By Carol Pearson Washington 30 August 2007 Two-thirds of Americans are overweight and a new study says the rates of obesity continue to rise in the United States. Obesity is also on the rise throughout much of the world. While gastric bypass surgery

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Sara al-Matoura watched her daughter through a window as her daughters chest moved up and down under a tangle of medical wires. The mother from the Syrian city of Homs had not eaten for a day. She was up all night by her one-year-old daughters side a

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PHILLIPS: Forget the questions regarding the law just for a second and just think about the moral issue here. It may make your blood boil. A small baby at risk, her parents worried about her broken heart, but also faced with no way to pay for her lif

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New Drug Makes Surgery Safer For Patients With Stents Heart stents open blocked arteries and restore blood flow. They can also help support weak arteries and keep them open. Stents are implanted during a common procedure called angioplasty. During th

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The American Heart Association reports that the death rate from diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels has dropped by almost 30 percent since the 1990's. Still, heart disease remains a major killer in the United States. It is what claimed the

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HEALTH REPORT – November 13, 2002: Aspirin After Bypass Surgery By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study says the common drug aspirin greatly reduces life-threate

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