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Build-it-yourself playground helps kids imagine

He's designed everything from upscale hotels and restaurants to the sets for Broadway plays and the Academy Awards ceremony.

For teens, too little sleep may equal too many sn

All those late nights spent trolling Facebook, texting friends, and cramming for tests may be taking a toll on teenagers' diets, a new study suggests.

West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece

West Nile Virus has killed 14 people in northern Greece and sickened 142, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

She drops 100 pounds, gains new world

I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads.

In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail

The health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them.

Flu 2010: 5 things you should know

Ohio State offensive lineman Andrew Miller wants to be first in line for a vaccine this year. Here are five things you should know.

FDA agents visit Iowa farms that recalled eggs

Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Weight-loss drug boosts heart, stroke risks for s

Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The truth about 12 health myths

If you cross your eyes, they'll stay that way. If you have wet hair, you'll catch a cold. Some adages -- about nutrition, home remedies, and more -- need an update.

'Heroic' E. coli survivor still battling

It was prom night, May 2009, and Linda Rivera of Las Vegas, Nevada, was making goodies for her twin sons' party.