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A Street-Level View: What Health Care Reform Should Do

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(March 18) -- With health care reform approaching its final stages after more than a year of debate and discussion, AOL News asked what people on the street think about it. Find out what they had to ...

A Street-Level View: Will Health Care Reform Help You?

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A Street-Level View: Health Insurance Mandate

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A Street-Level View: If Health Care Reform Fails

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Glow-in-the-Dark Sperm Shed Light on Reproduction

5 hours 25 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 19) -- They're speedy, agile and extremely competitive. Male sperm, that is. That's the conclusion of researchers who were able to watch the contentious battle for fertilization firsthand afte ...

IPhone Chemical Tied to Chinese Factory Illnesses

2 hours 49 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 19) -- A smooth, shiny surface bursting with bright colors -- the screens on the iPhone, iPod Touch and forthcoming iPad beg to be touched, just as Apple Inc. intended. But a chemical used to ...

Clinic Seeks to Help Teens Kick Tech Habit

4 hours 43 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 19) -- Facebook, Twitter and video games provide a harmless diversion for most people. For others, however, they can be an addiction on par with gambling or even substance abuse. In July, Dr. ...

Researcher Warns of Acupuncture Risks

3 hours 58 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 19) -- A new report on the global health risks of acupuncture might make some devotees of those pain-relieving pokes and prods think twice -- or at least take a second look at their practition ...

GOP Is Taking Political Risks in Health Care Fight

19 hours 37 minutes ago |AOL News

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WASHINGTON (March 18) -- As the House moves toward passing sweeping health care reform, the threats from Senate Republicans keep coming. The latest is a promise to force a battle royal in the Senate ...

Amid Growing Salt Storm, Kraft Offers 10 Percent Cut

21 hours 13 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 18) -- Kraft Foods Inc., the country's largest food manufacturer, will cut the salt content of its products by an average of 10 percent within two years, the company announced Wednesday. It's ...

Human Egg Giveaway Sparks Ethical Controversy

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(March 18) -- An American fertility clinic's decision to host a giveaway of eggs for in vitro fertilization treatment has renewed an ongoing international debate over a complicated, and highly person ...

For Better Health, Don't Skimp on Sleep

1 day 8 hours ago |AOL News

(March 18) -- A new federal study of Americans' health habits is packed with all sorts of bad news: We don't exercise enough, we weigh too much and we drink too much. Oh, and by the way, many of us d ...