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A central issue in the heated debate over health care overhaul rests on an intriguing and puzzling finding by researchers: spending more for care doesn't produce better care. Full story
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Growing up Junior is a mixed blessing
Sharing a name can make fathers, sons closer — but it can also get confusing. Full story | Photos: Daddy look-alikes
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Health care effort stumbles at starting line
President Barack Obama's ambitious effort to remake the nation's health care system was always going to be a marathon. Now the runners seem to have stumbled at the starting line.
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For best anti-cancer boost, cook carrots whole
The anti-cancer properties of carrots are enhanced 25 percent if they are cooked whole rather than chopped up beforehand, a study has found.
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Ow! Beware of bikini wax mishaps
Be careful — a Brazilian bikini wax can go from sexy beauty habit to scary sickness faster than you can say 'yowza!'
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More dads working long hours, study confirms
BlackBerry in hand and baby in tow, dads don't have much down time these days. Now, a study reveals many Danish men are clocking up to 40 hours of overtime at work each week.
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Junior status: Sharing dad’s name a mixed bag
For dads who name their sons after themselves, it can be a badge of honor. But the American Junior — not to mention IIIs, IVs and Vs — is something of a dying breed.
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Sick or sexy? When he's ‘Daddy’ in the bedroom
New parenthood can put a damper on even the most blazing sex lives. But some couples have found a way to spice it up with a little “Mommy” and “Daddy” name-calling.
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Blogger apologizes for her hoax about sick fetus
An Illinois woman wove a tale for two months about being an unmarried mother who chose to carry her terminally ill child to term, but posted an apology after the hoax was discovered.
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Couple pleads guilty in toxic pet food case
A Las Vegas-based company and its owners have pleaded guilty to distributing a tainted ingredient used to make pet food that killed potentially thousands of animals.
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Tired tootsies? YogaToes ease foot pain
Does It Work: We test a gelatinous gizmo that's designed to soothe aching feet.
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Group disputes One A Day vitamin claims
A consumer advocacy group says it will sue Bayer Healthcare if it continues to claim its One A Day vitamins for men reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
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Ignored cholesterol blamed for heart attacks
Danish researchers said they have found the strongest evidence yet that an often ignored form of cholesterol can cause heart attacks.
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'Something different' happening with new flu
The new strain of H1N1 flu is causing "something different" to happen in the United States this year — perhaps an extended year-round flu season that disproportionately hits young people, health officials said.
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