Body and Health News

Some clinics give a pregnancy hormone to help people lose weight. But patients also have to follow a very strict diet.
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The swine flu pandemic is spurring makers of seasonal flu vaccines to ship them to the U.S. market well ahead of schedule, and supplies are tightening as distributors and others snap up vaccine vials.
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Swiss drugmaker Novartis has begun injecting its swine flu vaccine into people in the company’s first human tests, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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The federal government boosts financial support for suicide prevention centers.
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People who immigrate to the U.S from some countries may have a 40 percent greater chance of getting cancer than if they stayed in their native lands.
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The nation’s schools will be a focal point of efforts to protect against the spread of the swine flu virus this fall. Will schools need to shut down?
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A Connecticut woman who authorities say spent more than $2,000 to stage a dinner honoring her as “Nurse of the Year” has been charged with pretending to be a nurse at a doctor’s office.
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Women in the U.S. are drinking more, and drunken-driving arrests among women are rising rapidly while falling among men.
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The federal Summer Meal Service program is making a summer push to feed millions of children at risk of going hungry.
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A study finds that people with high debt are more likely to be obese.
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