Body and Health News

President Barack Obama bluntly told doctors Monday he opposes their highest legislative priority — limiting malpractice awards — and got a smattering of boos from an audience he was here to court for his health care overhaul plan.
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X-rays show the tumor in the chest of a 13-year-old boy who resisted treatment has shrunk significantly after two courses of court-ordered chemotherapy, a family spokesman said Monday.
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Officials say a person has died of swine flu at a hospital in Scotland in the first death from the illness reported in Britain.
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President Barack Obama’s push for reforming America’s health care system is stuck in a partisan mess.
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President Barack Obama is seeking to help pay for his health care plan by sharply reducing the government’s medical spending, mainly by trimming payments to prescription drugmakers, hospitals and other care providers.
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New labels on asthma drugs must highlight language about suicidal behavior, depression and anxiety seen in a small number of patients, federal regulators say.
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Nearly 270 employees were fired or suspended for abusing or neglecting residents of large, state-run institutions for the mentally disabled in Texas during the last fiscal year, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.
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No more “light” cigarettes or candy-flavored smokes. Bigger, scarier warning labels. Fewer ads featuring sexy young smokers.
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A common measure of obesity may overestimate how many black people have too much fat on their frames.
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Records show that 269 employees at 13 centers in Texas were fired or suspended last year for abusing or mistreating disabled residents.
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