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Stressed, Burned-Out Nurses Make More Medical Errors: Study
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
Strike Out Kids' Overuse Injuries This Baseball Season
Student Debt to Be Erased for Many With Severe Disabilities, Low Incomes
Summer Playgrounds Come With Fun and Hazards
Summer Water Fun Can Bring Drowning Risks: Stay Safe
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
SUVs, Trucks More Prone to Hitting Pedestrians
Teachers' Unions, Doctors Agree: Vaccines, Masks Crucial for Return-to-School
Teen Pot Use Could Mean Less Success as Adult
Teen Social Media Posts About Cutting, Other Self-Harm Are Soaring
Testosterone's Ties to Success May Be a Myth
The No. 1 Cause of Halloween Injuries: Carving the Pumpkin
Thin Ice: Global Warming May Be Raising Drowning Risks
TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen
Time Is Brain: Mobile Stroke Units Reduce Disability, Study Finds
Time to Angioplasty Is Crucial for Better Heart Attack Outcomes
To Prevent Injuries, Give Your Kids a Pass on Cutting the Grass
'Tough Guy' Mentality Keeps Athletes in Denial About Pain
Tracking Key Protein Helps Predict Outcomes in TBI Patients
'Trigger Warnings' May Do More Harm Than Good, Study Finds
Trouble Concentrating at Work? Your Office Air May Be to Blame
Try 'Microbreaks' for a Real Workday Boost
Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
TV, Furniture on Your Holiday Gift List? Add in an 'Anti-Tip-Over' Kit
U.S. Appeals Panel Backs New York City's Vaccine Mandate for School Staff
U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Gun Violence Rates Jumped 30% During Pandemic
U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?
Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19
Volunteer Firefighters Have High Levels of Potentially Toxic Chemicals
Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Is a Pulse Oximeter, and Should You Get One to Warn of COVID-19?
What Jobs Are Toughest on the Knees?
What Makes for a Satisfying Work Zoom Meeting?
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 Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When Popping Champagne at New Years', Watch Out for That Cork
When Soda Tax Repealed, Soda Sales Rebound: Study
When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
White House Sets Jan. 4 Deadline for Large, Private U.S. Companies to Mandate Vaccines
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV
WHO Slams COVID-19 Booster Shots in Wealthy Nations
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
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 Logging May Be the Most Dangerous Profession
Why Losing Someone to Violence Can Be Especially Tough to Get Over
Why Some Gifts Are Better-Received Than Others
Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Less Likely Than Men to Return to Work After Severe Stroke
Women Less Likely to Ask for More Time When Deadlines Loom
Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study
Women, Black Patients Wait Longer in ERs When Chest Pain Strikes
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Workers' Deaths From Paint Stripping Chemicals Are on the Rise
Workers in U.S. Southwest in Peril as Summer Temperatures Rise
Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
Working From Home? Posture, Ergonomics Can Make It Safe
Working from Home? Here's How to Preserve Your Posture
Working Night Shifts Could Raise Odds for A-Fib
Years Before Diagnosis, People With Alzheimer's Lose Financial Acumen
Your Genes May Affect How You'll Heal If Wounded
Your Job Could Put You at Much Higher Risk for Flu
Your Zip Code Could Help or Harm Your Brain