Body and Health News

A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues than youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression era.
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Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers.
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A man accused of killing one of the nation’s few late-term abortion providers can try to build a case that the slaying was voluntary manslaughter because he sincerely believed it was necessary to save unborn babies, a Kansas judge ruled Friday.
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As Congress struggles for final agreement on health care, President Barack Obama is getting a head start on promoting a permanent ban on “the worst practices of the insurance industry” and other changes in the overhaul he’s eager to sign into law.
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A Los Angeles judge has ordered that 60 pounds of pot confiscated by the California Highway Patrol during an arrest be returned to the defendant.
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A California appeals court ruled in favor of octuplets mother Nadya Suleman Friday, denying a call for an independent guardian to monitor her children’s finances.
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Swine flu infections continue to drop and only one state — Alabama — was reporting widespread cases last week.
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A young girl could have permanent damage to her mouth and brain after getting a shock from a USB cable plugged into a laptop computer.
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Extra weight seems to protect babies from getting tuberculosis later in life, a study says.
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In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn’t enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using ’60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize “the twist” in the Medicare drug program.
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