ATLANTA – Toddler obesity shrank sharply in the past decade, a new study suggests. While promising, it’s not proof that…
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Just a cold? 5 signs you should see a doctor
Recent health scares are sending Americans to their doctors in droves. But how do you know when it’s just a…
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Obesity, inactivity on the rise, suggests report of healthiest US states
Hawaii is the healthiest state and Americans overall are more obese and less active, reveal new findings from the annual…
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Experimental Ebola vaccine protects monkeys for 10 months
NEW YORK – An experimental Ebola vaccine similar to one being developed by GlaxoSmithKline is effective for at least five…
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FDA clears wider use of rapid test for influenza
As the United States grapples with a flu season that has killed 21 people so far, the Food and Drug…
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Where will calorie labels appear? Not just menus
Diners could soon see calorie counts on the menus of chain restaurants. But will they be able to get that…
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Atlanta woman embraces competitive swimming at 97
At Atlanta’s Washington Park Pool, Anne Dunivin slowly and gingerly makes her way into the water. She says, “My girls…
Read MoreHIV pandemic’s roots traced back to 1920s Kinshasa
Bustling transport networks, migrant labor and changes to the sex trade in early 20th-century Congo created a “perfect storm” that…
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Doctors remove 50 maggots from man’s nose
Surgeons prevented 50 maggots from burrowing into an Indian man’s face by extricating the flesh-eating creatures from deep inside his…
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Stress eating linked to 11-pound weight gain a year, study shows
Stress eating tends to be associated with reaching for high-fat comfort foods that everybody knows are unhealthy. But it’s not…
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