Body and Health News

Sometimes the best way to give your all at the office is to stop for a few minutes and get some shuteye.
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When police officer Darryll Dowell is on patrol in the southwestern Idaho city of Nampa, he’ll pull up at a stoplight and usually start casing the vehicle. Nowadays, his eyes will also focus on the driver’s arms, as he tries to search for a plump, bouncy vein.
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Researchers delivered a double dose of good news Sunday in the fight against flu: successful tests of what could become the first new flu medicine in a decade, and the strongest evidence yet that such drugs save lives, not just shorten illness.
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The nation’s first round of swine flu shots could begin sooner than expected.
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President Barack Obama is focusing heavily on overhauling the health care system this week.
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Dangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five public beaches along the coast of Washington, and scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem.
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“Early Show” host Harry Smith takes a sick day from work and tells viewers he thinks he has swine flu.
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Three NFL players say they will give their brains and spinal cords to researchers studying concussions.
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A study says showerheads can harbor tiny bacteria that come spraying into your face when you wash.
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Some of the ingredients in chicken soup really can ease your suffering when you’re under the weather. What other foods lessen your symptoms?
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