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Formaldehyde in Hair Straighteners Prompts FDA Warning
Four Factors in Midlife Predict a Healthy Old Age for Women
'Frailty Exams' for Older Cancer Patients May Not Need Office Visit
From 'Dead Man Walking' to Dancing Once More: One Man's Cancer Journey
Gallstones Can Warn of Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Gastro Symptoms of Menopause May Vary by Race
Gen X, Millennials in Worse Health Than Prior Generations at Same Age
Gene Could Explain Why Some Women Don't Need Pain Relief in Childbirth
Gene Could Lower HIV Levels in Some People of African Descent
Gene Could Predispose Some Black Patients to Alzheimer's
Gene Differences Could Have Black Patients Undergoing Unnecessary Biopsies
Gene Tests Could Spot 1 Million Americans at Risk of High Cholesterol
Genes Help Explain Role of Race in Prostate Cancer Risk
Genes 'Switched On' Much Earlier in Human Embryos Than Thought
Gene-Targeted Drug Shows Promise Against a Form of Pancreatic Cancer
Get First Colonoscopy at 45, not 50: U.S. Expert Panel
Get on the Bus: Lifesaving Lung Screens Hit the Road
Global Study Shows Loneliness Can Shorten Life Spans
Gluten Doesn't Trigger 'Brain Fog' for Women Without Celiac Disease: Study
Good News for Menopausal Women Who Take Hops
Good News, Bad News on Black Americans and Cancer
Got PAD? Income, Race Could Affect Outcomes Such as Amputation
Grief Can Strike Even Before a Loved One Is Gone
Gun Homicides Rose Sharply During Pandemic, Black Men Most Affected
Gynecological Cancers Not a Risk for Severe COVID-19: Study
Gynecological Exam, Heart Screening Should Go Hand-in-Hand
Have Diabetes? Here's How to Save Your Sight
Have Tasmanian Devils Turned a Corner in Fight Against Cancer?
Having Even a Cousin or Grandparent With Colon Cancer Raises Your Risk: Study
Healthy Levels of Vitamin D May Boost Breast Cancer Outcomes
Healthy Living Helps Ward Off Deadly Prostate Cancers in Men at High Risk
Heart Anatomy May Put Blacks at Higher Stroke Risk
Heart Disease Gaining on Cancer as Leading Cause of Death in Young Women
Heart Disease Targets Black Americans and Poverty, Unemployment Are Big Reasons Why
Heart Failure Patients May Be at Higher Cancer Risk
Heart Palpitations Can Be Common During Menopause
Heart Patients Avoiding Care During Pandemic: Survey
Heart Risk Factors Show Up Earlier in U.S. Black Women
Heart Screening of Young Athletes Is Cost-Effective
Here's How to Get Your Free Home COVID Test Kits
'Hidden' Prostate Cancer on Biopsy Usually Means Good Outcome: Study
High Blood Pressure May Affect More Pregnant Women Than Thought: Study
High Blood Pressure While Pregnant Linked to Poorer Memory Years Later
High Vitamin D Levels May Help Prevent COVID-19, Especially in Black Patients
Higher Maternal Death Rates Among Black Women Tied to Racism, Sexism, UN Says
High-Fiber Diets May Lower Odds for Breast Cancer
High-Profile Police Brutality Cases Harm Black Americans' Mental Health: Study
High-Tech Drug Infusion Pumps in Hospitals Vulnerable to Damage, Hackers
Hints That Breakthrough CAR-T Therapy May Fight Solid Tumor Cancers
Hispanics Wait Half-Hour Longer in ER When Chest Pain Strikes
HIV Rates Fall Among Gay White Americans, But Not Minorities
HIV Testing Plummeted During Pandemic
Hormonal Breast Cancer Therapy May Work Differently, Depending on Patient's Race
Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer May Raise Heart Risks
Hormones May Explain Greater Prevalence of Alzheimer's in Women
Hospitalizations for Spikes in Blood Pressure Are on the Rise
Hospitals: One Reason COVID Is More Lethal for Black Americans
How 'Bleeding' Stroke Affects Brain May Depend on Your Race
How Did the Pandemic Affect Cancer Clinical Trials?
