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A clinical trial at National Jewish Health uses less invasive procedure to help emphysema patients breathe easier.

Connie Parsons shares her story about a flesh-eating bacteria in hopes of helping others recognize the signs.

There are ways to make life easier in the face of a terminal illness.

People who eat wild game that has been shot with lead bullets seem to have higher blood levels of lead. That's the preliminary finding of a study of 738 North Dakotans this spring. A Department of Health epidemiologist says the study showed people who eat a lot of wild game killed with lead bullets had higher levels of lead in their blood than those who ate little or no wild game. Dr. Stephen Pickard says the findings are not the final answer on the issue, but they are the best information to date on the dangers of eating wild game shot with lead bullets. He says in particular, children and pregnant women should avoid such wild game.

The FDA is trying to decide if it should recall children's over-the-counter cough and cold medicines. Americans are more stressed than just 6 months ago. October is SIDS Awareness Month.

It's known for having damaging effects on children's brains, but now, lead poisoning is also being linked to teenage pregnancies.

29-year-old Ryan Havelka died of a rare, but deadly illness on August 5th. And today his widow, Patty Havelka, spoke out about hantavirus. The Health Department usually does not hold conferences like this one because of confidentiality concerns. But Ryan's widow Patty insisted she wanted to get the word out about the illness that took her husband's life. Fighting back tears today, Patty described her husband... (Patty Havelka, Ryan's Wife) We've been married for, well, it would have been six years this last Sunday; and we have three kids, four-and-a-half, 2-and-a-half and one. A lot of his life was just being a good father to the girls. Kirby Kruger is the state epidiemologist and says while hantavirus is rare it's important for people to be cautious... (Patty) It's difficult for people to distinguish between the different species of small mammals, small rhodents in North Dakota. From our point of view, we encourage people to view and treat every small rhodent as a potential carrier of hantavirus. Here are some facts about hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. It was first identified in 1993 in the southwest United States. The symptoms, include fatigue, fever, muscle aches, nausea and diarrhea. Hantavirus cannot be spread from person to person. Around half of those people infected with hantavirus die from the disease.

29-year-old Ryan Havelka died of a rare, but deadly illness in early August. And today, Patty Havelka spoke out about hantavirus. Now the Health Department usually does not hold conferences like this one because of confidentiality. But, Ryan's widow Patty insisted she wanted to get the word out about the illness that took her husbands life. Fighting back tears today, Patty described her husband.... 17:28 We've been married for, well, it would have been six years this last Sunday; and we have three kids, four-and-a-half, 2-and-a-half and one. A lot of his life was just being a good father to the girls. 17:51 Kirby Kruger is the state epidemiologist and says while hantavirus is rareit's important for people to be cautious. 3:44 It's difficult for people to distinguish between the different species of small mammals, small rodents in North Dakota. From our point of view, we encourage people to view and treat every small rodent as a potential carrier of hantavirus. 4:01 Now some background about hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. It was first identified in 1993 in the Four Corners...the Southwest area that shares borders with New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. The symptoms, right there on your screen, include fatigue, fever, muscle aches, nausea and diarrhea. Now hantavirus *cannot* be spread from person to person. Around half of those people infected with hantavirus die.