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Kids Who Witness Domestic Violence May Suffer Mentally for Decades
Kids With Congenital Heart Disease Face Higher Odds of Mental Health Issues
Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19
Knee Procedure Done Earlier Might Prevent Knee Replacement Later
Knee Replacement a Good Option, Even for Severely Obese: Study
Knee Replacement in Folks Over 80: Less Risky Than You Think
Knee Replacement More Challenging in People With Sickle Cell
Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault
L.A. Study Shows E-Scooter Injury Rate Soaring
La COVID más un ACV hemorrágico duplican el riesgo de muerte de un paciente
Lab-Made Heart Valves Can Grow Along With Youngest Heart Patients
Ladder Injuries Can Go Far Beyond Broken Bones
Language Can Make the Difference Between Home, Hospital Care: Study
Large Study Supports Less Invasive Way to Treat 'Leaky' Heart Valves
Lasik Surgery Should Carry Warnings of Possible Complications, FDA Says
Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope
Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal
Legalized Pot Tied to Rise in Young Men's Suicide Attempts
Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Life-Saving Organ Transplants Plummet During COVID-19 Crisis
Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans
Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays
Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
Long-Haul COVID Symptoms? Getting Vaccine Won't Make You Feel Worse, Study Finds
Long-Term Outlook for Most With Serious Brain Injury Is Better Than Thought
Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study
Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
Lumpectomy as Effective as Mastectomy for Young Women With Breast Cancer
Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can't Sustain It
Lymph Node Removal During Breast Cancer Mastectomy: Is It Overdone?
Major Drug Shortages Not Likely After Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant, FDA says
Man Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died
Many At-Risk Kids With COVID Can Be Cared for at Home
Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine
Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken
Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study
Many Face Months of Lingering Symptoms After COVID Hospital Discharge
Many 'High Priority' Patients Aren't Getting Put on Kidney Transplant Lists
Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms
Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home
Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study
Many Insured Americans Are an Injury Away From Bankruptcy: Study
Many Kids Aren't Wearing Helmets While Sledding, Poll Finds
Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds
Many Parents Ignore Fireworks Safety
Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage
Many Seniors Love Pickleball, But Injuries Can Happen
Marijuana Users May Feel More Post-Surgery Pain: Study
Marijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries
Men Offered Surgery More Often Than Women When Carpal Tunnel Strikes
Men With Testicular Cancer May Have New Treatment Option
Mental Health Trauma Plagues Wildfire Survivors
'Mental Resilience' May Give Holocaust Survivors an Edge After Surgery
Mesh Plug a New Option for Treating Tricky Aneurysms
Microneedling Can Help Surgical Scars Fade, Especially If Done Early
Minimally Invasive Surgery May Be Good Option for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms
Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms
Mitch McConnell in Hospital With Concussion After Tripping at Washington Hotel
Mitch McConnell Released from Hospital, Sent to Rehab for Recovery
Monthly Injections Might Lower Bleeding in People With Hemophilia
Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online
More American Men Now Opting for Vasectomy
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment
More Diverse Pool of Blood Donors Needed to Help Sickle Cell Patients
More E-Scooter Rideshares, More Injuries
More Evidence COVID Shots Less Effective for People With Weak Immune Systems
More 'Height-Challenged' Men Are Getting Leg-Lengthening Surgeries
More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study
More Pot-Linked Poisoning Cases as Edibles' Popularity Booms
More Than Half of Americans Plagued by Back, Leg Pain
Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey
Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
Most Parents Clueless About Overuse Dangers to Young Pitchers
Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal
Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
Mountain Biking May Not Be as Risky as You Think
Mouse Study Points to Possible Breakthrough Against Spinal Cord Injury
Multiple Surgeries for Cleft Lip, Palate Won't Cause Major Psychological Damage
Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds
Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated
Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay
Nearly All Seniors Take Meds That Raise Their Odds of Falling
Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
Need an Operation? Here's How COVID Has Changed Surgery
'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries
New Approach Allows Safe Transplant of Kidneys Tainted by Hepatitis C
New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
New COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids
New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office
New Window Blinds? Go Cordless to Save a Child's Life
No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop
No 'Fall Back'? Sleep Experts Argue Against Daylight Standard Time
No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life
No Need to Avoid Exercise After Prolapse Surgery, Study Finds
No Sign That Anesthesia in Pregnancy Affects Child's Later Development
Not Just Keyboards: Many Types of Workers Can Develop Carpal Tunnel
Number of U.S. Kids Hospitalized With COVID Is Likely Overcounted: Study
Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding
Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
Obesity Raises a Woman's Odds for Broken Bones
Odds for Early Death Rise After Severe Injury Linked to Alcohol
Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use
Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
Older and Getting Surgery? Get Fit Beforehand
Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study
On Waitlist for Liver Transplants, Women Die More Often Than Men
One Activity Causes 4 Out of 5 Sports-Linked Spinal Injuries
One Back-to-School Worry for Parents: Traffic Dangers
One-Dose Blood Thinner Could Slash Blood Clot Risk After Knee Replacement
