Body and Health News

Worried about missing out on the bright, sweet fruits of summer? Some fall treats will replace them at the grocery store and farmer’s market.
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The Obama administration’s bottom line on a government health insurance option blurred Sunday as White House officials stressed support but stopped short of calling it a must-have part of an overhaul.
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The patient isn’t dead yet.
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A new and unlicensed treatment for swine flu could be used in patients who have Tamiflu-resistant viruses, doctors say.
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A bone marrow transplant may have cured a young man of a disease often thought to have no fix.
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Surgeons in India perform a risky operation to put a heart into a baby’s chest.
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A Minnesota teenager who once fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his chemo treatments.
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U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have taken a consistent line on a health care overhaul: It’s vital, but they cannot support proposals that go too far in covering abortion and not far enough in protecting health workers who don’t want to provide that procedure.
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Signaling it’s time for action, the Senate’s chief negotiator on a health care bill told his colleagues he won’t wait much longer for a Republican compromise.
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Even as liberals urge President Barack Obama to demand bold, far-reaching changes to the nation’s health care system, the White House signaled openness Thursday to compromises that might attract moderate congressional Democrats as well as some Republicans.
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