Body and Health News

A group that supports abortion rights says more women around the world have access to contraception, which means fewer get abortions.
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Police investigate when a woman dies after having seizures during a nonsurgical liposuction procedure.
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A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she’s open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders.
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Declining aid and investment in agriculture caused a steady increase in world hunger for more than a decade before the economic crisis pushed the ranks of the hungry to a record 1 billion, a U.N. food agency said Wednesday.
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A new international convention is needed to prevent trafficking in organs and potentially life-saving tissues and cells, a study finds.
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A woman recovering from encephalitis claims her illness was caused by vaccines.
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Test results of its swine flu vaccine suggest that children under 10 may need two shots to be fully protected, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur said Wednesday.
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A fledgling movement takes the fight against obesity to pudgy preschoolers.
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A husband and wife are both undergoing treatment for breast cancer in a case that illustrates how the disease can strike both sexes.
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Officials say a computer-resetting error caused radiation overdoses for 206 patients who underwent CT scans at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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