Body and Health News

The World Health Organization approves a cervical cancer vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline.
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A baby boy comes into the world on a rare, twice-a-century alignment — 12:34:56 on 07/08/09.
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The nation’s hospitals will give up $155 billion in future Medicare and Medicaid payments to help defray the cost of President Barack Obama’s health care plan, a concession the White House hopes will boost an overhaul effort that’s hit a roadblock in Congress.
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Should women use free weights? Are cardio workouts beneficial? Fitness experts break down common misconceptions women have about working out, and advise on what you should be doing instead.
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Vice President Joe Biden announces a White House deal with hospitals to help pay for President Barack Obama’s overhaul of health care.
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U.S. health officials are stepping up testing of swine flu cases for Tamiflu resistance, now that an American has come down with a resistant strain.
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British scientists claim to have created human sperm from stem cells but other experts questioned their data.
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Sleepless people sometimes use the Internet to get through the night. Now a small study shows promising results for insomniacs with nine weeks of Internet-based therapy.
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The government issued final rules Monday expanding taxpayer-funded research using embryonic stem cells, easing scientists’ fears that some of the oldest batches might not qualify and promising a master list of all that do.
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It might take Californians a puff or two to get their heads around an apparent contradiction recently enshrined in state law.
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