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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 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
Racist 'Redlining' Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans
Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Research Reveals Cause of Deadly Disease Affecting Native American Kids
Resolved to Lose Weight in 2023? Experts Compare Popular Diets
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
School Segregation Tied to Problem Drinking Among Black Youth
Science Reveals How Red Meat Harms the Heart
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe Illness in Children Brings Hardship for Families
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
She's Beating Leukemia With a Healthy Change to Her Diet
Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Skipping COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Brings Big Risks to Mothers, Babies
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
Soaring Food Prices Are Tough on Older Americans, Poll Finds
Social Distancing? Your Paycheck Plays a Role
Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
Some COVID Survivors Can't Regain Weight Lost During Illness
Some Vegetarian Diets Are Much Healthier Than Others
Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues
Specialist Care for Alzheimer's Is Tough to Find for Poorer, Rural Americans
Spouse Getting Weight Loss Surgery? Your Marriage Might Be in Trouble
Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
State Anti-Poverty Programs Help Kids' Brains Stay Healthy
State Lotteries Don't Boost COVID Vaccination Numbers: Study
Stick With These Foods to Help You Lose Weight
Strength Training Is No Slouch for Shedding Pounds
Struggles With COVID Left Many Americans With Medical Debt
Student Debt to Be Erased for Many With Severe Disabilities, Low Incomes
Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study
Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Can Cut Your Odds for Stroke
Tai Chi Equal to 'Regular' Exercise in Trimming Your Tummy
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Teen Pot Use Could Mean Less Success as Adult
Telehealth May Help Rural Americans Keep the Weight Off
Testosterone's Ties to Success May Be a Myth
Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk
There's More MS in Northern Countries. Now, Researchers Find New Reason Why
Too Few Minorities in U.S. Health Care Workforce: Report
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Travel Times to Abortion Facilities Have Lengthened After Dobbs Decision: Study
Trial Shows Weight-Loss Drug Works in Teens
Try These 3 Tips to Lose Those Pandemic Pounds
Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
Two Common Eating Habits That Can Really Pile on Pounds
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study
U.S. Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall
U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Gun Violence Rates Jumped 30% During Pandemic
U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report
U.S. Immigrants' Premiums, Taxes Exceed Health Care Expenditures: Study
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. States With Tighter Access to Welfare Payments Have More Kids in Foster Care
Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic
Up to 4 Million Americans Out of Work With Long COVID
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
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
Vegan Diets Tied to Higher Bone Fracture Risk
Vegetarian Diet Could Help Fight Off Disease: Study
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
Want Reliable Diet Advice? Don't Head to TikTok
Want to Lose Weight? Here Are the Best Exercises to Shed Pounds
Want to Protect Your Eyes as You Age? Stay Away From Carbs
Weekly Injected Drug Could Boost Outcomes for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Wegovy, Saxenda Help Folks Lose Pounds They Regained After Weight-Loss Surgery
Weight Loss Can Help Cut Lung Risks in 9/11 First Responders
Weight Loss Helps Your Heart Even If Some Weight Come Back
Weight Loss in Childhood May Protect Boys Against Future Infertility
Weight Loss May Not Affect Fertility Treatment Success
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weight Loss Your Resolution? Experts Look at Fasting, Keto and Whole 30
Weightlifting Your Way to Weight Loss
Weight-Loss Surgeries Used Least in U.S. States That Need Them Most
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Cut Odds for Obesity-Linked Cancers in Half
Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows
Weight-Loss Surgery May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk in People With Diabetes
Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
Weight-Loss Surgery Might Also Help Prevent Cataracts
Weight-Loss Surgery Slashes Risk of Severe Liver Disease in the Obese: Study
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Helps Your Heart More, Losing Fat or Gaining Muscle?
What Is Chromium Picolinate? Do You Really Need It?
What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19
When Black Americans Encounter Police Violence, High Anxiety Often Follows
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When Cardiac Deaths Rose During Pandemic, Minorities Suffered Most
When Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
When Soda Tax Repealed, Soda Sales Rebound: Study
When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Whether From Diet or Surgery, Weight Loss Has Same Benefits: Study
Whether or Not You Get Heart-Healthy Statins May Depend on Race
Which Americans Live Longest? Race, Region May Be Key
Which Diets Help You Keep the Weight From Coming Back?
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
White Women Tend to Get Better Pain Management After Childbirth
WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV
WHO Says No to Artificial Sweeteners for Weight Loss
WHO Slams COVID-19 Booster Shots in Wealthy Nations
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 Can't I Lose Weight?
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 Some Gifts Are Better-Received Than Others
Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
Woman Sues L'Oreal Over Claim Hair Straightener Spurred Uterine Cancer
Women Exposed to Racism at Higher Odds for Premature Delivery
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
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
Working Off Your Quarantine Weight Gain
Years Before Diagnosis, People With Alzheimer's Lose Financial Acumen
You Don't Have to Be Obese for Belly Fat to Harm You, Heart Experts Warn
Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Your Doctor's Gender, Race May Bias Your Treatment Outcome
Your Zip Code Could Help or Harm Your Brain
You're Eating Healthier These Days, But Is It as Healthy As You Think?
'Yo-Yo' Dieting May Mean Sleepless Nights for Women
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