Body and Health News

A man accused of killing one of the nation’s few late-term abortion providers can try to build a case that the slaying was voluntary manslaughter because he sincerely believed it was necessary to save unborn babies, a Kansas judge ruled Friday.
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Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers.
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Dieters can’t believe everything they read: The food at many popular chain restaurants and in the freezer section of the supermarket may contain a lot more calories than advertised.
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In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn’t enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using ’60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize “the twist” in the Medicare drug program.
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Extra weight seems to protect babies from getting tuberculosis later in life, a study says.
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A young girl could have permanent damage to her mouth and brain after getting a shock from a USB cable plugged into a laptop computer.
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Swine flu infections continue to drop and only one state — Alabama — was reporting widespread cases last week.
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A California appeals court ruled in favor of octuplets mother Nadya Suleman Friday, denying a call for an independent guardian to monitor her children’s finances.
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Contaminated heroin may have caused an anthrax outbreak among drug addicts in Scotland, killing six people and infecting 12 in total, health officials said Thursday.
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Some think that cell phones could raise the risk of brain cancer. But new research says the radiation may actually help fight Alzheimer’s disease.
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