How Important Is Sex as Women Age?
How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care
How One Patient's Battle With COVID-19 Changed U.S. Testing Protocols
How Streetlights Might Affect Your Colon Cancer Risk
How the Pandemic Affected Americans' Blood Pressure
How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care
How to Get Rid of a Yeast Infection
How Well Do Americans Know the Facts About COVID-19?
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
HRT Could Raise Odds for Asthma
HRT Might Help Older Women Ward Off Recurrent UTIs
Humans Outperform AI in Interpreting Chest X-Rays
Hunger, Poor Diet More Likely for Women With Disabilities
Hypertension in Pregnancy Is Getting More Common for Gen Z Women
If Mom-to-Be Lives Near Airport, Odds for Preemie Birth Rise
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
Impact of Racism Could Slow Recovery After Heart Attack
In 16 States, 35% or More Residents Now Obese: CDC
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 Early Days of Outbreak, Access to Mpox Vaccine Varied by Race
In Nonsmokers, COPD May Up Lung Cancer Risk
In the Cards: Simple Test Could Assess Risk of Dementia
In U.S., Minority Communities More Likely to Have Water Contaminated by Toxic Metals
Incomplete Polyp Removal During Colonoscopy Can Bring Cancer Danger
Infertility Treatment May Put Women at Greater Risk for Stroke
Insight Into Why a Prostate Cancer Therapy Works Better for Black Men
Instagram 'Post-Baby' Body Shots Don't Reflect Average Women
Interventions Boost Abstinence, Condom Use Among Black Teens: Study
Is an Early Form of Breast Cancer More Dangerous Than Thought?
Is Douching Safe? What to Know About the Controversial Process
Is Hysterectomy Always Needed for a Common, Painful Gynecologic Condition?
Is It COVID? Early Signs May Differ by Age, Gender
Is Telemedicine Closing the 'Race Gap' in Primary Care?
Is Your Child at Risk for Asthma?
It's a Myth That Promiscuous Women Have Low Self-Esteem
It's Getting Tougher to Find Spanish-Language Mental Health Services in U.S.
IVF Won't Raise Ovarian Cancer Risk: Study
Jail Dims Hopes for Recovery for Young People With Mental Illness
JAMA Journals' Editor-in-Chief Steps Down After Deputy's Racism Comments
'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Tells Fans Cancer Treatments Are 'Paying Off'
Keep Flossing: Study Ties Gum Disease to Higher Cancer Risk
Kids' Access to Insulin Pumps: Race, Income Matters
Kids Born Through Fertility Treatments Have No Higher Cancer Risk
Kids With Autism Face Higher Odds of Vision Issues, But Many Don't Get Screened
Kids With Cancer Not at Greater Risk for Severe COVID
Kids With Cancer Not at Greater Risk for Severe COVID-19
Kim Kardashian Just Got a Whole-Body MRI Scan. Should You?
Know the Signs of Rare But Deadly Gall Bladder, Bile Duct Cancers
L.A.'s Oil Wells Could Be Harming Citizens' Health
La COVID más un ACV hemorrágico duplican el riesgo de muerte de un paciente
'Lab-on-a-Chip' Blood Test Could Spot Breast Cancer Early
Language Barriers Hold Back Many Asian Americans From Good Health Care
Language Barriers Keep 25 million in U.S. From Good Health Care
Laser Therapy Promises to 'Rejuvenate' Vaginal Tissue. A New Study Finds Otherwise
Lead Poisoning Plus Systemic Racism Are Harming Black Kids' Test Scores
Legacy of Racist Neighborhood 'Redlining': Fewer Healthy Green Spaces Today
Less Social Distancing in Areas With More Trump Supporters: Study
Life Span of Native Americans Fell by Almost 5 Years During Pandemic
Lifetime of Stress Tied to Big Rise in Cancer Risk
Little Progress in Boosting Numbers of Black American Doctors
Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans
Lockdown Loneliness Making Things Even Tougher for Cancer Patients
Lockdowns Cut Air Pollution, But Poorer Neighborhoods Benefited Less
Loneliness Can Cut Survival After a Cancer Diagnosis: Study
Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
Losing a Sibling a Common Tragedy in Poorer Nations, Study Finds
Loss of Smell More Common in COVID-19 Than Thought
Lots of Belly Fat at Menopause Could Boost Heart Risks
Lots of Sugary Drinks Doubles Younger Women's Colon Cancer Risk: Study
Loving Partners May Be Key to Breast Cancer Survivors' Health
Low Vitamin D Could Raise Diabetes Risk for Black Americans
Low-Dose Aspirin Might Lower Odds for Digestive Cancers
Lung Cancer CT Scans Have Already Saved More Than 10,000 U.S. Lives
Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
Lupus More Deadly for Asian and Hispanic Americans: Study
'Magic Mushroom' Drug Edges Toward Mainstream Therapy
'Major Financial Hardship' Hits Most Patients Battling Advanced Colon Cancer
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
Mammograms: An Expert Overview on Why They're So Important
Mammography Rates Plummeted During Pandemic
Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism, Health Outcomes: Poll
Many Black Men Missed Out on Prostate Cancer Care During Pandemic
Many Blacks, Hispanics Believe They'll Get Worse Care If Dementia Strikes
Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine
Many Breast Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies: Study
Many Cancer Patients Face Mounting Bills Despite Having Insurance
Many Cancer Patients Worry Pandemic Will Impact Their Care: Survey
Many 'High-Risk' Americans Unconcerned About Skin Cancer: Poll
Many High-Risk Patients Don't Know They Need Follow-Up Colonoscopy
Many More Older Americans Willing to Get COVID Vaccine: Poll
Many Patients Billed for Preventive Care That Should Be Free: Study
Many Thyroid Cancer Ultrasound Scans Unnecessary
Many U.S. Mammography Centers Aren't Following Expert Guidelines: Report
Many U.S. Women Must Travel Far to Get Mammograms
Maria Shriver and AARP Take on Alzheimer's in Women
Marijuana Use Tied to Higher Odds for Thoughts of Suicide
Medicaid Rules May Affect Americans' Cancer Survival
Medical Bill Worries Tied to Worse Outcomes for Cancer Patients: Study
Medical Mistrust Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanics
Mediterranean Diet May Cut Preeclampsia Risk During Pregnancy
Melanoma an Even More Deadly Disease in Black Men
Melanoma Can Strike Your Nails: Here's How to Check
Memory Troubles? Your Race Could Affect How Soon You Get Diagnosis, Treatment
Men More Prone to Cancer Than Women, But Why?
Men, Make Health Your Goal This Year
Men: Here Are the Health Screenings You Need
Menopause Can Make Workplace Tougher for Women: Study
Men's Genital Bacteria Help Predict Partners' Risk for Vaginal Infection: Study
Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk
Middle-Age Obesity Linked to Higher Odds for Dementia
Migraine Before Menopause Could Be Linked to High Blood Pressure Later
Migraines and More Severe Hot Flashes Could Be Linked
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
Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms
Minorities Miss Out on Brain-Imaging Studies for Alzheimer's
Minorities, Women Are Shortchanged When It Comes to Statins
Minority Patients Less Likely to Get Newer Alzheimer's Meds
Mixed Progress Against Cancers in Teens, Young Adults
Moderate Use of Hair Relaxers Won't Raise Black Women's Cancer Risk: Study
Mom's Depression Can Lead to Behavior Problems in Kids
Mom-to-Be's 'Leaky' Heart Valves May Pose More Danger Than Thought
Money Troubles Can Delay Cancer Diagnoses, Putting Survival in Jeopardy
More Additives Being Added to Americans' Food, Report Finds
More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters
More Americans Would Get Lung Cancer Screening Under New Guidelines
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More Childbearing Women Having Suicidal Thoughts: Study
More Diverse Pool of Blood Donors Needed to Help Sickle Cell Patients
More Evidence Sugary Drinks Harm Women's Hearts
More Evidence That Pandemic Delayed Cancer Diagnoses
More Hospitalizations, ER Visits in Nursing Homes With Higher Levels of Black Residents
More Olive Oil May Bring Longer Life: Study
More Than 10 Million People Died of Cancer Worldwide in 2019
More Than 2 Million COVID Home Test Kits Recalled Due to False Positive Results
More Than 200,000 Americans Have Lupus
More Than Half of Cancer Survivors Fear a Recurrence
More U.S. Women Using Marijuana to Help Ease Menopause: Study
More Women Turning to Marijuana Products to Help With Menopause
More Young U.S. Women Are Dying From Heart Disease
'Morning Sickness' Doesn't Stick to the A.M., Study Confirms
Most Americans Don't Follow Diets That Could Prevent Cancer
Most Americans Oppose COVID Vaccine Mandates: Survey
Most Cancer Screenings Make Big Rebound After Pandemic Decline
Most Cases of Dementia in U.S. Seniors Go Undiagnosed: Study
Most Editors at Leading Medical Journals Are White, Study Finds
