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LeBron James' Son Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Basketball Practice, Now in Stable Condition
Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal
Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Less Sleep Brings Worse Grades for College Kids, Study Finds
LGBQ Teens More Likely to Contemplate Suicide at Younger Age
LGBTQ Youth Have Double the Risk for Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts
LGBTQ+ Support Groups in Schools Boost Students' Mental Health
Local Sales Bans on Flavored Tobacco Products in California Cut Use
Lockdowns Are Leaving Kids With ADHD in Crisis
Lockdowns Gave Boost to Type 1 Diabetes Control in Kids
Logic's Hit '1-800-273-8255' May Have Saved American Lives
Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
Long-Haul COVID in Kids Typically Ends Within 3 Months: Study
Losing a Sibling a Common Tragedy in Poorer Nations, Study Finds
Lots of Teens, Young Adults Are Helping to Care for Older Loved Ones
Low-Dose Colchicine Might Prevent or Delay Knee, Hip Replacements
Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
Lumpectomy as Effective as Mastectomy for Young Women With Breast Cancer
Lupus More Deadly for Asian and Hispanic Americans: Study
Lymph Node Removal During Breast Cancer Mastectomy: Is It Overdone?
Many American Teens Are in Mental Health Crisis: Report
Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study
Many Kids With Asthma Are Unprepared for Adult Asthma Care
Many Marijuana Vendors Aim Advertising at Kids: Study
Many Overweight Kids Already Have Hardened Arteries, Diabetes
Many Parents Support 'Teens Helping Teens' Mental Health Programs at Schools: Poll
Many Parents Worry About Social Media's Impact on Kids' Body Image: Poll
Many Parents Worry That Kids Fell Behind in Schooling During Pandemic
Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
Many Seniors Love Pickleball, But Injuries Can Happen
Many Teens Easily Fooled by Fake Online Health Messages
Many U.S. High School Kids Report Sadness, Stress, Abuse During Pandemic
Marijuana Use by Youth: After Legalization, Education Seems to Matter
Marijuana Use Tied to Higher Odds for Thoughts of Suicide
Marijuana Users May Feel More Post-Surgery Pain: Study
Marijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries
Medical Mistrust Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanics
Meeting the Challenges of Type 1 Diabetes in the Teen Years
Men Offered Surgery More Often Than Women When Carpal Tunnel Strikes
Men With Testicular Cancer May Have New Treatment Option
'Mental Resilience' May Give Holocaust Survivors an Edge After Surgery
Mesh Plug a New Option for Treating Tricky Aneurysms
Minimally Invasive Surgery May Be Good Option for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Mixed Progress Against Cancers in Teens, Young Adults
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Highly Effective in Kids 12 and Older
Moderna Says Its COVID Vaccine Works Well in Children Aged 6 to 11
Month-Long Recovery From Concussion Is Normal: Study
More American Men Now Opting for Vasectomy
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More Cyberbullying, More Suicidal Thoughts Among Teens: Study
More 'Green Time,' Less Screen Time Boosts Kids' Mental Health
More 'Height-Challenged' Men Are Getting Leg-Lengthening Surgeries
More Kids Vape Weed in States Where Medical Marijuana Is Legal
More Patients Turning to Medical Marijuana for Arthritis Pain
More Teens Are Getting Weight Loss Surgery, If Families Can Afford It
More Teens Worldwide Are Underestimating Their Weight
More Than 1 Million U.S. Kids Diagnosed With COVID in Single Week
More Than Half of Americans Plagued by Back, Leg Pain
More U.S. Kids, Teens Are Getting Weight-Loss Surgeries
More U.S. Teens Are Getting Heavily Addicted to Vaping
More Young Adults in the U.S. Are Saying No to Alcohol
More Young Americans Are Going Without Sex
Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey
Most High School Students Are OK With Wearing Masks: Survey
Most IVF Babies Grow Up to Be Mentally Healthy Adults, Study Shows
Most Knee Cracking Is Normal, Expert Says
Most Parents Clueless About Overuse Dangers to Young Pitchers
Most Parents Say Their Kids Aren't Thankful Enough: Poll
Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
Multiple Surgeries for Cleft Lip, Palate Won't Cause Major Psychological Damage
Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds
Nearly 15% of School-Age Children in U.S. Have Received Mental Health Treatment
Nearly 600,000 U.S. Kids Had COVID Last Week
Nearly 7% of U.S. Kids Have Had a Head Injury or Concussion
Nearly Half of Teens Get Behind the Wheel Shortly After a Concussion
Need an Operation? Here's How COVID Has Changed Surgery
'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries
New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New Law Allows FDA to Police E-Cigs Made With Synthetic Nicotine
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New TikTok Trend of Mouth Taping During Sleep Carries Dangers
New Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids
Newer Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Help Ease Tough-to-Treat Cases
No Change in Adolescent Drug, Alcohol Use During Pandemic
No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop
No Drop in Teens' Use of Pot, Binge Drinking Despite Pandemic Lockdowns
No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life
No Lasting Damage to Lungs After COVID in Young Patients: Study
No Need to Avoid Exercise After Prolapse Surgery, Study Finds
No Sign That Anesthesia in Pregnancy Affects Child's Later Development
Not Just Keyboards: Many Types of Workers Can Develop Carpal Tunnel
Obamacare May Have Helped Extend Lives of Young Cancer Patients
Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
Obesity in Teen Years Might Trigger Type 1 Diabetes
Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
Obesity Raises a Woman's Odds for Broken Bones
Obesity Rates Continue to Climb Among U.S. Kids, Teens
Obesity Ups Women's Odds for Early Hip Fracture
Odds for an Eating Disorder May Vary by Income
Odds for Mental Illness Rise in Kids After Concussion
Ohio State Warns of Fake Adderall Pills After Two Students Die
Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
Older and Getting Surgery? Get Fit Beforehand
Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
Omega-3s From Fish Might Curb Asthma in Kids, But Genes Matter
One App Is Especially Bad for Teens' Sleep
One Key Factor Drives Weight Gain in College
One Key to Good Sleep for Teens: No Social Media at Bedtime
One-Dose Blood Thinner Could Slash Blood Clot Risk After Knee Replacement
One-Third of Americans With Arthritis Get No Exercise
Online Therapy Works for Kids Battling Social Anxiety
Online Therapy, Coaches Help Ease Eating Disorders
Only 1 in 10 Kids With ADHD Will Outgrow It
Opening All Arteries Best When Heart Attack Strikes in Old Age: Study
Opioid Overdose Antidote Urged for Schools After Student's Fentanyl Death
Opioid Use a Hazard for Young Patients Battling Sarcomas
Oral Surgery on Your Calendar? Expert Offers Tips to Ease Anxiety
Over 3 Million U.S. School Kids Now Vaping or Smoking
Overweight With Arthritic Knees? You Might Want to Avoid Tennis
Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals
Pandemic Brought Big Rise in New Cases of Anorexia
Pandemic Brought Surge in Fatal Drug Overdoses in U.S. Teens
Pandemic Brought Surge in Teen Drug Overdose Deaths
Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids
Pandemic Changed Families' Eating Habits, for Good and Bad: Poll
Pandemic Curbed Kids' Efforts to Lose Excess Weight
Pandemic Cut U.S. Heart Surgeries in Half as Patients Avoided Hospitals
Pandemic Especially Tough on Kids With ADHD
Pandemic Had Many Young Athletes Reconsidering Their Sport
Pandemic Has Depression, Anxiety Rates Among Youth Climbing Worldwide
Pandemic Has Harmed Mental Health of Nearly Half of U.S. Teens: Poll
Pandemic Has Many Kids Struggling With Weight Issues
Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis
Pandemic Putting Americans Under Great Mental Strain: Poll
Pandemic 'Silver Lining:' Better Sleep for Some
Pandemic Silver Lining: Steep Drop in Kids' Fractures
Parents' Expectations Driving College Kids to Dangerous Perfectionism: Study
Parents Feel the Strain as Pandemic Adds New Role: Teacher
Parents' Mistrust of HPV Vaccine May Be Growing
Parents Often in the Dark When Kids Take Up Vaping
Parents' Poll Finds Strong Support for Vaccination of Students, Teachers
Parents Underestimate How Much Time Teens Spent Online During Pandemic
Parents, Look Out for Mental Health Issues as College Kids Return to Class
Patients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations
Patients With Bladder Cancer May Avoid Removal of Extra Lymph Nodes, Study Finds
People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
People Over 80 Benefit From Surgery for Benign Brain Tumors
Permanently Bent 'Trigger Finger' Can Be Hallmark of Diabetes
Picky Eating, Social Phobia Often Linked in College Students
Playing Football, Hockey in High School Ups Odds for Stimulant Abuse
Police Often Fail to Enforce Laws on Underage Drinking: Study
Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic
Poll Finds Many Parents Unaware of Kids' Exposure to Vaping
Poll Shows Parents Torn When Teens Enter the Workforce
Polls Find Most U.S. Young People Take COVID Threat Seriously
Polluted Air May Speed Osteoporosis Bone Loss
Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study
Pope Francis Leaves Hospital 9 Days After Surgery
Pope Leaves Hospital 10 Days After Colon Surgery
Pope to Have Hernia Surgery, Stay in Rome Hospital for Several Days
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Post-Op Delirium Could Signal Faster Mental Decline
Postpartum Bleeding Doesn't Have to Mean Hysterectomy, Experts Say
Pot Use May Change the Teenage Brain, MRIs Show
Pot Use Ups Odds for Suicide in Young People With Bipolar Disorder
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
Preterm Birth Tied to Lower IQs, Poorer School Grades
Prior COVID Won't Shield Kids From Omicron, But Vaccine Might
Protecting Your Skin From Sun Won't Weaken Your Bones: Study
Psychologists' Group Issues First Guidelines on Teens' Use of Social Media
Put the Brakes on Driving After a Concussion
Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery
Racial Discrimination Raises Risk for Childhood Obesity
Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking, Study Confirms
Rate of Kids Hospitalized in Mental Health Crisis Keeps Rising
Rates for Suicides, Homicides Keep Rising for Young Americans
Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study
Ready to Resume Sports? Health Tips for Getting Back in the Game
Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks
Recent COVID-19 Raises Odds for Clots After Surgery by 90%
Recent Pot Use Tied to Rise in Heart Attack Risk for Young Adults
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Remote Learning Hurt High School Students Academically, Emotionally
Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks
Repair or Reconstruction: What's Best for ACL Tears?
Repeat Bone Density Tests Might Not Be Needed, Study Finds
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
Rugby Injuries Last Long After Pros, Amateurs Stop Playing: Study
Sarah Ferguson Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Mastectomy
School COVID Outbreaks Drop When Adults Wear Masks, Study Finds
School Sports Are Starting Again: Know the Signs of Concussion
School-Based Mindfulness Program Gives Big Boost to Young Kids' Sleep
Schools Can Reopen Safely If Precautions in Place, Australian Study Shows
Schools, Day Care Not a Big Factor in Kids Getting COVID: Study
Screen Kids 8 and Older for Anxiety, Expert Panel Recommends
Screening School Kids for Depression Boosts Diagnoses, Outcomes
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
'Secondhand Vaping' May Be Unhealthy — Could Public Bans Be Coming?
