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For Black Americans, Personal Resilience Plays Big Part in Heart Health
For Kids in Poorer Neighborhoods, a Move Can Ease Asthma
For 'Near Poor' Seniors, Medicaid 'Cliff' Could Keep Health Care Out of Reach
For Seniors on Antidepressants, Adding a Drug May Work Better Than Switching
For Stressed-Out Black Americans, Mental Health Care Often Hard to Come By
Forehead Thermometers May Miss Fevers in Black Patients
Gastro Symptoms of Menopause May Vary by Race
Gen X, Millennials in Worse Health Than Prior Generations at Same Age
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 Editing Technique Corrects Sickle Cell Disease in Mice
Gene Study Reveals Brain's Complex Organization
Gene Test Spots Those Vulnerable to Rare but Severe Side Effect of Drugs for MS, Other Conditions
Gene Therapy Could Be Big Advance Against Hemophilia
Genes Help Explain Role of Race in Prostate Cancer Risk
Genes 'Switched On' Much Earlier in Human Embryos Than Thought
Geneticists Probe Origins of Painful Cluster Headaches
Get Pain Relief With the Most Common Arthritis Medications
Get Relief With the Most Common Asthma Medications
Getting a Pacemaker Can Raise Odds for Opioid Abuse
Global Consortium Finds Genes That Drive Severe COVID-19
Good News, Bad News on Black Americans and Cancer
Got Leftover Meds? Ditch Them at Pharmacy Drop Boxes
Got PAD? Income, Race Could Affect Outcomes Such as Amputation
Gout Drug Colchicine Won't Help Fight COVID-19
Gout Medicine May Also Help Fight Heart Failure
Group of Brain Cells in Dish Can Play Computer Game Pong
Gun Homicides Rose Sharply During Pandemic, Black Men Most Affected
Gut Immune Cells May Play Key Role in MS
Gut Microbiome Could Play Role in MS
Healthy Levels of Vitamin D May Boost Breast Cancer Outcomes
Heart Anatomy May Put Blacks at Higher Stroke Risk
Heart Disease Targets Black Americans and Poverty, Unemployment Are Big Reasons Why
Heart Groups Endorse New Class of Meds for Some Heart Failure Patients
Heart Risk Factors Show Up Earlier in U.S. Black Women
Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some
Heartburn Meds Might Be Good for Your Gums
Heat Waves Topping 132 Degrees F Likely in Middle East Without Action on Climate Change
Here's How New Federal Legislation Might Cut Your Drug Costs
Here's How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower the Cost of Health Care
High Blood Pressure: Which Drug Works Best for You?
High Costs Lead Millions of Americans to Shop Abroad for Rx Drugs
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-Profile Police Brutality Cases Harm Black Americans' Mental Health: Study
High-Tech Prosthetic Arm Melds With Patient's Anatomy
High-Tech Rings Are Tracking COVID-19 'Warning Signs'
Hispanics Wait Half-Hour Longer in ER When Chest Pain Strikes
HIV Infections Continue to Decline Among Young Americans
HIV Rates Fall Among Gay White Americans, But Not Minorities
Hope for 1st Vaccine Against Virus Driving 'Mono,' Cancers and Maybe MS
Hopeful News on Parkinson's: More Than 100 Trials Underway
Hormonal Breast Cancer Therapy May Work Differently, Depending on Patient's Race
Hospitalizations for Spikes in Blood Pressure Are on the Rise
Hospitals: One Reason COVID Is More Lethal for Black Americans
How Bilingual Brains Shift Quickly Between Languages
How 'Bleeding' Stroke Affects Brain May Depend on Your Race
How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger
How Important Is Sex as Women Age?
How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care
How Much Do Trees Lower Urban Temperatures?
How One Patient's Battle With COVID-19 Changed U.S. Testing Protocols
How Safe Is a 'Holiday' From Bone-Strengthening Meds?
How Trust in Science Can Make You Vulnerable to 'Pseudoscience'
How Well Do Americans Know the Facts About COVID-19?
'Human Cell Atlas' Maps 1 Million Cell Types in 33 Organs
Humans Started Loving Carbs a Very Long Time Ago
Hypertension in Pregnancy Is Getting More Common for Gen Z Women
Icky Prescription: Could Hookworms Help Ease MS?
