Body and Health News

Slow down, Senate Democrats told President Barack Obama on Thursday, dashing hopes of rushing his sweeping health care overhaul to a summertime vote and adding to the troubles the plan could face as the year wears on. “That’s OK,” the president replied gamely. “Just keep working.”
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Pleasant fragrances apparently can do more than ease your mind. They also help calm your body.
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A biotech company begins a trial that will implant cells from newborn pigs into human volunteers as an experimental treatment for their diabetes.
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Close contact helps swine flu and other diseases spread. So some Anglican churches change their services so that people no longer share a wine cup.
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Medicare’s prescription drug plan has largely met its main goal of making lifesaving medicines more affordable for seniors, a report finds.
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Hot dogs may be as American as apple pie, but a national cancer-awareness group says they’re hazardous to your health.
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Florida officials have arrested a woman on suspicion of allegedly practicing dentistry in a garage she converted into an office with a drill set and black reclining chair.
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A Florida dentist is being sued for allegedly dropping tools down the throat of an elderly patient — twice.
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Putting drops in your eyes can be uncomfortable and ineffective. Doctors are testing a new way to deliver drugs.
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Six months in office, President Barack Obama sought to rally support for sweeping health care legislation Wednesday night as Congress struggled to find agreement on a historic overhaul. He vowed to reject any measure “primarily funded through taxing middle-class families.”
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