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  Sleeping longer may counter effects of "obesity genes"

  Posted 9:55 AM 5/2/2012 by Ryan Jaslow (CBS News)

  Recent research suggests not getting a full night's sleep can raise a person's risk for obesity. A new study may have found a way to reverse the effect:

  The study found people who slept more than nine hours each night may suppress genes that contribute to weight gain.

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  MT health officials monitoring whooping cough outbreaks

  Posted 4:00 PM 4/30/2012 by KPAX News

  HELENA - State health officials are following several recent outbreaks of pertussis across Montana, including the one in Ravalli County.

  The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) reports that outbreaks of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are being reported (More)

  
  

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  SE Montana county under quarantine due to rabies

  

  Posted 4:14 PM 4/26/2012

  Carter County in southeastern Montana has been quarantined due to rabies effective April 24 after a puppy tested positive for the disease.

  Under Montana law, counties are quarantined when rabies is diagnosed in a terrestrial animal such as a dog, cat, skunk or fox.

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  New treatment for overactive bladder at Bozeman Deaconess

  Posted 7:19 PM 4/25/2012 by BOZEMAN DEACONESS

   

  NEW TREATMENT AVAILABLE FOR OVERACTIVE BLADDER RELIEFNon-Pharmaceutical Therapy Now Offered at Bozeman Deaconess Urological Associates

  Over 34 million people in the United States suffer from overactive bladder with symptoms such as urgency and frequency of (More)

  
  

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  Drinking hand sanitizer sends Calif. teens to hospital drunk, doctors warn

  

  Posted 2:30 PM 4/24/2012 by Ryan Jaslow (CBS News)

  Would you drink hand sanitizer? The idea may sound repulsive to most people, but California doctors are warning parents of what may be a fast-growing dangerous trend after six local teenagers were hospitalized in separate incidents with alcohol poisoning from drinking the soapy stuff.

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  Sitting too much may double your risk of dying, study shows

  Posted 9:24 AM 4/24/2012 by CBS News

  Need a health boost? You might want to start with getting up from your couch or computer desk.

  According to a study in the March 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers discovered that people who sat for 11 hours a day or more were 40 percent more likely to die - from any (More)

  
  

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  Marijuana-infused wine produced at Calif. vineyards: Dangerous?

  

  Posted 10:06 AM 4/23/2012 by Ryan Jaslow (CBS News)

  Just in time for 4/20, reports have surfaced that an increasing number of California winemakers are turning to another locally produced intoxicant. The Daily Beast reports several California winemakers are creating blends of marijuana-infused wines on the sly.

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  What causes brain freeze? Study reveals new clues

  

  Posted 10:03 AM 4/23/2012 by Ryan Jaslow (CBS News)

  We've all been there before: On a hot day, you reach for an ice cold drink or a big scoop of ice cream - and are shortly met with excruciating pain.

  We're talking the dreaded "brain freeze," - often dubbed an "ice cream headache" - and a new study claims to have finally unlocked clues as (More)

  
  

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  Planned Parenthood and Senator Tester talk to students about women's health

  

  Posted 4:35 PM 4/20/2012 by Christina Lysacek

  The future of women's health care was the topic of discussion at a roundtable this morning at Montana State.

  Senator Tester and the President of Planned Parenthood Action Advocates hosted the event.

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  Drinking gallons of Coca-Cola daily cited in 30-year-old New Zealand mom's death

  Posted 3:32 PM 4/20/2012 by Ryan Jaslow (CBS News)

  Natasha Marie Harris, a 30-year-old mother from New Zealand, drank nearly two gallons of Coca-Cola each day for several years until she died of a heart attack in February, 2010.

  Her family said at an inquest this week the soft drink is partly to blame, The New Zealand Herald reported, and (More)