If You've Had COVID, One Vaccine Jab Will Do: Study
Immune System May 'Remember' Infections From Previous Coronaviruses
Impact of Racism Could Slow Recovery After Heart Attack
In 16 States, 35% or More Residents Now Obese: CDC
In Early Days of Outbreak, Access to Mpox Vaccine Varied by Race
In Early Trial, an Ancient Drug Shows Promise Against Severe COVID-19
In Small Study, Ozempic Helped People With Type 1 Diabetes Quit Insulin Treatments
In States Where Recreational Marijuana Legalized, Less Demand for Prescription Codeine
In Study, Almost Half of Obese Teens Were No Longer So After Taking Wegovy/Ozempic
In Study, Reminder Letters Helped Doctors Make Safer Choices Prescribing Opioids
In U.S., Minority Communities More Likely to Have Water Contaminated by Toxic Metals
In U.S., Price Tag for MS Care Tops $85 Billion
Inhaled COVID Vaccine Shows Promise in Animal Trials
Inhaled Remdesivir May Allow COVID-19 Patients to Be Treated at Home
Inhaler Use Up During Coronavirus Pandemic
Injected Drug Delivers Up to 20% Weight Loss in Trial
Insight Into Why a Prostate Cancer Therapy Works Better for Black Men
Insomnia, Sleep Apnea Rise in Women With MS
Insurance Often Covers Ivermectin for COVID, Even Though Drug Doesn't Work
Interferon Shot Might Keep COVID-19 Patients Out of the Hospital
International Group of Health Experts Raise Alarm About Dangers of AI
Interventions Boost Abstinence, Condom Use Among Black Teens: Study
Is a Drug for Sleep Apnea on the Horizon?
Is Medicare Overspending? Costco Prices Much Less for Generic Drugs
Is Sheltering Under an Overpass Safe When Tornadoes Strike?
Is Telemedicine Closing the 'Race Gap' in Primary Care?
Is There a Best Diuretic Drug for Heart Failure?
Is There a Best Time of Day to Take Your Blood Pressure Pill?
Is Your Child at Risk for Asthma?
Israeli Data on COVID Boosters to Be Published This Week in Major Journal
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
Job Done: Scientists Fill in Missing Gaps to Complete Map of Human Genome
Ketamine Appears Safe as Therapy for Tough-to-Treat Depression
Ketamine May Quickly Ease Tough-to-Treat Depression
Kids' Access to Insulin Pumps: Race, Income Matters
Kids' Accidental Poisonings Are on the Rise: Protect Your Child
Kids Still Dying From Accidental Exposure to Fentanyl Pain Patches
Kids With Autism Have Unique Gut 'Microbiomes'
Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19
Knee, Shoulder Surgeries Without Opioids? It's Possible, Study Finds
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 Experiments Show How Masks Could Protect Against COVID-19
Lack of Women Researchers Could Mean Fewer Female Study Participants
Language Barriers Hold Back Many Asian Americans From Good Health Care
Language Barriers Keep 25 million in U.S. From Good Health Care
Laser Process May Kill Bacteria on Metal Surfaces
Lead Poisoning Plus Systemic Racism Are Harming Black Kids' Test Scores
Leading Pediatricians' Group Calls for More Aggressive Treatment of Childhood Obesity
Legacy of Racist Neighborhood 'Redlining': Fewer Healthy Green Spaces Today
Less Social Distancing in Areas With More Trump Supporters: Study
Less Than a Third of Heavily Advertised Drugs Have 'High Therapeutic Value': Study
Letting Doctors Know a Patient Has Overdosed Might Curb Opioid Overprescribing
Life Span of Native Americans Fell by Almost 5 Years During Pandemic
Lifetime of Stress Tied to Big Rise in Cancer Risk
'Light Flash' Treatment Might Help Slow Alzheimer's
Light Therapy Might Ease MS-Related Fatigue
Like Flu, COVID-19 May Turn Out to Be Seasonal
Lilly to Seek FDA Approval for New Alzheimer's Drug
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-Lasting Immunity Seems to Follow Serious COVID Cases
Lots of Older Americans Would Like to Take Fewer Meds, Poll Finds
'Love Hormone' Could Hold Key to Treating COVID
Low Risk That Scientists Can Pass Coronavirus to North American Bats
Low Vitamin D Could Raise Diabetes Risk for Black Americans
LSD Is Making a Comeback Among Young Americans
Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
Lupus Drug Prevents Low Heartbeat in High-Risk Newborns: Study
Lupus More Deadly for Asian and Hispanic Americans: Study
Lupus, MS and Other Autoimmune Disorders Raise Heart Risks
'Magic Mushroom' Hallucinogen as Good as Antidepressants: Study
Magnetic Brain Stimulation Helped Rid Him of Decades-Long Depression
Mail-Order Prescriptions Delayed? Here's What to Do
Major Drug Shortages Not Likely After Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant, FDA says
Maker Cuts Price of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug in Half
Maker of Diet Drug Wegovy Ramps Up Production to Meet Demand
Maker of Wegovy Limits Supply of Obesity Drug in U.S.
