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A new series of digital-exclusive health reports from Dr. Benita Zahn. Look for new episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Health Beat: College Nutrition

With kids back in college, one of the challenges many students face is covering the cost of food and eating healthy.

Health Beat: Protein Diet

Finding the perfect diet is a little like finding the fountain of youth. Attention on protein consumption has really grown in recent years.

Health Beat: New Mental Health Program

Mental health and substance abuse -- two key topics MVP Health is looking to improve with a new, in-house initiative.

Fibromyalgia syndrome affects the muscles and soft tissue. People affected can suffer chronic muscle pain, fatigue, sleep problems, and painful tender points or trigger points. More women than men are affected. There are medications that can help along with lifestyle changes and stress management.

Health Beat: Latest HIV Treatments

It's estimated 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV, but about 15 percent of them don't know they're infected. That's a problem. An estimated 38,700 Americans became newly infected with HIV in 2016. Those are the latest numbers from HIV.gov. A diagnosis today is far different than a decade ago thanks to new drugs. Moreover, there's treatment to prevent infecting a partner who's not positive.

Health Beat: Epilepsy

The shocking news in July about the death of the young Disney star Cameron Boyce put the spotlight on epilepsy. The 20-year-old suffered a seizure which led to his death.

Health Beat: The Overdose Crisis

Battling addiction takes a multi-prong approach. That's something Keith Brown knows well. He's the director of health and harm reduction at the Katal Center in Albany.

Health Beat: Preventable Disease Clinic

Too often in this country, health care means treating disease rather than preventing disease. Prevention is at the heart of a not-for-profit called Chasing Health.

Health Beat: ALS Treatments

When a loved one is suffering and there's no treatment what do you do? For Trista and Patti Shultes, there was no question -- become activists. Trista's husband Dan, who is Patti's son, suffers from ALS. There is no treatment to stop the progression of this deadly, neurological disease. What the Shultes want is right-to-try legislation to include ALS patients.

Health Beat: Bedwetting

A big concern of parents is when will their young children stop wetting the bed? While most kids can sleep through the night without wetting by age 5, it can persist beyond that.

Health Beat: Making Strides Kickoff Event

Health Beat: Consumer Directed Choices

Health Beat: Transportation for Cancer Patients

Health Beat: Hidden Sugar

Health Beat: IV Access Improvement

Health Beat: Caregiver Support

Health Beat: Nurse Navigators

Health Beat: Lyme disease

Health Beat: Ingredients in feminine products

Health Beat: Summer Hazards

Health Beat: HIV Testing

Health Beat: Migraines

Health Beat: Testicular Cancer

Health Beat: Kids and Nutrition

Health Beat: LGBTQ Health Pride Month

Health Beat: Clot Retrieval

Health Beat: Huntington's Disease

Health Beat: Parents' Weight and Child Development

Health Beat: CBD Products

Health Beat: Baby Wellness Program

Health Beat: High Cost of Insulin

Health Beat: Runner with a Story

Health Beat: Pet Bereavement

Health Beat: Support for Parkinson's Disease

Health Beat: Protecting Your Hearing

Health Beat: Sexual Violence Awareness

Health Beat: Nutrition — Bloating

Health Beat: Alcoholism

Health Beat: New Breast Cancer Treatment

Health Beat: Brain Injury

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Health Beat: Consumer Directed Choices execCheckDiffShort("07/19/2019 01:18 PM","minutes",15531,5428485);

Health Beat: Transportation for Cancer Patients execCheckDiffShort("07/19/2019 01:16 PM","minutes",15531,5428484);

Health Beat: Hidden Sugar execCheckDiffShort("07/19/2019 01:15 PM","minutes",15531,5428483);

Health Beat: IV Access Improvement execCheckDiffShort("07/12/2019 12:24 PM","minutes",15531,5421149);

Health Beat: Caregiver Support execCheckDiffShort("07/12/2019 12:20 PM","minutes",15531,5421072);

Health Beat: Nurse Navigators execCheckDiffShort("07/12/2019 12:07 PM","minutes",15531,5421069);

