Body and Health News

Walking or biking to work, even part way, is linked with fitness, but very few Americans do it, a study finds.
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A fully licensed swine flu vaccine might not be available until the end of the year, a top official at the World Health Organization says.
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A defiant President Barack Obama sought Monday to revive his faltering plan to overhaul health care.
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The way swine flu multiplies in the respiratory system is more severe than ordinary winter flu, a new study in animals finds.
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A medical error claimed the life of a baby born prematurely to a woman who was the first person in Spain to die of swine flu, a hospital official said Monday.
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Japan lifted a ban on organ donations from children, reversing a restriction that created such a dearth of small organs in the country that young patients were forced to seek transplants abroad.
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Lawmakers from both parties are telling the White House they will go on vacation next month and leave behind — and incomplete — President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
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The United States is ready to announce another $1 billion in orders for swine flu vaccinations.
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Some swine flu cases in Michigan are raising questions about obesity’s role in why some people with infections become seriously ill.
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If your glasses are out of style or out of focus, you may wait to replace them because of the cost. But online shopping may be able to save you hundreds of dollars.
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