Body and Health News

Chris Henry is saving the lives of others through organ donation.
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There’s no evidence Merck & Co.’s blockbuster cholesterol drug Vytorin causes cancer, federal regulators said Tuesday. They reviewed reams of data after a patient study last year raised suspicions of a link, weakening sales already hurt by questions about the drug’s efficacy.
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A new Harvard poll finds that concern about swine flu has waned along with the number of new cases being reported.
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Experts say a dog in suburban New York is the nation’s first confirmed to be carrying the same strain of swine flu that is infecting humans.
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MRI can help find breast cancer that mammograms miss, but some women don’t want the test when it’s offered.
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The NFL is partnering with Boston University brain researchers who have been critical of the league’s stance on concussions, The Associated Press learned Sunday.
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A woman gets worldwide recognition for having a baby only 10 inches shorter than she is.
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It was the concern of Nebraska’s Republican governor over expanded Medicaid costs in the proposed Senate health care overhaul bill that led to a compromise to cover his state’s estimated $45 million share over a decade, U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson said Sunday.
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Senate Democrats win a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation’s medical system.
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A woman gets worldwide recognition for having a baby only 10 inches shorter than she is.
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