Body and Health News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says talk of 90,000 deaths from swine flu is only in an unlikely worst-case scenario.
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Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago.
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Being surrounded by food at the grocery can make it hard to stay true to your diet plans.
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A hormone associated with aggressive men may affect how some women choose their careers.
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Circumcision, which has helped prevent AIDS among heterosexual men in Africa, doesn’t help protect gay men.
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China has launched a national organ donation system to try to reduce its dependence on body parts harvested from executed prisoners, who make up the majority of donors, state media reported Wednesday.
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Less than half of Hong Kong’s health care workers would be willing to take a vaccination for the H1N1 flu.
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A Rhode Island state trooper responding to a call of a medical emergency on a highway has helped deliver a baby in a pickup truck.
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Overweight or obese people tend to have less brain tissue than those considered to have normal weight, researchers say.
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New thinking in fitness has people working on whole-body movements, rather than just lifting a big weight with one muscle at a time.
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