Body and Health News

Nearly half of all births in China are delivered by cesarean section, the world’s highest rate, according to a survey by the World Health Organization — a shift toward modernization that isn’t necessarily a good thing.
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New Jersey could soon become the 14th state to allow people with chronic conditions to smoke pot legally.
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An author says that going 30 days without sex will help some people fix their relationships.
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First there was too little swine flu vaccine. Now could there be way too much?
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For a pizza joint, it’s a bold move to tell customers your crust tasted like cardboard and your sauce was like ketchup.
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Do your healthy habits go out the window the minute you get on an airplane or take a road trip? Use these tips to fight back.
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A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues than youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression era.
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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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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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As Congress struggles for final agreement on health care, President Barack Obama is getting a head start on promoting a permanent ban on “the worst practices of the insurance industry” and other changes in the overhaul he’s eager to sign into law.
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