Body and Health News

You know you need to burn more than you eat to lose weight. But how can you tell how much energy you’re using?
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A poor hospital may increase your chances of dying by 71 percent over a top-rated hospital.
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The largest U.S. analysis of hospitalized adult swine flu patients has found almost half were healthy people who did not have asthma or any other chronic illnesses before they got sick.
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A group that supports abortion rights says more women around the world have access to contraception, which means fewer get abortions.
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Police investigate when a woman dies after having seizures during a nonsurgical liposuction procedure.
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A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she’s open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders.
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Declining aid and investment in agriculture caused a steady increase in world hunger for more than a decade before the economic crisis pushed the ranks of the hungry to a record 1 billion, a U.N. food agency said Wednesday.
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A new international convention is needed to prevent trafficking in organs and potentially life-saving tissues and cells, a study finds.
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A woman recovering from encephalitis claims her illness was caused by vaccines.
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Test results of its swine flu vaccine suggest that children under 10 may need two shots to be fully protected, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur said Wednesday.
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