Body and Health News

Swine flu infections continue to drop and only one state — Alabama — was reporting widespread cases last week.
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Poison Control centers say they are getting more calls from people sickened by caffeine. What can you do?
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Some think that cell phones could raise the risk of brain cancer. But new research says the radiation may actually help fight Alzheimer’s disease.
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A 14-month-old boy in China is recovering after doctors removed a chopstick from his brain that accidentally poked up through his nose, a spokesman for the local hospital said Thursday.
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Contaminated heroin may have caused an anthrax outbreak among drug addicts in Scotland, killing six people and infecting 12 in total, health officials said Thursday.
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Dieters can’t believe everything they read: The food at many popular chain restaurants and in the freezer section of the supermarket may contain a lot more calories than advertised.
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In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn’t enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using ’60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize “the twist” in the Medicare drug program.
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Extra weight seems to protect babies from getting tuberculosis later in life, a study says.
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Many foods that you think have health benefits may hold hidden dangers for your diet.
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Advocacy groups lobbied President Barack Obama and Congress on Thursday, trying to eliminate what they called a “loophole” in Senate health care legislation they said could allow insurers to raise rates on customers based on their weight or blood sugar levels.
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