WFAA - News - Health http://www.wfaa.com/news/health RSS Feed for WFAA - News - Health en-us Wed, 23 May 2012 03:06:17 GMT One in 88 - News 8's in-depth look at autism http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/151690145.html Quadruple amputee mom reaching for another milestone http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/Quadruple-Amputee-Mom-Reaching-for-another-Milestone-152684115.html Katy Hayes, the Kingwood mother of three who lost both arms to a devastating infection, has been accepted for a double arm transplant. She and her husband will temporarily move to Boston to wait for a donor. Message from 20-year-old transplant recipient: 'Keep the faith' http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/Message-from-20-year-old-transplant-recipient-Keep-the-faith-152748775.html Doctors told Kareen Momo of Fort Worth he shouldn't be alive. His congestive heart failure was so bad, he was given less than a year to live. Last week, almost one year after the terrible prognosis, Momo received his transplant. Poison centers warn about laundry detergent 'pods' http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/Poison-Centers-Warn-about-Single-Dose-Laundry-Packets-152682515.html There's a new product designed to make the drudgery of doing laundry a little easier. But colorful "pods" containing detergent are also tempting to children who can become ill if they take a bite. WFAA Flu Information Center http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/70393527.html One in four kids on path to diabetes http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/Number-of--152530875.html One out of every four youth is diabetic or pre-diabetic. That's according to a new report in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Final advice: Panel against routine prostate test http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/Final-advice-Panel-against-routine-prostate-test-152425075.html Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good. Acupuncture helps some patients lose weight, control cravings http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/152306725.html An organ donor's story: Twice blessed http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/Twice-Blessed-152090955.html Living organ donor needs an organ herself. Dallas After Dark: The fight to survive doesn't take a night off http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/Dallas-After-Dark-Part-III--Pargot-perot-Neonatal-intensive-Care-Unit-151468625.html In the Margot Perot Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, families struggle each night along with their newborns to see the morning sun. It is one of the many struggles in Dallas After Dark.