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High Vitamin D Levels May Help Prevent COVID-19, Especially in Black Patients
Higher Education Won't Help Preserve the Aging Brain: Study
High-Profile Police Brutality Cases Harm Black Americans' Mental Health: Study
Hip Replacements on the Rise Among the Very Young
Hispanics Wait Half-Hour Longer in ER When Chest Pain Strikes
Hit Your Head? Look for These Warning Signs of Concussion
HIV Can Travel From the Brain, Animal Study Suggests
HIV Rates Fall Among Gay White Americans, But Not Minorities
Hormonal Breast Cancer Therapy May Work Differently, Depending on Patient's Race
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 a Little Alcohol Might Help the Heart
How Are 'Super Agers' Protected From Alzheimer's and Mental Decline?
How Bilingual Brains Shift Quickly Between Languages
How 'Bleeding' Stroke Affects Brain May Depend on Your Race
How Common Is Opioid Misuse Among Seniors After Hip Surgery?
How Did New 'Surprise Medical Bill' Laws Affect Your State?
How Does Exercise Guard Against Dementia? Study Reveals Clues
How Effective (and Safe) Is Shoulder Surgery?
How Important Is Sex as Women Age?
How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care
How Learning a New Language Changes Your Brain
How Many CT Scans Are Safe for Kids?
How Ritalin Works in the Brain
How Soon Can You Resume Tennis, Golf After Shoulder Surgery?
How the 'Magic Mushroom' Drug May Tweak the Brain to Ease Depression
How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care
How to Ease Back Into Exercise After Surgery
How Well Do Americans Know the Facts About COVID-19?
How Your Neighborhood Can Hamper Your Teen's Sleep
Hypertension in Pregnancy Is Getting More Common for Gen Z Women
If Blood Pressure Rises at Night, Alzheimer's Risk Might Rise, Too
Impact of Racism Could Slow Recovery After Heart Attack
Implant Delivers Chemo Directly to Brain in Patients Battling Brain Tumors
In 16 States, 35% or More Residents Now Obese: CDC
In Boxers and MMA Fighters, Brain May Make Some Recovery After Retirement
In Early Days of Outbreak, Access to Mpox Vaccine Varied by Race
In Many Cases, Hip Replacement Also Eases Back Pain
In Mouse Study, New Gel Therapy Stops Dangerous Brain Tumors
In Rare Case, COVID-19 Test Caused Spinal Fluid Leak
In Rare Cases, Monkeypox Can Trigger Dangerous Brain Inflammation
In Rare Move, FDA Panel Gives Support to Controversial ALS Drug in 2nd Review
In U.S., Minority Communities More Likely to Have Water Contaminated by Toxic Metals
Inhaled Pollutants Go Directly From Lungs to Brain: Study
Insight Into Why a Prostate Cancer Therapy Works Better for Black Men
Insomnia Tied to Raised Risk of Aneurysm
Interventions Boost Abstinence, Condom Use Among Black Teens: Study
Is a Night in the Hospital Necessary After Hip, Knee Replacement?
Is Empathy Born in Mom's First Hugs?
Is It 'Pre-Alzheimer's' or Normal Aging? Poll Finds Many Americans Unclear
Is It Safe to Have Surgery Soon After a COVID Diagnosis?
Is Surgery for Sciatica Really Worth It?
Is Telemedicine Closing the 'Race Gap' in Primary Care?
Is There a 'Risk-Taking' Center in the Brain?
Is Your Child at Risk for Asthma?
Isolation May Raise Odds for Dementia, Brain Study Suggests
It's a Scream: Human Brains Alert to Positive Shrieks
It's Getting Tougher to Find Spanish-Language Mental Health Services in U.S.
