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New Drug Could Extend Life for People With ALS
New Hope Against a Rare but Incurable Eye Cancer
New Hope Against 'Incurable' Liver Disease That Kills Children
New Lawsuit Filed by Family of Henrietta Lacks Over Unauthorized Use of Her Cells
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
Newer Diabetes Meds Might Not Work as Well in Black Patients
Newly Approved Drug Fights Lung Cancer Tied to Certain Genes
No 'Beer Goggles': Drinking Doesn't Make Others Seem More Attractive, Study Finds
No Change in Adolescent Drug, Alcohol Use During Pandemic
No Drop in Teens' Use of Pot, Binge Drinking Despite Pandemic Lockdowns
No Lasting Lung Damage After Full Recovery From COVID-19
Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding
Obamacare Helped Extend Lives of People With Cancer
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure
Obese Men May Have Better Survival With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women
Odds for Early Death Rise After Severe Injury Linked to Alcohol
Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
Older Gays, Lesbians at Higher Odds for Drug, Alcohol Abuse: Study
On Waitlist for Liver Transplants, Women Die More Often Than Men
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney
Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study
Other Health Woes Common When Meth Addiction Strikes
Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
Over 140,000 U.S. Children Have Lost a Caregiver to COVID-19
Over Half of Police Killings Aren't Reported, Blacks Most Likely Victims
Pancreatic Cancer Rates Rising Faster Among Women
Pandemic Boosted Drinking Among Americans Over 50: Poll
Pandemic Has More Americans Turning to Booze
Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households
Pandemic May Have Caused U.S. Spike in SIDS Deaths in Black Families
Pandemic Stress Has Americans Gaining Weight, Drinking More: Poll
Pandemic Tied to Higher Suicide Rate in Blacks, Lowered Rate in Whites: Study
Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll
Pandemic-Linked Rise in Crime Hit America's Poor Neighborhoods Hardest
Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants
People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID
People With MS Have Worse Survival If Colon Cancer Strikes
Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
Police Often Fail to Enforce Laws on Underage Drinking: Study
Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic
Poorer Schools Could Bring Higher Dementia Rates Many Decades Later
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5
Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
Prison Time Shortens Life Spans for Black Americans, But Not Whites
Problem Drinking to Blame for 232 Million Missed Workdays in U.S. Annually
Progress Against Stillbirths Has Stalled in U.S.
Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
PTSD Therapy Doesn't Trigger Drug Relapse in Addiction Patients: Study
Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID Crisis: Poll
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients
Race Could Matter When It Comes to Parkinson's Severity
'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report
Race Matters in Stroke Survival, Study Finds
Race Plays Big Role in Whether Kids Learn to Swim
Race Plays Huge Role in Dementia Risk
Race Plays Role in Kids' Food Allergies: Study
Race, Gender Matter in Receiving Timely Heart Attack Care
Race, Income Affect Your Risk for a Food Allergy
Race, Income Big Factors in Deaths After U.S. Hurricanes
Race, Income Can Be Roadblocks to Recovery From Depression
Race, Income Can Determine Blood Cancer Outcomes, Studies Show
Race, Income Keeps Many Families From Letting Kids Play Sports
Race, Neighborhood Affects How Long You'll Live After Heart Attack
Racial Discrimination Raises Risk for Childhood Obesity
Racist 'Redlining' Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans
Rate of Preterm Births Is Higher for Black Americans
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain
Regular Drinking Can Raise Blood Pressure in the Otherwise Healthy
Religion Helps Protect Against 'Deaths of Despair': Study
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Research Reveals Cause of Deadly Disease Affecting Native American Kids
Ridesharing Services May Be Lowering Drunk Driving Deaths
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
School Segregation Tied to Problem Drinking Among Black Youth
Scientists Create Synthetic Mouse Embryo With Brain, Beating Heart
Scientists Devise Way to Keep Donor Hearts Viable Longer
Scientists Restore Some Function to Pig Tissues 1 Hour After Death
Scientists Spot More Genes Linked to Problem Drinking
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Segregation Has Close Ties With Lead Poisoning in Black American Kids
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities
Shape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Signs That COVID Infection Might Harm the Liver
Skin Lightening Products Carry Dangers, But Many Users Are Unaware of Risks: Study
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans
Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks
Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse
Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds
'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues
Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study
Study of Former NFL Players Shows Race Differences in Chronic Pain
Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities
Summer Skin Care Tips for Those With Darker Skin
Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient
Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?
