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Get on the Bus: Lifesaving Lung Screens Hit the Road
Getting Kids Out in Nature Boosts Lung Health, Study Finds
Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse
Global Study Shows Loneliness Can Shorten Life Spans
Global Warming Could Bring More Stillbirths, Study Warns
Grief Can Be Heartbreaking for People Battling Heart Failure
Grief Can Strike Even Before a Loved One Is Gone
Gruesome Cigarette Warnings May Work on Smokers: Study
Gruesome Warnings on Cigarette Packs Have Smokers Hiding Them, but not Quitting
Guard Yourself Against the Health Dangers of Wildfire Smoke
Gum Disease Treatments Lose Their Punch in Heavy Smokers
Gun Deaths Continue to Rise in America's Cities
Gun Suicides Are Rising Steeply Among American Youth
Gynecological Cancers Not a Risk for Severe COVID-19: Study
Handgun Ownership Raises Odds for Gun Suicide
Have Sleep Apnea? CPAP Machine May Help Save Your Life
Have Tasmanian Devils Turned a Corner in Fight Against Cancer?
Having Even a Cousin or Grandparent With Colon Cancer Raises Your Risk: Study
Healthy Lifestyle Cuts Odds for Long COVID in Half
Healthy Living Boosts Life Span, Even for Former Smokers
Healthy Living Helps Ward Off Deadly Prostate Cancers in Men at High Risk
Hearing Persists at End of Life, Brain Waves of Hospice Patients Show
Heart Attack More Likely to Kill Instantly in People Who Don't Exercise
Heart Defibs in Schools Are Saving Staff Lives: Study
Heart Disease Gaining on Cancer as Leading Cause of Death in Young Women
Heart Failure Patients May Be at Higher Cancer Risk
Heat Kills More Americans Than Previously Thought
'Heat Not Burn' Cigarettes Can Still Harm the Heart
Heavy Drinking in Youth Could Harm Arteries
Here's 8 Habits That Could Lengthen Your Life
'Hidden' Prostate Cancer on Biopsy Usually Means Good Outcome: Study
High Blood Levels of Cadmium May Be Tied to Worse COVID-19
High Blood Pressure Might Raise COVID-19 Death Risk
High Heat, Heavy Smog a Deadly Combo: Study
Higher Maternal Death Rates Among Black Women Tied to Racism, Sexism, UN Says
High-Fiber Diets May Lower Odds for Breast Cancer
High-Tech Drug Infusion Pumps in Hospitals Vulnerable to Damage, Hackers
Hints That Breakthrough CAR-T Therapy May Fight Solid Tumor Cancers
Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer May Raise Heart Risks
How Common Are Co-Infections With COVID, Flu, RSV?
How Dangerous Is It for Lung Cancer Patients to Skip Radiation Treatments?
How Did the Pandemic Affect Cancer Clinical Trials?
How Grief Harms the Body After a Spouse's Death
How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care
How Persistent Asthma Might Harm the Heart
How Smoking Could Help Spur Breast Cancer's Spread
How Streetlights Might Affect Your Colon Cancer Risk
How the COVID Pandemic Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Even as Telehealth Helped
How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care
How Unhealthy Are Cigars?
HPV Vaccination Could Rid U.S. of Most Mouth, Throat Cancers in Men
HPV Vaccination Rises Among U.S. Kids, But Many Still Unprotected
HPV Vaccination Rises in States That Don't Require Parental Consent
HPV Vaccination When Young Cuts Cervical Cancer Risk by 87%
HPV Vaccine Is Reducing Cervical Cancers in Teens, Young Women
Huge Mass of Sargassum Seaweed Is Targeting Florida's Coast, With Hazards to Health
ICU Bed Shortages Could Mean More COVID-19 Deaths
Immune System May 'Remember' Infections From Previous Coronaviruses
Immune-Based Drug Fights Advanced Endometrial Cancer: Study
Immune-Based Therapy May Help Some Battling Advanced Colon Cancers
Immunocompromised? Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Might Still Protect You
Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival for Lung Cancer Patients
Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival With Bladder Cancer
Immunotherapy Drug Can Beat Back Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Immunotherapy Safe for Cancer Patients with COVID-19: Study
In Breast Cancer Survivors, Obesity Raises Odds for Cancer's Return
In Cancer Patients, COVID Vaccine Immunity at 6 Months Is Similar to General Population
In Medieval Times, Plagues 'Sped Up' With Each New Outbreak
In Nonsmokers, COPD May Up Lung Cancer Risk
In Poorer Households, Quitting Smoking May Help Boost Food Supply
In Stockholm Study, As City Air Improved So Did Kids' Lung Capacity
Income a Factor in Whether You Get Lifesaving ECMO Breathing Support: Study
Infant Deaths Spark Baby Loungers Recall
Insight Into Why a Prostate Cancer Therapy Works Better for Black Men
Insomnia Tied to Raised Risk of Aneurysm
Is a Ban on Menthols Enough to Thwart Big Tobacco?
