Body and Health News

People with a susceptibility to colon cancer could cut their chances of developing the disease by taking a daily dose of aspirin, researchers say.
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Officials in Omaha, Neb., say plans to hang bras over the city’s busiest street to raise awareness for breast cancer might cause mass distraction and crashes.
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Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection — but younger kids almost certainly will need two.
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U.S. health officials want to have 251 million doses of vaccine for the so-called swine flu.
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The key to fighting some cancers is keeping an eye — and a hand — on your body, doctors say.
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President Barack Obama says requiring people to get health insurance and fining them if they don’t would not amount to a backhanded tax increase.
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A southern Illinois woman dies after being severely burned in a flash fire while undergoing surgery, a rare but vexing problem in operating rooms.
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President Barack Obama is sitting down for interviews with five television networks this afternoon, a highly unusual schedule even for a president who regularly uses the media to get his message across.
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Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts say.
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Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Friday that its obesity drug candidate lorcaserin succeeded in a clinical study, but the drug did not appear to be as effective as other treatments competitors have in development.
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