Jail Dims Hopes for Recovery for Young People With Mental Illness
JAMA Journals' Editor-in-Chief Steps Down After Deputy's Racism Comments
Key Areas of the Brain Triggered in Recent Heart Attack Survivors
Khloe Kardashian Has 'Incredibly Rare' Tumor Removed From Her Face
Kids' Access to Insulin Pumps: Race, Income Matters
Kids Aren't Scared by Medical Workers' PPE, Study Finds
Kids Getting Spinal Surgeries May Cut Back on Opioids
Kids With ADHD Have Differences in 'Neural Flexibility,' Brain Study Shows
Kids With Congenital Heart Disease Face Higher Odds of Mental Health Issues
Knee Procedure Done Earlier Might Prevent Knee Replacement Later
Knee Replacement a Good Option, Even for Severely Obese: Study
Knee Replacement in Folks Over 80: Less Risky Than You Think
Knee Replacement More Challenging in People With Sickle Cell
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-Made Heart Valves Can Grow Along With Youngest Heart Patients
Language Barriers Hold Back Many Asian Americans From Good Health Care
Language Barriers Keep 25 million in U.S. From Good Health Care
Large Study Supports Less Invasive Way to Treat 'Leaky' Heart Valves
Lasik Surgery Should Carry Warnings of Possible Complications, FDA Says
Lead Poisoning Plus Systemic Racism Are Harming Black Kids' Test Scores
Leaded Gas, Banned Decades Ago, Might Still Harm People Today
Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal
Legacy of Racist Neighborhood 'Redlining': Fewer Healthy Green Spaces Today
Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Less Social Distancing in Areas With More Trump Supporters: Study
Life Span After Alzheimer's Diagnosis: What Factors Matter Most
Life Span of Native Americans Fell by Almost 5 Years During Pandemic
Lifetime of Stress Tied to Big Rise in Cancer Risk
Lifetime Spent With Epilepsy Ages the Brain, Study Finds
'Light Flash' Treatment Might Help Slow Alzheimer's
Light Therapy Might Ease MS-Related Fatigue
Little Progress in Boosting Numbers of Black American Doctors
Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans
Lockdowns Cut Air Pollution, But Poorer Neighborhoods Benefited Less
Long Bouts of Space Travel May Harm Astronauts' Brains
Long Periods in Space Alter Astronauts' Brains
Long-Term Outlook for Most With Serious Brain Injury Is Better Than Thought
Low Vitamin D Could Raise Diabetes Risk for Black Americans
Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
Lullaby Effect: Music Can Speed Your Way to Sleep, Study Finds
Lumpectomy as Effective as Mastectomy for Young Women With Breast Cancer
Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
Lupus More Deadly for Asian and Hispanic Americans: Study
Lymph Node Removal During Breast Cancer Mastectomy: Is It Overdone?
Magnetic Brain Stimulation Helped Rid Him of Decades-Long Depression
Major Head Trauma May Up Risks for Dementia
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 Kids Who Develop Severe COVID-Linked Syndrome Have Neurologic Symptoms
Many More Older Americans Willing to Get COVID Vaccine: Poll
Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Many People May Be Eating Their Way to Dementia
Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage
Maria Shriver and AARP Take on Alzheimer's in Women
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
Mastering the Violin Won't Help Your Child Master Math: Study
Medical Mistrust Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanics
Mediterranean Diet Could Keep Aging Brains Sharp
Mediterranean Diet Might Lower Your Odds for Parkinson's
Memory Issues Plague Long COVID Patients
Men Offered Surgery More Often Than Women When Carpal Tunnel Strikes
Men With Testicular Cancer May Have New Treatment Option
Mental Confusion an Early Warning Sign of Severe COVID-19
'Mental Resilience' May Give Holocaust Survivors an Edge After Surgery
Mesh Plug a New Option for Treating Tricky Aneurysms
Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk
Midday Nap Could Leave You Smarter: Study
Middle-Age Obesity Linked to Higher Odds for Dementia
'MIND' Diet Can Help Preserve Brain in People With MS
Mindfulness Can Help Ease Pain, and Scientists Think They Know How
Mindfulness May Ease the Emotional Burden of MS
Minimally Invasive Surgery May Be Good Option for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Minorities Bore the Brunt of U.S. COVID Deaths: Study
Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms
Minority Patients Less Likely to Get Newer Alzheimer's Meds
Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms
Mixed Progress Against Cancers in Teens, Young Adults
Moderate Use of Hair Relaxers Won't Raise Black Women's Cancer Risk: Study
Moms' Obesity May Affect Fetal Brain Development
Month-Long Recovery From Concussion Is Normal: Study
More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More Diverse Pool of Blood Donors Needed to Help Sickle Cell Patients
More DNA Errors Seen in Brain Cells of Alzheimer's Patients
More Education May Slow Start of Early-Onset Alzheimer's
More Evidence That Exercise Protects the Aging Brain
More 'Height-Challenged' Men Are Getting Leg-Lengthening Surgeries
More Kids With Autism May Be Doing Well Than Thought
More Than 200,000 Americans Have Lupus
