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KSPR Closeup: What Fosamax Patients Need to Ask Their DoctorsOsteoporosis patients are wondering if their drugs are really working after a recent study warned that a popular drug used to strengthen bones, may actually be weakening them. An area rheumatologist explains what you should be asking and telling your healthcare provider. Read more » 
KSPR Closeup: Skaggs Doctor Answers Questions About FosamaxLess than a week ago, a new medical study shed light on the potential risks involved with taking osteoporosis medications for more than 5 years. Dr. Anne Winkler from Skaggs Regional Medical Center joins us to talk about the study and the risks. Read more » 
Clock Ticks For Health care Reform VoteCongress worked over the weekend on President Obama's health care reform bill, but Democrats say there's still not enough votes to get it passed. KSPR's Will Carter talked to people in the Ozarks about their thoughts on what's going on in Washington. Read more » 
Go Red for Women Casting CallHeart Disease Survivors can share their stories with the Go Red for Women campaign at Battlefield Mall, Friday Feb. 12th Read more » 
Free H1N1 Vaccines in Buffalo, MO FridayThe Dallas County Health Department will be giving H1N1 vaccinations at no charge Friday. Read more » 
Lawmakers to Push for Mandated Autism InsuranceAutism insurance legislation passed the Senate earlier this year, but never got a House vote because Speaker Ron Richard said there wasn't a consensus. Richard pledged Wednesday that the autism bill would be the first item on the House calendar in 2010. Read more »
Greene County Flu Cases Continue to Drop, More H1N1 Vaccines ArriveThe health department continues its focus on vaccinating people at highest risk for developing H1N1 and its complications as thousands more doses of vaccine arrive in the county. A shipment of 7,700 doses of H1N1 vaccine arrived Tuesday morning and another 5,500 doses are expected to arrive Wednesday. Read more » 
Skaggs OBGYN Discusses New Mammogram GuidelinesAn OBGYN from Skaggs Regional Medical Center visited KSPR to discuss the recent guidelines released by the US Preventive Services Task Force. Read more » 
Task force doctor stands by mammogram adviceDr. Timothy Wilt, a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, stuck by its recommendation that most women don't need mammograms in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50. Read more » 
Missouri research to look at chronic painA two-year grant using federal stimulus money will help researchers at two St. Louis-area universities seek better ways to manage chronic pain by treating neuroinflammation. Read more » 
Researchers try to use algae to fight malaria600 million people are infected with malaria each year, resulting in more than 1 million deaths. About 90 percent of the deaths happen in sub-Saharan Africa, primarily among children. Read more » 
Health Department Needs Volunteers for Flu SeasonThe Springfield-Greene County Health Department needs volunteers to answer phones and handle general office duties. Read more » 
Mayo Clinic Looks to Enhance Early Detection of Breast CancerEvery year about 250,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer. Most of these women were not known to be at high risk. That's why researchers at Mayo Clinic are looking for better ways to identify who's at increased risk in order to enhance early detection and, perhaps some day, help these women prevent the disease. They're finding clues in breast tissue. Read more » 
Get your H1N1 Questions AnsweredStarting this November, KSPR News at 4 is teaming up with Skaggs Regional Medical Center to get all your health questions answered. Read more » 
Missouri Allows Flu Vaccine Exemption for Pregnant Women and ChildrenThe Missouri Health Department is allowing access to the H1N1 vaccines that contain a mercury based preservative for pregnant women and parents of children under three. Read more » 
New Guidelines for Type II Diabetics, Includes Pregnant WomenThe International Diabetes Federation has just released new guidelines on the care and management of type II diabetes, including its first- ever guidelines for women with diabetes who are pregnant or who are trying to conceive. Read more » 
Skaggs, CoxHealth Open Walmart Clinic in BransonToday, Walmart, CoxHealth and Skaggs Regional Medical Center announced a new collaboration – “The Clinic at Walmart” operated by CoxHealth in partnership with Skaggs Regional Medical Center. Read more » 
Missouri Pregnant Women May Have to Wait for Flu VaccineMany pregnant women in Missouri may have waits for the swine flu vaccine shot, though they're supposed to be among the first to get it. Read more » 
Team Winter: 10 Year Old Runs for Her FatherMany men diagnosed with prostate cancer win the battle and are cured. Unfortunately some do not. The little girl you're about to meet lost her dad to prostate cancer. And she turned an event that was extremely tragic into something hopeful. At age 10 she participates in triathlons to raise money for prostate cancer research. Read more » 
Feds issue new medical marijuana policyThe Justice Department is issuing a new policy for pot-smoking patients and their medical marijuana suppliers. Read more » |
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