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Vital Signs: Dick Cheney's New Heart; Medical Marijuana Smokers
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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Vital Signs: Serving Pink Slime at School Lunch; Teenage Smokers
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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Vital Signs: Intravenous Drugs and HIV Risk; Kids With Sleep Apnea
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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Vital Signs: The First Quadruple Limb Transplant; Shortest Person
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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Vital Signs: Refusing Patients Who Won't Vaccinate; a Healthier Candy
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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Vital Signs: Alzheimer's Research; the World's Oldest Living Twins
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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Komen VP Karen Handel Quits Over Planned Parenthood Dispute
The one-time gubernatorial candidate from Georgia who ran on a pro-life platform admitted she wanted funding cut to the network of clinics.
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Vital Signs: Egg Recall; Overweight Pets; the Health of Football Players
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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It Could Just Be Stress: The Teens of LeRoy and Conversion Disorder
More than a dozen girls in this tiny New York town have started displaying Tourette's-like symptoms, but nobody seems to know why.
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Planned Parenthood and Susan G. Komen Executives Speak Out
Hoping to control the conversation surrounding Komen's decision to defund the clinics, the top execs from both groups took to the airwaves.
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On That Spooky New York Leper Colony Everyone Is Talking About
You've probably seen it on a trip to New York, but you didn't know that North Brother Island was once home to an infectious disease clinic.
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Who Is Behind Susan G. Komen's Split From Planned Parenthood?
The mysterious decision by the leading breast-cancer charity to stop funding the country's most prominent reproductive-health provider.
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Vital Signs: The Chicken Nugget Diet; Oral HPV; a Choking Game
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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'Stylish Stouts' in 1919: The Year Plus-Size Models Were Adored
In a 93-year-old Atlantic article, the author tells us that "all the beauty-parlor pummeling ... is obsolete, for obesity has come into its own."
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PepsiCo Mexico's President on His Company's Core Growth Market
As the leader of PepsiCo Mexico's food brands (Sabritas, Gamesa-Quaker, and Sonric's), Pedro Padierna wields considerable power.
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Vital Signs: Bird Flu; Obesity Rates; Sudden Deaths Blamed on Sex
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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Vital Signs: The Man With 2 Hearts; Painkiller Addictions; Eating Bacon
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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Vital Signs: Worldwide Drug Use; a 200-lb Tumor; Permanent Erection
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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What Health Care Looked Like: The Challenges of a Rural Physician
Previously unpublished photos shot by LIFE magazine's W. Eugene Smith after shadowing a general practitioner for more than three weeks.
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Vital Signs: Smokers Need Not Apply; Breastfeeding Nurse-Ins
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.