Eye on Your Health http://www.winknews.com/features/health RSS Feed for WINKTV - Features - Eye on Your Health en-us Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:01:55 GMT Celebrating Life: Cape Coral woman survives life-saving brain surgery http://www.winknews.com/features/health/25768844.html Babara Sasso has a lot to be grateful for this year. Thanks to a talented Fort Myers surgeon and team of doctors, she is alive, despite incredible odds. Hope for South Africa http://www.winknews.com/features/health/25774319.html Researchers in South Africa are investigating whether taking AIDS drugs daily will prevent infections among gay and bisexual men, in the latest effort to combat the epidemic. Plant recalls jalapenos after salmonella found http://www.winknews.com/features/health/25735319.html The McAllen plant where health officials found salmonella on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno is recalling its fresh peppers. Salmonella found in jalapeno http://www.winknews.com/features/health/25734334.html The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found a jalapeno pepper contaminated with a strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 1,200 people, officials said Monday. FDA finds salmonella strain in jalapeno pepper http://www.winknews.com/features/health/25729129.html Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled by a small Texas produce shipper. New details in possible cancer-cure from Sanibel man http://www.winknews.com/features/health/25664174.html Sunday night on "60 Minutes" see the story of a Sanibel man that may have discovered a cure for cancer. FDA declares it's OK to eat tomatoes again http://www.winknews.com/features/health/25575909.html The U.S. government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak - while not over - may finally be slowing. Donating kidney through navel works well http://www.winknews.com/features/health/25576909.html Removing a kidney through a small incision inside the navel reduces the pain, scarring and recovery time that may discourage some donors, the surgeon who pioneered the technique said Thursday. Ronald McDonald gets a make-over http://www.winknews.com/features/health/25521119.html Ronald McDonald is getting a makeover. Local businesses have come together to make sure families staying at the Ronald McDonald House of Southwest Florida have a nice place to call home. Gene variant ups Africa HIV risk http://www.winknews.com/features/health/25512949.html A gene variant that emerged thousands of years ago to protect Africans from malaria may raise their vulnerability to HIV infection but help them live longer once infected, researchers said Wednesday.