Survey Finds Racism Against Asians Common in Medical Field
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Talking to a Loved One Battling Substance Abuse: Staying Positive Is Key
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Teen Drinking Much More Likely If Parents Binge Drink, Study Finds
Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk
There Are No Hangover Cures, Scientists Say
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
Think a Little Alcohol Might Be Healthy? Think Again
Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe
Third Vaccine Dose Can Help Shield Transplant Patients From COVID
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
To Cut Down on Boozing, Offer Other Choices: Study
Too Few Minorities in U.S. Health Care Workforce: Report
Too Much Auld Lang Syne: Avoiding That New Year's Hangover
Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Type of Medicare Could Influence Cancer Patients' Outcomes
U.S. Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall
U.S. Cancer Survivors Now Number 18 Million
U.S. Doctors on the Frontlines of Hepatitis Outbreak Striking Kids
U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Heart Deaths Linked to Obesity Have Tripled in 20 Years
U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report
U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving
U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates Have More Than Doubled in Two Decades
U.S. Medical Schools' Faculty Still Lack Diversity: Study
U.S. Men's Race, Residence Could Raise Odds for Fatal Prostate Cancer
U.S. Monkeypox Cases Decline, But Health Officials Worry About Reaching Minorities
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
U.S. Sees Decline in Sepsis Deaths, But Some Americans More Vulnerable
U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Use of Hair Straighteners Tied to Doubling of Risk for Uterine Cancer
Use of Pot, Hallucinogens Soaring Among Young Americans
Uterine Cancer Rates Have Been Rising, and New Study Suggests Why
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
Vaccinating Oldest First for COVID Saves the Most Lives: Study
Veterans at Higher Risk of Deadly Skin Cancers
Virus Found in Pig Heart Transplanted Into Man Who Later Died
Vision Problems Are On the Decline for American Seniors
Vitamin D Deficiency Common in Young Black, Hispanic Americans
Vitamin D May Lower Black Women's Odds for COVID-19
'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
Weekend Binge Drinking: Not as Harmless as You Think
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
Weight-Loss Surgery Slashes Risk of Severe Liver Disease in the Obese: Study
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Drives Doctors to Take Their Own Lives
What Foods, Medicines Can Lower Your Colon Cancer Risk?
What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19
What's Really Killing the 'Night Owls'?
When Black Americans Encounter Police Violence, High Anxiety Often Follows
When Booze Labels Carry Health Warnings, Drinking Declines: Study
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cancer Strikes Twice, Black Americans Face Higher Death Rates
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Survival Odds Are Better at Airports
When Cardiac Deaths Rose During Pandemic, Minorities Suffered Most
When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study
When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study
When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Whether or Not You Get Heart-Healthy Statins May Depend on Race
Which Americans Live Longest? Race, Region May Be Key
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
White Women Tend to Get Better Pain Management After Childbirth
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's Most Likely to Get Bullied at School?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why Are Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Health Issues Not Getting Treatment?
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why Black People May Be More Prone to Severe Stroke
Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse When MS Strikes?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?
Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men
Why Is Liver Cancer More Lethal for Black Patients?
Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
Why Skin Cancer Checks Are Even More Important for Hispanic People
Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
Will a Little Drinking Help Your Heart? Maybe Not
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
Woman Receives 3-D Printed Ear Transplant Made of Human Cells
Woman Sues L'Oreal Over Claim Hair Straightener Spurred Uterine Cancer
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Exposed to Racism at Higher Odds for Premature Delivery
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women, Black Patients Wait Longer in ERs When Chest Pain Strikes
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Women's Depression Symptoms May Differ by Race: Study
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
Your Doctor's Gender, Race May Bias Your Treatment Outcome
Your Guide to Hepatitis C Medications
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Your Liver Is Just 3 Years Old
Your Plant-Based Diet Could Really Help the Planet
Your Wrist Could Give Clues to Future Health
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