Body and Health News

A former baseball star and his wife open up about life with a song with Asperger’s syndrome.
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A group of outside experts will scrutinize the World Health Organization’s response to the swine flu outbreak and likely examine whether the global body could have been clearer when it declared a pandemic of what has turned out to be a relatively mild disease, the World Health Organization said Monday.
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Better beat the crowd and find a doctor.
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For some women, having a breast removed once they have been diagnosed with cancer doesn’t always mean they’ll live longer, a new study says.
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Getting drunk the night before a test might not be all that bad for a college students’ grades, research suggests.
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Federal health experts say more restrictions are needed to protect teenagers from the cancer risks of tanning beds, including a potential ban for people under 18.
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Congressional Democrats sent the final piece of landmark health care legislation to President Barack Obama on Friday before heading home to face a skeptical — and sometimes threatening — public.
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Up to a third of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be avoided if women ate less and exercised more, researchers at a conference said Thursday, renewing a sensitive debate about how lifestyle factors affect the disease.
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A new study confirms that Hispanic women generally breast-feed more than white and black women do. But it finds surprising regional differences in U.S. breast-feeding rates.
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From coffee in the morning to soda in the afternoon and energy drinks before workouts, some people are addicted to caffeine. But how much is too much? Calculate how much caffeine you consume each day.
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