Body and Health News

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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The first detailed study of U.S. children killed by swine flu found the outbreak differs from ordinary flu in at least one puzzling respect: It appears to be taking a higher toll on school-age youngsters than on babies and toddlers.
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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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Aspirin helps prevent clots in your blood, which can ward off strokes and heart attacks. But it’s not safe for everyone.
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Experts are concerned about the impact the swine flu epidemic will have on people with heart disease.
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