Body and Health News

When the swine flu vaccine becomes available, nations could find that their contracts with pharmaceutical companies are easily broken.
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A survey shows that people think swine flu will make a big comeback, and it could cost them money.
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Nearly 36 percent of black Americans are obese — much more than other major racial or ethnic groups — and that gap exists in most states, a new federal study finds.
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Japan lifted a ban on organ donations from children, reversing a restriction that created such a dearth of small organs in the country that young patients were forced to seek transplants abroad.
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A fully licensed swine flu vaccine might not be available until the end of the year, a top official at the World Health Organization says.
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Walking or biking to work, even part way, is linked with fitness, but very few Americans do it, a study finds.
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Slips in tubs and showers send about 120 children a day to the emergency room, many with injuries to their faces.
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Democrats on roll out a far-reaching $1.5 trillion plan.
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The online journal gave a chatty account of a problem-free face lift. “You will never regret it,” the patient wrote.
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A Spanish woman believed to have become the world’s oldest new mother when she gave birth at age 66 dies, leaving behind twin toddlers.
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