By Jennifer Warner
A diet that incorporates cholesterol-lowering foods like soy, nuts, and plant sterols may work better at lowering cholesterol levels than a traditional low-fat diet.
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By Robert Preidt
Monthly premiums for individual health insurance average $215 a person in the United States, but vary widely from state to state, a new report says.
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By Robert Preidt
Patients who take antipsychotic medications aren’t being adequately monitored for dangerous health complications, researchers have found.
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By Margaret Steele
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Treasury Department today awarded $185 million to 13 states and the District of Columbia to speed up creation of Affordable Insurance Exchanges — a cornerstone of President Ob
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By HealthDay staff
In a 2-1 decision, a panel of three judges with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday struck down the controversial “individual mandate” rule in the health care reform package.
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By Randy Dotinga
New research finds that men who undergo prostate removal often suffer more from incontinence and impotence than they expected, even when counseled beforehand about possible aftereffects.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
More doctors are performing weight-loss surgery today, and hospitals are touting better survival rates, a new study finds.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Dogs can teach children about responsibility, shower them with love and maybe even help them maintain their reading skills.
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By Robert Preidt
Health problems linked to the World Trade Center attacks may be spurring an increase in retirements for New York City firefighters, a new study suggests.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Standing water is a breeding ground for mosquitoes that can spread serious diseases such as the West Nile virus. Yet many urban families don’t take simple steps such as dumping out standing water to reduce their risks, researchers say.
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By Amanda Gardner
An invisible patch placed on the skin much like a temporary tattoo can pick up and transmit physiological signals such as heart rate, brain waves and muscle activity.
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By Robert Preidt
The HIV infection rate among low-income heterosexuals in 24 American cities with a high prevalence of AIDS is 10 to 20 times greater than in the general U.S. population, a new government report indicates.
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By Margaret Steele
Three months after receiving a full face transplant, a Connecticut woman severely mauled by a friend’s pet chimpanzee in 2009 is showing her new face for the first time.
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By Alan Mozes
An investigation into skin lesions that two people developed after getting tattoos has concluded that both were infected with a bacteria not previously linked to the practice.
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By Robert Preidt
American women born in 1935 had a higher average number of children than those born in 1910 or 1960, according to researchers who analyzed childbearing differences among three generations of women.
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By Steven Reinberg
A potentially groundbreaking drug appears effective against a wide range of viral infections, including the common cold, flu, stomach viruses, polio and dengue fever — at least in mice.
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By Denise Mann
Depressed women may be at greater risk for stroke, new research suggests.
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By Robert Preidt
Symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease may be harder to detect in people over 80, according to a new study that examined the relationship between age-related brain shrinkage and Alzheimer’s-associated memory loss.
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By Robert Preidt
Pregnant women with poorly controlled asthma are at increased risk for pregnancy complications and for having a low-birth weight or premature baby, a new study warns.
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By Steven Reinberg
Some 107 people in 31 states have now been infected with an outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg found in some ground turkey made by Cargill Inc., the latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
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