Health

The 2nd Annual Community Health Fair is coming to the Southgate Mall on Sunday, October 20th from Noon-4pm courtesy of students from the University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy and local pharmacists. It's an absolutely free event to spotlight American Pharmacists Months courtesy of healthcare screening, health tips and helpful advice.

As of October 1, the federal government-run health insurance exchanges will be open to the public. However, Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica Lindeen is advising Montanans to wait a bit before they enroll.

Ravalli County has become the first county in Montana to turn down a Title X Family Planning Grant. When Title X became law in 1970, it was designed to prevent unwanted pregnancies and provide counseling and preventive health services. However, a majority of commissioners in Ravalli today, September 20, decided that the Title X funds weren't worth their vote.

In some states public schools have initiated an annual student weigh-in. The students’ body mass indexes are measured and the reports is sent home letting the parents know if the parents and student should be concerned about the child’s weight.

Advanced Imaging in Missoula has started taking applications for free digital mammography screenings to test for breast cancer.

The challenge? Serve 6,500 meals a day to kids ranging in age from kindergarten through 12th grade, and those meals must that include foods that kids will not only eat, but enjoy eating. It's a challenge Stacy Rossmiller and her staff tackle every weekday throughout the school year.

Today, July 9,, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that Montana would be receiving nearly $1.5 million dollars worth of grant money for enlisting people into the affordable care acts new insurance exchanges.

Berries with Hepatitis A may have been sold in Montana.

A bevy of lawsuits have been filed against Missoula's Partnership Health Clinic and now it appears that Missoula County itself may be involved in the lawsuit.

Dr. Joyce Brothers, the psychologist whose career included a syndicated column, books, stints on television and in film, has died. She was 85.