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FDA panel backs first pill to block HIV infection

Posted: 5:39 AM The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS.

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Tennova Healthcare Pampers Women

Posted: 3:27 PM Mother's Day is the perfect time to get a mammogram and Tennova Medical Centers are rewarding you with a little pampering.

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Suspect billings at 2,600 drugstores

Posted: 5:45 AM Medicare paid $5.6 billion to 2,600 pharmacies with questionable billings, including a Kansas drugstore that submitted more than 1,000 prescriptions each for two patients in just one year, government investigators have found.

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Meeting to hear from seniors on unmet needs

Posted: 5:20 AM To help figure out what programs to advocate for future senior citizens, the Knoxville-Knox County Council on Aging hosts an event Thursday to allow any seniors or caretakers talk about their needs.

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Oregon norovirus traced to reusable grocery bag

Posted: 4:17 AM Oregon investigators have traced an outbreak of norovirus to a reusable grocery bag that members of a Beaverton girls' soccer team passed around when they shared cookies.

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