Body and Health News

President Barack Obama is making a fresh attempt to rescue his health care overhaul.
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The diabetes drug Avandia caused 83,000 heart attacks between 1999 and 2007, the FDA says.
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Experts say you shouldn’t focus on your ultimate results when changing your life. Just look for small things you can measure.
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Long a fixture among young people, use of the country’s most popular illicit drug is now growing among the AARP set.
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A new study finds that premiums for Medicare Advantage plans offering medical and prescription drug coverage jumped 14.2 percent on average in 2010, after an increase of only 5.2 percent the previous year.
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People and dolphins can harbor some of the same viruses, which could be a clue in fighting human disease, marine biologists say.
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It took five long months for a Czech woman to discover the reason for her pain: Doctors had left a foot-long medical tool inside her.
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When it comes to the placebo effect, it really may be mind over matter, a new analysis suggests.
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Millions of seniors who signed up for popular private health plans through Medicare are facing sharp premium increases this year — another sign that spiraling costs are a problem even for those with solid insurance.
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First lady Michelle Obama appealed to governors on Saturday for help in reducing child obesity and said they had a moral and financial imperative to act.
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