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Study: Living with men makes women fat

  Jan. 7: Saying "I do" or even living with a man may cause a larger waistline, according to a 10-year study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. WNBC's Roseanne Colletti reports.

Mammogram advice to have political impact?

  Nov. 22: NBC’s Lester Holt speaks with CNBC’s John Harwood.

Many confused by new breast cancer guidelines

  Nov. 16: Experts in preventative medicine are revising their recommendation for routine mammography, presenting women with new advice about breast cancer screening that calls into question 25 years of standard practice. NBC Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports.

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  Why taxes, not a co-pay, should cover health care

July 16: The Huffington Post's Katharine Zaleski describes receiving free, fast health care while she was in Europe, and why the U.S. should follow the U.K.'s model for preventative care.

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Dr. William Schaffner, chair of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., is given a dose of the experimental vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus by Research Nurse Erin Keckley
Dr. William Schaffner, chair of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., is given a dose of the experimental vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus by Research Nurse Erin Keckley

Dr. William Schaffner, chair of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., is given a dose of the experimental vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus by Research Nurse Erin Keckley, left, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. Schaffner is one of the volunteers being