Body and Health News

Long a fixture among young people, use of the country’s most popular illicit drug is now growing among the AARP set.
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Experts say you shouldn’t focus on your ultimate results when changing your life. Just look for small things you can measure.
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The diabetes drug Avandia caused 83,000 heart attacks between 1999 and 2007, the FDA says.
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President Barack Obama is making a fresh attempt to rescue his health care overhaul.
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A baby girl born on a military-run airliner in Bolivia will be baptized on the plane as well — with the chief of the air force presiding as godfather.
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When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids’ food could be so dangerous.
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Aggressive, early anti-viral therapy might provide a way to derail the spread of AIDS, a battle where a successful vaccine remains elusive.
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First lady Michelle Obama appealed to governors on Saturday for help in reducing child obesity and said they had a moral and financial imperative to act.
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Millions of seniors who signed up for popular private health plans through Medicare are facing sharp premium increases this year — another sign that spiraling costs are a problem even for those with solid insurance.
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When it comes to the placebo effect, it really may be mind over matter, a new analysis suggests.
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