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  Missoula Co. seeing its worst pertussis outbreak ever

  

  Posted 6:38 AM 5/15/2012 by Irina Cates (KPAX News)

  Missoula County now has seven confirmed cases of whooping cough with the Missoula City-County Health Department reporting that cases range in age from infants to adults and includes both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated population.

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  Jogging boosts lifespan up to six years, study shows

  Posted 11:29 AM 5/7/2012 by CBS Health

  Are you a jogger? A new study suggests you might want to take it up as an activity.

  The study found people who undertake regular jogging tack on an average of 6.2 years on a lifespan for a man, and 5.6 years for a woman.

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  Whooping cough claims life of Idaho infant

  Posted 10:02 AM 5/7/2012 by Montana's News Station

  Whooping cough has claimed the life of a 9-week-old girl from Idaho, marking the first death from an outbreak that has hit Idaho, Washington state and Montana

  Reuters reports that the infant was treated for whooping cough at a hospital in Pocatello and then flown last Wednesday to a medical (More)

  
  

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  Common fertility treatments raise birth defect risk, study finds

  Posted 9:05 AM 5/7/2012 by CBS News

  More than 3.7 million babies each year are born with help from fertility treatments. A new Australian study examines the risk for birth defects associated with the different types of assisted reproductive technology.

  Researchers compared risk of major birth defects - such as cerebral (More)

  
  

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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)