Body and Health News

A new business may have a heart defibrillator, dialysis machine and CPR classes, but it’s not a hospital or a clinic. It’s a sports grill.
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A researcher says that since the month in which you are born affects when you start school, it could help determine if you will be a sports star.
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Cancer causes about 1 in 8 deaths worldwide, the WHO says, but nearly half of those could be avoided with better habits.
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Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them — findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people.
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Federal and state programs will pay slightly more than half the tab for health care purchased in the United States by 2012, says a report by Medicare number crunchers.
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Acupuncture lessens the symptoms of depression in pregnant women better than placebo treatments, a study says.
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Going to the gym can make your muscles bigger and stronger. But improving your heart may be the most important workout.
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Even if you don’t have time to go to the gym, you can do a few things to help your body.
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An Oregon couple who practice faith healing are convicted of criminally negligent homicide for not seeking medical help for their 16-year-old son, who died of a urinary tract infection.
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Cancer causes about 1 in 8 deaths worldwide, the WHO says, but nearly half of those could be avoided with better habits.
By fox5vegas.com