Body and Health News

More Americans support creation of a new government-run health insurance plan to compete with the private insurance market, a new Associated Press poll finds, but the level of enthusiasm depends on how the question is asked.
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Go inside a California school that teaches obese high school and college students how to regain their health and turn their lives around.
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Vaccines are no longer a sleepy, low-profit niche in a booming drug industry. Today, they’re starting to give ailing pharmaceutical makers a shot in the arm.
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For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life’s more stressful experiences. Now, women in their 40s have the added anxiety of trying to figure out if they should even be getting one at all.
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When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich.
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Pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG says a U.S. clinical study suggests that half a dose of its swine flu vaccine may be sufficient to protect people from the virus and could allow many more to be immunized with current supplies.
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Nothing was stopping young Tyler Plotkin from having seizures. His parents were left with a difficult and painful decision — doctors were recommending removing half of Tyler’s brain.
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A baby born with 24 digits has his extra toes taken off. But doctors think he could learn to use the extra fingers.
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Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials say.
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A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin — drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.
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