On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives
Opening All Arteries Best When Heart Attack Strikes in Old Age: Study
Oral Surgery on Your Calendar? Expert Offers Tips to Ease Anxiety
Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney
Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study
Ouch! You Injured a Nail: Tips on Best Treatment
Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals
Paintball Guns Are Being Used to Harm — And Blinding Victims
Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids
Pandemic Cut U.S. Heart Surgeries in Half as Patients Avoided Hospitals
Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis
Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study
Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths
Pandemic Means More Backyard Fireworks This Year -- And More Danger
Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny
Pandemic Saw Big Rise in Deaths to Millennials From Multiple Causes
Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
Patient Care Delayed at Large Hospital Chain After Ransomware Attack
Patients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations
Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant
Patients With Bladder Cancer May Avoid Removal of Extra Lymph Nodes, Study Finds
Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants
Patient-to-Patient Transmission Not to Blame for Most C. Difficile Infections in Hospitals
People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID
People Over 80 Benefit From Surgery for Benign Brain Tumors
People With Autism at Higher Risk for Suicide, Self-Harm: Study
People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox
Permanently Bent 'Trigger Finger' Can Be Hallmark of Diabetes
Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17
Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second
Physical Jobs Tied to More Sick Leave, Earlier Retirement
Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
Plasma Therapy Aids Recovery in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
Playing Football, Hockey in High School Ups Odds for Stimulant Abuse
Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
Police Use of Neck Restraint Never Medically Appropriate, Neurologists Say
Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER
Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study
Poor Sleep After Head Injury Could Point to Dementia Risk
Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID
Pope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service
Pope Francis Leaves Hospital 9 Days After Surgery
Pope Leaves Hospital 10 Days After Colon Surgery
Pope to Have Hernia Surgery, Stay in Rome Hospital for Several Days
Post-COVID PTSD? Many Find Return to 'Normal' Unsettling
Post-COVID Risk for Blood Clot Lasts at Least 6 Months
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Post-Op Delirium Could Signal Faster Mental Decline
Postpartum Bleeding Doesn't Have to Mean Hysterectomy, Experts Say
Pot Use Ups Odds for Suicide in Young People With Bipolar Disorder
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
PTSD May Be Tied to Greater Dementia Risk
Put Safety at Top of Your Holiday Toy Gift List
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery
Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients
Rate of Fatal Falls Among U.S. Seniors Doubled in 20 Years
Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study
Ready to Resume Sports? Health Tips for Getting Back in the Game
Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks
Recent COVID-19 Raises Odds for Clots After Surgery by 90%
Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Seen in Florida
Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Reducing Home Hazards Cuts Seniors' Risk of Falling
Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks
Repair or Reconstruction: What's Best for ACL Tears?
Repeat Bone Density Tests Might Not Be Needed, Study Finds
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Researchers Latch Onto the Leech's Genome
Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
Rugby Injuries Last Long After Pros, Amateurs Stop Playing: Study
Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study
Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
Sarah Ferguson Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Mastectomy
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 Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
Shark Bites Are Declining Worldwide
Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls
Shopping Black Friday for TVs, Furniture? Don't Forget the Tip-Over Kit
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Should There Be 'Gun Retirement' for the Elderly?
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Simple Move May Boost Spinal Fusion Outcomes
Skull Fractures, Broken Jaws: 'Beanbag' Rounds Shot at Protesters Cause Severe Harm
Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
Slings, Other 'Baby-Wearing' Products Leave Infants at Injury Risk: Study
Slips, Slides: Winter Injuries Can Be Serious
Small Study Supports Donor Plasma Therapy for Severe COVID-19
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Snow Shoveling, Slips on Ice Bring Cold Weather Dangers
'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
Some Athletes May Need an Extra Month for Concussion Recovery
Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed
Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Space Travel Takes Toll on Astronauts' Blood, Bone
Spotting Heart Defects While Baby Still in Womb Is Crucial, Study Shows
Spring Sprains: Sports Injury Season Begins
Stem Cell Injections Show Early Promise Against Spinal Cord Injuries
Stress Urinary Incontinence? Know Your Surgical Options
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
Strike Out Kids' Overuse Injuries This Baseball Season
Strokes Hitting COVID Patients Are More Severe: Study
Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key
Strong Marijuana Habit Could Raise Odds for Complications During Surgery
Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help
Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Confirms it: Texting While Walking Is Dangerous
Study Delivers More Evidence of a Mental Health Crisis Among Teens, Particularly Girls
Study Finds Good Long-Term Outcomes for Appendicitis Treated Without Surgery
Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID
Study Suggests a Better Blood Thinner Could Be Near
Summer Playgrounds Come With Fun and Hazards
Summer Water Fun Can Bring Drowning Risks: Stay Safe
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient
Surgery Brings Added Risks to People With COPD
Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?
