Body and Health News

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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The typical family would be spared higher taxes from the House Democratic plan to overhaul health care, and their low-income neighbors could come out ahead.
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Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, federal health officials said Monday.
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A new treatment for swine flu may already be on pharmacy shelves — cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor.
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A fight broke out Thursday at a Reno, Nev., clinic giving shots for swine flu when someone reportedly tried to cut in line.
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The House health care overhaul bill would impose new taxes, fees and government mandates on major players in the health industry.
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It was bound to happen: Some people who aren’t at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.
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Uninsured children are 60 percent more likely to die in a hospital, a study says.
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A TV station takes a close and unobscured look at how women should examine their breasts.
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A single dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunize adults and children over 10, the World Health Organization says.
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