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CHICAGO – HealthSouth Corp. (search) , working to recover from a massive accounting fraud, Monday reported it suffered enormous losses instead of profits in 2000 and 2001 in a long-awaited federal filing. HealthSouth founder and ousted Chief Executive Richard Scrushy (search) is awaiting a jury verdict related to charges that …

Serve your preschoolers supersized food portions and you’ll likely wind up with supersized kids. A new study shows that, unlike some calorie-conscious adults, children don’t eat less at dinner if they eat a big lunch and are more likely to eat whatever portion size is put on their plate. Researchers …

There is growing evidence that a specific class of diabetes drugs may help fight heart disease by also fighting inflammation. In recent years research has pointed to inflammation as a possible cause of heart disease. And early studies have hinted that the type 2 diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia may …