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How Many Daily Steps Do You Need to Lose Weight?
How Much Fasting Is Enough for 'Fasting Diet' to Work?
How Smoking Could Help Spur Breast Cancer's Spread
How Streetlights Might Affect Your Colon Cancer Risk
How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care
How to Keep Your Kids Trim Through Quarantine
How Unhealthy Are Cigars?
HPV 'Herd Immunity' Now Helping Vaccinated, Unvaccinated Women
HPV Vaccination Could Rid U.S. of Most Mouth, Throat Cancers in Men
HPV Vaccination Is Lowering U.S. Cervical Cancer Rates
HPV Vaccination Rises Among U.S. Kids, But Many Still Unprotected
HPV Vaccination Rises in States That Don't Require Parental Consent
HPV Vaccination When Young Cuts Cervical Cancer Risk by 87%
HPV Vaccine Is Reducing Cervical Cancers in Teens, Young Women
Humans Started Loving Carbs a Very Long Time Ago
Hypertension in Pregnancy Is Getting More Common for Gen Z Women
Immune-Based Drug Fights Advanced Endometrial Cancer: Study
Immune-Based Therapy May Help Some Battling Advanced Colon Cancers
Immunocompromised? Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Might Still Protect You
Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival for Lung Cancer Patients
Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival With Bladder Cancer
Immunotherapy Drug Can Beat Back Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Immunotherapy Drug Can Lower Recurrence When Bladder Cancer Spreads
Immunotherapy Safe for Cancer Patients with COVID-19: Study
Implant Delivers Chemo Directly to Brain in Patients Battling Brain Tumors
In 10 Years, COVID-19 Could Be 'Just the Sniffles'
In Breast Cancer Survivors, Obesity Raises Odds for Cancer's Return
In Cancer Patients, COVID Vaccine Immunity at 6 Months Is Similar to General Population
In Girls as Young as 7, Weight May Predict Odds for Eating Disorder
In Medieval Times, Plagues 'Sped Up' With Each New Outbreak
In Nonsmokers, COPD May Up Lung Cancer Risk
Incomplete Polyp Removal During Colonoscopy Can Bring Cancer Danger
Insight Into Why a Prostate Cancer Therapy Works Better for Black Men
Insights Into Genes Driving Epilepsy Could Help With Treatment
Insomnia Tied to Raised Risk of Aneurysm
Insured Patients Are Getting Surprise Bills After Colonoscopies
Is a Ban on Menthols Enough to Thwart Big Tobacco?
Is an Early Form of Breast Cancer More Dangerous Than Thought?
Is Obesity Especially Dangerous for Women at Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer?
Is Your Kid a Fast or Slow Eater? Personality Might Tell
Is Your State Among the Worst for Tobacco Control?
It's National Nutrition Month: Here's Tips to Eating Right
Jane Fonda Has Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Jane Fonda Says Her Lymphoma Is in Remission
'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Tells Fans Cancer Treatments Are 'Paying Off'
Job Done: Scientists Fill in Missing Gaps to Complete Map of Human Genome
Just 2 Kids Worldwide Are Known to Have This Rare Genetic Disease. Their Parents United for a Cure
Juul Reaches $462 Million Settlement With Six States, D.C.
Keep Flossing: Study Ties Gum Disease to Higher Cancer Risk
Keeping Kids Slim, Fit During Lockdown Isn't Easy: Here Are Some Tips
Key Factors That Raise Your Odds for Early-Onset Colon Cancer
Keytruda Extends Survival for Women With an Aggressive Breast Cancer
Kids Born Through Fertility Treatments Have No Higher Cancer Risk
Kids With Cancer Not at Greater Risk for Severe COVID
Kids With Cancer Not at Greater Risk for Severe COVID-19
Know the Signs of Rare But Deadly Gall Bladder, Bile Duct Cancers
'Lab-on-a-Chip' Blood Test Could Spot Breast Cancer Early
Late-Night Meals Especially Bad for Weight Gain: Study
Leading Pediatricians' Group Calls for More Aggressive Treatment of Childhood Obesity
Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Light in Your Bedroom Is No Good for Your Health
Like Flu, COVID-19 May Turn Out to Be Seasonal
Local Sales Bans on Flavored Tobacco Products in California Cut Use
Lockdown Loneliness Making Things Even Tougher for Cancer Patients
Lockdowns Can Widen Kids' Waistlines – Here's How to Curb That
Lockdowns Making Things Worse for Obese Americans: Study
Loneliness May Make Quitting Smoking Even Tougher
Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
Losing Some TV Ads Might Reduce Childhood Obesity
Losing Weight Before Atrial Fibrillation Treatment Boosts Outcomes
Lost Pregnancies, Diabetes May Be Linked
Lost Weight? One Factor Can Keep It From Returning
Lots of Sugary Drinks Doubles Younger Women's Colon Cancer Risk: Study
Lots of Ultra-Processed Foods Could Raise a Man's Odds for Colon Cancer
Loving Partners May Be Key to Breast Cancer Survivors' Health
Low-Dose Aspirin Might Lower Odds for Digestive Cancers
Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Won't Leave Smokers Agitated, Study Finds
Lung Cancer CT Scans Have Already Saved More Than 10,000 U.S. Lives
Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
Lymphedema in Legs Strikes 1 in 3 Female Cancer Survivors
'Magic Mushroom' Drug Edges Toward Mainstream Therapy
'Major Financial Hardship' Hits Most Patients Battling Advanced Colon Cancer
Major Gene Study Looks at Origins of Bipolar Disorder
Major Gene Study Spots DNA Tied to Autism, Other Disorders
Maker of Wegovy Limits Supply of Obesity Drug in U.S.
Male Breast Cancer Patients Face Higher Heart Risks
Mammogram Rates Have Rebounded Since Pandemic Began, But Concerns Remain
Mammograms Do Save Women's Lives, Study Finds
Many Americans Take Meds That Weaken COVID Vaccine Response
Many Black Men Missed Out on Prostate Cancer Care During Pandemic
Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine
Many Breast Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies: Study
Many Cancer Patients Face Mounting Bills Despite Having Insurance
Many Cancer Patients Worry Pandemic Will Impact Their Care: Survey
Many Heart Disease Patients Keep Smoking, Despite Knowing Risks
Many 'High-Risk' Americans Unconcerned About Skin Cancer: Poll
Many High-Risk Patients Don't Know They Need Follow-Up Colonoscopy
Many Overweight Kids Already Have Hardened Arteries, Diabetes
Many Parents Worry About Social Media's Impact on Kids' Body Image: Poll
Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Many Thyroid Cancer Ultrasound Scans Unnecessary
Many U.S. Mammography Centers Aren't Following Expert Guidelines: Report
Many U.S. Seniors Get Needless, Pricey Cervical Cancer Screenings
Many Young Americans Don't Realize Heart Attacks Can Hit Them Too: Poll
Massive Gene Study Probes Origins of Depression
Measuring Up: Scientists Spot Genes Linked to Height
Medicaid Rules May Affect Americans' Cancer Survival
Medical Bill Worries Tied to Worse Outcomes for Cancer Patients: Study
Melanoma Can Strike Your Nails: Here's How to Check
Men Exposed to Cigarette Smoke in Childhood More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids
Men More Prone to Cancer Than Women, But Why?
