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Buddy Check 11: 11Alive's Karyn Greer wants your help in the fight against breast cancer.
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Understanding Autism: Learn more about the different types of autism, see interviews with experts on the subject, and get your questions answered.
Statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that about one in 150 American children is affected by autism. In Georgia, these statistics are one in 131.

Autism is a developmental disability that is rising in prevalence with alarming speed. It is estimated that more than 10,000 children in the state of Georgia are affected by autism, a disorder of unknown origin that has no known cure.

11Alive.com is proud to present Understanding Autism, a special section devoted to the entire spectrum of autism disorders. Please click here to learn more.

Information from Autism Speaks


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Online Autism Project Helps Parents
Autism occurs in one out of every 150 births and experts predict in the next decade autism will affect up to 4 million Americans.  

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Rite Aid Health and Beauty Expo
June 6 (10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.) and June 7 (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Cobb Galleria Centre

Enjoy a weekend of Health and Beauty advice and free entertainment, courtesy of Rite Aid. You can meet stars like Dominique Wilkins, Allison Sweeney, Billy Blanks, and more, and you'll also get free health screenings from your neighborhood Rite Aid pharmacy. Plus, your baby could win $2,500 in the Huggies Happy Baby Race! Go to the Expo and check it all out, June 6 and 7, starting at 10 a.m. each day at the Cobb Galleria Centre.



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March is National Kidney Month. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, or a family history of kidney failure, you are at risk for kidney disease. Your health care provider can help you get the tests you need to find out if you need to take more active measures to protect your kidneys.

Early kidney disease has no symptoms. Most people don't know something is wrong until their kidneys are about to fail. The only way to tell if you have kidney disease is to get tested. Simple blood and urine tests are used to detect kidney disease.

Kidneys filter your blood. They remove wastes and extra water. When the kidneys are diseased, they stop doing these jobs and wastes build up, damaging the body. If not treated, kidney disease can lead to kidney failure. But you can prevent kidney failure.

Information from the National Kidney Disease Education Program


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 » Diabetes Information
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Go Red For Women celebrates the energy, passion and power we have as women to band together to wipe out heart disease and stroke. Thanks to the participation of millions of people across the country, the color red and the red dress now stand for the ability all women have to improve their heart health and live stronger, longer lives.

The American Heart Association is the largest voluntary health organization fighting heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases, which kill more than 870,000 Americans each year. That’s a life every 36 seconds. Furthermore, cardiovascular disease claims the lives of more than 460,000 women every year causing one death per minute.

In 1997, the American Heart Association began a movement when it launched its groundbreaking “Take Wellness To Heart” awareness campaign created by women for women. In February 2004, the association launched Go Red For Women – extending the effort that began in 1997 – with a primary goal to educate women that heart disease is their leading cause of death… a fact most women still do not take to heart.

The Go Red For Women movement challenges women to know their risk for heart disease and take action to reduce their personal risk. Furthermore, the movement plays a leading role in providing women with the tools they need to lead heart-healthy lives.

As we embark upon the fifth year, Go Red For Women harnesses women’s energy, passion and power to band together and collectively wipe out heart disease.


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Woman Pregnant With 18th Child
It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman, she's pregnant with her 18th child.  Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day. 

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Study Casts Doubt on 'Fit but Fat' Theory
New research challenges the notion that you can be fat and fit, finding that being active can lower but not eliminate heart risks faced by heavy women.  

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Genetic Link Tied to Smoking Addiction
Scientists say they have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to get hooked on tobacco, causing them to smoke more cigarettes, making it harder to quit, and leading more often to deadly lung cancer.
 

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Genetic Testing for Bipolar Disorder?
Imagine spitting into a cup, putting it in the mail, and a few days later finding out if you have a higher risk for mental illness.  

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Life Expectancy of Women Drops in U.S.
Women's life expectancy declined significantly in 180 U.S. counties, mostly in the deep South and Appalachia, between 1983 and 1999, according to a study being released Tuesday.
 

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