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AMA Says It's Time To Call Obesity A Disease

The American Medical Association still has a considerable bully pulpit. And the group's vote Tuesday could give more oomph to efforts to have obesity interventions paid for by insurers and to get the public focused on the problem.
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Bad bug: The bacterium <em>Clostridium difficile</em> kills 14,000 people in the United States each year.

FDA Backs Off On Regulation Of Fecal Transplants

Fecal transplants are being used more often to treat life-threatening bacterial infections. But the Food and Drug Administration worried that the still-experimental procedure put patients at risk. Now it is dropping plans to restrict transplants after doctors and patients complained.
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AMA Says It's Time To Call Obesity A Disease

FDA Backs Off On Regulation Of Fecal Transplants

FDA Backs Off On Regulation Of Fecal Transplants

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