Men Often Die Before Women, and the Y Chromosome May Be to Blame
Men Worldwide Have Shorter Life Spans Than Women
Men, Make Health Your Goal This Year
Mental Health Woes Double Women's Odds for Cervical Cancer
Menthol Vapes Could Be Even More Toxic to Lungs
Menthols Make Up 40% of U.S. Cigarette Sales; Ban Could Have Huge Impact
Microbes in Lungs Could Affect COVID-19 Outcomes
Middle-Age Obesity Linked to Higher Odds for Dementia
Million-Person Study Finds Genes Common to Many Addiction Disorders
Mind-Body Effects of Qigong Might Help Ease Cancer-Related Fatigue
Mindfulness Helps Young Women After Breast Cancer: Study
Mixed Progress Against Cancers in Teens, Young Adults
Moms' Obesity May Affect Fetal Brain Development
Mom's Pre-Pregnancy Weight Could Affect Odds for Child's Asthma, Allergies
More Additives Being Added to Americans' Food, Report Finds
More Americans Would Get Lung Cancer Screening Under New Guidelines
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More Clues to the Genes Behind Hearing Loss
More DNA Errors Seen in Brain Cells of Alzheimer's Patients
More Education May Slow Start of Early-Onset Alzheimer's
More Evidence That Pandemic Delayed Cancer Diagnoses
More Evidence That Weight-Loss Surgery Prevents Early Death
More Money, Better Heart Health? Not Always
More Olive Oil May Bring Longer Life: Study
More Teens Are Getting Weight Loss Surgery, If Families Can Afford It
More Than 10 Million People Died of Cancer Worldwide in 2019
More Than Half of Cancer Survivors Fear a Recurrence
More Than Half of Young U.S. Adults Have a Chronic Health Condition
More Young Americans Are Dying of Heart Failure
Most Americans Don't Follow Diets That Could Prevent Cancer
Most Americans Still Aren't Eating Enough Whole Grains
Most Cancer Screenings Make Big Rebound After Pandemic Decline
Most Day Care Programs Don't Give Kids Enough Exercise
Most Dog Breeds Are Highly Inbred -- and Unhealthy
Most U.S. Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study
Mother and Son Draw Hope, Healing From Shared Cancer Treatment
MS Has Mixed Impact on Patients' Cancer Risk: Study
Mutant Gene Stops At-Risk People From Getting Alzheimer's: Could It Lead to Treatment?
Myths, Ignorance Persist Around Lung Cancer: Poll
Nearly Half of U.S. Breast Cancer Patients Use Pot or CBD; Many Don't Tell Doctors
Need to Pee? Scientists May Have Found the Gene for That
Nerve Gas Sarin Probably Caused Gulf War Syndrome
New Blood Test May Improve Liver Cancer Screening
New Clues to How Cancers Originate in the Brain
New Clues to How Ovarian Cancer Begins -- and Might Be Prevented
New Clues to Sudden Unexplained Deaths in Young Kids
New Combo Immunotherapy Prolongs Survival in Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer
New Coronavirus Strain More Contagious, Scientists Say
New Drug Combo Boosts Survival Against Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New Genetic Insights Into Cause of ALS
New Hope Against a Rare but Incurable Eye Cancer
New Hope Against Painful Skin Issues Caused by Cancer Radiation Therapy
New Hormonal Pill May Boost Outcomes for Older Breast Cancer Patients
New Insights Into Each Parent's Role in the Genetics of Autism
New Insights Into What Might Drive Parkinson's Disease
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New 'Mu' Coronavirus Variant Being Watched Closely: Fauci
New Polio Vaccine Promising in Early Test
New Research Links Another Gene to Alzheimer's Risk
New Technique 80% Effective in Selecting a Baby's Gender
New Tests for Colon, Prostate Cancer Show Promise
New Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids
New Treatment Greatly Boosts Survival for Kids With Aggressive Brain Cancer
New Weight-Loss Drug Looks Good in Trial
New Zealand Aims for Zero Smokers in a Generation: Could Plan Work Elsewhere?