Most Folks Who Need Colon Cancer Screening Aren't Reminded by Doctors
Most Older Americans Object to Cancer Screening Cutoffs Based on Life Expectancy: Poll
Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
Mother and Son Draw Hope, Healing From Shared Cancer Treatment
MRI Might Boost Cancer Detection for Women With Dense Breasts
MS Has Mixed Impact on Patients' Cancer Risk: Study
Myths, Ignorance Persist Around Lung Cancer: Poll
NBA Players to Assess New Coronavirus Test
Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Have a Disability
Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure
Necklace Spots A-Fib in Just Over 30 Seconds
Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids
Neighborhoods May Matter When It Comes to Epilepsy
Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
New Approach Cuts Odds for Anal Cancer in People With HIV
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 Drug Combo Boosts Survival Against Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer
New Drug Combo Buys More Time for Advanced Endometrial Cancer Patients
New Drug Combo Could Be Advance Against Uterine Fibroids
New Drug Could Be Advance Against Glioma Brain Tumors
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New Hope Against a Rare but Incurable Eye Cancer
New Hope Against Painful Skin Issues Caused by Cancer Radiation Therapy
New Hormonal Pill May Boost Outcomes for Older Breast Cancer Patients
New Law Expands Care for Rape Victims
New Lawsuit Filed by Family of Henrietta Lacks Over Unauthorized Use of Her Cells
New Screen Might Spot More Cases of Hidden COPD
New Test of Pancreatic Cysts Might Boost Cancer Detection
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 Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
New Year: Time for Your Memory Screening Appointment
Newborn May Have Contracted Coronavirus in the Womb: Report
Newer Diabetes Meds Might Not Work as Well in Black Patients
Newer Hormone Treatments for Prostate Cancer May Raise Risk of Depression
No Good Evidence on Accuracy of Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Study
No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life
Not Enough Older Americans Are Checking Blood Pressure At Home
Not Just for Glasses: Eye Exams Could Save Your Life
Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study
Obamacare Gave More Breast Cancer Survivors Access to Breast Reconstruction
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure
Obese Men May Have Better Survival With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Obesity May Help Trigger Heavier Periods: Study
Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women
Obesity Raises Odds for Many Common Cancers
Obesity Stigma Keeps Many From Life-Saving Cancer Screening: Study
Obesity Tied to Shorter Survival in Cancer Patients
Obesity Ups Women's Odds for Early Hip Fracture
Odds of Pregnancy in IVF Same With Frozen or Fresh Embryos: Study
Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
On Father's Day, Give Dad Tips to Keep Healthy
On Waitlist for Liver Transplants, Women Die More Often Than Men
One Big Reason Women May Be Less Prone to COVID-19
One Key Question Can Help Spot Skin Cancer
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
One Type of Injury Should Raise Red Flag for Domestic Violence
Only 1 in 7 Cancers Are Caught Through Cancer Screenings
Only Half of Folks With Stool Test Positive for Colon Cancer Get Follow-Up Colonoscopy
Osteoporosis Might Also Raise a Woman's Odds for Hearing Loss
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 60? You Have Billions of Potentially Cancer-Causing Cells
Over Half of Police Killings Aren't Reported, Blacks Most Likely Victims
Pancreatic Cancer Rates Rising Faster Among Women
Pandemic Brought Big Drop in Breast Cancer Screening in Older, Low-Income Women
Pandemic Caused Millions of U.S. Women to Skip Cancer Screenings
Pandemic Closures, Fears Keep Patients From Lung Cancer Screening
Pandemic Day Care Closures Forced 600,000 U.S. Working Moms to Leave Jobs
Pandemic Delays in Screening Mean More Breast Cancer Deaths Ahead: Study
Pandemic Has Greatly Slowed Pace of Cancer Research
Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households
Pandemic Is Leading to More Depression for Pregnant Women Worldwide: Study
Pandemic May Be Tougher on Women's Mental Health Than Men's
