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• America's COVID Pandemic Is Now Skewing Younger
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• Amid Pandemic, Fears That Older Americans Are Feeling 'Expendable'
• An Expert's Guide to Fighting Coronavirus Stress
• An Expert's Guide to Keeping Bad Dreams at Bay
• Anxiety Might Speed Alzheimer's: Study
• Anxiety, Depression and Drinking: An Unhealthy Combo During the Pandemic
• Anxious Teens May Face Higher Odds for Future Heart Attack: Study
• Are You Feeling 'Pandemic Fatigue'?
• Arguing Taxes the Brain Much More Than Agreement, Scans Show
• Arm Squeezes With Blood Pressure Cuffs Might Aid Recovery After Stroke
• As in Adults, Minority Kids Hit Hardest by COVID-19
• Ask Grandma to Dance to Boost Her Mood And Strengthen Your Bonds
• Asthma Ups Ventilator Needs of Younger Adults With COVID-19: Study
• At High Risk for Heart Disease? Strict Blood Pressure Control Should Help
• Banishing Pandemic Worries for a Good Night's Sleep
• Being a Jerk Not a Recipe for Getting Ahead at Work
• Benefits of Social Distancing Outweigh Economic Toll: Study
• Beta Blocker Heart Meds Might Pose Special Risks for Women
• Beware of 'Media Overload' During Coronavirus Crisis, Experts Say
• Binge Drinking Soared During Lockdown: Survey
• Black Americans Suffer More From Heart Disease: The AHA Wants to Change That
• Black and White Women Share the Same Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer
• Black Cancer Survivors Often Face Added Challenges: Study
• Black Children Hit Especially Hard by COVID-19 Inflammatory Syndrome
• Black Kids at Higher Odds for ADHD
• Black Kids Face Higher Odds of Post-Op Complications Than White Kids
• Black Patients Fare Worse After Angioplasty
• Black Women at Higher Heart Risk During Pregnancy
• Blacks, Asians More Likely Than Whites to Have Severe COVID
• Blacks, Hispanics Account for More Than Half of COVID Deaths: Study
• Blood Oxygen Tests Can Be Inaccurate for Black Patients, Raising COVID Risks: Study
• Blood Pressure Meds Can Affect COVID-19 Care
• Blood Pressure Meds Could Improve Survival in COVID-19 Patients
• Blood Pressure Meds Help the Frail Elderly Live Longer
• Blood Pressure Often Differs Widely Between Two Arms: Study
• Breast Cancer Treatment Comes Later, Lasts Longer for Black Women
• 'Broken Heart Syndrome' Has Risen During Pandemic: Study
• Calming Your Child's Coronavirus Fears
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• Can Talk Therapy Heal the Body, Too?
• Can You Buy Happiness? Yes, Study Suggests, If You Spend on Experiences
• Cancer Takes Heavy Toll on Women's Work and Finances: Study
• Cardiac Rehab Boosts Quality of Life After Heart Attack: Study
• Certain Antibiotics Linked With Upped Risk for Deadly Aortic Aneurysms
• Certain Cancer Patients at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19
• Certain Health Conditions Up Risks for Severe COVID-19
• Child Care Stresses, Hunger Are Harming U.S. Families During Pandemic
• Common Blood Pressure Meds Won't Up Risks for COVID Patients: Study
• Common Heart Defect Limits Exercise Ability: Study
• Coping With Budget Stress During the Pandemic
• Coronavirus Delivering a Big Economic Blow to Women
• Costs Would Keep 1 in 7 Americans From Seeking COVID-19 Treatment
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• COVID-19 Death Risk Twice as High in New York City as Some Countries
• COVID-19 Fears Stop Americans From Seeking Help for Heart Emergencies
• COVID-19 Pandemic May Lead to 75,000 'Deaths of Despair'
• Crowdsourcing Raises Billions for Families Hit Hard by Medical Bills
• Diabetes Boosts Odds for Heart Trouble 10-fold in Younger Women
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• Diabetes, High Blood Pressure Raise Odds of COVID Harming Brain
• Dirty Air Endangers Homeless People: Study
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• Do Gene Mutations Explain COVID-19 Cases in the Young?
• Do Minority Kids Face More Danger During Surgeries?
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• Don't Let the Coronavirus Pandemic Rob You of Your Sleep
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• During Droughts, Many Poor Americans Will Lack Clean Tap Water: Study
• During Lockdowns, Women Took on Most of Burden of Child Care
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• Eating Disorders Cost Billions in the U.S.
