WHAS - News - Health http://www.whas11.com/news/health RSS Feed for WHAS - News - Health en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:42:51 GMT Catholic Archbishop talks about Obama’s new controversial birth control coverage http://www.whas11.com/news/health/Catholic-Archbishop-talks-about-Obamas-new-controversial-birth-control-coverage--139113434.html The Obama administration has made a major change to its controversial requirement that all employers, including religious ones, cover birth control for their employees. Obama: Birth control policy meets everyone's needs http://www.whas11.com/news/health/Obama-Birth-control-policy-meets-everyones-needs-139103314.html President Barack Obama declared Friday he's found a solution to a birth-control uproar that will protect religious liberty but also ensure that women have access to free contraception, as he rushed to defuse an election-year issue that threatened to New study shows cancer drug may help Alzheimer's patients http://www.whas11.com/news/health/New-study-shows-cancer-drug-may-help-Alzheimers-patients-139122349.html Deep brain stimulation: A look into one treatment for Parkinson's disease http://www.whas11.com/news/health/A-closer-look-at-a-surgery-helping-people-with-Parkinsons-disease-139020649.html Each year 50,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in this country and each will be told there is no cure. Interview: GMeals healthy, pre-made 'fast food' http://www.whas11.com/news/health/Interview-G-139095249.html Mackie: Top 5 foods to fight belly fat http://www.whas11.com/news/health/139009754.html We know that an increase in visceral abdominal fat above 35 inches for a woman and 40 inches for a man is one of the criteria for Metabolic Syndrome, a cluster of symptoms which can predispose an individual to type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Super Bowl fans may have been exposed to measles http://www.whas11.com/news/health/Super-Bowl-fans-may-have-been-exposed-to-measles-138932464.html The Indiana State Department of Health says an unknown number of people were exposed to measles at the Super Bowl village when an infected person visited the village sometime last week. Vending machine at Pa. university dispenses 'morning after' pill http://www.whas11.com/news/health/Vending-machine-at-PA-university-dispenses-morning-after-pill-138869209.html Students at Shippensburg University in central Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine installed at the request of the student government. New Walmart icon will help with healthy food choices http://www.whas11.com/news/health/New-Walmart-icon-will-help-with-healthy-food-choices-138959419.html Grabbing those healthy foods at the grocery store will get a little bit easier. Addicts claim Opana drove them to unthinkable acts, deaths from drug is rising http://www.whas11.com/news/health/WHAS11s-Renee-Murphy-takes-a-closer-look-at-the-prescription-painkiller-Opana-138793334.html The painkiller is so strong that when used correctly, you only need one pill every 12 hours. And when it’s abused it only takes one high to get people hooked and lead them to a life that puts us all at risk.