Newer Hormone Treatments for Prostate Cancer May Raise Risk of Depression
Newly Approved Drug Fights Lung Cancer Tied to Certain Genes
Nitrogen Dioxide, a Car Exhaust Pollutant, Is Raising Death Rates: Study
No Genetic Damage to Kids of Those Exposed to Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: Study
No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life
No Link Found Between Blood Pressure Meds and Cancer: Study
Oakland's Soda Tax Cut Local Sales by 27%
Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study
Obese Men May Have Better Survival With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Obese? Lose Lots of Weight, Watch Your Heart Risks Drop
Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
Obesity Helps Drive Half of New Diabetes Cases Among Americans
Obesity in Teen Years Might Trigger Type 1 Diabetes
Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
Obesity May Help Trigger Heavier Periods: Study
Obesity Might Lower Milk Production in Breastfeeding Moms
Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women
Obesity Raises Odds for Many Common Cancers
Obesity Rates Continue to Climb Among U.S. Kids, Teens
Obesity Stigma Keeps Many From Life-Saving Cancer Screening: Study
Obesity Tied to Shorter Survival in Cancer Patients
Obesity Ups Odds for Dangerous Lung Clots in COVID-19 Patients
Obesity Ups Odds for Severe COVID-19 in Younger Patients
Obesity Ups Odds for Severe COVID-19, But Age Matters
Obesity's Influence on Colon Cancer Risk May Vary by Gender: Study
Only 7% of American Adults in Good Cardiometabolic Health
Only Half of Folks With Stool Test Positive for Colon Cancer Get Follow-Up Colonoscopy
Order of Radiation Sickness Drug Unrelated to Recent Events in Ukraine, U.S. Health Officials Say
Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis Can Take Big Toll on Women's Mental Health
Over 3 Million U.S. School Kids Now Vaping or Smoking
Over 60? You Have Billions of Potentially Cancer-Causing Cells
Pain Relief in a FLASH: Radiation Treatments Lasting Seconds May Advance Cancer Care
Pandemic Caused Millions of U.S. Women to Skip Cancer Screenings
Pandemic Closures, Fears Keep Patients From Lung Cancer Screening
Pandemic Curbed Kids' Efforts to Lose Excess Weight
Pandemic Has Greatly Slowed Pace of Cancer Research
Pangolins Hold Clues to How COVID-19 Began -- and Might End
Parent or Sibling With Colon Cancer? You May Need Colonoscopy Earlier
Parents Often in the Dark When Kids Take Up Vaping
Parents' Pot Smoking Means More Colds, Flu for Kids
Patients' Genes Raise Odds for Rare Brain Infection When Using Certain Meds
Pentagon Study Finds Higher Cancer Rates Among Pilots, Ground Crews
People Are Still Evolving, Creating New Genes
People With MS Have Worse Survival If Colon Cancer Strikes
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Are Linked With Liver Cancer
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Pfizer Recalls All Lots of Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Due to Potential Carcinogen
Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
Pig Study Could Lead to Gene Therapy to Prevent Heart Failure
Pilates May Be Good Medicine for High Blood Pressure
Pills, Exercise, Dieting: What Works Best to Lose Weight?
Placebo Pill Eases Cancer-Related Fatigue in Study
Pollution Killed 9 Million People Worldwide in 2019
Poor Sleep Plus Genes Might Raise Some Folks' Asthma Risk
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Pregnancy Undermines Body Image in Half of Women
President Biden Undergoes Routine Colonoscopy
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Preventing Alzheimer's
Preventing Cervical Cancer: An Expert Answers Your Questions
Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries
Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
Prostate Cancer Drug Could Be 'Game Changing,' Researchers Say
Quick Bursts of Exercise Can Help Diabetics' Hearts
Quit Smoking to Cut Risk of Death From A-Fib
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Preventing Memory Loss?
Quiz: What Do You Know About Alzheimer's Disease?
Race, Income Can Determine Blood Cancer Outcomes, Studies Show
Radiation Plus Surgery May Be Best Against an Early Form of Breast Cancer
Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study
Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer May Have Long-Term Risk for the Heart
Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking, Study Confirms
Rare But Dangerous Form of Eating Disorder Could Run in Families
Rare Tumor Slows, But Won't Stop Young Drama Teacher
Recall of Philips Breathing Machines Affects Millions of Americans
Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain
Research Gives Clues to Why Cancer in One Breast Could Develop in the Other
Research Reveals How Aspirin Helps Prevent Colon Cancer
Researchers Find Better Way to Fight Breast Cancer That Has Spread to Brain
Resolved to Quit Smoking This Year? Experts Offer Tips
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Saving the 'Butterfly Children:' Gene Therapy Helps Heal Deadly Blistering Condition
School Closures Could Be Adding to Kids' Waistlines
Science Brings Shortcut to Spotting 50 Rare Genetic Diseases
Science Reveals Genes That Help Drive Dyslexia
Scientists Discover Cause of Swallowing Disorder in German Shepherds
Scientists Discover Rare Form of ALS That Can Strike Kids
Scientists Engineer Mosquitoes That Can't Transmit Malaria
Scientists Gain Insight Into Genetics of Glaucoma
Scientists Get Close to Genetic Cause of Lupus
Scientists Move Closer to Mapping Entire Human Genome
Scientists Spot More Genes Linked to Problem Drinking
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Secondhand Smoke Can Raise Odds for Mouth, Throat Cancers
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
Secret Weapon for Quit-Smoking Campaigns: Pets
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe Obesity Could Mean Faster Decline of Immunity From COVID Shot
She Thought Cancer Had Won — Until This Experimental Therapy
She's Beating Leukemia With a Healthy Change to Her Diet
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Should All U.S. Newborns Undergo Genomic Testing?
