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Eat Your Way To A Flat Belly

Belly fat plagues millions of men and women, but some say you can minimize your middle by eating certain foods.

2012/07/05

Malcolm Alleyne and Sonia McClean (credit: CBS 2)

Malcolm Alleyne, Married While In Hospice Care Two Weeks Ago, Passes Away

The native of Barbados, who’d never been married, told CBS 2′s Dana Tyler his wedding day was unbelievable.

2012/06/29

Seen At 11: Spinning Out Of Control With Vertigo

At least once in each our lives we’ve all felt as though the room was spinning around us. Well, imagine feeling like that all the time. It happens to millions of people each year. They are suddenly and unexpectedly hit with vertigo, an old condition making a big comeback.

2012/06/28

Hot dogs (Tyler Barrick/Getty Images Sport)

Lawsuit Claims Hebrew National’s Hot Dogs, Other Meats Not Kosher

ConAgra Foods Inc. says a lawsuit that claims its products aren’t really kosher is without merit. The suit claims that ConAgra, based in Omaha, Neb., charges premium prices for Hebrew National meats, which it says aren’t really 100 percent kosher.

2012/06/20

In Sickness And In Health: MJHS Hospice Makes Magical Wedding Day For Bronx Couple

A Bronx couple’s dream comes true with a very unusual wedding made possible by the extraordinary efforts of others.

2012/06/13

9-Year-Old Bullied Over Ears Gets Corrective Surgery In NYC

He’s a blue-eyed, blond 9-year-old from a small town in Idaho. Normal in every way except for his ears and that has made Trenton Vance a target for bullies.

2012/06/13

Burger King To Lure Customers With BBQ Sandwiches, Bacon Ice Cream Sundae

Burger King wants to lure customers this summer with a barbecue party — and a bacon sundae.

2012/06/12

‘Stay Alive’ CPR Events Take Place Across New York City

A series of events are taking place in the city this week to kick off the American Heart Association’s multi-city CPR awareness and education tour.

2012/06/04

Mike Cohen shakes hands with Dr. Steve Allen outside Monter Cancer Center (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

Cancer Survivor Bikes Cross-Country To Thank Long Island Doctor For Saving His Life

Cancer survivor Mike Cohen rode his bike more than 3,000 miles from California to Long Island to thank the oncologist he credits with saving his life.

2012/05/18

Grumer with son Aram. (credit: Time.com)

Provocative TIME Magazine Cover Shows Mother Breastfeeding 3-Year-Old Son

Here’s one magazine cover that will surely get your attention.

2012/05/10

Patricia Krentcil, accused of taking her young daughter into a tanning booth, appears in court on May 2, 2012. (credit: CBS 2)

Officials Terminate Probation For Nutley ‘Tanning Mom’ Patricia Krentcil

The New Jersey mom accused of taking her 6-year-old daughter into a tanning booth is no longer on probation, according to court officials.

2012/05/04

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2012/03/30

Check Out The CBS HealthWatch Colorectal Webcast

Watch Dr. Travis Stork from The Doctors and a panel of renowned medical experts discuss colorectal cancer and digestive health.

2012/03/29

Visit CBS New York’s Your Home

Visit CBS New York’s Your Home for great advice on how to keep your home clean, green and healthy.

2012/03/20

Pizza Slice: (Photo: Jesse Zanger/melikeeat.com)

Was It The Pizza? Students From Same Classroom At P.S. 115 In Canarsie Get Ill, Vomit

Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg, issued the following statement late Friday afternoon: “Five hundred students were served lunch – all the students who got sick came from the same classroom.”

2011/12/16