Is an Early Form of Breast Cancer More Dangerous Than Thought?
Is It COVID-19 or Seasonal Allergies?
Is It Safe to Have Surgery Soon After a COVID Diagnosis?
Is Your State Among the Worst for Tobacco Control?
'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Tells Fans Cancer Treatments Are 'Paying Off'
Jimmy Carter 'Happy' in At-Home Hospice Care as 99th Birthday Nears
Juul Reaches $462 Million Settlement With Six States, D.C.
Juul to Pay $40 Million in N.C. Case Over Vaping's Harm to Teens
Keep Asthma Under Control to Avoid Worse COVID Outcomes: Study
Keep Flossing: Study Ties Gum Disease to Higher Cancer Risk
Keep High Blood Pressure at Bay With Healthy Lifestyle
Keep Your Holidays Allergy-Free This Year
Kidney Trouble Greatly Raises Odds for Fatal COVID-19
Kids Born Through Fertility Treatments Have No Higher Cancer Risk
Kids With Cancer Not at Greater Risk for Severe COVID
Kids With Cancer Not at Greater Risk for Severe COVID-19
Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19
Know the Signs of Rare But Deadly Gall Bladder, Bile Duct Cancers
L.A.'s Oil Wells Could Be Harming Citizens' Health
Lab Experiments Show How Masks Could Protect Against COVID-19
'Lab-on-a-Chip' Blood Test Could Spot Breast Cancer Early
Last-Ditch Life Support System Is Saving Lives of COVID Patients
Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Letting Doctors Know a Patient Has Overdosed Might Curb Opioid Overprescribing
Local Sales Bans on Flavored Tobacco Products in California Cut Use
Lockdown Loneliness Making Things Even Tougher for Cancer Patients
Lockdowns Cut Air Pollution, But Poorer Neighborhoods Benefited Less
Lockdowns' Effects on Health Still Less Than Harm From Pandemic: Experts
Loneliness Can Cut Survival After a Cancer Diagnosis: Study
Loneliness May Make Quitting Smoking Even Tougher
Long COVID May Bring Long-Term Lung Damage
Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays
Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
'Long Road Back': He Struggles With a Lung Condition Years After Severe COVID
Long-Haul COVID Can Include Chronic Fatigue: Study
Long-Haul COVID Symptoms Common, Rise With Severity of Illness
Long-Haul COVID Symptoms? Getting Vaccine Won't Make You Feel Worse, Study Finds
Losing a Sibling a Common Tragedy in Poorer Nations, Study Finds
Losing a Spouse May Be More Lethal for Men
Loss of a Twin Linked to Risk for Mental Illness
Loss of Smell, Taste Might Be Long-Term for Some COVID-19 Survivors
Lots of Sugary Drinks Doubles Younger Women's Colon Cancer Risk: Study
Loving Partners May Be Key to Breast Cancer Survivors' Health
Low-Dose Aspirin Might Lower Odds for Digestive Cancers
Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Won't Leave Smokers Agitated, Study Finds
Lung Cancer CT Scans Have Already Saved More Than 10,000 U.S. Lives
Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can't Sustain It
'Magic Mushroom' Drug Edges Toward Mainstream Therapy
'Major Financial Hardship' Hits Most Patients Battling Advanced Colon Cancer
Make Asthma, Allergy Control Your Resolution for the New Year
Making Sure You Don't Get RSV This Winter: An Expert Offers Tips
Making U.S. Cities Greener Could Have Saved Thousands of Lives
Male Breast Cancer Patients Face Higher Heart Risks
Mammogram Rates Have Rebounded Since Pandemic Began, But Concerns Remain
Mammograms Do Save Women's Lives, Study Finds
Many Black Men Missed Out on Prostate Cancer Care During Pandemic
Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine
Many Cancer Patients Face Mounting Bills Despite Having Insurance
Many Cancer Patients Worry Pandemic Will Impact Their Care: Survey
Many Heart Disease Patients Keep Smoking, Despite Knowing Risks
Many 'High-Risk' Americans Unconcerned About Skin Cancer: Poll
Many High-Risk Patients Don't Know They Need Follow-Up Colonoscopy
Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Many People With Asthma Have Mixed Feelings About Masks: Poll
Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage
Many Thyroid Cancer Ultrasound Scans Unnecessary
Many U.S. Mammography Centers Aren't Following Expert Guidelines: Report
Meat Production Is Dirtying the Air You Breathe
Medicaid Expansion Saved Lives in Affected States: Study
Medicaid Rules May Affect Americans' Cancer Survival
