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Climate Change Policies Will Improve Health, Say Doctors

Senior doctors and health professionals from around the world say major health improvements would result if world leaders tackle climate change. They've formed the International Climate and Health Council to present their case for going green.

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Skin Patch to Treat Peanut Allergies Will Benefit Children

By giving kids low doses of peanut protein through a skin patch, this treatment showed great clinical benefit for treating allergies, with few side effects.

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Focusing on the Pleasure of Eating Makes People Choose Smaller Portions

This tasty study shows the promising – and slightly unusual – technique of visualizing the joy of food can curb overeating habits

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Identifying Children by Thumbprints Could Save Their Lives in the Future

Thousands of children are born each year without documentation – but now it's been proven that a child's thumbprint can track their medical data forever.

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After Marrying On Her 'Deathbed,' This Bride Made a Miraculous Recovery After Quitting 1 Food

Cystic fibrosis almost claimed this young woman's life, but a health tip from her wedding photographer ended up saving her life.

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Grandfather Donates Kidney, Sparks Idea for Voucher Program That is Spreading Life

Gift certificate, layaway plan or voucher. Call it what you want, but an innovative organ donation program has started to spread across the United States.

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Mom Made it her Mission to Go to Hospitals to Cook Healthy Food for Kids With Cancer

This mom cooks nutritious food for hospitalized kids with cancer when they are least likely to care about eating at all, much less choosing foods that heal.

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These "Bad" Habits May Have Surprising Health Benefits for Kids

It turns out some habits parents try to break in their kids are actually good for their health, says to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.