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Avera Heart Hospital Medical Director Dr. Tom Isaacson joins us live. Read more »

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Avera Medical Minute: Avera St.Luke's FastCare
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In Aberdeen, Avera St. Luke's has joined one of the fastest spreading health care trends in the nation. That trend is to staff and run a "walk-in clinic" at a department store. Read more »
Trial Over Smoking Ban Signatures Begins Tomorrow
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We could know the fate of South Dakota's statewide smoking ban by the end of the week. Both sides of the ban will be in... Read more »
Avera Doctor On Swine Flu

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A physcian from Avera McKennan sheds some light on swine flu. Read more »
What's Going Around? Swine Flu
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What's going around? Swine flu. Read more »
Despite Outbreak, Business As Usual At FSD
At various airports around the world, officials are taking precautions in light of the swine flu outbreak. The Sioux Falls Regional Airport isn't one of them. Leslie Rupiper reports. Read more »

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Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk
A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows. Read more »
P&G recalls some Vicks spray after bacteria found
Procter & Gamble Co is voluntarily recalling about 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after finding the bacteria B. cepacia in a small amount of the product made at its plant in Gross Gerau, Germany, and sold in the United States. Read more »
High cholesterol under treated in many Americans
A US study on cholesterol released today contains both good and bad news. Read more »
Had flu? You may have H1N1 protection
People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Read more »
Slow walkers more likely to die of heart disease
Slow walking may not only mean getting to your destination later, according to a new study by French scientists: Older people who walk slowly are almost three times more likely to die of heart disease and related causes than older people who walk faster. Read more »

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