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Pfizer Recalls All Lots of Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Due to Potential Carcinogen
Physical Jobs Tied to More Sick Leave, Earlier Retirement
Physically Active at Work? It's Not as Healthy as Leisure Exercise
Poison Centers Warn Against Gas Siphoning
Poll Finds More Americans Worried About Health Care Understaffing
Poll Shows Parents Torn When Teens Enter the Workforce
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Pregnant Women Face Exposures to Dangerous Chemicals Daily
Pretty Poison: 'Luster Dust' Sprinkled on Cakes Can Be Toxic
Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries
Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
Prostate Cancer Drug Could Be 'Game Changing,' Researchers Say
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Radiation Plus Surgery May Be Best Against an Early Form of Breast Cancer
Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study
Recall of Philips Breathing Machines Affects Millions of Americans
Report Finds Big Rise in U.S. Carbon Monoxide Deaths
Researchers Find Better Way to Fight Breast Cancer That Has Spread to Brain
Resident Doctors' Long Work Shifts Could Bring Peril to Patients
Rising Number of Americans Think It's OK to Harass Public Health Officials
School COVID Outbreaks Drop When Adults Wear Masks, Study Finds
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Second Report on Toxins in Baby Foods Finds Continuing Problems
Secondhand Smoke Can Raise Odds for Mouth, Throat Cancers
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
Shift Work May Harm the Health of Men More Than Women
Shift Work Might Delay Menopause, With Potential Harms to Health
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
Silent Killer: Shield Your Family From Carbon Monoxide
Silent Killer: Watch Out for Carbon Monoxide Dangers This Winter
Silent Killers: Space Heaters, Generators Bring Carbon Monoxide Danger
Sit All Day for Work? Simple Step Can Cut Your Health Risk
Sluggish Coworker? Maybe They 'Pigged Out' Last Night
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Some Myeloma Patients Get No Protection From COVID-19 Vaccines
Some Pot Edibles Mimic Candy, Raising Dangers for Kids
Some Sick Patients Get Cosmetic Surgery to Boost Appearance
Some Young Cancer Survivors Won't Get Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccine
Sperm Samples May Help Predict Autism Risk in Offspring
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
Storm Alert: How to Keep Your Home Safe
Strain of COVID Care Has Many Health Professionals Looking for an Exit
Stress Has Many U.S. Teachers Leaving Profession: Survey
Stressed and Distracted, Kids and Their Teachers Say Virtual Learning Isn't Working
Stressed, Burned-Out Nurses Make More Medical Errors: Study
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
Stress-Relief Programs Often Rely on Dogs. What About Cats?
Study Pinpoints Cancer Patients at Highest Risk From COVID
Study Points to Jobs With Highest Risk for ALS
Supplements: Many Cancer Patients Think They'll Help, But Experts Urge Caution
Surgeon General Says 'Toxic Workplaces' Take Big Toll on Workers' Health
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
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Surviving Childhood Cancer Can Take Toll on Adult Heart
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women's Brains
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
Teachers' Unions, Doctors Agree: Vaccines, Masks Crucial for Return-to-School
The Future of Cancer for Americans
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
Therapeutic Vaccine Is Keeping Melanoma in Remission 4 Years On
Think a Little Alcohol Might Be Healthy? Think Again
TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen
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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, 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
Toxic Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire May Be Worse Than Thought
Treating Depression Could Lengthen Lung Cancer Patients' Lives
Trials Show COVID Vaccines Well Worth It for Cancer Patients
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Try 'Microbreaks' for a Real Workday Boost
Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care
Two New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer
U.S. Appeals Panel Backs New York City's Vaccine Mandate for School Staff
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. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
U.S. to Tighten Control of PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water
Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic
Up to 4 Million Americans Out of Work With Long COVID
Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
Vaccine Slows Return of Pancreatic Cancer in Early Trial
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
Veterans at Higher Risk of Deadly Skin Cancers
Vitamin D Might Help Prevent Early-Onset Colon Cancer
Volunteer Firefighters Have High Levels of Potentially Toxic Chemicals
Weed Killer Glyphosate Found in Most Americans' Urine
Weight-Loss Surgery May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk in People With Diabetes
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What Makes for a Satisfying Work Zoom Meeting?
What You Need to Know About Your Colon Cancer Risk
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 Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
When COVID Strikes Cancer Patients, Men Fare Worse
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
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White House Sets Jan. 4 Deadline for Large, Private U.S. Companies to Mandate Vaccines
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
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Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Logging May Be the Most Dangerous Profession
Why Skin Cancer Checks Are Even More Important for Hispanic People
Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
Wildfire Survivors Could Face Higher Cancer Risk
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
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Winter Brings Rise in Carbon Monoxide Danger: Stay Safe
With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger
With PFAS in Packaging, How Safe Is Microwave Popcorn?
Woman Sues L'Oreal Over Claim Hair Straightener Spurred Uterine Cancer
Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds
Women Less Likely Than Men to Return to Work After Severe Stroke
Women Less Likely to Ask for More Time When Deadlines Loom
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Work Worries Keep Lots of Americans Awake Sunday Nights
Workers' Deaths From Paint Stripping Chemicals Are on the Rise
Workers in U.S. Southwest in Peril as Summer Temperatures Rise
Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
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Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
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