Kraft Foods is recalling 12,553 cases of Post LiveActive Mixed Berry Crunch Cereal with the “Best When Used By” date of 17DEC2008 because a small number of boxes may contain tree nuts (almonds, pecans and/or walnuts), and no nut ingredients are declared on the label. 

CHIP’s Begin With a Grin dental varnish program was recently awarded a five-year grant through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Health Resources and Services Administration

A West Virginia physician will be the new director of the Central Virginia Health District. 

ProHeart 6 Sustained Release Injectable for Dogs, manufactured by Fort Dodge Animal Health, is an approved injectable sustained-release heartworm prevention product for dogs

Q:  There have been some reports in the last few weeks about BPA and its harmful effects…

Lynda Madaras, a sex- and health-education teacher for girls and boys in California, is the author of several books on puberty and sexuality for teenagers and young adults. Her latest book about puberty, On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!, was written for boys ages 8 to 11. 

The Health Department has confirmed rabies in a skunk found in the Windsor Hills area of Lynchburg and suspects rabies in a second skunk-related incident. 

Extreme martial arts offer a full-body, cardio and endurance workout, with a dose of self-defense. 

With news that Senator Kennedy has undergone what doctors call a successful surgery for his brain tumor, some may want to know more about possible treatments for the condition…

You can participate in a VT study on whether or not online tools help you lose or maintain weight.

The man known for making Virginia Tech the research university that it is today, now faces a tougher battle

Some of you tell 10 On Your Side you have concerns about flying with Obstructive Sleep Apnea…

Q:  Dear Karen, I have heard that after a certain SPF level in suntan lotion anything higher is useless.

The proposed changes to prescription drug labeling would give health care professionals more comprehensive information for making prescribing decisions and for counseling women who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or of child-bearing age about using prescription medications.

Psychologists in Virginia Tech’s College of Science are looking for participants in a free Internet program that helps people make permanent lifestyle changes to improve their health.

When Edith Law started Central Virginia’s chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association more than 25 years ago, it was a kitchen table operation with no money and little support. Now, the association operates from a four-room office in Lynchburg and serves more than 42,000 people through the help of hundreds of volunteers. 

It’s one thing most of us have in common. We love and often times need our caffeine. But could it actually help in the fight against fat? It’s not a new claim but with bathing suit season right around the corner many of you may be looking for products to help cut the fat.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers detailed directions… about what we should and shouldn’t do in

When its 28-day residential program for substance abuse treatment in downtown Lynchburg closes at the end of June, Central Virginia Community Services will join the majority of the state’s 40 community services boards in looking for that care for people of high need and low income

The first New River Trail 50K will start in the Grayson County, Va., town of Fries on Oct. 11, and stay within the New River Trail State Park and will raise money for the National Committee for the New River.

Forbes recently named Baku, Azerbaijan, the planet’s dirtiest city. But in a recent issue of Health magazine, Charles Gerba, professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona, and a panel of experts found some nasty spots that hit a little closer to home. 

A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or sibling did.

Shapes, a women-only gym franchise, developed “Bridalicious,” a cardio-centric 12-session boot camp. Shapes members who pay $15 a session for a Bridalicious session gather for high-intensity interval training several times a week. 

Q:  I would like more information about teas and which ones are best for you.  I had always heard green tea was so healthy but I’ve heard white tea is good too. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Entereg (alvimopan) to accelerate the restoration of normal bowel function in patients 18 years and up who have undergone partial large or small bowel resection surgery. Entereg will be used in hospitalized patients who can receive no more than 15 doses.

As Senator Kennedy is in the hospital diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor people want to know more…

Knowing her experience could help others motivated Carole and some of her family members to participate in a project through the Mayo Clinic in Florida to help researchers learn more about the disease. 

Depression can sit differently on men.  They can be irritable, angry, withdrawn or uncommunicative. They don’t have the problem — it’s their wives, their bosses, that bad driver in their way. 

Calorie counting websites mentioned on Monday’s noon newscast

Imagine discovering one morning after waking up that you could barely see. Joann Milton lives with the nightmare of vision loss daily since a morning in 1998 when she joined millions of people who suffer from macular degeneration.