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Gallstones Can Warn of Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Gene Changes Made This Season's Bird Flu More Severe
Gene Could Lower HIV Levels in Some People of African Descent
Gene Could Predispose Some Black Patients to Alzheimer's
Gene Differences Could Have Black Patients Undergoing Unnecessary Biopsies
Gene Editing Technique Corrects Sickle Cell Disease in Mice
Gene Found in Amish Helps Protect Their Hearts
Gene Study Probes Origins of Addison's Disease
Gene Study Reveals Brain's Complex Organization
Gene Test Lets Some Colon Cancer Patients Safely Skip Chemo
Gene Test Might Help Some Breast Cancer Patients Skip Radiation After Lumpectomy
Gene Test Spots Those Vulnerable to Rare but Severe Side Effect of Drugs for MS, Other Conditions
Gene Tests Could Spot 1 Million Americans at Risk of High Cholesterol
Gene That Shielded Some Against Black Death May Be Helping, Harming People Today
Gene-Based Embryo Selection: Are 'Designer Babies' on the Horizon?
Genes Could Raise COVID Risks for People With Down Syndrome
Genes for Stillbirth May Be Passed Down by Male Relatives
Genes Help Explain Role of Race in Prostate Cancer Risk
Genes Might Be Driving You to Go Vegetarian
Genes or Lifestyle? How a Person Becomes Obese Could Influence Heart Health
Genes 'Switched On' Much Earlier in Human Embryos Than Thought
Gene-Targeted Drug Tagrisso Cuts Death Rate in Half for Patients With Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Genetic Research May Help Identify Causes of Stillbirth
Geneticists Probe Origins of Painful Cluster Headaches
Genetics Might Explain Some Cases of Cerebral Palsy
Get First Colonoscopy at 45, not 50: U.S. Expert Panel
Get on the Bus: Lifesaving Lung Screens Hit the Road
Global Consortium Finds Genes That Drive Severe COVID-19
Global Warming Could Bring More Stillbirths, Study Warns
Global Warming Could Make Pregnancies More Dangerous
Global Warming Could Make Survival in Tropics Impossible: Study
Global Warming Could Mean Less Sleep for Billions
Global Warming Could Worsen COPD Symptoms
Global Warming May Be Triggering Toxic Algae Blooms Along U.S. West Coast
Going Vegan Healthy for Dogs, Cats — and the Planet
Good Sense of Direction? Where You Grew Up Is Key
Got the 'Winter Blues'? Exercise Can Help
Green Spaces Give Mental Boost, Even When White With Snow
Greenhouse Gases Bad for Your Brain
Growing Up in Lead-Contaminated Area Might Alter Personality: Study
Gruesome Cigarette Warnings May Work on Smokers: Study
Gruesome Warnings on Cigarette Packs Have Smokers Hiding Them, but not Quitting
Guard Yourself Against the Health Dangers of Wildfire Smoke
Gum Disease Treatments Lose Their Punch in Heavy Smokers
Gun Injuries Rise as Neighborhoods Gentrify
Handle DIY Cleaning Products With Care During Coronavirus Pandemic
Have Diabetes? Here's How to Save Your Sight
Having Even a Cousin or Grandparent With Colon Cancer Raises Your Risk: Study
Healthy Dining Is Healthy for the Planet, Too
Healthy Lifestyle Cuts Odds for Long COVID in Half
Healthy Living Boosts Life Span, Even for Former Smokers
Healthy Living Helps Ward Off Deadly Prostate Cancers in Men at High Risk
Heart Patients Avoiding Care During Pandemic: Survey
Heart Screening of Young Athletes Is Cost-Effective
'Heat Not Burn' Cigarettes Can Still Harm the Heart
Heat Waves Bring Health Crises to the Homeless
Heat Waves Far More Frequent Now Than in 1980s
Heat Waves Topping 132 Degrees F Likely in Middle East Without Action on Climate Change
Heavy Drinking in Youth Could Harm Arteries
Heavy Drinking Tied to Raised Stroke Risk, Study Finds
Here's 8 Habits That Could Lengthen Your Life
Here's How to Get Your Free Home COVID Test Kits
Herpes Virus Yields Up Genetic Secrets
High Blood Levels of Cadmium May Be Tied to Worse COVID-19
High Cadmium Levels Linked to Endometriosis
High Heat, Heavy Smog a Deadly Combo: Study
High Levels of PFAS 'Forever' Chemicals in Kids' School Uniforms
Highly Inbred, French Bulldogs Face Higher Odds for 20 Health Issues
HIV Testing Plummeted During Pandemic
Hot Asphalt Releases a Lot of Pollution Into the Air
Hot Days Can Send Even Younger Folks to the ER
Hotter Climate Could Mean Worsening Eyesight for Americans
How Are 'Super Agers' Protected From Alzheimer's and Mental Decline?
