Body and Health News

A hospital in Spain says it has carried out the world’s first full-face transplant, giving a man a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features after he lost his face in an accident.
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Some people think that smoking cigarettes helps them stay thin. A new indicates that might not be the case.
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Psilocybin has been shown to invoke powerful mental experiences, now it’s being used in a study on how to treat anxiety in cancer patients.
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Spring should be a busy time for tanning salons. But health worries and higher costs may be keeping people away.
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President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law is getting a mixed verdict in the first comprehensive look by neutral experts: More Americans will be covered, but costs are also going up.
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The Vatican will finance new research into the potential use of adult stem cells in the treatment of intestinal and possibly other diseases, officials announced Friday.
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A mother claims her daughter started suffering from severe seizures and brain damage after getting the HPV vaccine.
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Giving a dog bones from your meal — even large bones — can cause severe intestinal damage and death, the government says.
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Politicians long ago discovered the uses of Facebook. East Haven Mayor April Capone Almon found something else there: a constituent who needed her kidney.
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Climate change poses a growing threat to health, from heart disease to heatstroke and from illness carried by water to bug-borne sickness.
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