Medical Bill Worries Tied to Worse Outcomes for Cancer Patients: Study
Melanoma Can Strike Your Nails: Here's How to Check
Men Exposed to Cigarette Smoke in Childhood More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids
Men More Prone to Cancer Than Women, But Why?
Men Worldwide Have Shorter Life Spans Than Women
Men, Make Health Your Goal This Year
Men: Here Are the Health Screenings You Need
Mental Health Issues Double the Odds of Dying With COVID-19, Study Finds
Menthol Vapes Could Be Even More Toxic to Lungs
Menthols Make Up 40% of U.S. Cigarette Sales; Ban Could Have Huge Impact
Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk
Microbes in Lungs Could Affect COVID-19 Outcomes
Microplastics You Inhale Are Getting Lodged in Airways
Millions of Smokers May Have a Tough-to-Diagnose Lung Disease
Mind-Body Effects of Qigong Might Help Ease Cancer-Related Fatigue
Mindfulness Helps Young Women After Breast Cancer: Study
Minorities Bore the Brunt of U.S. COVID Deaths: Study
Mixed Progress Against Cancers in Teens, Young Adults
Mold a Big Threat to People With COPD
Mom's Exercise in Pregnancy May Help Baby's Lungs
Money Troubles Can Delay Cancer Diagnoses, Putting Survival in Jeopardy
More Additives Being Added to Americans' Food, Report Finds
More Americans Are Dying From Parkinson's Disease: Study
More Americans Are Moving to Wildfire-Prone Areas
More Americans Than Ever Believe Marijuana Smoke Is Safer Than Cigarette Smoke. They're Wrong
More Americans Would Get Lung Cancer Screening Under New Guidelines
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More Evidence Masks Slow COVID's Spread
More Evidence That Pandemic Delayed Cancer Diagnoses
More Olive Oil May Bring Longer Life: Study
More Than 10 Million People Died of Cancer Worldwide in 2019
More Than a Quarter of Long COVID Patients Still Not Recovered After 6 Months
More Than Half of Cancer Survivors Fear a Recurrence
More Than Half of People With Asthma Aren't Seeing a Specialist
More Trees, Parks May Mean Longer Lives for City Dwellers
Most Americans Don't Follow Diets That Could Prevent Cancer
Most Cancer Screenings Make Big Rebound After Pandemic Decline
Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal
Most U.S. Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study
Move to 'Green' School Buses Could Boost Kids' Class Attendance
Move to 'Zero-Emission' Vehicles Would Save 90,000 U.S. Lives by 2050
Moving Into a Smoker's Former Home? You May Need to Toss the Carpet
MS Has Mixed Impact on Patients' Cancer Risk: Study
Multiple Studies Confirm Steroids Can Fight Severe COVID-19
Murders Surged in U.S. in 2020
Myths, Ignorance Persist Around Lung Cancer: Poll
Nearly 59,000 Meatpacking Workers Caught COVID, While 269 Died: Report
Nearly All Seniors Take Meds That Raise Their Odds of Falling
New Blood Test May Improve Liver Cancer Screening
New Clues to How Cancers Originate in the Brain
New Clues to How Ovarian Cancer Begins -- and Might Be Prevented
New Clues to Sudden Unexplained Deaths in Young Kids
New Combo Immunotherapy Prolongs Survival in Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer
New Coronavirus Can Also Infect Cells in the Mouth
New Drug Combo Boosts Survival Against Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer
New Drug Could Be Advance Against Glioma Brain Tumors
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New First Look at the Tiniest Babies' Lungs
New Hope Against a Rare but Incurable Eye Cancer
New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue
New Hope Against Painful Skin Issues Caused by Cancer Radiation Therapy
New Hormonal Pill May Boost Outcomes for Older Breast Cancer Patients
New Insights Into Why Asthma Worsens at Night
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New Links Between Poor Sleep, Diabetes and Death
New Opioid Use Raises Death Risk 11-Fold in Those With Dementia
New Screen Might Spot More Cases of Hidden COPD
New Tests for Colon, Prostate Cancer Show Promise
New Treatment Greatly Boosts Survival for Kids With Aggressive Brain Cancer
New Type of Treatment Tackles Tough-to-Treat Prostate Cancer
New Year's Resolution? Here's How to Make it Stick
New Zealand Aims for Zero Smokers in a Generation: Could Plan Work Elsewhere?
Newer Hormone Treatments for Prostate Cancer May Raise Risk of Depression
Newly Approved Drug Fights Lung Cancer Tied to Certain Genes
Nitrogen Dioxide, a Car Exhaust Pollutant, Is Raising Death Rates: Study
No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life
No Lasting Damage to Lungs After COVID in Young Patients: Study
No Lasting Lung Damage After Full Recovery From COVID-19
No Link Found Between Blood Pressure Meds and Cancer: Study
Nova Scotia Wildfires Sending Unhealthy 'Smoke Plume' to U.S. Northeast
Numbers of Non-COVID-19 Deaths Up During Pandemic
NYC's Overdose Prevention Centers Already Saving Lives
Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study
Obese Men May Have Better Survival With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Obesity a Big Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19, Study Confirms
Obesity Could Raise Odds for 'Long-Haul' COVID Symptoms
Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
Obesity Raises Odds for Many Common Cancers
Obesity Tied to Shorter Survival in Cancer Patients
Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
Omega-3s May Preserve Lung Health
On Father's Day, Give Dad Tips to Keep Healthy
Opioids Cause Half of All Poisonings in U.S. Kids Age 5 and Younger
Other Health Woes Common When Meth Addiction Strikes
Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis Can Take Big Toll on Women's Mental Health
Over 140,000 U.S. Children Have Lost a Caregiver to COVID-19
Over 3 Million U.S. School Kids Now Vaping or Smoking
Over 60? You Have Billions of Potentially Cancer-Causing Cells
Over Half of Police Killings Aren't Reported, Blacks Most Likely Victims
Palliative Care Crucial After Severe Stroke, But Many Patients Miss Out
Pandemic Closures, Fears Keep Patients From Lung Cancer Screening
Pandemic Has Greatly Slowed Pace of Cancer Research
Pandemic Has People Cleaning, and That Means More Asthma Attacks
Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny
Pandemic's Two-Year Global Death Toll May Be Close to 15 Million
Parent or Sibling With Colon Cancer? You May Need Colonoscopy Earlier
Parents Often in the Dark When Kids Take Up Vaping
Parents' Pot Smoking Means More Colds, Flu for Kids
Pediatricians' Group Urges That All Infants Get New RSV Shot
Pentagon Study Finds Higher Cancer Rates Among Pilots, Ground Crews
People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Pfizer Recalls All Lots of Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Due to Potential Carcinogen
Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
Police Use of Neck Restraint Never Medically Appropriate, Neurologists Say
Pollen Peril: Sneezin' Season May Up COVID Risk
Pollution Killed 9 Million People Worldwide in 2019
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries
Program Helps Folks Battling Mental Illness Beat Another Foe: Smoking
Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
Prostate Cancer Drug Could Be 'Game Changing,' Researchers Say
Prostate Cancer: The Basics Every Man Needs to Know
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
Quartz Countertops Are Damaging the Lungs of Installers: Study
Quit Smoking to Cut Risk of Death From A-Fib
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients
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
Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking, Study Confirms
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
Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain
Research Reveals How Aspirin Helps Prevent Colon Cancer
Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly
Researchers Find Better Way to Fight Breast Cancer That Has Spread to Brain
Resolved to Quit Smoking This Year? Experts Offer Tips
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Harm Lungs: Study
Rising Cases of Invasive Strep A in Kids Have Experts Concerned
RSV in Infancy Could Raise a Child's Risk for Asthma
RSV Is Common, Dangerous Infection: What Parents Need to Know
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Help Shield Newborns Receives Full U.S. Approval
Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
Scientists Design Protective Respirator for Health Care Workers
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
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
'Secondhand Vaping' May Be Unhealthy — Could Public Bans Be Coming?
Secret Weapon for Quit-Smoking Campaigns: Pets
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Shape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk
Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years
Shift Work Might Raise Your Odds for Severe COVID-19
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Side Effects From New Cancer Meds Have Silver Lining
Sleep Apnea Aid Eases Heart Problems in People With Prediabetes
Sleep Apnea Doubles Odds for Sudden Death
Sleep Apnea Patients Struggle as Common CPAP Machine Is Recalled
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Smoggy Air Could Worsen COVID, Even If You're Vaccinated
Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis
Smoke From Wildfires Is Especially Tough If You Have Asthma. Here’s How to Protect Yourself
Smokers More Prone to Memory Loss by Middle Age
Smokers, Obese People Need Major Heart Interventions Earlier in Life
Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus
Smoking Can Really Weaken the Heart
Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
Smoking in Pregnancy Greatly Raises Odds for SIDS in Newborns
Smoking in Pregnancy Has Declined by a Third Since 2016
Smoking Makes a Comeback in the Pandemic
Smoking Plus Mental Illness Can Send Caffeine Intake Soaring
Smoking Plus Vaping Just as Deadly as Smoking on Its Own: Study
Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women
Smoking Raises Risk for Deadly 'Bleeding Strokes'
Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Smoking Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed
Smoking Weed Could Be Tougher on Your Lungs Than Cigarettes: Study
Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds
Smoking-Plus-Vaping No Healthier Than Smoking on Its Own
Social Distancing Kept Kids From Getting Flu, RSV
Social Distancing Probably Stopped 2020 Outbreak of Paralyzing Disorder in Kids
Social Media Has Big Impact on People Taking Up Smoking, Vaping
Some Myeloma Patients Get No Protection From COVID-19 Vaccines
Some Sick Patients Get Cosmetic Surgery to Boost Appearance
Some Types of Air Pollution Are Even Worse for Your Health
Some Young Cancer Survivors Won't Get Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccine
Speeding on U.S. Roads Is Taking Thousands of Teenagers' Lives
Spring Cleaning Can Sweep Away Allergens From Your Home
Spring's Double Trouble: Asthma Plus Seasonal Allergies
Statin Users May Have Added Protection Against Severe COVID-19
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
Staying Fit Lowers a Man's Cancer Risk, Study Confirms
Stroke Gaining Ground as a Global Killer
Stronger Hearts, Better Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study
Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care
Study Pinpoints Cancer Patients at Highest Risk From COVID
Study Shows Powerful New Target to Saving Lives From COPD
Sudden Death More Common Than Thought in Very Young With Epilepsy
Supplements: Many Cancer Patients Think They'll Help, But Experts Urge Caution
Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Authority Over Power Plant Emissions
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
Surviving Childhood Cancer Can Take Toll on Adult Heart
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Swimmers Face a Little Known Danger: Fluid on the Lungs
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women's Brains
Take This Refresher on Skin Safety in Summer Sun
Taking 2 Supplements in Pregnancy Could Lower Baby's Odds for Croup
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
Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
Teens Aren't Turning to E-Cigarettes to Quit Smoking
Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes
Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
The Future of Cancer for Americans
The Most Common Asthma Symptoms You Should Know
The Sooner Young Smokers Start, The Less Likely They Are to Quit
Therapeutic Vaccine Is Keeping Melanoma in Remission 4 Years On
There Is No 'Healthy Obesity,' Study Finds
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
There's Almost Nowhere in the World Free of Air Pollution
There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
Think a Little Alcohol Might Be Healthy? Think Again
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Tips to Checking Your Skin for Skin Cancer
Tobacco Company Coupons Raise Odds Ex-Smokers Will Light Up Again
Too Little Sunlight, Vitamin D May Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Many Antibiotics Might Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Much Restaurant Fare Could Shorten Your Life
Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers
Too Often, Women Aren't Told of Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatments
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
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
Toxins Form When E-Cigarette Chemicals Mix, Study Says
'Tragic Milestone': 1 Million American Lives Lost to COVID-19
Train Wheels Send Unhealthy, 'Ultrafine' Metals Into Subway Air
Treated or Untreated, COVID Symptoms Can Ease and Then Return, Study Finds
