Body and Health News

Facing a public still wary of his massive health care overhaul, President Barack Obama urged Americans not to judge the nearly $1 trillion legislation he signed into law last week until the reforms take hold.
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Patients who get CT scans or MRIs may have to spend less time in the hospital.
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Full results of a big study testing Avodart for preventing prostate cancer show a higher risk of heart failure, a surprise finding that could dampen enthusiasm for expanding its use.
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Four members of an assisted suicide group pleaded not guilty Thursday in north Georgia on charges they helped a man with cancer kill himself.
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Jennifer Renz was pregnant with twins. But when the Ohio mother went into premature labor, only one baby was born. A full week later, she delivered its twin.
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New England leads the nation in swine flu vaccinations, while the South has the lowest rates, U.S. health officials said Thursday in the first state-by-state report on turnout.
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According to new research, small taxes don’t deter people from eating poorly, but larger levies might.
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After battling President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats over the health care overhaul, the insurance industry says it won’t block the administration’s efforts to fix a potentially embarrassing glitch in the new law.
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President Barack Obama has signed a law that finalizes his health care overhaul and makes the government the issuer of all federal college loans.
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Five years after the court fight over allowing Terri Schiavo to die, most Americans still don’t draft the legal documents that spell out how far caregivers should go to keep them alive artificially.
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