Body and Health News

Churches are sanitizing more to help stop the spread of the H1N1 virus.
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This year, more employers may include a new type of plan that can chop premium payments by nearly 20 percent and give consumers a tax break.
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A top U.S. health official says the risks from not getting the swine flu vaccine are greater than any potential risks associated with the vaccine.
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Sixty years is how long Democrats say they’ve been pushing for legislation that provides health care access for all Americans. They’ll have to wait another three if President Barack Obama gets a bill to sign this year.
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Health officials said Friday that 76 U.S. children have died of swine flu, including 19 new reports in the past week — more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous for the young.
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U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years.
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Heart patients in the Philippines are given heart implants that were taken from dead patients in the U.S.
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One quarter of Americans sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care and 7 percent of them died, the first such study of the early months of the global epidemic suggests. That’s a little higher than with ordinary seasonal flu, several experts said.
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A new company claims its computers can figure out your allergy triggers, then cure them with a laser. Does it work?
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A hospital reviews its policy on service animals after forcing out a dog that alerts a boys parents when he is about to have a seizure.
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