Pandemic May Have Caused U.S. Spike in SIDS Deaths in Black Families
Pandemic Stress Altered Many Women's Menstrual Cycles
Pandemic Tied to Higher Suicide Rate in Blacks, Lowered Rate in Whites: Study
Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll
Pandemic-Linked Rise in Crime Hit America's Poor Neighborhoods Hardest
Parent or Sibling With Colon Cancer? You May Need Colonoscopy Earlier
Parents' Input Key When Screening Toddlers for Autism
Parts of Intestinal Scope Devices Can Break Off Inside Patients
Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
Pentagon Study Finds Higher Cancer Rates Among Pilots, Ground Crews
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
Placenta's Hidden Mysteries Revealed in MRI Study
Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic
Poor Americans Likely to Miss Preventive Heart Screenings: Study
Poorer Schools Could Bring Higher Dementia Rates Many Decades Later
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5
Pregnancy Within 1 Year of Weight-Loss Surgery Carries Added Risks
President Biden Undergoes Routine Colonoscopy
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
Prison Time Shortens Life Spans for Black Americans, But Not Whites
Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries
Progress Against Stillbirths Has Stalled in U.S.
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
PTSD Symptoms May Vary Throughout Menstrual Cycle: Study
Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID Crisis: Poll
Quick Scan Spots a Common Hormonal Form of High Blood Pressure
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients
Race Could Matter When It Comes to Parkinson's Severity
'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report
Race Matters in Stroke Survival, Study Finds
Race Plays Big Role in Whether Kids Learn to Swim
Race Plays Huge Role in Dementia Risk
Race Plays Role in Kids' Food Allergies: Study
Race, Gender Matter in Receiving Timely Heart Attack Care
Race, Income Affect Your Risk for a Food Allergy
Race, Income Big Factors in Deaths After U.S. Hurricanes
Race, Income Can Be Roadblocks to Recovery From Depression
Race, Income Can Determine Blood Cancer Outcomes, Studies Show
Race, Income Keeps Many Families From Letting Kids Play Sports
Race, Neighborhood Affects How Long You'll Live After Heart Attack
Racial Discrimination Raises Risk for Childhood Obesity
Racist 'Redlining' Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans
Radiation Plus Surgery May Be Best Against an Early Form of Breast Cancer
Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study
Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer May Have Long-Term Risk for the Heart
Radiology Study Suggests 'Horrifying' Rise in Domestic Violence During Pandemic
Rate of Preterm Births Is Higher for Black Americans
Recall of Philips Breathing Machines Affects Millions of Americans
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
Regular Screening Pays Off for People at High Risk for Pancreatic Cancer
Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks
Repeat Bone Density Tests Might Not Be Needed, Study Finds
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Research Reveals Cause of Deadly Disease Affecting Native American Kids
Researchers Develop First App-Based Rapid Gonorrhea Test
Researchers Find Better Way to Fight Breast Cancer That Has Spread to Brain
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
Sarah Ferguson Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Mastectomy
School Segregation Tied to Problem Drinking Among Black Youth
Scientists Get Closer to a Better PSA Test
Screen All Adults Under Age 65 for Anxiety Disorders, Expert Panel Says
Screen All Kids for Heart Problems, Pediatricians' Group Says
Screen Kids 8 and Older for Anxiety, Expert Panel Recommends
Screening Newborns for 'Bubble Boy' Immune Disease Saves Lives
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Screening School Kids for Depression Boosts Diagnoses, Outcomes
Screening Test Leads to Fewer Women Included in Autism Studies
Secondhand Smoke Can Raise Odds for Mouth, Throat Cancers
Segregation Has Close Ties With Lead Poisoning in Black American Kids
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Morning Sickness Linked to Depression Before and After Birth
Severe Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Should All U.S. Newborns Undergo Genomic Testing?
