Body and Health News

More Americans support creation of a new government-run health insurance plan to compete with the private insurance market, a new Associated Press poll finds, but the level of enthusiasm depends on how the question is asked.
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People who smoke cigarettes put themselves at a higher risk of seizures and epilepsy, according to a new study.
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Former Kiss drummer Peter Criss speaks about his recent bout with breast cancer.
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A CT scan — a kind of super X-ray — provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.
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Pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG says a U.S. clinical study suggests that half a dose of its swine flu vaccine may be sufficient to protect people from the virus and could allow many more to be immunized with current supplies.
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When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich.
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For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life’s more stressful experiences. Now, women in their 40s have the added anxiety of trying to figure out if they should even be getting one at all.
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Vaccines are no longer a sleepy, low-profit niche in a booming drug industry. Today, they’re starting to give ailing pharmaceutical makers a shot in the arm.
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Go inside a California school that teaches obese high school and college students how to regain their health and turn their lives around.
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A team of Australian surgeons were working Monday on a delicate and complicated surgery to separate twin sisters who are joined at the top of the head.
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