Body and Health News

Patients with diabetes sometimes lose a limb to complications. But medicine originally meant to lower cholesterol shows promise.
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A chemical in some plastic containers can quickly get into the liquid it holds and then into your body, a study finds.
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The government commits big money to fight a novel strain of influenza that caused fear of a pandemic.
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A 66-year-old woman with terminal cancer has become the first person to die under Washington state’s new assisted suicide law, an advocacy group said Friday.
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Minnesota authorities said Friday they were turning to an international law enforcement agency for help finding a woman and her 13-year-old son on the run from court-ordered cancer treatment for the boy.
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Valley Meats recalls nearly 100,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli.
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Stress over grades. Financial worries. Trouble sleeping. Feeling hopeless.
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A new arrest warrant was issued Thursday as the search continued for the Minnesota mother who fled with her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son to avoid chemotherapy treatments.
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Swine flu forced Christina Huitron to make a choice no mother should ever have to make.
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New test results show that people in their 60s and older have signs of greater immunity to the new swine flu virus.
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