Should Your Child Get a COVID Test?
Sick? You'll Need Multiple Tests to Rule Out COVID
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Side Effects From New Cancer Meds Have Silver Lining
Sitting Raises Women's Odds for Heart Failure
Skin Lightening Products Carry Dangers, But Many Users Are Unaware of Risks: Study
Skipping COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Brings Big Risks to Mothers, Babies
Skipping Mammograms Raises a Woman's Odds for Breast Cancer Death
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans
Smog Harms Women's Brains, But One Food May Help Buffer the Damage
Smoggy Air Might Raise Black Women's Odds for Fibroids
Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks
Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed
Some Myeloma Patients Get No Protection From COVID-19 Vaccines
Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
Some Sick Patients Get Cosmetic Surgery to Boost Appearance
Some Young Cancer Survivors Won't Get Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccine
Someday, Your Shopping Cart Might Gauge Your Heart Health
Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues
Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
States That Restrict Abortions Have More Maternal, Infant Deaths
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
STDs May Be More Common Than Thought Among U.S. High School Kids
Stroke Treatment Gap Narrows Between Men and Women
Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study
Study Links Muscle Mass to Severity of Hot Flashes in Women
Study of Former NFL Players Shows Race Differences in Chronic Pain
Study Offers Best Evidence Yet That Intervening Early Helps Curb Autism
Study Pinpoints Cancer Patients at Highest Risk From COVID
Study Ties Gum Disease to High Blood Pressure
Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities
Summer Skin Care Tips for Those With Darker Skin
Supplements: Many Cancer Patients Think They'll Help, But Experts Urge Caution
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Survey Finds Racism Against Asians Common in Medical Field
Surviving Childhood Cancer Can Take Toll on Adult Heart
Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women's Brains
Table Set for One May Be Tough on Women's Hearts
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
Task Force Recommends Anxiety Screening for All Adults Under 65
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Testing Entire Genome Twice as Good at Spotting Genetic Disorders as Targeted Tests Are
Texas Court Case Could Threaten Americans' Health Care Nationwide
The Future of Cancer for Americans
The Women’s Health Screenings and Preventive Care Appointments You Need
Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk
Therapeutic Vaccine Is Keeping Melanoma in Remission 4 Years On
There's More MS in Northern Countries. Now, Researchers Find New Reason Why
Think a Little Alcohol Might Be Healthy? Think Again
Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical? Think Again
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Tips to Checking Your Skin for Skin Cancer
Too Few Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia Get Screened for Stroke Risk
Too Few Minorities in U.S. Health Care Workforce: Report
Too Little Sunlight, Vitamin D May Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Many Antibiotics Might Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Many Fertility Specialists Still Use a Painful, Useless Procedure: Study
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
Tracking Key Protein Helps Predict Outcomes in TBI Patients
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Treating Depression Could Lengthen Lung Cancer Patients' Lives
Treating Menopausal Symptoms: An Expert Describes Pros, Cons
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
Type 2 Diabetes Drug Metformin Could Help Prevent Some Breast Cancers
U.S. Blood Supply Is Safe From Coronavirus, Study Finds
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. Cancer Survivors Now Number 18 Million
U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline
U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Heart Deaths Linked to Obesity Have Tripled in 20 Years
U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report
U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates Have More Than Doubled in Two Decades
U.S. Medical Schools' Faculty Still Lack Diversity: Study
U.S. Men's Race, Residence Could Raise Odds for Fatal Prostate Cancer
U.S. Monkeypox Cases Decline, But Health Officials Worry About Reaching Minorities
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
U.S. Sees Decline in Sepsis Deaths, But Some Americans More Vulnerable
U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
Ukraine: The War on Cancer, Fought in a War Zone
Ultrasound Good Diagnostic Tool After Breast Symptoms
Underarm Lump After COVID Shot Is Likely Lymph Swelling, Not Breast Cancer, Experts Say
Understanding Your Cholesterol Numbers
Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Urinary Incontinence Can Affect a Woman's Mental Health
Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
Use of Hair Straighteners Tied to Doubling of Risk for Uterine Cancer
Uterine Cancer Rates Have Been Rising, and New Study Suggests Why
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
Vaccine Slows Return of Pancreatic Cancer in Early Trial
Vaginal Bacteria Could Help Predict Risk of Premature Birth: Study
Vaginal Ring Could Shield Women From HIV for 3 Months at a Time
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
Vision Problems Are On the Decline for American Seniors
Vision Troubles Could Raise Midlife Depression Risk for Women
Vitamin D Deficiency Common in Young Black, Hispanic Americans
Vitamin D May Lower Black Women's Odds for COVID-19
Vitamin D Might Help Prevent Early-Onset Colon Cancer
Weed Killer Glyphosate Found in Most Americans' Urine
Weight Loss May Not Affect Fertility Treatment Success
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 Is Endometriosis, and How Is It Treated?
