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Smoggy Days Could Help Send Kids With Autism to the ER
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed
Some COVID Survivors Can't Regain Weight Lost During Illness
Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Some Long Haul COVID Patients Are Feeling Better After Vaccination
Some Psoriasis Meds May Also Help Prevent Heart Disease
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Spotting Heart Defects While Baby Still in Womb Is Crucial, Study Shows
Started Early, Drug Combo Eases Fatigue of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study
Steroids Other Than Dexamethasone May Also Help Battle COVID-19
Stomach Ills May Signal COVID-19 in Kids, Study Says
Stool Samples From the 1980s Hold Clues to Fighting HIV Today
Stress Urinary Incontinence? Know Your Surgical Options
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
Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care
Studies Show COVID-19 Can Infect and Harm Digestive Organs
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Finds Good Long-Term Outcomes for Appendicitis Treated Without Surgery
Study Uncovers Strong Links Between Depression and Crohn's, Colitis
Subtle Changes Could Predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease Years Before Symptoms Hit
Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient
Surgeons Seeing More 'Mutilating' Hand Injuries With New Utility Terrain Vehicles
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 Helps Kids With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy, But Race Could Hinder Access
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 Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
Taking Ozempic, Wegovy? Stop Before Surgery, Anesthesiologists Say
Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving
Teens' Heart Risk From COVID Far Exceeds That of Vaccination: Study
Telehealth Boosts Odds That Patients Show Up for Post-Surgery Care
Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery
The Future of Cancer for Americans
Timing of Melanoma Immunotherapy Could Be Key to Outcomes: Study
Tingling, Burning in Your Feet? Common Condition May Be the Cause
Tonsillectomies Can Be Tougher for Kids With Developmental Delays
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
Treatment for Common Rotator Cuff Ailment May Be Useless
Two New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline
U.S. Gender-Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in 3 Years
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
Understanding How COVID Can Trigger Loss of Smell
Using Meds to Manage Your Arthritis Pain: An Overview
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
Vaccine Slows Return of Pancreatic Cancer in Early Trial
Vaginal or C-Section, Method of Childbirth Won't Affect a Couple's Sex Life Later
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients
'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
Want to Avoid Knee Replacement? Build Up Your Thighs
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
Weight-Loss Surgery May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk in People With Diabetes
Wendy's Pulls Lettuce From Sandwiches Over Possible Link to E. Coli Outbreak
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 the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
When COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes
When Gums Aren't Healthy, Mind and Body May Follow
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?
When Removing a Big Kidney Stone, Get the Little Ones, Too
Which Surgery Works Best for Lower Back Pain?
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Wildlife Park's 'Splash Pad' Source of Severe Gastro Infections in Kids
Will You Be Depositing at the 'Stool Bank' Someday?
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men After Bypass Surgery
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Young People Recover Quickly From Rare Heart Side Effect of COVID Vaccine
Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
You've Got Tens of Thousands of Virus Species Living in Your Gut
You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?
Zinc Might Help Shorten Your Cold or Flu, Study Finds