Body and Health News

Medicare beneficiaries would receive better drug coverage and a portion of President Barack Obama’s health care legislation would be paid for under an emerging agreement involving the pharmaceutical industry, the White House and key lawmakers.
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Federal authorities are investigating a new national outbreak of a bacteria-triggered illness, this time related to a sweet treat treasured by the heartbroken and children-at-heart — packaged raw cookie dough.
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Walter Cronkite, CBS TV’s legendary news anchor who was known as “The Most Trusted Man in America,” is gravely ill, according to media reports.
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The American Medical Association says more study is needed on how shocking affects criminal suspects.
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Tomoji Tanabe, who was born Sept. 18, 1895, avoided alcohol and didn’t smoke for his 113 years.
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A researcher may be able to tell who will suffer dementia before memory problems start to appear.
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Health care costs are weighing heavily on Americans, with nearly half of those polled in a new survey saying they’re worried about paying for future care.
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Senate Democrats on Wednesday took the first major step toward a sweeping overhaul of the health care system in over a decade, pushing legislation despite strenuous GOP opposition and uncertainty about its provisions and costs.
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Senators pushed ahead Thursday on what were supposed to be the easy parts of sweeping health care legislation — and quickly found out almost nothing about overhauling the system is uncontroversial.
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As a woman experiences her final menstrual periods, her brain can’t pick up new information as well, a study says.
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