More U.S. Seniors, Especially Women, Are Retaining Healthy Brains: Study
More Years Playing Football, More Brain Lesions on MRI: Study
Most Americans Oppose COVID Vaccine Mandates: Survey
Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: 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 Marriages Survive a Spouse's Brain Injury
Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal
Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
Mouse Study Offers Hope for Gene Therapy Against Parkinson's Disease
Mouse Study Points to Why Alzheimer's Affects Women More Than Men
Multiple Surgeries for Cleft Lip, Palate Won't Cause Major Psychological Damage
Music Classes Strike a Chord in Kids' Brain Development: Study
Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds
Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Have a Disability
Nearly 7% of U.S. Kids Have Had a Head Injury or Concussion
Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure
Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
Need an Operation? Here's How COVID Has Changed Surgery
Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids
Neighborhoods May Matter When It Comes to Epilepsy
'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries
Nerves May Play Important Role in Autism
Neuro Surprise: Some Brain Skills Might Improve With Age
Neuro Symptoms of Long COVID May Persist for Months
Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
New Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise in Phase 3 Clinical Trial
New Clues to How Cancers Originate in the Brain
New Clues to Why Some Develop 'Brain Fog' After COVID
New Drug Could Extend Life for People With ALS
New Drug May Beat Older One at Preventing MS Relapse
New Drug May Ease Tourette Tics in Kids, Teens
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New Insights Into How COVID-19 Damages the Brain
New Insights Into How Eating Disorders Alter the Brain
New Insights Into Treating Mild Head Injuries
New Insights Into What Might Drive Parkinson's Disease
New Insights Into Why Alzheimer's Can Bring Drowsiness
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New Research Links Another Gene to Alzheimer's Risk
New Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids
New Treatment Greatly Boosts Survival for Kids With Aggressive Brain Cancer
New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
NFL Players Face 4 Times the Odds of ALS
Nightmares Can Sometimes Warn of Parkinson's Onset
No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop
No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life
'No Recollection:' Woman Has Sudden, Unexplained Episodes of Memory Loss
No Sign That Anesthesia in Pregnancy Affects Child's Later Development
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure
Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women
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
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
One-Dose Blood Thinner Could Slash Blood Clot Risk After Knee Replacement
One-Time Treatment Eases Parkinson's -- in Mice
Oral Surgery on Your Calendar? Expert Offers Tips to Ease Anxiety
Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
Over 140,000 U.S. Children Have Lost a Caregiver to COVID-19
Over Half of American Children Have Detectable Lead Levels in Their Blood
Over Half of Police Killings Aren't Reported, Blacks Most Likely Victims
'Overgrowth' of Brain Area in Infancy Could Play Role in Autism
Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals
Pancreatic Cancer Rates Rising Faster Among Women
Pandemic Cut U.S. Heart Surgeries in Half as Patients Avoided Hospitals
Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households
Pandemic May Have Caused U.S. Spike in SIDS Deaths in Black Families
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
Parlez-vous 'Woof'? Dogs May Distinguish Between Different Human Languages
Patients' Genes Raise Odds for Rare Brain Infection When Using Certain Meds
Patients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations
Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
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
'Personalized' Brain Zaps May Ease Tough-to-Treat Depression
Pesticide Harmed Children's Brains: Lawsuits
Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
Placebo Effect Plays Big Role in Antidepressant's Impact on Anxiety: Study
Police Use of Neck Restraint Never Medically Appropriate, Neurologists Say
Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic
Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study
Poor Sleep After Head Injury Could Point to Dementia Risk
Poorer Schools Could Bring Higher Dementia Rates Many Decades Later
Pope Leaves Hospital 10 Days After Colon Surgery
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
Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5
'Prediabetes' May Be Harming Your Brain, Study Finds
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
Preventing Alzheimer's
Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials
Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
Prison Time Shortens Life Spans for Black Americans, But Not Whites
Progress Against Stillbirths Has Stalled in U.S.
