Little girl has tea party with officer who saved her life
This is the cutest thing you'll see all day -- maybe even all week. A fully uniformed police officer sitting in a tiny chair, at a tiny table, with a tiny girl -- having a tea party. Corporal Patrick Ray, 30, saved 2-year-old Bexley's life a year ago w... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Beauty queen gets prison for faking cancer
When former Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International told her friends and family she had leukemia in March 2013, they did everything they could to help. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FDA to re-evaluate controversial gay blood ban
The Food and Drug Administration is officially reconsidering its blood donation policy, which currently restricts men who have had sex with other men in the past year from giving blood. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dozens of restaurants participate in Dine Out for Life 2016
There is still plenty time left in the day for people to get out and participate in Dine Out for Life Day & #8211; a fundraiser that benefits the No AIDS Task Force. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries join fight against Zika virus
More than 200 years after the New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries were established, directors are asking families not to have any stagnant water outside tombs in an effort to prevent Zika virus-carrying mosquitoes from breeding. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Thawed reindeer carcass blamed in anthrax outbreak
Thirteen people have been hospitalized amid an outbreak of anthrax in western Siberia, the governor's office of the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region reported Thursday. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Human nasal bacteria might be superbug killer
Scientists searching for a solution to ever-resistant, infection-causing bacteria may have found an answer much closer to home than expected -- up our noses. Researchers from the University of Tubingen in Germany have discovered that a nose-dwelling ... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Florida investigating 4 possible Zika cases
Health officials in Florida are now investigating four possible non-travel-related cases of Zika virus, the state Department of Health said Wednesday. Two of the four cases are in Miami-Dade County while the other two are in Broward County. None of t... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries asking for no stagnant water to prevent Zika
& #160;The Catholic Cemeteries in New Orleans date all the way back to 1789. More than 200 years later, directors are asking families to not have any stagnant water outside tombs in order to prevent mosquitoes and Zika from spreading. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

1 hour of activity offsets 8 hours of sitting
It's well-known that sitting down all day, be it at your desk, on the couch or in a car, is bad for your health. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Alzheimer's drug test disappoints, but some see benefit
The latest round of testing for a new Alzheimer's drug didn't produce the results researchers hoped for, but a small number of patients did see some benefit from the medication. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Ice Bucket Challenge actually worked?
Throwback to 2014, the year of the Ellen DeGeneres Oscar selfie, Pharrell's giant hat, and the Ice Bucket Challenge. These fads "broke the internet" (a phrase also coined in 2014) dominating social media feeds across the globe. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cockroach milk: The drink you didn't know you've been missing
A little cockroach milk with those cookies? Chock full of protein, the insect milk may someday be transformed into a food supplement worthy of human consumption, new research indicates. Scientists have found that the Pacific Beetle Cockroach feeds it... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

More E. coli cases prompt flour recall expansion
General Mills on Monday announced another expansion of its flour recall. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Research shows a century of changing heights
On average, we're taller than our predecessors thanks to better nutrition and health, according to new research released Tuesday . (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news