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The Centers for Disease Control estimates approximately 12 million Americans suffer from food allergies, with more being diagnosed each day. To help educate viewers and explain the challenges for food allergy sufferers and their families, PIX11 Morning...

The 16th annual Sportsman's Club of Brown County Landowner Appreciation Dinner will be Feb. 5 at the AmericInn Hotel in Aberdeen. This event provides an opportunity for hunters to show appreciation to those who let them hunt on their land by treating...

Dr. Edwin D. Kilbourne, a virologist who figured out how to manufacture a new influenza vaccine each year and was a principal advisor to the U.S. government on flu, died Feb. 21 in Branford, Conn. He was 90. No cause of death was released. Kilbourne...

Full-fat, low-fat or skim? Used to be, there weren't many choices to make over what to pour on your cereal. But the number of alternatives to cow's milk -- soy, goat's, hemp milk, more -- has steadily grown. Each has its fans: those who swear by goat's...

Some consumers are more than willing to pay higher prices for organically grown food and other products. But is the extra dollar worth it? The answer may depend upon personal priorities. By definition, organically grown foods are produced without most...

 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Every year for two decades, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued an annual report on the amount of pesticide residue it detects from samples of fresh fruits and vegetables around the country.  The Environmental...

Television crime shows have helped popularize autopsies, but in reality these postmortem exams are becoming rarer every year. Today, hospitals perform autopsies on only about 5 percent of patients who die, down from roughly 50 percent in the 1960s. That's...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Babies exposed to pesticides before birth may have significantly lower intelligence scores by age 7 than children who were not exposed, three separate studies published on Thursday said. Results from the studies -- two in New York and...

Before surgery, you can prepare your body for healthy healing — and cut the odds of a surgical-site infection that requires hospital care. Here are tips from Dr. Calin Moucha, associate chief of joint replacement surgery at Mount Sinai Medical...

The feedback has been flooding in about our story on Robyn O'Brien, author and founder of allergykids.com. Our readers seem to agree that allergies to dyes or preservatives among kids are on the rise. Here are some of the ways they've eliminated the...

Hip and knee replacement surgery is supposed to alleviate pain and allow people to move better and lead a more active lifestyle. A new study published recently in the journal Orthopedics shows that could be the case, because weight loss may be one side...

Dennis "Denny Moe" Mitchell is a legend in Harlem. For those who may not recognize his name, they are sure to know his famed business - Denny Moe's SuperStar Barbershop, located at 2496 Fredrick Douglas Boulevard between 133rd and 134th Streets. The...