Body and Health News

People who are classified as overweight are less likely to die over 10 years than people with a normal BMI after age 70, research says.
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A Somali boy who was horribly disfigured months ago by a stray bullet in Somalia’s violent capital has died just days after undergoing reconstructive surgery in neighboring Kenya, his doctors said Thursday.
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President Barack Obama’s health care appeal failed to break the congressional gridlock Thursday, dimming hopes for millions of uninsured Americans. Democrats stared down a political nightmare — getting clobbered for voting last year for ambitious, politically risky bills, yet having nothing to show for it in November.
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First lady Michelle Obama framed her national campaign against childhood obesity in intensely personal terms Thursday, relating that her own daughters were starting to get off-track before the family’s pediatrician gave her a wake-up call and warned her to watch it.
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Eating whatever you want without gaining weight is a dream for many people. One diet claims to offer something like that.
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Cutting down on how much you eat can be the key to losing weight. But you may not have to count calories to shovel in less food.
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A Washington state mother says her son nearly swallowed a staple found in his baby food.
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Giving up on health care overhaul is not an option, the top House Democrat said Wednesday as lawmakers looked to President Barack Obama for guidance in his State of the Union address on how to revive the stalled legislation.
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Wooden toilet seats may be causing a surge in a delicate skin condition that young pediatricians haven’t seen before.
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Global health officials fight allegations that they overhyped the swine flu.
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