Health summit sees spirited debate

As lawmakers head into a bipartisan health care summit with President Obama, there doesn’t appear to be much mood for compromise on Capitol Hill.
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Lines drawn ahead of health summit

As lawmakers head into a bipartisan health care summit with President Obama, there doesn’t appear to be much mood for compromise on Capitol Hill.
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How to know if you’re sex addict

Tiger Woods’ confession to affairs has many wondering about the signs of sexual addiction. Empowered Patient tells you what to look for.
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Phones, paper ‘chips’ fight disease

A chemistry professor at Harvard University is trying to shrink a medical laboratory onto a piece of paper that’s the size of a fingerprint and costs about a penny.
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House kills insurance antitrust rule

The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to repeal the antitrust exemption currently granted to health insurance companies.
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Virtual meetups spark real fitness

Everyday people with dreams of being fit connect on Sparkpeople.com, the Facebook of the weight-loss world.
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Cheney released from hospital

Former Vice President Dick Cheney was released Wednesday from a Washington hospital after sufferinging a mild heart attack, a spokesman said.
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Medicine, ‘luck’ help multi-heart attack survivors

A fifth heart attack, such as the one suffered this week by former Vice President Dick Cheney, is not rare because of advances in modern medicine, cardiologists say.
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Cheney had mild heart attack

Former Vice President Dick Cheney was “feeling good” a day after being hospitalized with chest pains, a source who spoke to Cheney said Tuesday.
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H1N1 no longer ‘unknown, evil, dark’

Last spring, the U.S. verged on a full-blown panic over H1N1. “It was another variation of the flu. Yet for our patients, it seemed so different, so unusual, so scary,” one doctor said.
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