Body and Health News

A Gallup Poll released Friday found that 51 percent of Americans now call themselves pro-life rather than pro-choice on the issue of abortion, the first time a majority gave that answer in the 15 years that Gallup has asked the question.
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U.S. health officials are seeing a surprising rise in the number of cases of ordinary, seasonal flu at a time when the flu season typically peters out.
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A Minnesota judge is expected to decide whether a family can refuse chemotherapy for a 13-year-boy’s cancer and treat him with natural medicine.
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Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline says it has received orders from several countries to stockpile pandemic vaccine.
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Doctors are allowed to prescribe drugs to treat conditions other than what they were meant to treat. Sometimes, they do it for breast cancer patients.
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President Barack Obama on Friday appointed Dr. Thomas Frieden as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, turning to a health commissioner who led the campaign to ban smoking and trans-fats from New York City restaurants.
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A genetic test may help predict which colon cancer patients are at higher or lower risk of having their cancer return after surgery, doctors report.
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Some athletes chug down Gatorade, Powerade or another sports drink after a workout, but a bowl of cereal could help their bodies more, a study says.
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Some athletes chug down Gatorade, Powerade or another sports drink after a workout, but a bowl of cereal could help their bodies more, a study says.
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Diuretics work better to fight hypertension than newer, more expensive drugs, the authors of a study say.
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