Health Beat: Lyme disease execCheckDiffShort("07/03/2019 02:40 PM","minutes",15531,5411661);

Health Beat: Ingredients in feminine products execCheckDiffShort("07/03/2019 02:36 PM","minutes",15531,5411658);

Health Beat: Summer Hazards execCheckDiffShort("07/12/2019 12:24 PM","minutes",15531,4954068);

Health Beat: HIV Testing execCheckDiffShort("06/26/2019 03:20 PM","minutes",15532,5403787);

Health Beat: Migraines execCheckDiffShort("06/14/2019 01:08 PM","minutes",15532,5389951);

Health Beat: Testicular Cancer execCheckDiffShort("06/14/2019 12:17 PM","minutes",15532,5389877);

Health Beat: Kids and Nutrition execCheckDiffShort("06/14/2019 12:14 PM","minutes",15532,5389875);

Health Beat: LGBTQ Health Pride Month execCheckDiffShort("06/14/2019 12:16 PM","minutes",15532,5389876);

Health Beat: Clot Retrieval execCheckDiffShort("05/31/2019 03:26 PM","minutes",15532,5373303);

Health Beat: Huntington's Disease execCheckDiffShort("05/31/2019 03:07 PM","minutes",15532,5373276);

Health Beat: Parents' Weight and Child Development execCheckDiffShort("05/29/2019 05:17 PM","minutes",15532,5370736);

Health Beat: CBD Products execCheckDiffShort("05/17/2019 04:36 PM","minutes",15532,5357779);

Health Beat: Baby Wellness Program execCheckDiffShort("05/17/2019 04:24 PM","minutes",15532,5357773);

Health Beat: High Cost of Insulin execCheckDiffShort("05/17/2019 04:20 PM","minutes",16781,5357740);

Health Beat: Runner with a Story execCheckDiffShort("05/16/2019 12:43 PM","minutes",16781,5356000);

Health Beat: Pet Bereavement execCheckDiffShort("08/22/2018 04:49 PM","minutes",16781,4957793);

Health Beat: Support for Parkinson's Disease execCheckDiffShort("04/22/2019 03:31 PM","minutes",16781,5325704);

Health Beat: Protecting Your Hearing execCheckDiffShort("04/25/2019 09:34 AM","minutes",16781,5325701);

Health Beat: Sexual Violence Awareness execCheckDiffShort("04/22/2019 10:36 AM","minutes",16781,5325352);

Health Beat: Nutrition — Bloating execCheckDiffShort("04/22/2019 10:20 AM","minutes",16781,5312057);

Health Beat: Alcoholism execCheckDiffShort("04/10/2019 04:53 PM","minutes",16781,5312042);

Health Beat: New Breast Cancer Treatment execCheckDiffShort("04/10/2019 04:51 PM","minutes",16781,5312017);

Health Beat: Brain Injury execCheckDiffShort("04/01/2019 03:23 PM","minutes",16781,5300227);

Guilderland assisted-living facility investigates another possible legionnaires' disease case execCheckDiffShort("09/18/2019 07:17 PM","minutes",15370,5497665);

Zantac being pulled over contamination issue execCheckDiffShort("09/18/2019 05:23 PM","minutes",15370,5497323);

Panel approves ban on sale of flavored e-cigs in New York execCheckDiffShort("09/17/2019 11:24 PM","minutes",15370,5496068);

Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy as part of settlement execCheckDiffShort("09/16/2019 02:43 PM","minutes",15370,5493601);

Retailers scramble as NY moves to ban flavored e-cigarettes execCheckDiffShort("09/16/2019 05:46 PM","minutes",15370,5494671);

Gov. Cuomo announces flavored e-cigarette ban execCheckDiffShort("09/16/2019 09:37 AM","minutes",15370,5493233);

Peanut pill could reduce allergy risk execCheckDiffShort("09/13/2019 06:40 PM","minutes",15370,5491093);

US finds contaminant in popular heartburn drug execCheckDiffShort("09/13/2019 10:12 PM","minutes",15370,5490610);

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