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• Coping With Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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• Health Care After COVID: The Rise of Telemedicine

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• Hospitals Full, Doctors Treated Her Severe COVID-19 at Home

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• How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care

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• How Well Do Americans Know the Facts About COVID-19?

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• HPV Vaccination Rises Among U.S. Kids, But Many Still Unprotected

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• Icky Prescription: Could Hookworms Help Ease MS?

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• Imaging Technique Tracks Down Stray Lung Cancer Cells for Surgeons

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• Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival for Lung Cancer Patients

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• Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival With Bladder Cancer

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• Immunotherapy Safe for Cancer Patients with COVID-19: Study

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• In Early Trial, an Ancient Drug Shows Promise Against Severe COVID-19

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• In Nonsmokers, COPD May Up Lung Cancer Risk

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• Inhaled Remdesivir May Allow COVID-19 Patients to Be Treated at Home

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• Interventions Boost Abstinence, Condom Use Among Black Teens: Study

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• Is an Early Form of Breast Cancer More Dangerous Than Thought?

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• Is Shock Therapy Making a Comeback Against Bipolar Disorder?

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• 'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Tells Fans Cancer Treatments Are 'Paying Off'

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• Keep Flossing: Study Ties Gum Disease to Higher Cancer Risk

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• Kids With Cancer Not at Greater Risk for Severe COVID

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• Kids With Cancer Not at Greater Risk for Severe COVID-19

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• 'Lab-on-a-Chip' Blood Test Could Spot Breast Cancer Early

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• Life Expectancy in U.S. Increases for First Time in 4 Years

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• Lose Weight, Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

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• Loving Partners May Be Key to Breast Cancer Survivors' Health

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• Low-Dose Aspirin Might Lower Odds for Digestive Cancers

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• Low-Dose Chest Scans Don't Appear to Harm DNA

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• Mammograms Do Save Women's Lives, Study Finds

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• Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism,  Health Outcomes: Poll

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• Many Breast Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies: Study

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• Many High-Risk Patients Don't Know They Need Follow-Up Colonoscopy

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• Many Thyroid Cancer Ultrasound Scans Unnecessary

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• Meat Still Isn't Healthy, Study Confirms

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• Med Schools More Diverse Now, But Study Finds Minorities Still Mistreated

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• Mindfulness Helps Young Women After Breast Cancer: Study

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• Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms

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• Minorities Less Likely to Get Recommended Lung Cancer Imaging

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• More Aggressive Surgery Can Extend Survival From Brain Cancer: Study

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• More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy

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• More Sex Partners, Higher Cancer Risk?

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• Most Americans Oppose COVID Vaccine Mandates: Survey

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• Most U.S. States Reopening as Coronavirus Cases Decline

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• Mother and Son Draw Hope, Healing From Shared Cancer Treatment

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• MS Has Mixed Impact on Patients' Cancer Risk: Study

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• MS Patients Turn to Marijuana, Other Alternative Treatments

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• New Blood Test May Improve Liver Cancer Screening

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• New Clues to How Cancers Originate in the Brain

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• New Drug Helps Shrink Inoperable Tumors in Kids

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• New Gene Study Unravels Cancer's Secrets

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• New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue

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• New U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Another High

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• New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans

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• Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study

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• Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women

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• One Dose of HPV Vaccine May Protect Against Cervical Cancer

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• One-Time Treatment Eases Parkinson's -- in Mice

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• Only 1 in 5 Have Fast Access to State-of-the-Art Stroke Care

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• Pandemic Closures, Fears Keep Patients From Lung Cancer Screening

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• Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households

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• Pandemic Tied to Higher Suicide Rate in Blacks, Lowered Rate in Whites: Study

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• Parkinson's Patient Improving After First-Ever Stem Cell Therapy

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• Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic

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• Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5

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• Protect Yourself Against Breast and Cervical Cancer

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• Psychedelic Drug Eases Cancer Patients' Distress Long Term

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• Racism Linked to Faster Aging Among Blacks

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• Radiation Plus Surgery May Be Best Against an Early Form of Breast Cancer

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• Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study

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• Radiation Treatment Is Hard on the Heart

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• Radiation Treatments Need to Take Breast Size Into Account: Study

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• Remdesivir Will Not Be Enough to Curb COVID-19, Study Finds

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• Second HIV Patient Reportedly 'Cured'

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• Seven States Join Pact to Speed Coronavirus Testing

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• Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID

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• Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans

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• Sleepy Seniors Have Higher Health Risks

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• Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks

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• Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery

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• Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo

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• Some Psoriasis Meds May Also Help Prevent Heart Disease

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• Spinal Fusion Outcomes Worse for Black Patients, Large Study Finds

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• Statins Might Reduce Harms From Breast Cancer Chemo

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• Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer

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• Sticking With Meds Lowers Lupus Patients' Diabetes Risk

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• Stroke Risk High Among Blacks, Hispanics

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• Strong Support Network Is Key to Women's Cancer Recovery: Study

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• Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help

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• Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study

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• Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study

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• Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk

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• Thyroid Drug May Not Help After Heart Attack: Study

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• Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year

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• Too Few Patients Enrolling in Cancer Trials

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• Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays

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• Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study

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• Trials Begin for Potential COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir

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• Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU

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• Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care

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• U.S. Breaks Another Daily Record for New Cases, With More Than 75,000 Infections

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• U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Spiking in South, West

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• U.S. Sees Big Drop in Deaths From Melanoma

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• Weight-Loss Surgery May Lower Colon Cancer Risk

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• Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease

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• When COVID Strikes Cancer Patients, Men Fare Worse

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• When Pharmacists Allowed to Give Anti-Opioid Med Without Rx, Access Soars

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• Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?

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• Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?

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• Why Remdesivir Might Be a Good Bet Against COVID-19

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• With Equal Access to Care, Blacks, Whites Have Similar Prostate Cancer Outcomes

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• Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack

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• Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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• Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings

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