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Pandemic Caused Millions of U.S. Women to Skip Cancer Screenings
Pandemic Curbed Kids' Efforts to Lose Excess Weight
Pandemic Delays in Screening Mean More Breast Cancer Deaths Ahead: Study
Pangolins Hold Clues to How COVID-19 Began -- and Might End
Patients' Genes Raise Odds for Rare Brain Infection When Using Certain Meds
People Are Still Evolving, Creating New Genes
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
Pig Study Could Lead to Gene Therapy to Prevent Heart Failure
Pilates May Be Good Medicine for High Blood Pressure
Pills, Exercise, Dieting: What Works Best to Lose Weight?
Plant-Based Diet May Help Keep Breast Cancer Away
Poor Sleep Plus Genes Might Raise Some Folks' Asthma Risk
Pregnancy Undermines Body Image in Half of Women
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
Quick Bursts of Exercise Can Help Diabetics' Hearts
Racial Discrimination Raises Risk for Childhood Obesity
Radiation Plus Surgery May Be Best Against an Early Form of Breast Cancer
Radiation Therapy Can Safely Be Cut in Half for Patients With Early Breast Cancer
Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer May Have Long-Term Risk for the Heart
Rare But Dangerous Form of Eating Disorder Could Run in Families
Research Gives Clues to Why Cancer in One Breast Could Develop in the Other
Researchers Find Better Way to Fight Breast Cancer That Has Spread to Brain
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Sarah Ferguson Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Mastectomy
Saving the 'Butterfly Children:' Gene Therapy Helps Heal Deadly Blistering Condition
School Closures Could Be Adding to Kids' Waistlines
Science Brings Shortcut to Spotting 50 Rare Genetic Diseases
Science Reveals Genes That Help Drive Dyslexia
Scientists Decode the Y Chromosome, Key to Male Development
Scientists Discover Cause of Swallowing Disorder in German Shepherds
Scientists Discover Rare Form of ALS That Can Strike Kids
Scientists Engineer Mosquitoes That Can't Transmit Malaria
Scientists Gain Insight Into Genetics of Glaucoma
Scientists Get Close to Genetic Cause of Lupus
Scientists Get Closer to a Better PSA Test
Scientists Move Closer to Mapping Entire Human Genome
Scientists Spot More Genes Linked to Problem Drinking
Severe Obesity Could Mean Faster Decline of Immunity From COVID Shot
She Thought Cancer Had Won — Until This Experimental Therapy
Should All U.S. Newborns Undergo Genomic Testing?
Should Kids Take Ozempic, Wegovy? The Idea Has Some Experts Worried
Side Effects Often Missed During Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy
Similar to Adults, Obesity Raises Kids' Odds for Severe COVID-19
Skeletons May Put Blame on Vikings for Smallpox' Spread
Skipping Mammograms Raises a Woman's Odds for Breast Cancer Death
Sleep-Deprived Kids Will Snack More: Study
Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
Some People's Guts Are Better at Gaining Energy From Food
Some Schools Respond to Child Obesity by Focusing on Water
Some Vegetarian Diets Are Much Healthier Than Others
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
'Spare Tire' in Middle Age Could Mean a Frail Old Age
'Spare Tire' Might Up a Man's Prostate Cancer Risk
Sperm Samples May Help Predict Autism Risk in Offspring
Stay-at-Home Orders Could Mean More Obese Kids: Study
Study Takes Long-Term Look at Benefits of Radiation After Breast Lumpectomy
Study Uncovers Large Collection of Genes Behind Schizophrenia
Success of Smallpox Vaccine Bears Lessons for Coronavirus Vaccine
Supplements: Many Cancer Patients Think They'll Help, But Experts Urge Caution
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Surprising Factors That Raise (or Lower) Your Odds for COVID-19
Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up
Symptoms of a Rare Breast Cancer That Many Women Could Miss
Talking to Your Child About Weight, But Avoiding Stigma
Targeted Drug May Lower Odds for Breast Cancer's Return in Some Patients
Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Temptation Alley: Checkout Counters Are Prime Spots for Unhealthy Food
Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Diagnosed With Throat, Breast Cancer
The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment
The Future of Cancer for Americans
The Naked Ape: Science Unravels How Humans Lost Their Body Hair
Too Little Exercise, Too Much Sitting Could Raise Breast Cancer Risk
Too Little Sleep Could Have Teens Piling on Pounds
Too Much Caffeine Might Raise Your Odds for Glaucoma
Too Often, Women Aren't Told of Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatments
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Traces of Human DNA Are Everywhere in the Environment
Treating Menopausal Symptoms: An Expert Describes Pros, Cons
Treatment Reverses Young Man's Type 1 Diabetes. Will It Last?
Treatment Reverses Young Man's Type 1 Diabetes. Will It Last?
Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care
Type 2 Diabetes Drug Metformin Could Help Prevent Some Breast Cancers
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study
U.S. Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline
U.S. Cancer Screening Rates Back to Normal After Pandemic Dip
U.S. Could Face Surging Numbers of Teens With Diabetes
U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline
U.S. Heart Deaths Linked to Obesity Have Tripled in 20 Years
U.S. Kids Are Eating More 'Ultraprocessed' Foods
Ultrasound Good Diagnostic Tool After Breast Symptoms
Under 50 and Overweight? Your Odds for Dementia Later May Rise
Underarm Lump After COVID Shot Is Likely Lymph Swelling, Not Breast Cancer, Experts Say
Various Mental Illnesses Share Same Genes: Study
Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer Ups Long-Term Odds for Invasive Tumors: Study
Want Reliable Diet Advice? Don't Head to TikTok
Wegovy, Saxenda Help Folks Lose Pounds They Regained After Weight-Loss Surgery
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Cut Odds for Obesity-Linked Cancers in Half
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Lower Odds for Blood Cancers
Weight-Loss Surgery Has Long-Term Benefits for Pain, Mobility
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
Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
Weight-Loss Surgery Slashes Odds for Heart Attack in Very Obese People
Were You a Big Baby at Birth? Your Infant May Be Also, Study Finds
What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out
What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
What's Behind Unexplained Epilepsy in Kids? A Gene Test May Tell
When Genes Raise a Mom's Risk for Cancer, Is It OK to Tell Kids?
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
WHO Calls for Global Registry of Human Genome Editing
Who'll Get Long COVID? Just a Look at a Patient Gives Clues
Who's Most Likely to Binge Eat Amid Pandemic?
Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Some People More Sensitive Than Others? Genes May Tell
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Football Players Want a Lower Number on Their Jerseys
Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Why Some 'Super Ager' Folks Keep Their Minds Dementia-Free
Will an Early-Stage Breast Cancer Spread? New Analysis Offers Some Answers
Will Vaccines Work Against the New Coronavirus Variants?
Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Words Can Wound When Parents Talk to Kids About Obesity
Worse COVID Illness May Mean Stronger Immune Protection After
Years of Diabetes Could Speed Onset of Menopause
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
You, Your Family and Cancer: How Genetic Counseling Works
Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Young, Immune-Compromised Patients Are Hotspots for Coronavirus Mutations: Study
Your Dog's Behavior Is in Its DNA
Your Dog's Breed Has Little Influence on Behavior, Study Finds
Your Genes May Affect How You'll Heal If Wounded
Your Height Could Be a Factor in Disease Risk
Your Sex Affects Your Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes