Body and Health News

Men with the lowest cholesterol are less likely to get aggressive prostate cancer, studies find.
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Women in developing countries may avoid breast cancer checks because a diagnosis could cost them their families.
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Terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base will soon get swine flu vaccines, despite complaints, a military spokesman says.
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Urging its citizens not to panic, Ukraine on Monday closed the nation’s schools for a week to avoid the spread of swine flu and suggested that nightclubs, cinemas and food markets in the west also shut down.
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There’s not much proof that alternative therapies can cure disease, but some future doctors and nurses are learning about them.
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Halloween often means collecting more candy than you can possibly eat. Dentists offer a good way to get rid of the excess.
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A single dose of the swine flu vaccine works well for almost all pregnant women, but young children will still need two doses for best results, federal health officials say.
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International cancer specialists meet this week to plan an assault on a troubling increase of breast cancer in developing countries.
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Alternative medicine is now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans.
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Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects.
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