Body and Health News

As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network.
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Thirteen desperately ill people got needed kidneys in a marathon six days of surgery in a record-setting kidney swap.
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In a victory for people with cancer and other serious medical problems, the White House agreed Friday to help close a loophole in the Senate health care bill allowing annual dollar limits on their care.
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You’ve probably heard about free radicals that lead to aging and some diseases. But what can you do about them?
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Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported Friday.
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Health officials say winter flu is just starting to show up in the U.S. while swine flu infections continue to wane.
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A crucial part of the nation’s rapid-reponse plan — the ability to trace food through the supply chain during an illness outbreak or bioterrorism attack — is seriously flawed, an independent watchdog agency has found.
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Patient advocates say a loophole in the Senate health care bill that would let insurers place annual dollar limits on medical care is unacceptable.
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New results from a landmark women’s health study raise the exciting possibility that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel may help prevent breast cancer.
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Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday.
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