Body and Health News

According to new research, small taxes don’t deter people from eating poorly, but larger levies might.
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What you eat in the morning could tell your body which nutrients to burn through the day.
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So a scientist walks into a shopping mall to watch people laugh.
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Seniors aren’t celebrating President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
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Facing a public still wary of his massive health care overhaul, President Barack Obama urged Americans not to judge the nearly $1 trillion legislation he signed into law last week until the reforms take hold.
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Patients who get CT scans or MRIs may have to spend less time in the hospital.
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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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After battling President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats over the health care overhaul, the insurance industry says it won’t block the administration’s efforts to fix a potentially embarrassing glitch in the new law.
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President Barack Obama has signed a law that finalizes his health care overhaul and makes the government the issuer of all federal college loans.
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Five years after the court fight over allowing Terri Schiavo to die, most Americans still don’t draft the legal documents that spell out how far caregivers should go to keep them alive artificially.
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