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First lady: Childhood obesity fight is about fitness, not looks

Michelle Obama says her call for the country to fight childhood obesity isn't about physical appearances, but rather quality of life.

Murtha's gallbladder procedure rarely deadly

Taking out a patient's gallbladder is routine. At least 500,000 such surgeries are done each year in the United States. It takes an hour or two, and the patient can go home that day or the next.

Part 2: How do you tell bipolar disorder, schizophrenia apart?

Are the psychoses of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia very similar? How do you tell psychotic bipolar disorder apart from schizophrenia with mood disorder? How similar are the two diseases considering that the same medicines (anti-psychotics) are beneficial to both?

Fact Check: The cost of obesity

The White House on Tuesday unveiled its campaign to fight childhood obesity. First lady Michelle Obama is spearheading the effort.

Michelle Obama's war on childhood obesity

The convenience store near my house is where I first became aware of the problem.

Study: 'Electronic cigarettes' don't deliver

"Electronic cigarettes" that vaporize nicotine juice to inhale instead of smoke from burning tobacco do not deliver as promised, according to research at Virginia Commonwealth University.

More than 1,000 get mumps in New York, New Jersey since August

More than 1,000 people in New Jersey and New York, many of them adolescent Orthodox Jews, have been sickened with mumps since August, health authorities said Monday.

How to fight childhood obesity in 3 steps

Worried about your child's weight? You can do more than just nag him or her about eating too much junk food. Implementing three healthy family habits--eating dinner together, making sure they get enough sleep, and limiting TV--may help.

Older mothers' kids have higher autism risk, study finds

A 10-year study examining 4.9 million births in the 1990s has found more evidence that there's a link between autism and the mother's age at conception.

China seizes tainted milk less than 2 years after scandal

Chinese authorities have seized 72 tons of milk powder tainted with melamine and are trying to track down an additional 100 tons, less than two years after contaminated milk killed babies and sickened people across China.

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