How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger
How Dangerous Is It for Lung Cancer Patients to Skip Radiation Treatments?
How Easily Can Singing Spread COVID-19?
How Moving the Homeless to Hotels During the Pandemic Helps Everyone
How Much Do Trees Lower Urban Temperatures?
How One Patient's Battle With COVID-19 Changed U.S. Testing Protocols
How Smoking Could Help Spur Breast Cancer's Spread
How Streetlights Might Affect Your Colon Cancer Risk
How the Pandemic Affected Americans' Blood Pressure
How Unhealthy Are Cigars?
How Your Neighborhood Can Hamper Your Teen's Sleep
Huge Mass of Sargassum Seaweed Is Targeting Florida's Coast, With Hazards to Health
Humans Bear Blame for Red Tides
Humans Outperform AI in Interpreting Chest X-Rays
Humans Pass Coronavirus to Deer, Creating Reservoir for Variants
Humans Started Loving Carbs a Very Long Time Ago
Hurricane Season Starts June 1. Protect Your Family From Carbon Monoxide Dangers
Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival for Lung Cancer Patients
Immunotherapy Drug Can Beat Back Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Improved Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplants Mark a Major Advance
In 10 Years, COVID-19 Could Be 'Just the Sniffles'
In Breast Cancer Survivors, Obesity Raises Odds for Cancer's Return
In Medieval Times, Plagues 'Sped Up' With Each New Outbreak
In Nonsmokers, COPD May Up Lung Cancer Risk
In Poorer Households, Quitting Smoking May Help Boost Food Supply
In the Cards: Simple Test Could Assess Risk of Dementia
In U.S., Minority Communities More Likely to Have Water Contaminated by Toxic Metals
Incomplete Polyp Removal During Colonoscopy Can Bring Cancer Danger
Insights Into Genes Driving Epilepsy Could Help With Treatment
Insomnia Tied to Raised Risk of Aneurysm
Is a Ban on Menthols Enough to Thwart Big Tobacco?
Is Alzheimer's Disease Genetic?
Is It COVID? Early Signs May Differ by Age, Gender
Is Obesity Especially Dangerous for Women at Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer?
Is Politics Creating a 'Mortality Gap' for Americans?
Is Sheltering Under an Overpass Safe When Tornadoes Strike?
Is Your Family 'CO Safe' When Big Storms Hit?
Is Your Home Workstation Hurting You?
Is Your State Among the Worst for Tobacco Control?
Japanese Scientists Discover New Disease Carried by Ticks
Job Done: Scientists Fill in Missing Gaps to Complete Map of Human Genome
Join the Chorus: Singing Can Be Safe During Pandemic
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 High Blood Pressure at Bay With Healthy Lifestyle
Keto, Paleo, Vegan: How Does Your Diet Affect the Planet?
Kids in Marching Bands Under Threat From Heat Illness
Kids Living Near Airports Face Lead Poisoning Dangers
Kids' Weight Rises When Convenience Stores Open Nearby: Study
Kids With Autism Face Higher Odds of Vision Issues, But Many Don't Get Screened
Kim Kardashian Just Got a Whole-Body MRI Scan. Should You?