Surgery Often a Gateway to Opioid Abuse, Study Confirms
Surgery Soon? Use These 3 Tips to Manage Post-Surgical Pain
Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak
Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative
Surgical Snip Might Prevent Stroke in People With A-fib
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
SUVs, Trucks More Prone to Hitting Pedestrians
Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
Taking Ozempic, Wegovy? Stop Before Surgery, Anesthesiologists Say
Targeting Key Cells in Spinal Cord Got Paralyzed Patients Walking Again
Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving
Teen Social Media Posts About Cutting, Other Self-Harm Are Soaring
Teens Can Donate Blood, But May Need Iron Supplements After
Telehealth Boosts Odds That Patients Show Up for Post-Surgery Care
Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery
'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes
Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
The No. 1 Cause of Halloween Injuries: Carving the Pumpkin
There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
Thin Ice: Global Warming May Be Raising Drowning Risks
Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe
Third Vaccine Dose Can Help Shield Transplant Patients From COVID
'Time Is Brain': More Americans Waiting Longer for Best Care After Stroke
Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later
Timing of Melanoma Immunotherapy Could Be Key to Outcomes: Study
To Prevent Injuries, Give Your Kids a Pass on Cutting the Grass
Tonsillectomies Can Be Tougher for Kids With Developmental Delays
Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
'Tough Guy' Mentality Keeps Athletes in Denial About Pain
Tracking Key Protein Helps Predict Outcomes in TBI Patients
Transfusions of COVID Survivor Blood a Safe Treatment for Patients
Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
'Trigger Warnings' May Do More Harm Than Good, Study Finds
TV, Furniture on Your Holiday Gift List? Add in an 'Anti-Tip-Over' Kit
U.S. Blood Supply Is Safe From Coronavirus, Study Finds
U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter's Peak
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Fourth Straight Week
U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million
U.S. Fireworks Injuries Are on the Rise
U.S. Gender-Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in 3 Years
U.S. Gun Violence Rates Jumped 30% During Pandemic
U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen
U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving
U.S. Sees Decline in Sepsis Deaths, But Some Americans More Vulnerable
U.S. Seniors Are Getting Fewer Abdominal Surgeries
U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns
Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End
Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization
Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: Study
Vaginal or C-Section, Method of Childbirth Won't Affect a Couple's Sex Life Later
Vaping-Linked Lung Injuries Can Leave Long-Term Symptoms
Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19
Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients
Virus Found in Pig Heart Transplanted Into Man Who Later Died
'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows
Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Long-Term Heart Risks for Diabetic Teens
What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?
What Are Hernias, and How Are They Treated?
What Arthritis Surgeries Help With Pain and Other Symptoms?
What Do You Know About Your Risk for Hernia?
What Type of Stent Did I Get, Where? Most Heart Patients Don't Know
What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer
What You Should Know If Your Surgery Has Been Put on Hold
What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes
What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back
When COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes
When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?
When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study
When Kids Fatally Shoot Other Kids: Tragedies That Don't Have to Happen
When Popping Champagne at New Years', Watch Out for That Cork
When Removing a Big Kidney Stone, Get the Little Ones, Too
When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer
When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve
Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?
Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?
Which Surgery Works Best for Lower Back Pain?
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List
Why Are Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Health Issues Not Getting Treatment?
Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Why Instant Noodles Are a Danger to Your Kids
Why Logging May Be the Most Dangerous Profession
Why Losing Someone to Violence Can Be Especially Tough to Get Over
Why Stairs Might Be a Bigger Hazard for Young Women
Wind Can Uproot Kids' Bouncy Castles, With Tragic Results
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
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 With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men After Bypass Surgery
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study
Working From Home? Posture, Ergonomics Can Make It Safe
You Can Prevent Sports Overuse Injuries
Your Blood Type May Predict Your Risk For Severe COVID-19
Your Genes May Affect How You'll Heal If Wounded
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?
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