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The less you sleep, the more likely you are to be overweight, according to a new study. But it’s not clear how the two measures are linked.
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Shortly after learning she is pregnant, a woman finds out she has cancer throughout her body and in her lungs. But she wants her baby to have a chance at life.
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A new study says that despite the movement to lower tar in cigarettes, cancer has increased — but only among U.S. smokers.
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A hospital official says a school assistant principal has become the first New York City death linked to the swine flu virus.
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Like a general whose direct attacks aren’t working, scientists are now trying to outflank the HIV/AIDS virus.
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Swine flu and the possibility of a vaccine topped the agenda Monday as the World Health Organization opened its annual meeting amid concern that the virus continues to spread — and kill — around the globe.
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The swine flu virus continues spreading in New York City — closing more schools and showing up in a jail — while the disease also reached further into Asia among travelers returning from the United States.
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Like a general whose direct attacks aren’t working, scientists are now trying to outflank the HIV/AIDS virus.
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Health experts are looking very closely at the spread of swine flu among people in Spain, Britain and Japan, a WHO official said Sunday as Japan reported a one-day explosion of over 70 new cases, mostly among teenagers.
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A Gallup Poll released Friday found that 51 percent of Americans now call themselves pro-life rather than pro-choice on the issue of abortion, the first time a majority gave that answer in the 15 years that Gallup has asked the question.
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