Body and Health News

Congress sends legislation to President Barack Obama that fundamentally changes the government’s ability to impact the nation’s smoking habit.
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Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis AG said Friday it has produced a first batch of experimental swine flu vaccine, a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a pandemic.
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People who have bariatric surgery seem to put themselves at a greater risk of fractures, especially in their hands and feet.
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The World Health Organization tells its member nations it is declaring a swine flu pandemic — the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.
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A substance found in some plastic bottles and food containers may be particularly bad for women’s hearts.
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President Barack Obama went to America’s heartland Thursday to challenge critics of his proposed health care overhaul, warning that inaction would prove costly and asking: “What’s the alternative?”
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After a minor-seeming birthmark becomes an unsightly tumor, a doctor offers to perform a $10,000 surgery for free on a 15-year-old.
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A researcher thinks that the process that gave people larger brains than chimps also makes it harder for us to fight cancer.
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The Navy says 21 sailors from the USS Iwo Jima came down with swine flu after Fleet Week in New York City.
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The state of Illinois is suing a Chicago suburb accused of drawing drinking water from a contaminated well for decades.
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