Recommendations pit medical culture against science

The science of medicine bumped up last week against the foundations of American medical consumerism: that more is better, that saving a life is worth any sacrifice,...
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Weighing a fitness mandate

A college singles out overweight students with a health and exercise course requirement.
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Southern counties most obese

The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
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Firm seeks OK for stem cell clinical trial

Patients with a rare eye disease could be the first to be treated with human embryonic stem cells.
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New guidelines for pap smears

First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.
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Giving up smoking tough for poor

Low-income people want to quit smoking more but have less success doing so, a University of Nebraska Medical Center professor said Thursday.
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