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Overweight women outnumber underweight or underfed women worldwide, even in developing countries and rural areas, according to a new study. Researchers found overweight women exceeded underweight women in well over half of the 36 developing countries studied. Overall, 32 percent of urban women in the developing countries were classified as …

A “pacemaker” implanted in the brain appears to help severely depressed patients who don’t respond to other treatments. In a small but potentially landmark study, four out of six formerly treatment-resistant patients got better after electrodes were implanted in a region of their brains thought to drive depression. Electrical stimulation …

TAMPA, Fla. – Terri Schiavo (search) didn’t have a living will. But because of her, thousands of other Americans won’t make that same mistake. Attorneys and organizations that promote the importance of living wills (search) and advance directives say the bitter legal battle over the severely brain damaged woman has …