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LONDON - Despite six decades of free medical care and widespread health campaigns, Britons are among the unhealthiest people in Western Europe, a new study says.

The largest collection of health research data ever attempted in Canada, and possibly the world, kicked off last week as volunteers reported for duty.

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a vagotomy and antrectomy in 1980. I’m 76 now and for the past few years have been anemic. My doctor gave me five B-12 shots, and I have been taking B-12 pills for the past 18 months. I also needed iron infusions.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can't explain.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can't explain.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can't explain.

WASHINGTON - A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2 1/2 and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.

SEATTLE — Hit the gym or the couch? Save for retirement or spend the whole paycheque? Choose the chips or the rice cakes in the vending machine? Most people are going for the chips, finds David Laibson, a Harvard economist who presented some of his w

Dear Dr. Roach: How is pheochromocytoma diagnosed? What is its effect on blood pressure? M.K. A pheochromocytoma is a rare, noncancerous tumour of the adrenal gland.

TORONTO - New data suggest the afternoon drive home may be riskier than the drive to work in the morning.