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'Holiday Heart': Heart Attacks Spike in Last 2 Weeks of December
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Holidays Are Peak Time for Heart Attack: Protect Yourself
Homeless More Likely to Die After Heart Attack
Hormonal Breast Cancer Therapy May Work Differently, Depending on Patient's Race
Hospitalizations for Spikes in Blood Pressure Are on the Rise
Hospitalizations for Teens With Eating Disorders Rose Sharply During Pandemic
Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion
Hospitals Full, Doctors Treated Her Severe COVID-19 at Home
Hospitals: One Reason COVID Is More Lethal for Black Americans
Hot Days Can Send Even Younger Folks to the ER
How 'Bleeding' Stroke Affects Brain May Depend on Your Race
How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger
How Hospitals Can Cut Patients' Falls
How Important Is Sex as Women Age?
How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care
How Moving the Homeless to Hotels During the Pandemic Helps Everyone
How Much Will That Hip Replacement Cost? Many Hospitals Still Aren't Saying
How One Hospital Kept COVID Transmissions at Nearly Zero
How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients
How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care
How To Fix a Broken Tooth So You’re No Longer in Pain
How to Spot -- Or Prevent -- Dangerous Aortic Dissection
How Well Do Americans Know the Facts About COVID-19?
Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake
Hurricanes Threaten Many U.S. Coastal Hospitals With Serious Flooding
Hypertension in Pregnancy Is Getting More Common for Gen Z Women
ICU Bed Shortages Could Mean More COVID-19 Deaths
If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills
Illinois Study Shows Big Jump in Suicide-Linked ER Visits by Teens
Impact of Racism Could Slow Recovery After Heart Attack
In 16 States, 35% or More Residents Now Obese: CDC
In Early Days of Outbreak, Access to Mpox Vaccine Varied by Race
In Public Spaces, Women Less Likely to Get CPR If Cardiac Arrest Strikes
In U.S., Minority Communities More Likely to Have Water Contaminated by Toxic Metals
Income a Factor in Whether You Get Lifesaving ECMO Breathing Support: Study
Infusion of Certain Immune Cells May Help in Severe Coronavirus Cases
Injuries a Drain on Employee Productivity
Injuries Shoot Up After Fireworks Laws Loosened in West Virginia
Insight Into Why a Prostate Cancer Therapy Works Better for Black Men
Interventions Boost Abstinence, Condom Use Among Black Teens: Study
Is Child's Tummy Pain a Serious Concern? Poll Finds Many Parents Unsure
Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home?
Is It Time to End Universal Masking in Hospitals, Clinics? Many Experts Think So
Is Telemedicine Closing the 'Race Gap' in Primary Care?
Is Your Child at Risk for Asthma?
Is Your Tap Water Too Hot? Scalding Burns Send Thousands to ER Each Year
It Can Take Weeks for Some Patients With Severe COVID to Recover Consciousness
It Looks Like a Classic Heart Attack, But in COVID-19 Patients Other Issues May Be at Play
It's Getting Tougher to Find Spanish-Language Mental Health Services in U.S.
It's Hunting Season: Keep Safety in Your Sights
Jail Dims Hopes for Recovery for Young People With Mental Illness
JAMA Journals' Editor-in-Chief Steps Down After Deputy's Racism Comments
Keeping Same Nurse for All Home Health Care May Be Crucial for Dementia Patients
Keeping T-Day Kitchens Safe for the Whole Family
Kids' Access to Insulin Pumps: Race, Income Matters
Kids' ER Visits for Mental Health Problems Soared Over 10 Years
Kids' ER Visits for Swallowed Magnets Soared After U.S. Lifted Sales Ban
Kids' Hospitalizations Accompany Rising Unemployment Rates: Study
Kids Still Getting Injured After Swallowing High-Powered Magnets
Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19
Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault
L.A.'s Oil Wells Could Be Harming Citizens' Health
La COVID más un ACV hemorrágico duplican el riesgo de muerte de un paciente
Language Barriers Hold Back Many Asian Americans From Good Health Care
Language Barriers Keep 25 million in U.S. From Good Health Care
Language Can Make the Difference Between Home, Hospital Care: Study
Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope
Lead Poisoning Plus Systemic Racism Are Harming Black Kids' Test Scores
Legacy of Racist Neighborhood 'Redlining': Fewer Healthy Green Spaces Today
Less Social Distancing in Areas With More Trump Supporters: Study
Lessons From a Wildfire on How to Save Pets' Lives
Life Span of Native Americans Fell by Almost 5 Years During Pandemic
Lifetime of Stress Tied to Big Rise in Cancer Risk
Little Progress in Boosting Numbers of Black American Doctors
Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans
Lockdowns Cut Air Pollution, But Poorer Neighborhoods Benefited Less
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
Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study
Low Vitamin D Could Raise Diabetes Risk for Black Americans
Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
Lupus More Deadly for Asian and Hispanic Americans: Study
Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can't Sustain It
Major Drug Shortages Not Likely After Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant, FDA says
Majority of Workers at America's Nursing Homes Unvaccinated Against Flu, COVID
Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism, Health Outcomes: Poll
Many At-Risk Kids With COVID Can Be Cared for at Home
Many Black Men Missed Out on Prostate Cancer Care During Pandemic
Many Blacks, Hispanics Believe They'll Get Worse Care If Dementia Strikes
Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken
Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study
Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs: Study
Many Face Months of Lingering Symptoms After COVID Hospital Discharge
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 More Older Americans Willing to Get COVID Vaccine: Poll
Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds
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 U.S. Health Care Workers Face Harassment, Burnout
Marijuana-Linked ER Visits by Seniors Are Rising
Medical Mistrust Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanics
Melanoma an Even More Deadly Disease in Black Men
Memory Troubles? Your Race Could Affect How Soon You Get Diagnosis, Treatment
Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk
Mexican Americans Face Higher Odds for Liver Cancer With Each New Generation
Minorities Bore the Brunt of U.S. COVID Deaths: Study
Minorities Expect and Prepare for Unfair Health Care, Survey Shows
Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms
Minorities Miss Out on Brain-Imaging Studies for Alzheimer's
Minorities, Women Are Shortchanged When It Comes to Statins
Minority Patients Less Likely to Get Newer Alzheimer's Meds
Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms
Misjudging Thin Ice Can Be Fatal, Check First
Moderate Use of Hair Relaxers Won't Raise Black Women's Cancer Risk: Study
Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online
More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters
More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment
More Diverse Pool of Blood Donors Needed to Help Sickle Cell Patients
More Hospitalizations, ER Visits in Nursing Homes With Higher Levels of Black Residents
More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study
More Pot-Linked Poisoning Cases as Edibles' Popularity Booms
More Than 200,000 Americans Have Lupus
More U.S. Kids Are Heading to ERs After Drinking Cough Suppressant
Most Americans Oppose COVID Vaccine Mandates: Survey
Most Cancer Screenings Make Big Rebound After Pandemic Decline
Most Cases of Dementia in U.S. Seniors Go Undiagnosed: Study
Most Editors at Leading Medical Journals Are White, Study Finds
Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
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
Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home
Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated
Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay
Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Have a Disability
Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure
Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
Need Quick Help Learning CPR? Don't Rely on Alexa, Siri
Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids
Neighborhoods May Matter When It Comes to Epilepsy
Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
New COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year
New Lawsuit Filed by Family of Henrietta Lacks Over Unauthorized Use of Her Cells
New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office
New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
New Window Blinds? Go Cordless to Save a Child's Life
Newer Diabetes Meds Might Not Work as Well in Black Patients
No 'Fall Back'? Sleep Experts Argue Against Daylight Standard Time
Non-White Kids With Recurrent Ear Infections Less Likely to Get Specialist Care
Number of U.S. Kids Hospitalized With COVID Is Likely Overcounted: Study
Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure
Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women
Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use
Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
Older Black Americans Hit Hardest by Disability
Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives
Opioid Overdose Survivors Face Higher Odds for Death in Following Year
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests On the Rise During COVID-19 Crisis
Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
Over 140,000 U.S. Children Have Lost a Caregiver to COVID-19
Over Half of Police Killings Aren't Reported, Blacks Most Likely Victims
Paintball Guns Are Being Used to Harm — And Blinding Victims
Pancreatic Cancer Rates Rising Faster Among Women
Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids
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 Devastating Low-Income Black Households
Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose
Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths
Pandemic May Have Caused U.S. Spike in SIDS Deaths in Black Families
Pandemic Means More Backyard Fireworks This Year -- And More Danger
Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny
Pandemic Saw Rise in Kids Swallowing Magnets, Tiny Batteries
Pandemic Tied to Higher Suicide Rate in Blacks, Lowered Rate in Whites: Study
Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll
Pandemic-Linked Rise in Crime Hit America's Poor Neighborhoods Hardest
Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Here's How to Tell the Difference
Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
Patient Care Delayed at Large Hospital Chain After Ransomware Attack
Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant
Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar
Patient-to-Patient Transmission Not to Blame for Most C. Difficile Infections in Hospitals
People Are Avoiding the ER During COVID-19 Crisis at Their Peril: Study
People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
People on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk After Hurricanes
People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox
Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17
Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second
Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic
Poll Finds Nearly Half of Americans Unprepared for Medical Emergency
Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER
Poorer Schools Could Bring Higher Dementia Rates Many Decades Later
Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID
Pope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service
Post-Hurricane Period Is Dangerous for People With Dementia
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients
Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
Prison Time Shortens Life Spans for Black Americans, But Not Whites
Progress Against Stillbirths Has Stalled in U.S.
Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID Crisis: Poll
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
Race Could Matter When It Comes to Parkinson's Severity
'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report
Race Matters in Stroke Survival, Study Finds
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 Affect Your Risk for a Food Allergy
Race, Income Big Factors in Deaths After U.S. Hurricanes
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
Racial Discrimination Raises Risk for Childhood Obesity
Racism's Effects Are Harming the Hearts of Black Americans
Racist 'Redlining' Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans
Rate of Preterm Births Is Higher for Black Americans
Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study
Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Seen in Florida
Red Cross Appeals for Donors During National Blood Shortage
Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Research Reveals Cause of Deadly Disease Affecting Native American Kids
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study
Safeguarding Your Heart During, After Hurricane Ida
Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
School Segregation Tied to Problem Drinking Among Black Youth
Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Search and Rescue Dogs Fared Well After Working at 9/11 Sites
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
Segregation Has Close Ties With Lead Poisoning in Black American Kids
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Sepsis Almost Killed Jake Tapper's Daughter, Alice. Now, She's Working to Keep Others Safe
Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe COVID-19 Raises Odds for Dangerous Heart Conditions 10-Fold
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
Severe Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities
Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls
Shoveling Snow Is a Heart Hazard: Protect Yourself
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Silent Killer: Watch Out for Carbon Monoxide Dangers This Winter
Silent Killers: Space Heaters, Generators Bring Carbon Monoxide Danger
Simple Antibiotic Switch for Pneumonia Patients Could Prevent Hospital Infection
Skin Lightening Products Carry Dangers, But Many Users Are Unaware of Risks: Study
Skull Fractures, Broken Jaws: 'Beanbag' Rounds Shot at Protesters Cause Severe Harm
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans
Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
Smaller Blood Draws for Lab Tests Reduce Need for Transfusions
Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues
Spikes in Blood Pressure Bring Many Americans to the ER
Spring, Summer Is Peak Time for Dogs Biting Kids
Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
Steroid Hydrocortisone Alone May Not Cut Death Risk From Septic Shock: Study
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
Strokes Hitting COVID Patients Are More Severe: Study
Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key
Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study
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 of Former NFL Players Shows Race Differences in Chronic Pain
Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID
Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities
Summer Skin Care Tips for Those With Darker Skin
Summer Water Fun Can Bring Drowning Risks: Stay Safe
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
Surgeons Seeing More 'Mutilating' Hand Injuries With New Utility Terrain Vehicles
Surgery Helps Kids With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy, But Race Could Hinder Access
Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak
Survey Finds Racism Against Asians Common in Medical Field
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes
Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
The 988 Mental Health Hotline Is Coming. Is America Ready?
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
The No. 1 Cause of Halloween Injuries: Carving the Pumpkin
Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk
There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19
This Summer, Could You Spot the Signs of Heat Illness?
This Super Bowl, Keep Little Hands From Tip-Over TVs
TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen
Time Is Brain: Mobile Stroke Units Reduce Disability, Study Finds
'Time Is Brain': More Americans Waiting Longer for Best Care After Stroke
Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later
Time to Angioplasty Is Crucial for Better Heart Attack Outcomes
Too Few Minorities in U.S. Health Care Workforce: Report
Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans
Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills
Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
U.S. Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall
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. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Heart Deaths Linked to Obesity Have Tripled in 20 Years
U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report
U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen
U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates Have More Than Doubled in Two Decades
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. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic
Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?
Use of Hair Straighteners Tied to Doubling of Risk for Uterine Cancer
Uterine Cancer Rates Have Been Rising, and New Study Suggests Why
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization
Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: 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
Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses
Web Searches for 'Self-Managed Abortion' Rose After Dobbs Decision
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
What Is a Pulse Oximeter, and Should You Get One to Warn of COVID-19?
What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19
What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes
When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back
When Black Americans Encounter Police Violence, High Anxiety Often Follows
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cancer Strikes Twice, Black Americans Face Higher Death Rates
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Survival Odds Are Better at Airports
When Cardiac Deaths Rose During Pandemic, Minorities Suffered Most
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When Health Care Access Is Equal, Race Gap in Prostate Cancer Survival Vanishes
When Popping Champagne at New Years', Watch Out for That Cork
When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer
When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve
When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Whether or Not You Get Heart-Healthy Statins May Depend on Race
Which Americans Are Most (and Least) Prepared for Disasters?
Which Americans Live Longest? Race, Region May Be Key
Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?
Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
White Women Tend to Get Better Pain Management After Childbirth
Whole Grain Foods Could Help Black Seniors Avoid Alzheimer's
Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List
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 Black People May Be More Prone to Severe Stroke
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 Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
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 U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
Woman Sues L'Oreal Over Claim Hair Straightener Spurred Uterine Cancer
Women Exposed to Racism at Higher Odds for Premature Delivery
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
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
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Your Child Is Sick. Do You Call Your Doctor or Head to the ER?
Your Doctor's Gender, Race May Bias Your Treatment Outcome
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
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