Body and Health News

House Democrats are at an impasse over whether their remake of the nation’s health care system would effectively allow federal funding of abortion.
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Democratic leaders in Congress pressed their rank-and-file to allow the government to sell health insurance in competition with private industry as they struggled to pull together a comprehensive health care bill that meets President Barack Obama’s goals.
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New research suggests that something in an obese woman’s womb can program her fetus toward becoming a fat child and adult.
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New York state health officials have suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers to get vaccinated against the swine flu.
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A study finds that male monkeys exposed to cocaine before birth have more trouble controlling themselves even in middle age.
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Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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More Americans have been vaccinated against seasonal flu this fall than ever before by this time of year, federal health officials said Friday.
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The nation’s medical costs will keep spiraling upward even faster than they are now under Democratic legislation pending in the House, a report from government economic experts concludes.
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The FDA says that some laser surgery centers don’t do enough to keep track of patients’ problems.
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People who hang on at work until they get close to retirement often start to see their stress decline.
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