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By covering community-based weight loss programs for people who are at risk of developing diabetes and heart disease, Medicare could save up to $15 billion in the next decade.

Australia's Sam Stosur upset American Serena Williams 6-2 6-3 on Sunday to win an ill-tempered U.S. Open women's final.

A group of nearly 100 protesters traveled to the financial district in New York City to protest what they believed was dishonesty from the U.S. government regarding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

Jennifer Hudson isn't the only one shedding pounds through Weight Watchers. A scientific study finds that Weight Watchers is a more effective way to lose weight rather than visiting the doctor for a standard weight-loss plan.

France on Sunday staked the future of the European Union on the fate of the euro, saying the economic and political union at the heart of Europe would be at risk if the single currency were allowed to be torn apart by the region's sovereign debt crisis.

Ireland labored to an error-strewn 22-10 victory over an emotional and fiercely committed United States in their rugby World Cup opener at a cold and wet Stadium Taranaki on Sunday.

Six months after she nearly died, Serena Williams finds herself carrying the hopes of a grieving nation at the U.S. Open.

Jewelry company Richline International, part of billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway , will buy its fifth small Italian jewelry brand as it plans to expand further in Italy.

The U.S. Open semi-final between Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki on Saturday is a mouth-watering clash of former and current world number ones and a chance to restore the natural order of tennis.

The Miss Universe 2011 swimsuit presentation took place on Thursday night, as the international beauties showed their stuff in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

More people chose to stick to the Weight Watchers diet, and lost more weight and fat mass, than those assigned to standard primary care, new research found.

England, Scotland and Wales will lift a lifetime ban on blood donations by homosexual and bisexual men, but only those who have not had sex in the past 12 months will be able to donate.

A German court on Friday upheld an injunction requested by Apple barring the sales of Samsung Galaxy tablets in Germany.

The global economic slowdown has brought emerging Asia's rate-hiking cycle to a premature pause and the next step could be easing if the United States slides into a recession or Europe's debt troubles spawn a full-blown financial crisis.

The global economic slowdown has brought emerging Asia's rate-hiking cycle to a premature pause and the next step could be easing if the United States slides into a recession or Europe's debt troubles spawn a full-blown financial crisis.

World number two Rafael Nadal and breezed into the quarterfinals after an easy win against Gilles Muller in the delayed fourth-round.

World number three Roger Federer set up a semifinal meeting against top seed Novak Djokovic with a straight-sets win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open, while Rafael Nadal will face Andy Roddick in the delayed quarterfinals.

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In the first randomized controlled study of Weight Watchers participants, family doctors compared the commercial weight-loss program with standard care, and found that Weight Watchers was more than twice as effective.

Doctors are paid more in the United States than in any other country, a new study has revealed.