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YMCA growing plans for a healthier county

With help from a grant, the Corpening Memorial YMCA will start a community garden to encourage healthier eating in McDowell.

07/25/2011 6:12 PM

Make the healthy choice an easy choice

The Corpening Memorial YMCA, along with help from local leaders, plans to start a process that would create healthier living in McDowell County.

05/25/2010 5:42 PM
Heart Month has McDowell folks seeing red

February is American Heart Month and The McDowell Hospital wants to let folks know about how important it is to have a healthy heart.

02/03/2010 4:47 PM
McDowell "biggest" in the region -- and not by population

Smith: "Many or even most of our population would have to get in their cars and drive for miles just to take a short walk somewhere safe.

01/06/2010 6:32 PM
'We're in an epidemic' of childhood obesity

In a state that ranks high in childhood obesity, North Carolina health officials and educators gathered Tuesday to talk about the problem.

07/29/2009 8:25 AM
Beer tax on tap for health care?

Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all.

05/20/2009 1:42 PM
Murdock announces campaign for MS research

Dole Food Company owner David Murdock announced a partnership with the National MS Society to kick off a campaign for multiple sclerosis research at the North Carolina Research Campus.

04/23/2009 2:59 PM
Some diabetics get off medication by diet, exercise

JoAnne Zoller Wagner's diagnosis as prediabetic wasn't enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge that her sister had died because of diabetes.

04/20/2009 12:00 AM
Among 4-year-olds, 1 in 5 obese, study finds

A striking new study says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese.

04/06/2009 4:00 PM
Pill would be 'one-size-fits-all' approach

A single daily pill that combines aspirin and four blood pressure and cholesterol medicines has passed its first big test, potentially offering a cheap, simple way to prevent heart disease and stroke.

03/31/2009 12:00 AM
Scott Hollifield: Local man finds headless squirrel

When I found a headless squirrel in my driveway, I knew it was either the work of the scruffy stray cat that slinks across our yard or, considering the type of animal beheaded and the ritualistic display of the carcass, a hillbilly voodoo cult.

03/12/2009 7:00 PM
Familiar Ground: Recessions not new to U.S., but this one might be one of the worst, experts say

Factory jobs disappeared. Inflation soared. Unemployment climbed to alarming levels. The hungry lined up at soup kitchens. It wasn't the Great Depression. It was the 1981-82 recession, widely considered America's worst since the Depression.

03/09/2009 12:00 AM
Low fat? Low carb? Study finds calories count more

Low-fat, low-carb or high-protein? The kind of diet doesn't matter, scientists say. All that really counts is cutting calories and sticking with it, according to a federal study that followed people for two years.

02/26/2009 9:55 AM
Never too young to be "fit for life"

Youth Fit for Life, has been introduced to children ages 5 to 12

02/23/2009 7:34 PM
National effort raises awareness of heart disease

If you see people wearing red today, it might because they want you and everyone else to have a better heart.

02/05/2009 7:09 PM
Study: Favorite foods are hard for women to resist

When it comes to favorite foods, women have a hard time saying no — a much harder time than men, scientists have discovered.

01/20/2009 11:41 AM
UNC nutrition classes start in February

Class is back in session February as the UNC Nutrition Research Institute starts the second installment of the Appetite For Life lecture series.

01/12/2009 2:02 PM
Brain's reaction to yummy foods may predict weight

Drink a milkshake and the pleasure center in your brain gets a hit of happy - unless you're overweight.

10/16/2008 4:12 PM
Report: NC children's health lacking in key areas

RALEIGH A new report praises North Carolina for a near record-low child death rate but gives the state low grades for child obesity and access to insurance.

10/15/2008 5:29 AM
High food costs make eating healthy meals a challenge

Feeling nickel-and-dimed to death at the grocery store? Wait until you start getting hammered with hospital bills a decade from now, thanks to what's in your shopping cart today.

10/09/2008 6:00 AM