Body and Health News

The government is lifting a 70-year-old ban on letting pilots fly while on antidepressants, citing improvements in the drugs and an unforeseen side effect of the restriction: Depressed pilots kept flying but just kept their conditions secret.
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An university event designed to promote sexual education for college students upsets church leaders.
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First Lady Michelle Obama is taking her campaign against childhood obesity to the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.
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New England leads the nation in swine flu vaccinations, while the South has the lowest rates, U.S. health officials said Thursday in the first state-by-state report on turnout.
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Jennifer Renz was pregnant with twins. But when the Ohio mother went into premature labor, only one baby was born. A full week later, she delivered its twin.
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Four members of an assisted suicide group pleaded not guilty Thursday in north Georgia on charges they helped a man with cancer kill himself.
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According to new research, small taxes don’t deter people from eating poorly, but larger levies might.
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Full results of a big study testing Avodart for preventing prostate cancer show a higher risk of heart failure, a surprise finding that could dampen enthusiasm for expanding its use.
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Patients who get CT scans or MRIs may have to spend less time in the hospital.
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When hospitals use instructions on how to treat common situations, fewer patients die, a study finds.
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