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Wednesday, October 24, 2012  Updated with video; Phoebe Putney held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to announce that they had acquired some products from the New England Compounding Center (NEEC).

Thursday, June 14, 2012  A deadly fad is surfacing, and it may have already found its way to southwest Georgia.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  Updated with video; Last year, nearly 1 million Americans experienced herpes zoster, or shingles, a disease that causes a painful skin rash.

Friday, April 27, 2012  After a case of mad cow disease was discovered in California, people in southwest Georgia want to know if this could affect the food chain.

Thursday, April 12, 2012  CDC report shows a larger share of births are to unwed couples who are living together

Thursday, March 22, 2012  Living together before marriage no longer seen as bad omen; about 60 pct of couples try it

Thursday, January 19, 2012  Updated with video; One in three children born today are expected to be diabetic by 2050.

Thursday, November 03, 2011  The number of overdose deaths from powerful painkillers more than tripled over a decade

Tuesday, October 25, 2011  A local psychologist attributes the family and church oriented community in Georgia for the low suicide rates.

Friday, October 21, 2011  Roughly 1 in 25 adolescents in the United States are taking antidepressants.

Friday, October 21, 2011  Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women but mammography can detect it at its earliest, most treatable stage.

Monday, August 29, 2011  Local health departments to offer flu vaccines on Sept. 6,

Tuesday, August 23, 2011  Older kids need vaccines, and fall's a good time to check even if school doesn't

Friday, July 15, 2011  It is summertime, and that means temperatures are one the rise, and so are food borne illnesses.

Friday, March 04, 2011  New study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that young adults between 15 and 24 are having less sex.