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
She's Beating Leukemia With a Healthy Change to Her Diet
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Should Kids Take Ozempic, Wegovy? The Idea Has Some Experts Worried
Shoulder Pain Can Plague Wheelchair Users, But Their Own Fat Cells Could Be Cure
Sibling Bullying Carries Long-Term Mental Health Costs
Silver Lining Found in Pandemic: Fewer Teens Are Vaping
Similar to Adults, Obesity Raises Kids' Odds for Severe COVID-19
Simple Move May Boost Spinal Fusion Outcomes
Singer Selena Gomez to Launch Mental Health Platform
Sleep Apnea in Childhood a Bad Sign for Teenage Heart Health
Sleep Apnea Linked to Weaker Bones, Teeth
Sleep Problems in Early Childhood Linked to Teens' Mental Health Issues
Sleep Throughout the Lifespan: When You Get Best, Worst Slumber
Sleep Troubles Tied to Suicidal Thoughts in Teens
Slips, Slides: Winter Injuries Can Be Serious
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
Social Distancing Kept Kids From Getting Flu, RSV
Social Media Is Parents' Top Concern as Kids Head Back to School: Poll
Social Media, Binge Eating Often Go Together for Kids
Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed
Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Some Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Face High Risk of Severe COVID-19
Some Teens Are Overdosing With Meds Prescribed for ADHD, Anxiety
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Space Travel Speeds Up Aging, Weakening of Bones
Speeding on U.S. Roads Is Taking Thousands of Teenagers' Lives
Speeding, Texting a Dangerous Duo for Many Teen Drivers: Study
Spotting an Eating Disorder in Your College-Age Child
Spotting Heart Defects While Baby Still in Womb Is Crucial, Study Shows
Spring Activity Can Sometimes Bring Stress Fractures
Spring Sprains: Sports Injury Season Begins
Stalking, Harassment of Partners Common Among Teens
Started Early, Drug Combo Eases Fatigue of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study
State Texting Bans Are Saving Teen Drivers' Lives
STDs May Be More Common Than Thought Among U.S. High School Kids
'Stepped' Approach to Exercise Can Help With Arthritic Knees
Streetlights Could Be Harming Your Teen's Sleep, Mental Health: Study
Stress Urinary Incontinence? Know Your Surgical Options
Stressed and Distracted, Kids and Their Teachers Say Virtual Learning Isn't Working
Stressed Out in Lockdown, America's Young Adults Are Overeating
Strike Out Kids' Overuse Injuries This Baseball Season
Strong Marijuana Habit Could Raise Odds for Complications During Surgery
Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
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 Outlines Role of Oral Sex in Rare Throat, Mouth Cancers
Study Probes Links in Asthma, Food Sensitivity and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents Doubled in 10 Years
Summer Drowning Deaths Can Happen Quickly: Know the Facts
Summer Jobs Give Kids More Than a Paycheck
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 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
Survival Improves for Babies of America's Youngest Moms
Sweet-Tooth Tendencies Change as Kids Get Older: Study
Take Steps to Protect Your Feet This Winter
Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
Taking Ozempic, Wegovy? Stop Before Surgery, Anesthesiologists Say
Talking to Kids About Abortion Bans Can Be Tough. Experts Offer Guidance
Teachers' Unions, Doctors Agree: Vaccines, Masks Crucial for Return-to-School
Team Sports: Good for Kids' Minds, Too
Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Teen Brain Naturally Tunes Out Mom's Voice
Teen Pot Use Could Mean Less Success as Adult
Teen Pot Use Makes a Comeback After Legalization
Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
Teen Social Media Posts About Cutting, Other Self-Harm Are Soaring
Teen Tanning Bed Ban Would Prevent Thousands of U.S. Melanoma Cases
Teens Aren't Turning to E-Cigarettes to Quit Smoking
Teens Can Donate Blood, But May Need Iron Supplements After
Teens Have Triple the Odds of Misusing Marijuana Compared to Adults
Teens' Heart Risk From COVID Far Exceeds That of Vaccination: Study
Teens May Have Eaten Healthier During Pandemic
Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes
Teens on TikTok: Fun, But Addictive and Maybe Harmful
Teens Who Text While Driving May Take Other Risks Behind the Wheel
Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
Teens With Autism and Driving: Often a Tough Discussion
Teens, Seniors Are Often Driving the Least Safe Cars
Teens: You Got Your COVID Vaccine, What Now?
Telehealth Boosts Odds That Patients Show Up for Post-Surgery Care
Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery
The #1 Enemy of Good Sleep for School Kids: Screens
The Age When People Seek Help for Gender Dysphoria Is Falling
The Most Common Form of Bullying Isn't Physical or Verbal
The Sooner Young Smokers Start, The Less Likely They Are to Quit
Tight Blood Sugar Control Boosts Brain Power of Teens With Type 1 Diabetes: Study
TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen
TikTok 'Slugging' Trend Has People Coating Their Faces With Grease
Time Spent in Nature Boosts Kids' Well-Being
Timing of Melanoma Immunotherapy Could Be Key to Outcomes: Study
Tips for Parents of Kids With Diabetes
Tips on Keeping Joints Limber, Healthy as You Age
Tips to Helping Your Teen Get Enough Zzzzzs
Tips to Keep Young Athletes Injury-Free
Tonsillectomies Can Be Tougher for Kids With Developmental Delays
Too Few Young People Get Mental Health Follow-Up After ER Visit
Too Little Sleep Could Have Teens Piling on Pounds
Too Much Social Media Could Raise Risk for Eating Disorders
Too Much Time Online Might Raise Kids' Odds for Mental Health Woes: Study
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
Tougher State Gun Laws, Less Gun Violence Among Teens: Study
Two-Thirds of Parents of Kids Ages 5-11 Plan to Get Them Vaccinated Against COVID: Poll
Type 1 Diabetes Is Tougher on Girls Than Boys: Study
Type 2 Diabetes in Teens Can Bring Dangerous Complications in 20s
U.K. School Studies Find No Benefit of Mindfulness for Kids' Mental Health
U.S. Adolescents Are Getting Less Sex Education Now Than 25 Years Ago
U.S. Adolescents' Daily Screen Time Doubled During Pandemic
U.S. Could Face Surging Numbers of Teens With Diabetes
U.S. Gender-Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in 3 Years
U.S. HPV Vaccination Rates Rising, Even Among Boys
U.S. Kids Are Eating More 'Ultraprocessed' Foods
U.S. Kids’ HPV Vaccination Rate Has Stalled
U.S. Marines Study Finds Getting COVID Won't Protect Young People From Reinfection
U.S. Pediatricians, Psychiatrists Declare 'Emergency' in Child Mental Health
U.S. Seniors Are Getting Fewer Abdominal Surgeries
U.S. Study Finds COVID-19 Seldom Severe in Kids
U.S. Surgeon General Warns That Social Media Can Harm Teens' Mental Health
U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns
U.S. Teens Were Already in Mental Health Crisis Before Pandemic Hit
Unexplained Drop in Resting Heart Rate in Youth 'Not a Good Thing'
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Unlike Humans, No Bone Loss for Gorillas as They Age
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Use of Pot, Hallucinogens Soaring Among Young Americans
Using 'Grey's Anatomy' to Warn Teens Away From Vaping
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
Vaccinated Teachers, Students Can Skip Masks This Fall: CDC
Vaginal or C-Section, Method of Childbirth Won't Affect a Couple's Sex Life Later
Valium, Xanax Prescriptions Could Raise Overdose Risk in Youth
Vape Sales Soared in 2022, Especially Flavors Appealing to Youth
Vaping and Lung Damage in Teens: What's the Real Link?
