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Race, Neighborhood Affects How Long You'll Live After Heart Attack
Radiation Plus Surgery May Be Best Against an Early Form of Breast Cancer
Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study
Recall of Philips Breathing Machines Affects Millions of Americans
Recalled Newborn Loungers Tied to 2 More Infant Deaths
Record High COVID Cases and Deaths Reported in Florida
Research Reveals How Aspirin Helps Prevent Colon Cancer
Researchers Find Better Way to Fight Breast Cancer That Has Spread to Brain
Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
Scientists Restore Some Function to Pig Tissues 1 Hour After Death
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Secondhand Smoke Can Raise Odds for Mouth, Throat Cancers
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Shape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Side Effects From New Cancer Meds Have Silver Lining
Skipping Aspirin After Heart Attack Raises Odds for Recurrence
Sleep Apnea Doubles Odds for Sudden Death
Smoking Plus Vaping Just as Deadly as Smoking on Its Own: Study
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Some Myeloma Patients Get No Protection From COVID-19 Vaccines
Some Sick Patients Get Cosmetic Surgery to Boost Appearance
Some Young Cancer Survivors Won't Get Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccine
Speeding on U.S. Roads Is Taking Thousands of Teenagers' Lives
Statin Users May Have Added Protection Against Severe COVID-19
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
Stroke Gaining Ground as a Global Killer
Study Pinpoints Cancer Patients at Highest Risk From COVID
Sudden Death More Common Than Thought in Very Young With Epilepsy
Supplements: Many Cancer Patients Think They'll Help, But Experts Urge Caution
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Surviving Childhood Cancer Can Take Toll on Adult Heart
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women's Brains
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
Targeted Radiotherapy Might Help Men Battling Advanced Prostate Cancer
The Future of Cancer for Americans
Therapeutic Vaccine Is Keeping Melanoma in Remission 4 Years On
Think a Little Alcohol Might Be Healthy? Think Again
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Tips to Checking Your Skin for Skin Cancer
Too Little Sunlight, Vitamin D May Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Many Antibiotics Might Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Many Older Americans Are Taking Daily Aspirin
Too Much Restaurant Fare Could Shorten Your Life
Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
Too Often, Women Aren't Told of Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatments
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
Tough Journeys: When Cancer Strikes People Living With Dementia
Tough State Gun Laws Help Save Lives: Study
Tougher Gun Laws, Fewer Gun Deaths: Study
'Tragic Milestone': 1 Million American Lives Lost to COVID-19
Treating Depression Could Lengthen Lung Cancer Patients' Lives
Trials Show COVID Vaccines Well Worth It for Cancer Patients
Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care
Two Is Not Better Than One When It Comes to Blood Thinners
Two New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer
U.S. Cancer Screening Rates Back to Normal After Pandemic Dip
U.S. Cancer Survivors Now Number 18 Million
U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Top a Quarter Million
U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials
U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 800,000
U.S. Deaths Drop in 2022, But Still Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Levels
U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline
U.S. Leads Wealthy Nations in Pregnancy-Related Deaths
U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for 2nd Year in a Row
U.S. Murder Rate Up 30% During Pandemic, Highest One-Year Rise Ever
U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Reach Lowest Levels Reported Since Pandemic Began
U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Rise as Delta Spreads
U.S. Pregnancy Deaths Drop Following Spike During Pandemic
U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
U.S. Travelers Warned About Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl in Mexico Pharmacies
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
Ukraine: The War on Cancer, Fought in a War Zone
Unhappy Marriages Could Mean Shorter Lives for Men
Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
Vaccine Slows Return of Pancreatic Cancer in Early Trial
Vaccines Cut Odds for Death From COVID Delta Variant by 90%
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer Ups Long-Term Odds for Invasive Tumors: Study
Vitamin D Might Help Prevent Early-Onset Colon Cancer
Walking or Biking to Work Might Save Your Life
Weed Killer Glyphosate Found in Most Americans' Urine
Weight Loss Surgery More Dangerous for Men Than Women: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Lower Women's Cancer Risk
Weight-Loss Surgery May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk in People With Diabetes
Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease
Were Cancer Patients Neglected in U.S. COVID Vaccine Rollout?
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Exactly Is Hospice Care?
What Foods, Medicines Can Lower Your Colon Cancer Risk?
What Is More Deadly in the U.S.: Hot Weather or Cold?
What You Need to Know About Your Colon Cancer Risk
What's Killing Detainees at U.S. ICE Facilities?
When Booze Labels Carry Health Warnings, Drinking Declines: Study
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When COVID Strikes Cancer Patients, Men Fare Worse
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
WHO Agency Declares Aspartame a Possible Carcinogen
WHO Says Pandemic Death Total Far Higher Than Reported in Many Countries
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?
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 Skin Cancer Checks Are Even More Important for Hispanic People
Why Sleep Raises Risk for Sudden Death in People With Epilepsy
Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Wife of California Congressman Died After Using Herbal Remedy for Diabetes, Weight Loss
Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk
Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
Will an Early-Stage Breast Cancer Spread? New Analysis Offers Some Answers
With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
Women at Higher Risk When Heart Attack Strikes the Young
Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Years of Blood Thinners After Stenting Might Not Be Necessary
You Can Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Young, Immune-Compromised Patients Are Hotspots for Coronavirus Mutations: Study
Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes