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January 09, 2009
Weight Loss Secrets
Losing weight is the number one New Years resolution and hopefully most of you battling the bulge haven’t fallen off the wagon yet. Unfortunately statistics show ninety-five percent of all diets fail. Now, local experts offer some weight loss secrets that will help you melt the pounds away.
January 08, 2009
Local Teen Wins Against Childhood Obesity
In the Carolinas, our children are facing a crisis. Childhood obesity.
Doctors say it is growing at an alarming rate and causing serious health problems for children previously only seen in adults.
We found a local young man who recognized his problem and took action vowing never to suffer from weight again.
January 07, 2009
How To Curb Emotional Eating
It is no secret there’s a big connection between mood and food. Experts say it starts when we are babies and seventy-five percent of overeating is because of emotions.
Activate Upstate Hopes To Encourage Businesses
The annual weight loss challenge kicks off in one week. This year organizers are encouraging more businesses to join the fight against obesity and get involved.
January 06, 2009
What Works When It Comes To Weight Loss
Losing weight can seem like the toughest thing in the world when you are on a diet, but doctors say it isn’t rocket science. They claim if you want to drop weight and keep it off, there’s only one way to do it.
January 05, 2009
Upstate Man Loses 180 Pounds
The holidays are over and many of us are trying to lose weight, but it can be very frustrating and overwhelming.
One local man says you don’t have to spend a lot of money or try fancy diets to lose big.
He did it the slow and steady way and is now down 180 pounds.
January 02, 2009
Local Hospital Offers Generic Drugs For 5 Dollars
AnMed health is trying to help those in need by offering 230 generic drugs for just $5.
December 24, 2008
Update On BPA
Recently the FDA released a statement saying BPA was safe but environmentalist Cindy Lee with Clemson University says that’s questionable.
December 22, 2008
How To Control Holiday Weight Gain
The holidays are here and so is all the good food. If you are worried about your weight dieticians say you don’t have to go without the good stuff.
December 08, 2008
Upstate Boy With Rare Disorder Can’t Go Out In Sun
For 8 year old Mathew Mayhorn much of his life is spent looking out of windows watching his brother and friends play wishing the sun would go down so he can join them.
His mother Crystal Anders says, “Sometimes he’ll say mama when is the sun going down when is the sun going down.“
Mathew suffers from an extremely rare genetic disorder called Trichothiodystrophy.
December 05, 2008
Happiness Is Contagious
Are you happy? A new study published in the BMJ says happiness is contagious and good for your health.
To find out if that’s true we went to a guy who sees no shortage of smiles.
Santa making his appearance at Westgate Mall says, “I see it through the eyes of a child. What happiness is. It is almost like a magnet that draws you to the happiness part of life.“
December 03, 2008
Baby Near Death After Mother Dilutes Formula
A mother suffering through this tough economic time tries to cut cost and stretch the amount of formula she has for her baby.
But what she didn’t realize is the water she was adding was having a deadly impact on her little boy.
5 month old La’Damian Barton is a hungry and alert baby boy, nothing like a week ago when he came to the hospital near death.
December 02, 2008
Staying Healthy In Bad Job Market
Times are tough and even tougher if you are unemployed. The jobless rate is at the highest level its been in nearly three years in South Carolina and its hurting people financially as well as mentally.
Charles Bruce is a regular at Career Source in Spartanburg. The 44 year old has worked in manufacturing for years and was recently laid off.
He says, “It can get discouraging. Emotionally it can make you depressed, lethargic, hard to get going in the morning because you have no where to go.“
December 01, 2008
World Aids Day & The Upstate
At Piedmont Care, AIDS and HIV cases are an every day ordeal.
According to Tracey Jackson with Piedmont Care, in the Upstate HIV and AIDS infections are an epidemic. She says here’s what AIDS looks like in our community.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics show more people under age 30 are contracting the disease than any other age group.
72% of the people with HIV or AIDS in South Carolina are African American and people who do not know their HIV status account for more than half of all new HIV infections.
Free HIV/AIDS Testing
The number of HIV and AIDS cases are rising in our area.
South Carolina now ranks 7th in the nation for the most AIDS cases and 9th for cases of HIV.
Health experts say with World AIDS day coming up December 1st the community needs to know this a problem that is only getting worse.
November 28, 2008
Eating Leftovers Responsibly
Thanksgiving is over and you know what that means, leftovers! Dieticians say if you don’t want to pack on the pounds make sure you don’t eat those leftovers all at once. Cindy Thomas with Greenville Hospital System says it doesn’t matter if you have turkey for breakfast lunch and dinner.
November 27, 2008
What It Takes To Work Off That Thanksgiving Meal
Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings, we look forward to it ever year.