Side Effects From New Cancer Meds Have Silver Lining
Similar to Adults, Obesity Raises Kids' Odds for Severe COVID-19
Skeletons May Put Blame on Vikings for Smallpox' Spread
Sleep-Deprived Kids Will Snack More: Study
Smokers More Prone to Memory Loss by Middle Age
Smokers, Obese People Need Major Heart Interventions Earlier in Life
Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus
Smoking Can Really Weaken the Heart
Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
Smoking in Pregnancy Greatly Raises Odds for SIDS in Newborns
Smoking in Pregnancy Has Declined by a Third Since 2016
Smoking Makes a Comeback in the Pandemic
Smoking Plus Mental Illness Can Send Caffeine Intake Soaring
Smoking Plus Vaping Just as Deadly as Smoking on Its Own: Study
Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women
Smoking Raises Risk for Deadly 'Bleeding Strokes'
Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Smoking Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed
Smoking Weed Could Be Tougher on Your Lungs Than Cigarettes: Study
Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds
Smoking-Plus-Vaping No Healthier Than Smoking on Its Own
Social Media Has Big Impact on People Taking Up Smoking, Vaping
Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
Some Myeloma Patients Get No Protection From COVID-19 Vaccines
Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
Some People's Guts Are Better at Gaining Energy From Food
Some Sick Patients Get Cosmetic Surgery to Boost Appearance
Some Types of Air Pollution Are Even Worse for Your Health
Some Vegetarian Diets Are Much Healthier Than Others
Some Young Cancer Survivors Won't Get Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccine
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
'Spare Tire' in Middle Age Could Mean a Frail Old Age
'Spare Tire' Might Up a Man's Prostate Cancer Risk
Sperm Samples May Help Predict Autism Risk in Offspring
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
Stay-at-Home Orders Could Mean More Obese Kids: Study
Study Outlines Role of Oral Sex in Rare Throat, Mouth Cancers
Study Pinpoints Cancer Patients at Highest Risk From COVID
Study Takes Long-Term Look at Benefits of Radiation After Breast Lumpectomy
Study Uncovers Large Collection of Genes Behind Schizophrenia
Success of Smallpox Vaccine Bears Lessons for Coronavirus Vaccine
Supplements: Many Cancer Patients Think They'll Help, But Experts Urge Caution
Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Surprising Factors That Raise (or Lower) Your Odds for COVID-19
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
Surviving Childhood Cancer Can Take Toll on Adult Heart
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women's Brains
Take This Refresher on Skin Safety in Summer Sun
Talking to Your Child About Weight, But Avoiding Stigma
Targeted Drug Tagrisso Could Be Advance Against Lung Cancer
Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer
Targeted Radiotherapy Might Help Men Battling Advanced Prostate Cancer
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes
Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Diagnosed With Throat, Breast Cancer
The 5 Foods That Cut Your Odds for Colon Cancer
The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment
The Future of Cancer for Americans
The Naked Ape: Science Unravels How Humans Lost Their Body Hair
The Sooner Young Smokers Start, The Less Likely They Are to Quit
The Women’s Health Screenings and Preventive Care Appointments You Need
Therapeutic Vaccine Is Keeping Melanoma in Remission 4 Years On
There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
Think a Little Alcohol Might Be Healthy? Think Again
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Too Little Sleep Could Have Teens Piling on Pounds
Too Little Sunlight, Vitamin D May Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Many Antibiotics Might Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Much Caffeine Might Raise Your Odds for Glaucoma
Too Much Restaurant Fare Could Shorten Your Life
Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers
Too Often, Women Aren't Told of Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatments
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
Tough Journeys: When Cancer Strikes People Living With Dementia
Traces of Human DNA Are Everywhere in the Environment
Treating Depression Could Lengthen Lung Cancer Patients' Lives
Treatment Reverses Young Man's Type 1 Diabetes. Will It Last?
