
Mayo Clinic case-control study links higher birth weight and childhood obesity to greater non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk, while longer breastfeeding may lower odds.
Health care cooperatives that are being launched in eight states announced Tuesday they will receive a total of $638 million in loans from the Obama administration under the federal health insurance law.
The administration said the new nonprofit health insurers will be run by their customers and will be designed to offer coverage to individuals and small businesses. Supporters say the co-ops will keep pressure on private insurance companies for both price and coverage.