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 New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer
Two-Fifths of Americans With COPD Live Far From Lung Rehab
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline
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. Smoking Rate Hits All-Time Low
U.S. Smoking, Vaping Rates Fell in First Year of Pandemic: CDC
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. Tuberculosis Cases Rose in 2022: CDC
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
Ukraine: The War on Cancer, Fought in a War Zone
Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
Unhappy Marriages Could Mean Shorter Lives for Men
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
Used to Gauge COVID Severity, Pulse Oximeters Can Be Inaccurate on Darker Skin
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
Vaccine Slows Return of Pancreatic Cancer in Early Trial
Vaccine Taken During Pregnancy Might Shield Baby Against RSV
Vaccines Cut Odds for Death From COVID Delta Variant by 90%
Vaping and Lung Damage in Teens: What's the Real Link?
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
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 May Affect Lungs' Lubricant, Making Breathing Tougher
Vaping Might Beat Nicotine Patches in Helping Pregnant Women Quit Smoking
Vaping Pot Worse Than Vaping Tobacco for Teens' Lungs: Study
Vaping Raises Blood Clotting Risks, Harms Small Arteries: Study
Vaping Ups Teens' Odds for Asthma, Asthma Attacks
Vaping Won't Help Smokers Quit, Another Study Finds
Vaping Worse Than Smoking for Boosting Odds for Stroke at Young Age
Vaping-Linked Lung Injuries Can Leave Long-Term Symptoms
Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19
Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer Ups Long-Term Odds for Invasive Tumors: Study
Vitamin D Might Help Prevent Early-Onset Colon Cancer
Vitamin D Supplements Won't Shield You From COVID-19, Studies Find
Vitamin K May Kickstart Healthy Lungs
'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
Walking or Biking to Work Might Save Your Life
Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning
Wearing a Mask Won't Ruin Your Workout, Study Shows
Weed Killer Glyphosate Found in Most Americans' Urine
Weight Loss Can Help Cut Lung Risks in 9/11 First Responders
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
Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease
Were Cancer Patients Neglected in U.S. COVID Vaccine Rollout?
Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study
Western Wildfires Fueling Air Pollution During Summer Months
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Exactly Is Hospice Care?
What Happens to Your Body When You Quit Smoking
What Is More Deadly in the U.S.: Hot Weather or Cold?
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
What You Need to Know About Your Colon Cancer Risk
What's Killing Detainees at U.S. ICE Facilities?
What's Really Killing the 'Night Owls'?
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 Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When COVID Strikes Cancer Patients, Men Fare Worse
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
When States Legalize Marijuana, Teens' Asthma Rates Rise
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
White House 'Winter Preparedness Plan' Revives Free At-Home COVID Test Program
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 a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men
Why Logging May Be the Most Dangerous Profession
Why Losing Someone to Violence Can Be Especially Tough to Get Over
Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
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
Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
Wildfire Smoke Could Cause More Than 9,000 U.S. Deaths Each Year
Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing Recent Clean-Air Gains Across the U.S.
Wildfire Smoke Pollution a Growing Global Threat
Wildfire Survivors Could Face Higher Cancer Risk
Wildfires Are Changing the Seasonal Air Quality of the U.S. West
Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year
Wildfires Plus Heat Make Breathing Dangerous in America's West
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
Will an Early-Stage Breast Cancer Spread? New Analysis Offers Some Answers
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women at Higher Risk When Heart Attack Strikes the Young
Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
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
Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World
You Can Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
You Can Pass COVID to Your Cat, Study Finds
You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung 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 Sleep Habits May Worsen Your Asthma
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
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 Got Fungi in Your Lungs, and That's OK
Zinc Might Help Shorten Your Cold or Flu, Study Finds