Body and Health News

For the first time, a case of swine flu has proven resistant to Tamiflu — the leading pharmaceutical weapon against the new virus, health officials say
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The Food and Drug Administration said Monday a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant last week has tested positive for E. coli.
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The makers of Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications try to dissuade regulators from placing new restrictions on their popular painkillers.
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If you want tasty meat that won’t beef up your body, which cut should you choose?
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JBS Swift Beef Co. of Greeley, Colo., is voluntarily expanding its beef recall to include about 380,000 pounds of products because of possible E. coli contamination.
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When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure.
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A group raises concerns about deaths and serious side effects in girls and women who take a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
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A program gives girls $1 a day toward a college education — if they don’t get pregnant.
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Nationwide, poison control centers that have been a lifeline for millions of residents could face deep cutbacks or be closed altogether to balance budgets.
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Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole a decade ago, dies after the disease recurs.
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