Largest-Ever Study of Suicide Genetics Gives Clues to Who's at Risk
Latest AI Has 100% Success Rate in Spotting Melanomas
Lead Exposure Harms Kids in Many Ways
Leaded Gas, Banned Decades Ago, Might Still Harm People Today
Legacy of Racist Neighborhood 'Redlining': Fewer Healthy Green Spaces Today
Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Like Flu, COVID-19 May Turn Out to Be Seasonal
'Liquid Biopsy' Could Help Guide Lung Cancer Treatment
Lithium in Water Supply Linked to Uptick in Autism Risk
Live Near a 'Superfund' Site? Your Life Span Might Be Shorter
Live Near Busy Traffic? You May Be at Higher Odds for Tinnitus
Living Near Oil, Gas Wells Tied to Low Birth Weight Infants
Local Rates of Flu, RSV Show Up in a City's Wastewater
Local Sales Bans on Flavored Tobacco Products in California Cut Use
Lockdowns' Benefits for Air Quality Weren't as Big as Thought: Study
Lockdowns Cut Air Pollution, But Poorer Neighborhoods Benefited Less
Loneliness May Make Quitting Smoking Even Tougher
Long Bouts of Space Travel May Harm Astronauts' Brains
Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
Long Periods in Space Alter Astronauts' Brains
Long Space Flights Could Take Toll on Astronauts' Brains
Loss of Bees Could Harm Health of Millions of People
Loss of Smell More Common in COVID-19 Than Thought
Low Risk That Scientists Can Pass Coronavirus to North American Bats
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
Major Drug Shortages Not Likely After Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant, FDA says
Major Gene Study Looks at Origins of Bipolar Disorder
Major Gene Study Spots DNA Tied to Autism, Other Disorders
Major Study Confirms CT Scans' Link to Blood Cancer Risk in Kids
Make Asthma, Allergy Control Your Resolution for the New Year
Making U.S. Cities Greener Could Have Saved Thousands of Lives
Mammogram Rates Have Rebounded Since Pandemic Began, But Concerns Remain
Mammograms: An Expert Overview on Why They're So Important
Mammography Rates Plummeted During Pandemic
Many Cancer Patients Face Mounting Bills Despite Having Insurance
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 Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Many Patients Billed for Preventive Care That Should Be Free: Study
Many Thyroid Cancer Ultrasound Scans Unnecessary
Many U.S. Homes Too Cramped to Stop COVID-19's Spread
Many U.S. Mammography Centers Aren't Following Expert Guidelines: Report
Many U.S. Women Must Travel Far to Get Mammograms
Many Women May Overestimate Risks From Genes Tied to Breast Cancer
Masks Vital to Stopping COVID at Gyms, Studies Show
Massive Gene Study Probes Origins of Depression
Measuring Up: Scientists Spot Genes Linked to Height
Meat Production Is Dirtying the Air You Breathe
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
Men: Here Are the Health Screenings You Need
Mental Health Trauma Plagues Wildfire Survivors
Menthol Vapes Could Be Even More Toxic to Lungs
Menthols Make Up 40% of U.S. Cigarette Sales; Ban Could Have Huge Impact
Menus With 'Climate Change Impact' Info Sway Diners' Choices
Microbes in Lungs Could Affect COVID-19 Outcomes
Microplastics Are Harming the Guts of Seabirds -- and Maybe Humans, Too
Microplastics Found in Mussels That Humans Eat
Million-Person Study Finds Genes Common to Many Addiction Disorders
Millions of Smokers May Have a Tough-to-Diagnose Lung Disease
Millions of Tons of COVID Masks, Gloves Will End Up in Oceans
Mixed Progress Against Cancers in Teens, Young Adults
Modern Livestock Farming Can Pose Public Health Risk
Mold a Big Threat to People With COPD
Mom's Exposure to Dirty Air in Pregnancy Could Harm a Toddler's Development
Mom-to-Be's 'Leaky' Heart Valves May Pose More Danger Than Thought
More Americans Are Moving to Wildfire-Prone Areas
More Americans Than Ever Believe Marijuana Smoke Is Safer Than Cigarette Smoke. They're Wrong
More Americans Would Get Lung Cancer Screening Under New Guidelines
More Balmy Summer Nights, Higher Heart Death Rate in Men
More Biodiversity, Better Mental Health?