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 Pot Worse Than Vaping Tobacco for Teens' Lungs: Study
Vaping Ups Teens' Odds for Asthma, Asthma Attacks
Vegan Diets Tied to Higher Bone Fracture Risk
Vegetarian Women at Higher Odds for Hip Fracture
Video Games May Bring Cognitive Benefits to Kids: Study
Video Games May Sabotage Fitness Among College Students
Vigorous Exercise Safe for Those at Risk of Knee Arthritis
Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients
'Virtual' Driver Program Could Make Driving Safer for Teens With ADHD
Vitamin D Could Help Extend Your Life: Study
Vitamin D Deficiency Common in Young Black, Hispanic Americans
Vitamin D Might Aid Seniors' Recovery From Hip Fracture: Study
Vitamin D Supplements Won't Help Your Bones, Large Study Finds
Vitamin D: Good for Your Health, It Might Even Fight COVID-19
'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
Want Fewer Fractures in Nursing Homes? Put More Dairy on the Menu
Weak Action on Climate Change Is Stressing Young People Worldwide
Weaker Bones, Weakening Brain? Study Makes the Connection
Weed-Friendly Posts on Social Media Get Teens Using Cannabis
Weight Loss in Childhood May Protect Boys Against Future Infertility
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
What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?
What Are Hernias, and How Are They Treated?
What Are the Major Types of Arthritis?
What Arthritis Surgeries Help With Pain and Other Symptoms?
What Do You Know About Your Risk for Hernia?
What Is Gonococcal Arthritis?
What Jobs Are Toughest on the Knees?
What Parents Need to Know About Teens and Concussions
What Shoes Work Best With Arthritic Knees?
What Type of Stent Did I Get, Where? Most Heart Patients Don't Know
What Will Summer Camp Look Like This Year?
What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer
What You Should Know If Your Surgery Has Been Put on Hold
What's Driving the Ongoing Adderall Shortage -- and What Parents Can Do
What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
When Are Head Injury Risks Highest for Young Soccer Players?
When COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes
When Genes Raise a Mom's Risk for Cancer, Is It OK to Tell Kids?
When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?
When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study
When Removing a Big Kidney Stone, Get the Little Ones, Too
When Schools Ask Students About Suicide, Those At Risk Get Help Sooner
When States Legalize Marijuana, Teens' Asthma Rates Rise
When Teens Feel Loved, Conflicts With Parents Are Easier to Manage: Study
When Will Kids Get the COVID Vaccines?
When Young Adults Vape, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate May Spike
Which High School Sports Cause Kids the Most Injuries?
Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?
Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?
Which Kids Face the Highest Risk of Self-Harm?
Which Kids' Sports Have Higher Odds for Head Injury?
Which Surgery Works Best for Lower Back Pain?
White House Says July 4 Vaccination Goal Won't Be Met
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
WHO Experts Say Healthy Kids, Teens May Not Need More COVID Shots
Who's Most Likely to Get Bullied at School?
Why Adding on a Few Pounds as You Age Might Be Good for You
Why Are Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Health Issues Not Getting Treatment?
Why Is COVID-19 Sometimes So Severe in Young Adults?
Why Teens Find It Tough to Social Distance
Will Your Kid Play School Sports This Fall? Here's Some Guidance on Doing It Safely
With Pot Rules Relaxed, More U.S. Teens Driving While High: Study
With Tighter Handgun Laws, U.S. Would See Fewer Suicides by Young People
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
Words Can Wound When Parents Talk to Kids About Obesity
Worried About Your Teen's Social Media Use? Experts Offer Help
Worry, Depression, Burnout: Survey Finds College Students Stressed as Fall Term Nears
Would Your Teen Admit a Mental Health Issue? Poll Finds Roadblocks to Getting Help
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Young Epilepsy Patients May Benefit From Mental Health Screening
Young People More Vulnerable to Loneliness Than Thought
Young People Recover Quickly From Rare Heart Side Effect of COVID Vaccine
Young Republicans Much Less Likely to Wear Masks, Social Distance: Study
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Your Metabolism Changes As You Age, Just Not When You Think
Your Teen's Smartphone Could Be Key to Unhealthy Weight
Youth Drinking, Pot Use Went Down During Pandemic
Youth Suicide Attempts Drop in U.S. States With Hate Crime Laws
Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs
Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study
Youth Vaping Triples Odds for Adult Smoking
You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?