Treatment Reverses Young Man's Type 1 Diabetes. Will It Last?
Trials Show COVID Vaccines Well Worth It for Cancer Patients
Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care
Two New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline
U.S. Cancer Deaths Decline Overall, But Prostate Cancers Make Rebound
U.S. Cancer Screening Rates Back to Normal After Pandemic Dip
U.S. Cancer Survivors Now Number 18 Million
U.S. Could Face Surging Numbers of Teens With Diabetes
U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline
U.S. Kids Are Eating More 'Ultraprocessed' Foods
U.S. Smoking Rate Hits All-Time Low
U.S. Smoking, Vaping Rates Fell in First Year of Pandemic: CDC
U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
Ultrasound Breaches Blood-Brain Barrier, Helping Drugs Fight Tumors
Uncooperativeness and Alzheimer's
Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
Under 50 and Overweight? Your Odds for Dementia Later May Rise
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
Vaccine Slows Return of Pancreatic Cancer in Early Trial
Vaccines Have Slashed Rates of HPV Infection in Young American Women
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vaping Could Raise Teens' Odds for Severe COVID
Vaping Could Weaken Your Bones, Study Finds
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
Vaping Pot Worse Than Vaping Tobacco for Teens' Lungs: Study
Vaping Ups Teens' Odds for Asthma, Asthma Attacks
Vaping Won't Help Smokers Quit, Another Study Finds
Vaping Worse Than Smoking for Boosting Odds for Stroke at Young Age
Various Mental Illnesses Share Same Genes: Study
Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer Ups Long-Term Odds for Invasive Tumors: Study
Vitamin D Might Help Prevent Early-Onset Colon Cancer
Want Reliable Diet Advice? Don't Head to TikTok
Weed Killer Glyphosate Found in Most Americans' Urine
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Cut Odds for Obesity-Linked Cancers in Half
Weight-Loss Surgery Has Long-Term Benefits for Pain, Mobility
Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows
Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Long-Term Heart Risks for Diabetic Teens
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 Slashes Odds for Heart Attack in Very Obese People
Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease
Were Cancer Patients Neglected in U.S. COVID Vaccine Rollout?
What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
What Foods, Medicines Can Lower Your Colon Cancer Risk?
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer
What You Need to Know About Your Colon Cancer Risk
What's Behind Unexplained Epilepsy in Kids? A Gene Test May Tell
When a Parent Moves In
When Booze Labels Carry Health Warnings, Drinking Declines: Study
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When COVID Strikes Cancer Patients, Men Fare Worse
When Genes Raise a Mom's Risk for Cancer, Is It OK to Tell Kids?
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
When Should You Start Colon Cancer Screenings?
When Treating Cervical Lesions, Adding HPV Vaccine Could Further Curb Cancer Risk
WHO Calls for Global Registry of Human Genome Editing
Who'll Get Long COVID? Just a Look at a Patient Gives Clues
Who's Most Likely to Binge Eat Amid Pandemic?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Are Some People More Sensitive Than Others? Genes May Tell
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
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 Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
Why Skin Cancer Checks Are Even More Important for Hispanic People
Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Why Some 'Super Ager' Folks Keep Their Minds Dementia-Free
Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
Wildfire Survivors Could Face Higher Cancer Risk
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
Will an Early-Stage Breast Cancer Spread? New Analysis Offers Some Answers
Will Vaccines Work Against the New Coronavirus Variants?
Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women, Take These Key Steps to Good Urological Health
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Words Can Wound When Parents Talk to Kids About Obesity
Worse COVID Illness May Mean Stronger Immune Protection After
Years of Diabetes Could Speed Onset of Menopause
You Can Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
You, Your Family and Cancer: How Genetic Counseling Works
Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Young, Immune-Compromised Patients Are Hotspots for Coronavirus Mutations: Study
Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
Your Dog's Behavior Is in Its DNA
Your Dog's Breed Has Little Influence on Behavior, Study Finds
Your Genes May Affect How You'll Heal If Wounded
Your Height Could Be a Factor in Disease Risk
Your Sex Affects Your Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study
Youth Vaping Triples Odds for Adult Smoking