Body and Health News

Adult survivors of childhood cancer who most need mammograms and other tests to watch for second cancers are less likely to follow screening recommendations than the general public or even their healthy siblings, a new study finds.
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A woman who defied the medical odds against living long enough to see her baby born loses her battle with cancer.
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A maker of contact lenses and cleaning solutions will give at least $250 million who sued over a massive product recall.
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A new, Ebola-like virus has infected at least five people in Africa, killing four of them, a report says.
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Women who use oral contraceptives may have a harder time putting on muscle when they work out.
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New research finds that people who had radiation treatments for cancer as children are less likely than the general public or even their healthy siblings to get recommended screening tests.
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When people think of easy macaroni and cheese, they think of Kraft’s blue box. Does it still deserve to be on everyone’s mind?
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There’s more troubling news about hormone therapy for menopause symptoms: Lung cancer seems more likely to prove fatal in women who are taking estrogen-progestin pills, a study suggests.
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Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use a certain combo of drugs, researchers say.
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Cigarette packages should include images of sickness and suffering caused by tobacco, along with written warnings, the World Health Organization says.
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