Body and Health News

New research says women who have their stomachs stapled may lower their cancer risk by up to 40 percent. But men might not get a benefit.
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When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure.
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A group raises concerns about deaths and serious side effects in girls and women who take a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
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Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has an “excellent prognosis” after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital, a doctor confirmed Tuesday.
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If you get a screening test ordered by your doctor, you may have to make a few calls to find out what the results say.
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Federal authorities are investigating a new national outbreak of a bacteria-triggered illness, this time related to a sweet treat treasured by the heartbroken and children-at-heart — packaged raw cookie dough.
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Medicare beneficiaries would receive better drug coverage and a portion of President Barack Obama’s health care legislation would be paid for under an emerging agreement involving the pharmaceutical industry, the White House and key lawmakers.
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Hailed by President Barack Obama, a multi-billion-dollar promise by drug companies to narrow a Medicare drug coverage gap for seniors is valid only if Congress succeeds in passing a comprehensive health care bill encountering strong opposition from Republicans, an industry spokesman said Monday.
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Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that he’s spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nation’s toughest anti-smoking law, aiming to keep thousands of other teens from getting hooked.
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Researchers say women shouldn’t put too much pressure on themselves to take off weight right after a baby is born.
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