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Cancer rates falling

Death rates from cancer continue to fall in the United States, dropping more than 2 percent per year from 2002 through 2004, cancer experts reported.

BMI: "Freaking out about nothing"

Body mass index, a measurement of weight relative to height, is leading some people to panic unnecessarily over labels like "overweight", a researcher says.

Health care election

In New Hampshire, the state that helps kick off the 2008 White House race, aging voters are among those who say one issue towers above others: health care.

Sunny side of the brain

Another reason to kick up those heels. Researchers in New York have pinpointed where optimistic thoughts are generated in the brain.

Hard-knock plastic

The plastic is clear, but its effects are anything but. A chemical found in hard plastics used for water bottles may pose a health risk to your family.

Screening for autism

All U.S. children should be formally screened for autism twice by the age of 2, the nation's top pediatrician group is recommending.

Brain scans muddy legal waters

Cutting-edge brain-imaging technology can show how mental illness causes people to act the way they do, with huge implications for the U.S. legal system.

Cancer doesn't "just happen"

Many Americans are unaware of what really causes cancer, including what they eat and how fast they grow, a study has found.

Support key for cancer survival

Having someone to drive you to cancer treatments or make sure you are eating may be even more important than tumor size in surviving cancer, researchers say.

Don't stop taking vitamin D

With the shortage of natural light that winter brings, many North Americans find themselves short of vitamin D, a potential cancer fighter.