Body and Health News

Some people preparing to go into the health field are more likely to smoke than the average person, a study finds.
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A pair of sparkly, peekaboo shoes with heels 2 inches high are favorites of 6-year-old Helena Bell ever since she got them for a wedding.
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For more than a quarter of a century, Linda De Croock lived with constant pain from a car accident that smashed her windpipe.
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Sleeping in on Saturday after a few weeks of too little shuteye may feel refreshing, but it can give a false sense of security.
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Women may think of men as primitive, but new research indicates that the Y chromosome — the thing that makes a man male — is evolving far faster than the rest of the human genetic code.
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Doctors at so-called concierge clinics make patients feel less rushed and more cared for. But it can be expensive.
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President Barack Obama and top Democrats began trying to shape a final health overhaul bill on Wednesday in a White House meeting that underscored their desire to strike a quick deal on the administration’s top domestic priority.
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Raise a glass of diet soda, the nation’s obesity rate seems to have leveled off. But more than two-thirds of adults and almost a third of children are overweight, and there are no signs of improvement.
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Reports of high cadmium content in children’s jewelry imported from China have prompted a senior U.S. senator to press for legislation that would ban the toxic heavy metal as a hazardous substance from those products and toys.
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Mexico — the epicenter of last year’s swine flu outbreak — has received less than half of the 30 million vaccine doses it ordered last year, the country’s health secretary said Tuesday.
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