Dietician Cindy Thomas with Greenville Hospital System says, “A traditional meal is white meat turkey, stuffing, mash potatoes, gravy, green beans, sweet potatoes, of course the roll with butter and then the infamous pumpkin pie. Now that totals to about 3,000 calories.“
November 21, 2008
Dogs For Autism
Every 20 minutes a child in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism which is devastating news for the family. Now a Greenville group is finding a way to help the child and families through their bond with man’s best friend. Dogs For Autism is changing lives one paw at a time.
November 20, 2008
Upstate Program Tackles Chronic Illness
41 year old Rob Dempsey proudly shows off his former pants. Size 44 and he claims those were snug, but look at him now. He is down 140 pounds from 308 pounds. He says, “My kids motivated me to lose my weight. When I was lethargic I couldn’t do anything. When I can’t get on roller coaster rides with my children that means I need to do something.“ Rob says the way he did it was by taking the first step and coming to the YMCA.
November 19, 2008
Sleep Linked To Increased Cancer Risk
You are tossing and turning and the clock is ticking each minute means less sleep and that can be a serious problem.
Dr. Ahmad Boota with the St. Francis Sleep Disorder Center says, “People who are prone like for blood pressure and diabetes, obesity because of their family history these people will see much increase in high blood pressure, diabetes or obesity.“
November 17, 2008
The Dangers of BPA: What You Need To Know
Morgan is Bridgette Repenning’s first child. At only 8 months old Bridgette says she is very concerned about her daughter’s development. That’s why she says she was shocked to find out the plastics she was using at home could be hurting her child. Repenning says, “I called my pediatrician right away and they alarmed me to go and get the BPA free bottles.“ She’s talking about Bisphenol-A or as most people call it, BPA. A compound used to make rigid plastics. You can find it in everything from baby bottles to cars to canned foods.
Weight Loss Group Helps Feed The Hungry
A local weight loss group is helping people keep the pounds off while helping the needy.
November 12, 2008
S.C. Gets “F” For Premature Births
South and North Carolina get a “F” when it comes to reducing preterm births, according to nationwide study out today. Doctors say not only is that a health risk to the baby, but it is financial burden all on all of us.
November 06, 2008
Improving Our Mood
Mental health experts say after months of rising anxiety and depression no matter who you voted for the mood in America is lightening.
Many Americans are riding high on the heels of the historic presidential win by Barack Obama.
Mental health experts say that’s good news considering depression and anxiety rates were skyrocketing because of the wars, economy and housing issues.
November 04, 2008
Gender & Germs
Whether we are on our cell phone, holding a coffee cup, or just an active child we are bound to pick up some bacteria here and there. A new study done by the University of Colorado finds that women seem to pick up quite a bit more than men.
Clarence Lyles says it surprised him, “Women are usually supposed to be cleaner than men.“
November 03, 2008
Flu Clinics Are Here
Flu clinics are here. SC DHEC’s clinics begin November 4th in Spartanburg and Greenville. While people are lined up at the polls to vote health officials hope they’ll also fulfill their commitment to keeping the flu at bay this season. Nearly one thousand people have already signed up to get their flu shots and that’s just in Spartanburg. Shealia Miller with Spartanburg’s Health Department says the flu is highly contagious.
October 31, 2008
Halloween Candy Looks Like Medicine
At the Senter house this Halloween the children have their costumes on and they are ready to fill their tummies with tasty treats.
They say their favorite candies are M&M’s.
October 29, 2008
Don’t Touch That Remote Cold Germs Are Living There
Imagine all the things you touch from the moment you walk in your home. The door, the refrigerator and who knows what your children are handling.
Catherine Gramling has two children and says with cold season here she worries about germs.
She says, “I have to be real careful if she touches him or things that they do touch door knobs anything in the kitchen, things like that.“
October 23, 2008
Tough Times Paying For Medical Care
Selina and Anthony Hames are working hard to get their GED’s, after Anthony’s job cut back his hours they say it’s the only way they’ll be able to provide for their family.
Anthony says, “I was five days a week now it is two days a week. We are pretty much just scraping it is putting a toll on the family a lot.“
They make 500 dollars a month and they say that’s not enough,especially if one of them gets sick.
October 22, 2008
Some Doctors Want Regulations On Energy Drinks
You probably know the names by heart. Red Bull, Full Throttle or maybe Amp. All energy drinks promising to give you that extra boost of energy throughout the day, but now some doctors are claiming they could also give you caffeine intoxication.
Dr. Mark Godenick, a family physician with Spartanburg Regional Medical Center says, “That’s when you get more caffeine than what your body is used to.“