What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19
What You Need to Know About Your Colon Cancer Risk
What's Behind Unexplained Epilepsy in Kids? A Gene Test May Tell
What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
When Black Americans Encounter Police Violence, High Anxiety Often Follows
When Booze Labels Carry Health Warnings, Drinking Declines: Study
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cancer Strikes Twice, Black Americans Face Higher Death Rates
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When Cardiac Deaths Rose During Pandemic, Minorities Suffered Most
When Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
When COVID Strikes Cancer Patients, Men Fare Worse
When Diabetes Strikes in Pregnancy, Do Women Eat Healthier?
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
When Schools Ask Students About Suicide, Those At Risk Get Help Sooner
When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Whether or Not You Get Heart-Healthy Statins May Depend on Race
Which Americans Live Longest? Race, Region May Be Key
While 8 in 10 Seniors See Wisdom of Dementia Screening, Few Have Been Tested: Poll
White House Launches Website for Free Home COVID Tests One Day Ahead of Schedule
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
White Women Tend to Get Better Pain Management After Childbirth
WHO Agency Declares Aspartame a Possible Carcinogen
WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's Got COVID? Dogs Can Quickly Tell
Who's Most Likely to Get Bullied at School?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Are Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Health Issues Not Getting Treatment?
Why Are More U.S. Babies Being Born With Syphilis?
Why Are Sports-Linked Concussions Rising Among Girls?
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why Black People May Be More Prone to Severe Stroke
Why COVID Infection Raises Risks in Pregnancy
Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse When MS Strikes?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?
Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men
Why Is Liver Cancer More Lethal for Black Patients?
Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
Why 'Night Owl' Women Might Be at Higher Risk During Pregnancy
Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
Why Skin Cancer Checks Are Even More Important for Hispanic People
Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Why So Many Older Women Develop UTIs
Why Stairs Might Be a Bigger Hazard for Young Women
Why Strokes Can Affect Women, Men Differently
Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
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
Woman Sues L'Oreal Over Claim Hair Straightener Spurred Uterine Cancer
Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds
Women at Higher Risk When Heart Attack Strikes the Young
Women Doctors Face Higher Levels of Harassment, Frustration: Survey
Women Exposed to Racism at Higher Odds for Premature Delivery
Women Feel More Stigma From 'Spare Tire' Around Middle Than Men
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men in Years After First Heart Attack
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women Less Likely to Ask for More Time When Deadlines Loom
Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke
Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women With Type 1 Diabetes May Have Fewer Childbearing Years: Study
Women, Black Patients Wait Longer in ERs When Chest Pain Strikes
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Women's Depression Symptoms May Differ by Race: Study
Working Night Shifts Could Raise Odds for A-Fib
Workplace Sexual Harassment Might Raise Suicide Risk: Study
Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart Risks: AHA
You Can Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Young Women at Higher Risk for Stroke Than Male Peers: Study
Young, Immune-Compromised Patients Are Hotspots for Coronavirus Mutations: Study
Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
Your Doctor Appointments Might Look Different Post-Pandemic
Your Doctor's Gender, Race May Bias Your Treatment Outcome
Your Sex Affects Your Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
'Yo-Yo' Dieting May Mean Sleepless Nights for Women