Body and Health News

Doctors warn of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Wisconsin’s southern Milwaukee County.
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Doctors say that law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age.
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Women who take the pill were less likely to die during a 40-year study.
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Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama’s health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.
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The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.
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A study at a major medical center suggests more heart attacks may have occurred as stock prices crashed at the start of the recession.
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The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix, cautioning that some patients do not respond to the blockbuster blood thinner.
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Blood pressure readings that spike and drop may be more dangerous than those that stay consistently high, researchers say.
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It seems the old cliche may be true.
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Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.
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