More Childbearing Women Having Suicidal Thoughts: Study
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 Fast-Food Outlets, More Diabetes in Your Neighborhood
More Than 10 Million People Died of Cancer Worldwide in 2019
More Than 2 Million COVID Home Test Kits Recalled Due to False Positive Results
More Than 230 Medical Journals Issue Joint Statement on Health Dangers of Global Warming
More Trees, Parks May Mean Longer Lives for City Dwellers
Most Cancer Screenings Make Big Rebound After Pandemic Decline
Most Cases of Dementia in U.S. Seniors Go Undiagnosed: Study
Most Dog Breeds Are Highly Inbred -- and Unhealthy
Most Folks Who Need Colon Cancer Screening Aren't Reminded by Doctors
Most of Restaurant Menu Must Be Vegetarian Before Meat Eaters Make the Switch
Most Older Americans Object to Cancer Screening Cutoffs Based on Life Expectancy: Poll
Most U.S. Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study
Most U.S. Voters Want Products Free of Harmful Chemicals: Poll
Mother and Son Draw Hope, Healing From Shared Cancer Treatment
Move to Electric Cars Will Save Lives Plus Billions in Health Care Costs
Move to 'Zero-Emission' Vehicles Would Save 90,000 U.S. Lives by 2050
Moving Into a Smoker's Former Home? You May Need to Toss the Carpet
MRI Might Boost Cancer Detection for Women With Dense Breasts
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
Nature Helped Many Kids Cope During Lockdown: Study
NBA Players to Assess New Coronavirus Test
Nearly Half of Tap Water Americans Drink Is Tainted With PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'
Necklace Spots A-Fib in Just Over 30 Seconds
Need to Pee? Scientists May Have Found the Gene for That
Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids
Neighborhoods May Matter When It Comes to Epilepsy
Nerve Gas Sarin Probably Caused Gulf War Syndrome
New Approach Cuts Odds for Anal Cancer in People With HIV
New Blood Test May Improve Liver Cancer Screening
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 Genetic Insights Into Cause of ALS
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 Parasite Is Killing Sea Otters, and Might Pose Threat to People
New Polio Vaccine Promising in Early Test
New Research Links Another Gene to Alzheimer's Risk
New Screen Might Spot More Cases of Hidden COPD
New Technique 80% Effective in Selecting a Baby's Gender
New Test of Pancreatic Cysts Might Boost Cancer Detection
New Tests for Colon, Prostate Cancer Show Promise
New Tick-Borne Virus Is Spreading Across U.S.
New Year: Time for Your Memory Screening Appointment
New Year's Resolution? Here's How to Make it Stick
New Zealand Aims for Zero Smokers in a Generation: Could Plan Work Elsewhere?
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 Good Evidence on Accuracy of Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Study
No Link Found Between Blood Pressure Meds and Cancer: Study
No Sign of Human Herpesvirus in African Gorillas
Normal Conversation Spreads Virus-Laden Droplets Beyond 6 Feet
Not Enough Older Americans Are Checking Blood Pressure At Home
Not Just a Lump: Many Women Miss Subtle Signs of Breast Cancer
Not Just for Glasses: Eye Exams Could Save Your Life
Nova Scotia Wildfires Sending Unhealthy 'Smoke Plume' to U.S. Northeast
NYC's Ban on Heating Oil Helped Clean the Air
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure
Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
Obesity Stigma Keeps Many From Life-Saving Cancer Screening: Study
Obesity Tied to Shorter Survival in Cancer Patients
Ocean Color Is Changing, and Climate Change is Likely Behind It
On Father's Day, Give Dad Tips to Keep Healthy
One Key Question Can Help Spot Skin Cancer
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
Only 1 in 7 Cancers Are Caught Through Cancer Screenings
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
Over 3 Million U.S. School Kids Now Vaping or Smoking
Over 60? You Have Billions of Potentially Cancer-Causing Cells
Over Half of American Children Have Detectable Lead Levels in Their Blood
Pandemic Brought Big Drop in Breast Cancer Screening in Older, Low-Income Women
Pandemic Caused Millions of U.S. Women to Skip Cancer Screenings
Pandemic Closures, Fears Keep Patients From Lung Cancer Screening
Pandemic Could Complicate Hurricane Season
Pandemic Delays in Screening Mean More Breast Cancer Deaths Ahead: Study
Pandemic-Linked Rise in Crime Hit America's Poor Neighborhoods Hardest
Pangolins Hold Clues to How COVID-19 Began -- and Might End
Parent or Sibling With Colon Cancer? You May Need Colonoscopy Earlier
Parents' Input Key When Screening Toddlers for Autism
Parents Often in the Dark When Kids Take Up Vaping
Parents' Pot Smoking Means More Colds, Flu for Kids
Parks, Gardens Might Boost Life Spans in Poorer Neighborhoods
Parks, Rivers, Lakes: Nature's Great Stress Relievers
Parts of Intestinal Scope Devices Can Break Off Inside Patients
Patients' Genes Raise Odds for Rare Brain Infection When Using Certain Meds
Penis Birth Defects Are on the Rise – Are Environmental Toxins to Blame?
