Diabetics may soon be able to use their smartphones to control their blood sugar.

Researchers at Virginia Tech say studies show that any nicotine in the body is bad

his first steps-- by himself. he has cerebral palsy... so it has taken a major surgery and a lot of therapy for him to reach this milestone. the family's next step takes them on a costly venture out of state. danielle todesco is here with his incredible journey. tom... when alejandro was diagnosed a few years back... his mother didn't quite know if walking all by himself would be in his future. but he's doing it ... he just needs constant therapy to keep going. go! yeah! wooo! woo! 5-year- old alejandro lucero watches his big brother make plays on the baseball field... from the bleachers. Do you want to be a catcher like brother? Yeah. his mom bernadette says his chances of getting out there are getting better and better. alejandro was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age 2. one year later... his parents decided to have him undergo a spinal surgery to relieve the tightness and spastic movements in his legs. Once we made the decision to do it, we have never looked back. and bernadette says it's been a game changer. she has tracked his progress through therapy since that surgery. here's 7 days post surgery... 3 months post surgery... and then...almost two years later... this happened. those steps all parents wait for... came 5 years into alejandro's life. i can't even explain it...hahaha. she says she has watched that video over and over. but it's just the beginning. now...her family prepares to take alejandro to houston for a 10 day intensive therapy with a therapist from scotland. it's not covered by insurance...but bernadette says she's seen the proof in other parent's videos ...it's the next turning point they need to keep moving. this will give him the confidence and the strength to start taking independent steps. the family has done a lot of fundraisers over the years to continue paying for all of alejandro's needs. this therapy in houston is costly... and the whole family is going. if you'd like to help them out, go to our website kob dot com to find out how.

Eating a lot of red meat in a woman's younger raises her risk of developing breast cancer

Autumn Bollinger tells us what you need to know if you're lactose intolerant.

The first report of the West Nile Virus in Illinois this year came from Colona.

In this edition of Home Health House Calls we learn about the Heatstroke.

Apple’s plans to help apps, third party devices and healthcare services collect, quantify and share health data is ambitious and, if it works as advertised, could change the way people track and manage their well being. According to the team that built it for Apple, iOS Software Engineers Justin Rushing and Siji Rachel Tom, HealthKit is designed to handle simple health data entry, statistical analysis of health data and to allow applications from Health providers to sync data to personal medical records.



This morning we're talking about "Press the Chest", an event that teaches participants how to preform CPR and give them the tools to share that knowledge with others.

There's more bad news for people who eat a lot of white bread.

CABOT, AR -- Rebecca Privitera thought she would be overweight her entire life. When she was in Jr. High school she could only wear plus-size clothing because she weighed over 200 pounds. After she graduated, it only got worse. She ballooned to 381 pounds and her health got worse. At the age of 16 she was hospitalized with a blood clot, but that didn't stop her from eating fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. As she got older, her blood pressure skyrocketed and she was forced to take three different medications to treat it. She also became depressed. Her doctor told her that she could “stroke out” if she wasn't careful, so she was put on bed rest for six weeks. “I can remember sitting at home and eating Sonic and things like that and seeing everybody around me having a good time, but I honestly thought that that wasn't the lifestyle I was supposed to have. So I just kind of let life pass me by,” said Privitera. The turning point in her life came in May of 2011, when her mother-in-law talked her into doing a 5k race. “I wanted to quit the whole time. It took me an hour and 14 minutes and I finished in last place. I was just ashamed that I was 29 and in such poor health.” But instead of going home and returning to a life of sitting on the couch, she pulled out an old workout video she had purchased. “I was like, well, we got to start somewhere.” It wasn't easy, but eventually she made progress. The workout video led to her going out and walking, even if it was just for ten minutes. She then started doing the elliptical machine. But she didn't stop there. She bought even more workout videos and started eating healthier foods. And to keep her motivated, she posted her progress on Facebook for everyone to see. “Weight loss is really hard for anybody; no matter if it’s 20 pounds, 50 pounds or more, it’s hard. So, the more encouragement I got, the more I wasn't afraid to show people what I was doing.” Her determination and dedication paid off. “I didn't make a deadline for this. So I started in June of 2011 and I lost the first 112 pounds within a year. I lost the next 100 pounds within another year and then I lost another 60 on top of that,” said Privitera. In a span of nearly three years, she lost a total of 221 pounds. “My goal was to just get under 300 pounds, so to be standing here today at 160 pounds, I’m pretty excited.” Her journey resulted in huge following too. In addition to her Facebook posts, Rebecca posted her progress on Instagram and now has 20,000 followers. She also posted her story on Team Beach Body’s website, the same company she bought her workout videos from. As a result of her story, she won a number of contests including a monthly contest in which she won $1,000. She then won a quarterly challenge. Now, she’s one of four finalists in a national competition in which the public votes. If she wins, she gets $100,000. Since losing all that weight, Rebecca has run a number of races, including two half-marathons. She also decided to return to the site of her first 5k. She finished in just over 34 minutes! She’s now a licensed trainer and certified in Turbo Kick. Her goal is to lose ten more pounds. But she also wants to help teens and young adults who are still struggling with being overweight. “You don’t realize how far you've come without looking back to where you were.” And where she was- is a place she never wants to return to- or forget.

In this edition of Home Health House Calls we learn about risk factors for heart problems.

Kamc's Allison Morrison brings you today's top health and medical stories.

Alexandra talks to Dr. Jeffrey Klopfenstein and Ashley Spain

A key to a long life could be in your mouth and a promising breakthrough for paralysis patients.

Elizabeth Cohen reports on the first MERS virus transmission within the U.S..

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Andrew Donovan joins Dan & Tammy with more.

Memphis fast food workers are walking off the job today as part of a nationwide strike for higher wages.

Two people in the U.S. Have been diagnosed with a potentially deadly virus called MERS, which up until now, was mostly seen in the Middle East. What does this mean for people in this country?

On this week’s edition of Inside Your Health we take a look at fighting alcoholism in Minnesota. The Centers for Disease Control says Minnesota has the fourth highest binge drinking rate in the country. A new study out this week reveals how the ways to curb alcoholism is often overlooked.