Body and Health News

Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole a decade ago, dies after the disease recurs.
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If you somehow find yourself betting on a brain bowl between seniors in the U.S. and England, you might want to put your money on the Yanks.
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A new Internet data map offers a first-of-its-kind, county-level look at HIV cases in the U.S. and finds the infection rates tend to be highest in the South.
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Scientists are testing whether a prenatal nutrient might offer babies protection from alcohol consumed by mothers-to-be.
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday squared off with the insurance lobby over industry charges that a government health plan he backs would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half-century and overtake the system.
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President Barack Obama left the door open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday, and officials said top lawmakers and the White House were seeking $150 billion in concessions from the nation’s hospitals as they sought support for legislation struggling to emerge in Congress.
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Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs appears to be a step closer to returning to work, as a doctor gave him an “excellent prognosis” after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital.
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A program gives girls $1 a day toward a college education — if they don’t get pregnant.
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Puzzling new research suggests women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects.
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The famous Mediterranean diet may increase longevity, but not all the foods in the program really make a difference, a study says.
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