People Are Still Evolving, Creating New Genes
People Exhale Less COVID Virus as Their Infection Wanes
Pesticide Harmed Children's Brains: Lawsuits
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
Pollen Fragments Linger After Rains, Leaving Allergy Sufferers Miserable
Pollen Peril: Sneezin' Season May Up COVID Risk
Polluted Air Keeps Butterflies, Bees From Pollinating: Study
Polluted Air Means More Asthma Attacks for Urban Kids
Pollution Killed 9 Million People Worldwide in 2019
Poor Americans Likely to Miss Preventive Heart Screenings: Study
Poor Sleep Plus Genes Might Raise Some Folks' Asthma Risk
Poorer Neighborhoods Linked to Higher Asthma Rates in Kids
Popular 'Nicotine Pouches' Won't Help Smokers Quit: Study
Prediabetes Plus Smoking a Deadly Combo for Young Adults
Preparing for Flooding During Hurricane Season
'Prescribed' Fires' Hidden Bonus: Fewer Ticks
President Biden Undergoes Routine Colonoscopy
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries
Program Helps Folks Battling Mental Illness Beat Another Foe: Smoking
Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
Protecting Wildlife Key to Preventing the Next Big Pandemic
Quick Scan Spots a Common Hormonal Form of High Blood Pressure
Quit Smoking to Cut Risk of Death From A-Fib
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Race, Income Big Factors in Deaths After U.S. Hurricanes
Race, Neighborhood Affects How Long You'll Live After Heart Attack
Racist 'Redlining' Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans
Rain or Shine, Allergies Are Tough. What's the Link to Weather?
Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking, Study Confirms
Rare But Dangerous Form of Eating Disorder Could Run in Families
Rat-Borne Parasite That Can Cause Brain Disease Spreading in Southern U.S.
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain
Regular Screening Pays Off for People at High Risk for Pancreatic Cancer
Repeat Bone Density Tests Might Not Be Needed, Study Finds
Replace That Old Carpet to Shield Your Kids From Toxins
Report Finds Big Rise in U.S. Carbon Monoxide Deaths
Research Gives Clues to Why Cancer in One Breast Could Develop in the Other
Researchers Develop First App-Based Rapid Gonorrhea Test
Resolved to Quit Smoking This Year? Experts Offer Tips
Restricting Access to Vapes Might Drive People to Cigarettes
Runaway Global Warming Will Make Some Areas Too Hot for Human Life
'SAD Season': Depression Risks Rise as Days Get Shorter
Sarah Ferguson Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Mastectomy
Saving the 'Butterfly Children:' Gene Therapy Helps Heal Deadly Blistering Condition
School COVID Outbreaks Drop When Adults Wear Masks, Study Finds
Science Brings Shortcut to Spotting 50 Rare Genetic Diseases
Science Reveals Genes That Help Drive Dyslexia
Scientists Decode the Y Chromosome, Key to Male Development
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 Get Closer to a Better PSA Test
Scientists Move Closer to Mapping Entire Human Genome
Scientists Spot Genes Linked to Raynaud's Phenomenon
Scientists Spot More Genes Linked to Problem Drinking
Scientists Test Safest Way Driver, Passengers Can Avoid COVID Spread
Screen All Adults Under Age 65 for Anxiety Disorders, Expert Panel Says
Screen All Kids for Heart Problems, Pediatricians' Group Says
Screen Kids 8 and Older for Anxiety, Expert Panel Recommends
Screening Newborns for 'Bubble Boy' Immune Disease Saves Lives
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Screening School Kids for Depression Boosts Diagnoses, Outcomes
Search and Rescue Dogs Fared Well After Working at 9/11 Sites
Secondhand Smoke Can Raise Odds for Mouth, Throat Cancers
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
'Secondhand Vaping' May Be Unhealthy — Could Public Bans Be Coming?
Secret Weapon for Quit-Smoking Campaigns: Pets
Segregation Has Close Ties With Lead Poisoning in Black American Kids
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years
Should All U.S. Newborns Undergo Genomic Testing?
Should Your Child Get a COVID Test?
Sick? You'll Need Multiple Tests to Rule Out COVID
Silent Killer: Shield Your Family From Carbon Monoxide
Silent Killer: Watch Out for Carbon Monoxide Dangers This Winter
Skeletons May Put Blame on Vikings for Smallpox' Spread
Skipping Mammograms Raises a Woman's Odds for Breast Cancer Death
Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain
Smog Might Damage Your Sense of Smell
Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis
Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blackens Skies, Prompts Air Quality Alerts in Much of U.S.
Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Triggers Air Alerts in Colorado, Montana
Smoke From Nuclear War Would Trigger Massive Climate Change, Endangering Health
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 Tobacco Plus Weed Greatly Raises Odds for Emphysema
Smoking Undermines Human DNA That Would Normally Prevent Cancer
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
Social Media Messages Can Lower People's Meat Intake
Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
Some Types of Air Pollution Are Even Worse for Your Health
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Someday, Your Shopping Cart Might Gauge Your Heart Health
Space Travel Might Weaken Immune System
Space Travel Takes Toll on Astronauts' Blood, Bone
Sperm Samples May Help Predict Autism Risk in Offspring
Spring Cleaning Can Sweep Away Allergens From Your Home
Spring's Double Trouble: Asthma Plus Seasonal Allergies
Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
Staying Fit Lowers a Man's Cancer Risk, Study Confirms
STDs May Be More Common Than Thought Among U.S. High School Kids
Storm Alert: How to Keep Your Home Safe
Stray Cats Shed Toxoplasmosis Parasites in Cities, Especially in Warm Weather
Streetlights Could Be Harming Your Teen's Sleep, Mental Health: Study
Stress Not Always a Trigger for Relapse in Eating Disorders: Study
Stronger Hearts, Better Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study
Stuck in Traffic? Diesel Fumes May Be Harming Your Brain
Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
Study Confirms Restaurants, Bars Are COVID Infection Hotspots
Study Offers Best Evidence Yet That Intervening Early Helps Curb Autism
Study Ties Gum Disease to High Blood Pressure
Study Uncovers Large Collection of Genes Behind Schizophrenia
Success of Smallpox Vaccine Bears Lessons for Coronavirus Vaccine
Summer Playgrounds Come With Fun and Hazards
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up
Take This Refresher on Skin Safety in Summer Sun
Targeted Drug Tagrisso Could Be Advance Against Lung Cancer
Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer
Task Force Recommends Anxiety Screening for All Adults Under 65
Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
Teens Aren't Turning to E-Cigarettes to Quit Smoking
Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes
Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
Testing Entire Genome Twice as Good at Spotting Genetic Disorders as Targeted Tests Are
Texas Court Case Could Threaten Americans' Health Care Nationwide
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
There Might Be a Perfect Indoor Humidity to Curb COVID Spread
There's Almost Nowhere in the World Free of Air Pollution
There's Another Benefit to Hand-Washing During Pandemic
There's More MS in Northern Countries. Now, Researchers Find New Reason Why
There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
Thin Ice: Global Warming May Be Raising Drowning Risks
Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical? Think Again
Ticks Can Take a Licking From Really Tough Weather
Ticks May Be Spreading 'Wasting Disease' Among Wisconsin Deer
Time Spent in Nature Appears to Slow Parkinson's, Alzheimer's
Time Spent in Nature Boosts Kids' Well-Being
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Tobacco Company Coupons Raise Odds Ex-Smokers Will Light Up Again
Too Few Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia Get Screened for Stroke Risk
Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans
Too Much Caffeine Might Raise Your Odds for Glaucoma
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
Tougher State Gun Laws, Less Gun Violence Among Teens: Study
Toxic Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire May Be Worse Than Thought
Toxic Leaded Gasoline Is Finished Globally
Toxins in Wildfire Smoke May Make Their Way Into Brain
Traces of Human DNA Are Everywhere in the Environment
Tracking Key Protein Helps Predict Outcomes in TBI Patients
Train Wheels Send Unhealthy, 'Ultrafine' Metals Into Subway Air
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?
