Body and Health News

A former Food and Drug Administration scientist said Tuesday his job was eliminated after he raised concerns about the risks of radiation exposure from high-grade medical scanning.
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Jamie Oliver tried to teach children at an elementary school a new way to eat. They prefer pizza and chicken nuggets.
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Cancer patients who also have diabetes are more likely to die within a month of having tumors removed.
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Will a national requirement for chain restaurants to post calorie counts sound the death knell for bacon cheeseburgers and double chocolate doughnuts?
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A study finds that people who eat a little chocolate each day have less chance of heart problems.
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A former baseball star and his wife open up about life with a song with Asperger’s syndrome.
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Young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Americans.
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Women who were abused as children are more likely to have problems even when they’re happy to be having children, a study says.
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A group of outside experts will scrutinize the World Health Organization’s response to the swine flu outbreak and likely examine whether the global body could have been clearer when it declared a pandemic of what has turned out to be a relatively mild disease, the World Health Organization said Monday.
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Federal health experts say more restrictions are needed to protect teenagers from the cancer risks of tanning beds, including a potential ban for people under 18.
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