Body and Health News

Makers of toys and other children’s products win a reprieve from legislation passed more than a year ago after a holiday season marred by scores of lead-tainted toy recalls.
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Surgeons on Friday successfully removed four sewing needles from the lung and near the heart of a Brazilian toddler, allegedly plunged into him by his stepfather during a monthlong series of bizarre rituals.
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Federal health regulators are warning doctors about 11 recalled lots of an intravenous hypertension drug made by the Medicines Co. that are contaminated with bits of steel.
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A flu shot for the holidays?
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The World Health Organization plans to start shipping swine flu vaccine to Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Mongolia in the next few weeks, flu chief Keiji Fukuda said Thursday.
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Any slacker living over his parents’ garage can make pot brownies. Gourmet chefs are taking the art of cooking with marijuana to a higher level.
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After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states now say everyone can get it, not just people in high-risk groups.
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When visiting with your elderly parents this holiday season, keep this checklist in mind to determine if your parents are no longer able to live on their own.
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A holdout no more, Democratic Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson agrees to provide the 60th and deciding vote for Senate passage of sweeping health care legislation, capping a year of struggle and a final burst of deadline bargaining.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in 110 children is autistic.
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