Tree Rings Show Hurricanes Becoming Wetter, Longer, More Dangerous
Triple-Digit Heat Wave a Danger to Those With Dementia
Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care
Two New Studies Point to the Promise of Gene Therapy for High Cholesterol
Two New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer
Two Out of Three California Prison Inmates Said Yes to COVID Vaccine
U.S. Blood Supply Is Safe From Coronavirus, Study Finds
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline
U.S. Cancer Screening Rates Back to Normal After Pandemic Dip
U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline
U.S. Heat-Related Heart Deaths Will Multiply With Warming Temperatures
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
U.S. Smoking Rate Hits All-Time Low
U.S. Smoking, Vaping Rates Fell in First Year of Pandemic: CDC
U.S. Wildfires: Much Bigger, More Frequent Now
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
Ultrasound Good Diagnostic Tool After Breast Symptoms
Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
Underarm Lump After COVID Shot Is Likely Lymph Swelling, Not Breast Cancer, Experts Say
Understanding Your Cholesterol Numbers
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
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 Might Beat Nicotine Patches in Helping Pregnant Women Quit Smoking
Vaping Now Outstrips Smoking Among U.S. Young Adults
Vaping Pot Worse Than Vaping Tobacco for Teens' Lungs: Study
Vaping Raises Blood Clotting Risks, Harms Small Arteries: 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
Vaping's Popularity Falls Among U.S. High School Students
Various Mental Illnesses Share Same Genes: Study
Venturing Out? Guard Yourself Against Disease-Carrying Ticks
Want a Healthier Neighborhood? Plant a Tree
Want Less Violent Prisons? Plant More Trees
Warming Climate Could Bring Flesh-Eating Bacteria to More U.S. Waters
Weak Action on Climate Change Is Stressing Young People Worldwide
Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
Well Water Germ Tests May Depend on Time of Year
Were You a Big Baby at Birth? Your Infant May Be Also, Study Finds
West Coast Wildfires, COVID a Double Whammy to Lung Health
Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study
Western Wildfires Fueling Air Pollution During Summer Months
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Every Woman Needs to Know About Breast Cancer Screening
What Happens to Your Body When You Quit Smoking
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
What You Need to Know About Your Colon Cancer Risk
What's Behind Unexplained Epilepsy in Kids? A Gene Test May Tell
What's Really Killing the 'Night Owls'?
When California Banned Flavored Vapes, Many Just Shopped Online
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
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 Lung Cancer Strikes the Young, Women Face Higher Risks Than Men
When Schools Ask Students About Suicide, Those At Risk Get Help Sooner
Which Seafood Has the Highest Amount of Microplastics?
While 8 in 10 Seniors See Wisdom of Dementia Screening, Few Have Been Tested: Poll
White House Launches Website for Free Home COVID Tests One Day Ahead of Schedule
WHO Calls for Global Registry of Human Genome Editing
Who's Got COVID? Dogs Can Quickly Tell
Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Are More U.S. Babies Being Born With Syphilis?
Why Are Some People More Sensitive Than Others? Genes May Tell
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
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 So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Why Some 'Super Ager' Folks Keep Their Minds Dementia-Free
Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk
Wildfire Smoke Can Trigger Eczema, Study Finds
Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
Wildfire Smoke Could Cause More Than 9,000 U.S. Deaths Each Year
Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
Wildfire Smoke Pollution a Growing Global Threat
Wildfire Survivors Could Face Higher Cancer Risk
Wildfires Are Changing the Seasonal Air Quality of the U.S. West
Wildfires Are Undoing Gains Made Against Air Pollution
Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year
Wildfires Plus Heat Make Breathing Dangerous in America's West
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
Wildlife Crossings Over Highways Save Human Lives, Too
Will an Early-Stage Breast Cancer Spread? New Analysis Offers Some Answers
Will COVID Pandemic's Environmental Benefit Last?
Will Vaccines Work Against the New Coronavirus Variants?
Will Warmer Temps Help Contain Coronavirus? Two Studies Say Not Really
Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
Windy Days Are Safer Days When It Comes to COVID-19
Winter Brings Rise in Carbon Monoxide Danger: Stay Safe
With COVID Crisis Ebbing, How Can We Prevent Future Pandemics?
With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Women's Depression Symptoms May Differ by Race: Study
Women's Menstrual Cycles Tied to Moon's Phases
Workers in U.S. Southwest in Peril as Summer Temperatures Rise
Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
Working Night Shifts Could Raise Odds for A-Fib
Worried About Catching Coronavirus From Surfaces? The City You Live in May Matter
Worse COVID Illness May Mean Stronger Immune Protection After
You Can Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
You Could Live 9 Years Longer in Hawaii Than in Mississippi, New Data Shows
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, Immune-Compromised Patients Are Hotspots for Coronavirus Mutations: Study
Your Doctor Appointments Might Look Different Post-Pandemic
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 Plant-Based Diet Could Really Help the Planet
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
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