Body and Health News

The death rates rise for things such as falls and poisonings.
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Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday the Obama administration is fiercely determined to get a health care overhaul, although he conceded it likely won’t happen without “an awful lot of screaming and hollering.”
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Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world’s largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.
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Put swine flu in a room with other strains of influenza and it doesn’t mix into a new superbug — it takes over, researchers reported Tuesday.
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Experts are concerned about the impact the swine flu epidemic will have on people with heart disease.
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America has some of the industrial world’s worst rates of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty, even though it spends more per child than better-performing countries such as Switzerland, Japan and the Netherlands, a new survey indicates.
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Getting into a school routine can literally cause pain for some children. When do they need to see a doctor?
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Where people could mean drastic things for their waistlines, according to a new study.
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday people should prepare as best they can for swine flu.
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Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, will pay a record $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription drug promotions.
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