PTSD May Be Tied to Greater Dementia Risk
Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID Crisis: Poll
Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Preventing Memory Loss?
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 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
Racist 'Redlining' Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans
Reading Aloud to Your Kids Might Make Them Smarter
Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks
Recent COVID-19 Raises Odds for Clots After Surgery by 90%
Recovering COVID Patients Often Face Long-Term 'Brain Fog'
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks
Repair or Reconstruction: What's Best for ACL Tears?
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Research Reveals Cause of Deadly Disease Affecting Native American Kids
Research Reveals Cause of 'Freezing' Gait in Parkinson's
Researchers Find Better Way to Fight Breast Cancer That Has Spread to Brain
Researchers Use Computers and 'Exoskeletons' to Help Stroke Survivors
Researchers Zero in on Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors
Retired and Want to Stay Sharp? Hop on the Internet More Often
Right Amount of Sleep May Be Important in Early Alzheimer's
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
Road to Healthy Middle-Aged Brain May Begin in Childhood
Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
Scans Reveal How COVID-19 Can Harm the Brain
School Segregation Tied to Problem Drinking Among Black Youth
School Sports Are Starting Again: Know the Signs of Concussion
Scientists Calculate Perfect Amount of Sleep for Folks Over 40
Scientists Find Clue to Links Between Autism, Epilepsy
Scientists Pinpoint Why People With Autism Struggle to Understand a Speaker's 'Tone'
Scientists Track Spirituality in the Human Brain
Scientists Untangle Why Diabetes Might Raise Alzheimer's Risk
Screen Time for Tiniest Tots Linked to Autism-Like Symptoms
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe COVID May Age Survivors' Brains 20 Years: Study
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
Shape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk
Shock Therapy Safe, Effective for Tough-to-Treat Depression
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Signs of Early Alzheimer's May Be Spotted in Brain Stem
Simple Move May Boost Spinal Fusion Outcomes
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans
Sleep Builds the Brain in the Early Years, Then Maintains It
'Smell Training' Might Speed the Sense's Return After COVID
Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain
Smog Harms Women's Brains, But One Food May Help Buffer the Damage
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
Smoking Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed
'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed
Some Diabetes Meds Might Also Lower Alzheimer's Risk
Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
Some Hospitalized COVID Patients Develop Seizures
Some Kids Snore, and It Could Affect Behavior
Some NFL Players May Be Misdiagnosed With Brain Disease: Study
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues
Special Brain Scans May Diagnose Early Parkinson's
Special 'Strategies' Can Help People With Parkinson's Walk, But Many Patients Unaware
Sports Position Doesn't Affect Risk of Concussion-Linked CTE Illness
Squeaky or Furry: New Insights Into Dogs' Love of Toys
Stakes Are High Ahead of FDA Panel Vote on ALS Drug
Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
Staying Social Can Boost Healthy 'Gray Matter' in Aging Brains
Stories Get Listeners' Hearts in Sync
Stress Not Always a Trigger for Relapse in Eating Disorders: Study
Stress Urinary Incontinence? Know Your Surgical Options
Stroke Prevented His Speech, But Brain Implant Brought It Back
Stroke, Confusion: COVID-19 Often Impacts the Brain, Study Shows
Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help
Studies Relying on Brain Scans Are Often Unreliable, Analysis Shows
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study
Study in Rats Offers Hope for New Parkinson's Therapy
Sudden Obsessions, Tantrums: What Is PANS in Kids?
Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities
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? 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
Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
Targeted Microwaves Probably Caused U.S. Embassy Illnesses: Scientists
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
Teens Have Triple the Odds of Misusing Marijuana Compared to Adults
Telehealth Boosts Odds That Patients Show Up for Post-Surgery Care
Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery
Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
The 3 Midlife Factors That Raise Your Odds for Alzheimer's
Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk
Therapeutic Brain Implant Won't Alter Personality in Epilepsy Patients: Study
Thyroid Trouble May Raise Dementia Risks
Tight Blood Sugar Control Boosts Brain Power of Teens With Type 1 Diabetes: Study
Timing of Melanoma Immunotherapy Could Be Key to Outcomes: Study
Tonsillectomies Can Be Tougher for Kids With Developmental Delays
Too Few Minorities in U.S. Health Care Workforce: Report
Too Little Sleep Could Raise Your Dementia Risk
Too Much or Too Little Sleep Bad for Your Brain
Too Much TV May Dull the Aging Brain
Too Much TV Time May Really Harm Your Brain
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
Toxin in Undercooked Meat Shows Links to Rare Brain Tumors
Toxins in Wildfire Smoke May Make Their Way Into Brain
Tracking Key Protein Helps Predict Outcomes in TBI Patients
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Trial Begins of Nasal Vaccine for Alzheimer's Disease
T-Shirt Study Shows Importance of Mom's Smell to Bond With Baby
Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care
Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Worse Mental Outcomes After Stroke
Type 2 Diabetes Speeds Aging in the Brain
U.S. Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall
U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report
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. Seniors Are Getting Fewer Abdominal Surgeries
U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns
Ultrasound Breaches Blood-Brain Barrier, Helping Drugs Fight Tumors
Under 50 and Overweight? Your Odds for Dementia Later May Rise
Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic
Unseen Factors Help Us Find Lost Objects Faster: Study
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Use of Hair Straighteners Tied to Doubling of Risk for Uterine Cancer
Uterine Cancer Rates Have Been Rising, and New Study Suggests Why
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
Vaginal or C-Section, Method of Childbirth Won't Affect a Couple's Sex Life Later
Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
Very Smart Dogs Learn Words Quickly, Study Shows
Veterans May Face Lower Risk for CTE Than Ex-Athletes
Vibration Therapy May Help Body, Mind in People With MS
Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients
Vision Problems Are On the Decline for American Seniors
Vitamin D Deficiency Common in Young Black, Hispanic Americans
Vitamin D May Lower Black Women's Odds for COVID-19
Want to Avoid Dementia? Add Some Color to Your Plate
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
Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?
What Are Hernias, and How Are They Treated?
What Arthritis Surgeries Help With Pain and Other Symptoms?
What Do You Know About Your Risk for Hernia?
What Loneliness Looks Like in the Brain
What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
What Type of Stent Did I Get, Where? Most Heart Patients Don't Know
What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer
What You Should Know If Your Surgery Has Been Put on Hold
What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
'What's Wrong With Me?' Young COVID Survivors Battle Long-Haul Symptoms
When Black Americans Encounter Police Violence, High Anxiety Often Follows
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When Cardiac Deaths Rose During Pandemic, Minorities Suffered Most
When COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?
When Is Your Very Earliest Memory?
When Removing a Big Kidney Stone, Get the Little Ones, Too
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
Which Surgery Works Best for Lower Back Pain?
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
White Women Tend to Get Better Pain Management After Childbirth
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's Most Likely to Get Bullied at School?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why Are Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Health Issues Not Getting Treatment?
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
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 Don't People Have Memories of Their Infancy?
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 Music at Bedtime Might Not Be a Great Idea
Why Skin Cancer Checks Are Even More Important for Hispanic People
Why Sleep Raises Risk for Sudden Death in People With Epilepsy
Why Some 'Super Ager' Folks Keep Their Minds Dementia-Free
Why Strokes Can Affect Women, Men Differently
Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
Widely Used Steroid Meds Could Alter the Brain
Wildfire Survivors Could Face Higher Cancer Risk
Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
Woman Sues L'Oreal Over Claim Hair Straightener Spurred Uterine Cancer
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Exposed to Racism at Higher Odds for Premature Delivery
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men After Bypass Surgery
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: 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
Wristband 'Zapper' Might Help Calm Tourette Syndrome
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Your Brain Gets Tired, and Scientists Now Know Why
Your Doctor's Gender, Race May Bias Your Treatment Outcome
Your Eyes May Signal Your Risk for Stroke, Dementia
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Your Personality May Safeguard Your Aging Brain
Your Zip Code Could Help or Harm Your Brain
You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?
Zika May Have Damaged More Infants' Brains Than Expected
Zika Virus Tied to Profound Developmental Delays