Body and Health News

A new study by the Water Quality and Health Council found that nearly one in five adults admits to urinating in a swimming pool instead of using the toilet.
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Though the swine flu outbreak fell short of a full-blown international crisis, the incident shows how underprepared the nation’s hospitals are for a real health emergency.
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Walk-in retail clinics can help people without insurance get medical care. But a study says they are hard to find in some areas.
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Children who don’t get a pertussis vaccine are 23 times more likely to get the possibly fatal disease, researchers say.
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Grilling food gives it a special taste — but it can also add dangerous substances to the air and your body. Learn how to go with a greener grill.
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A woman died over the weekend of swine flu, becoming the city’s second victim and the nation’s 11th.
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The government commits big money to fight a novel strain of influenza that caused fear of a pandemic.
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A 66-year-old woman with terminal cancer has become the first person to die under Washington state’s new assisted suicide law, an advocacy group said Friday.
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Minnesota authorities said Friday they were turning to an international law enforcement agency for help finding a woman and her 13-year-old son on the run from court-ordered cancer treatment for the boy.
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The World Health Organization says it will change the rules for declaring a swine flu pandemic, a virus the agency’s chief calls “sneaky” because of its ability to spread quickly from person to person and potentially mutate into a deadlier form.
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