• Election Outcome Hasn't Lowered Americans' Stress Levels: Poll
• ER Workers' Stress May Affect Patient Care: Study
• Even Exercise May Not Ease Pandemic-Linked Stress
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• Even Rich Americans Don't Get World-Class Health Care: Study
• Exercise Might Make Breast Milk's Goodness Even Better
• 'Eye of the Storm:' U.S. Nurses Already Facing Extreme Stress Over Coronavirus
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• Fewer Recurrent Strokes Now in Mexican Americans
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• For Black Americans, Exercise Brings Real Boost to Life After Cancer
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• For Cancer Patients, Holiday Season Can Be a Stressful Time
• For Many Cancer Patients, Diagnosis Brings Psychological 'Silver Lining'
• For Maximum Effectiveness, De-Stress and Get Healthy Before Your COVID Shot
• For Stressed-Out Black Americans, Mental Health Care Often Hard to Come By
• Genes Help Explain Role of Race in Prostate Cancer Risk
• Going Easy on Yourself Is Key to Parenting Through the Pandemic
• Growing Up in U.S. 'Stroke Belt' Bad for the Brain Later in Life
• Having Heart Disease Can Make Other Surgeries More Risky
• Healthy Habits Can Slide After Starting Heart Medications
• Healthy Heart in Your 20s, Healthier Brain Decades Later
• Healthy Living at Home to Ward Off Coronavirus
• Heart Anatomy May Put Blacks at Higher Stroke Risk
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• Heart Disease Is World's No. 1 Killer
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• 'Heat Not Burn' Cigarettes Can Still Harm the Heart
• Heavy Drinking Into Old Age Ups Health Risks: Study
• Heavy Drinking Tied to Raised Stroke Risk, Study Finds
• Help Your Child Cope With Back-to-School Jitters
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• High Blood Pressure May Affect More Pregnant Women Than Thought: Study
• High Blood Pressure Might Raise COVID-19 Death Risk
• High Blood Pressure While Pregnant Linked to Poorer Memory Years Later
• High Costs Lead Millions of Americans to Shop Abroad for Rx Drugs
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• Homeless More Likely to Die After Heart Attack
• How Dangerous Is Coronavirus to the Middle-Aged?
• How Important Is Sex as Women Age?
• How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care
• How Well Do Americans Know the Facts About COVID-19?
• Immune System Clues to Why COVID Is Easier on Kids
• Injuries a Drain on Employee Productivity
• Intensive Blood Pressure Control Reduces A-Fib Risk: Study
• Interventions Boost Abstinence, Condom Use Among Black Teens: Study
• Involved Dads Make a Difference for Disadvantaged Teens
• Job Strain May Boost Odds of Serious Artery Disease
• Just 2% of U.S. Teens Eat Recommended Amount of Veggies
• Keeping Harmony in the Family During Coronavirus Pandemic
• Key Areas of the Brain Triggered in Recent Heart Attack Survivors
• Kids' Hospitalizations Accompany Rising Unemployment Rates: Study
• Kids Who Need Steroids Face Risk of Diabetes, Other Ills
• Lasting Spikes in Blood Pressure While Exercising Could Be Unhealthy Sign
• Life Expectancy in U.S. Increases for First Time in 4 Years
• Lockdown Got You Feeling Low? Yoga May Help
• Losing a Sibling a Common Tragedy in Poorer Nations, Study Finds
• Losing Your Hair Because of Pandemic Stress?
• Lung Diseases on the Rise Worldwide
• 'Major Financial Hardship' Hits Most Patients Battling Advanced Colon Cancer
• Male Breast Cancer Patients Face Higher Heart Risks
• Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism,  Health Outcomes: Poll
• Many Moms-to-Be Are Stressed, and it Might Affect Baby's Brain
• Many Older Americans Face Ageism Every Day, Survey Finds
• Many Older Americans Staying Strong in the Pandemic
• Maybe Money Can Help Buy Happiness, After All
• Mealtime Choices Could Affect Your Odds for Stroke
• Med Schools More Diverse Now, But Study Finds Minorities Still Mistreated
• Menopause Can Make Workplace Tougher for Women: Study
• Menopause May Someday Disappear as Women Postpone Pregnancy: Study
• Metabolites' From Food Could Affect Your Stroke Risk
• Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk
• Middle Age More Stressful Now Than in 1990s: Study
• Middle School Challenges Add Up to Teacher Stress
• Middle-Aged Americans Report More Pain Than Seniors
• 'Mindfulness' on Your Mind? It Has Limits, Review Finds
• Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms
• Minorities Less Likely to Get Recommended Lung Cancer Imaging
• Money Not a Good Measure of Your Self-Worth
• Money Woes Hit Many Americans Early in Pandemic: Study
• More Money, Better Heart Health? Not Always
• More Than 1 Drink a Day Ups Blood Pressure for Diabetics
• More Than 200,000 Americans Have Lupus
• More Young Americans Developing Unhealthy Predictors of Heart Disease
• Most Americans Oppose COVID Vaccine Mandates: Survey
• Moves, Evictions Often Trigger Harmful Breaks in Health Care: Study
• Music Helps Heal a Damaged Heart
• Navy Ship Outbreak Shows Most Young Aren't Spared COVID Symptoms
• Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure
• New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue
• New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
• No Link Found Between Blood Pressure Meds and Cancer: Study
• Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study
• Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women
• Obesity Ups Odds for Severe COVID-19 in Younger Patients
• Obesity Ups Odds for Severe COVID-19, But Age Matters
• One Key Way to Curb Coronavirus Spread: More Paid Sick Leave
• Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
• Pandemic Has Overburdened Parents Stressed Out: Poll
• Pandemic Hits Primary Care Practices Hard Across the U.S.: Study
• Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households
• Pandemic Means Financial Hardship for Many With Diabetes
• Pandemic Putting Americans Under Great Mental Strain: Poll
• Pandemic Tied to Higher Suicide Rate in Blacks, Lowered Rate in Whites: Study
• Pandemic Unleashes 'Startling' Rise in Dog Bites
• Parents Feel the Strain as Pandemic Adds New Role: Teacher
• Pets May Help Parents of Kids With Autism Fight Stress
• Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic
• Poor Americans Likely to Miss Preventive Heart Screenings: Study
• Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
• Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5
• Pregnancy, Breastfeeding May Guard Against Early Menopause
• Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
• Preventing Repeat Heart Attack, Stroke More Important Than Ever: AHA
• Proposed Cuts in U.S. Food and Health Aid Would Hurt Families
• 'Psychological Distress' Has Tripled in U.S. During Pandemic, Survey Shows
• Recommended Blood Pressure Drug Tied to Harmful Side Effects
• Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health
• Remote Monitoring May Help Control High Blood Pressure
• Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
• Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
• Rx for Stressed-Out College Students: Spend Time With Nature
• Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
• Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
• Signs of Developing Adult Diabetes Seen as Early as Age 8: Study
• Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans
• Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks
• Soaking in a Hot Bath Might Do Your Heart Good
• Social Distancing? Your Paycheck Plays a Role
• Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
• Some Vegetarian Diets Are Much Healthier Than Others
• Spinal Fusion Outcomes Worse for Black Patients, Large Study Finds
• Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
• 'Stay at Home' Orders Are Stressing U.S. Families, Survey Shows
• 'Stress Eating' While Social Distancing? Here's Tips to Avoid It
• 'Stress Hormone' Levels May Indicate Severity of COVID-19
• Stress, Anger May Worsen Heart Failure
• Stressed Out By the News? Here's Tips to Help Cope
• Stressed Out in Lockdown, America's Young Adults Are Overeating
• Stressful Days, Worse Blood Sugar Control for People With Diabetes
• Stroke Risk High Among Blacks, Hispanics
• Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study
• Study Gauges Mental, Physical Toll of Divorce
• Study Sheds Light on Why COVID-19 Hits Elderly Hardest
• Suicidal Thoughts Among Young Kids Higher Than Believed
• Tai Chi Could Be Good Medicine for Heart Patients
• Taking Steroids for Rheumatoid Arthritis, IBD? Your Odds for Hypertension May Rise
• The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment
• Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk
• Think You Gained Weight During Quarantine? You Might Be Wrong
• Tigers, Rhinos and Bears Help Raise Money for Conservation
• Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
• Tough Menopause May Signal Future Heart Woes
• Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
• Turning to Tofu Might Help the Heart: Study
• U.S. Deaths From High Blood Pressure Soar, Especially in the South: Study
• U.S. Kids, Teens Eating Better But Nutrition Gaps Persist
• Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
• Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
• Up Your Steps to Lower Blood Pressure, Heart Study Suggests
• Vasectomy Reversal Just as Successful in Men Over 50
• Weight-Loss Surgery Works, No Matter How Long Patient Was Obese
• What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out
• What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
• What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19
• What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
• When Soda Tax Repealed, Soda Sales Rebound: Study
• When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters
• When Young Adults Vape, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate May Spike
• Who's Most at Risk From Coronavirus?
• Who's Most Likely to Binge Eat Amid Pandemic?
• Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?
• Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
• Why Do Gay and Lesbian People Get More Migraines?
• Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
• Why Some Gifts Are Better-Received Than Others
• With Equal Access to Care, Blacks, Whites Have Similar Prostate Cancer Outcomes
• With Macular Degeneration, 1 Missed Visit to Eye Doc Can Mean Vision Loss
• Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
• Workouts in the Park? Crime Fears Keep Some Away
• Years Before Diagnosis, People With Alzheimer's Lose Financial Acumen
• Young Black Adults More Prone to Stroke, but Don't Know It
• Young Breast Cancer Patients Struggle Financially, Even When Insured