Man Blind for 40 Years Regains Some Sight Through Gene Therapy
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 More Older Americans Willing to Get COVID Vaccine: Poll
Many MS Patients Struggle With Finances, Forgo Treatments
Many Older Adults Confused About Proper Use of Antibiotics: Poll
Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds
Many People With High Blood Pressure May Take a Drug That Worsens It: Study
Many Psych Meds Trigger Weight Gain, But New Research Points to Better Options
Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It
Maria Shriver and AARP Take on Alzheimer's in Women
Masks Cut Distance Coronavirus Travels in Half, Study Finds
Medical Mistrust Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanics
Medical Pot May Help Many Battle Insomnia, Pain and Stress: Study
Medicare Could Save Millions By Taking Cue from Mark Cuban's Online Pharmacy
Medicare May Rethink Premium Hike for Pricey Alzheimer’s Drug
Medicare Will Save U.S. Billions Negotiating Drug Prices
Medication Errors in Pets: How to Lower the Risk
Meds Like Valium, Xanax Linked to Higher Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy
Melanoma an Even More Deadly Disease in Black Men
Memory Troubles? Your Race Could Affect How Soon You Get Diagnosis, Treatment
Mesh Plug a New Option for Treating Tricky Aneurysms
Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk
Millions of Tons of COVID Masks, Gloves Will End Up in Oceans
'MIND' Diet Can Help Preserve Brain in People With MS
Mindfulness May Ease the Emotional Burden of MS
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
Moderate Use of Hair Relaxers Won't Raise Black Women's Cancer Risk: Study
Moderna COVID Vaccine Offers Protection for at Least 6 Months: Study
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Highly Effective in Kids 12 and Older
Monkey Trials Offer New Hope for HIV Vaccine
Monthly Injections Might Lower Bleeding in People With Hemophilia
More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters
More Diverse Pool of Blood Donors Needed to Help Sickle Cell Patients
More Hospitalizations, ER Visits in Nursing Homes With Higher Levels of Black Residents
More Opioids Doesn't Mean Less Chronic Pain: Study
More Than 200,000 Americans Have Lupus
More Than 87,000 Scientific Papers Already Published on COVID-19
'Morning After' Antibiotics Could Slash Odds for Common STDs
Most Alzheimer's Patients May Be Ineligible for Newly Approved Drugs
Most Alzheimer's Patients Wouldn't Have Qualified for Controversial Drug's Trial: Study
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 Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
Mouse Study Points to New Way to Shrink Pancreatic Tumors
Mouse Study Points to Possible Breakthrough Against Spinal Cord Injury
Move to Electric Cars Will Save Lives Plus Billions in Health Care Costs
MS Doesn't Put Women at Higher Risk During Pregnancy
MS Has Mixed Impact on Patients' Cancer Risk: Study
MS May Not Affect Breast Cancer Prognosis
MS Patients Turn to Marijuana, Other Alternative Treatments
Muscle Relaxants for Back Pain Are Soaring: Are They Safe?
Mutation Helps Coronavirus Infect More Human Cells, Study Shows
Nearly 1 in 5 American Adults Takes Sleep Meds
Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Have a Disability
Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure
Nearly All Seniors Take Meds That Raise Their Odds of Falling
Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
Need a Pill to Help You Sleep? You're Far From Alone, Survey Finds
Need to Pee? Scientists May Have Found the Gene for That
Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids
Neighborhoods May Matter When It Comes to Epilepsy
Nerve-Cooling Implant Could Ease Pain Without Opioids
Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
Neurologists' Group Issues New Treatment Guidelines for Early Parkinson's
New ALS Drug Approved in Canada While Still Under FDA Review
New Alzheimer's Drug Delivers Disappointing Results
New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer
New Clues to How Ovarian Cancer Begins -- and Might Be Prevented
New Clues to Treating a Disease That Prevents Children From Swallowing, Eating
New Clues to Why Disability Strikes People With MS
New Clues to Why Some People Suppress HIV Without Drugs
New Competitor to Wegovy Shows Promise in Clinical Trials
New Coronavirus Variant Out of Brazil Now in 5 U.S. States
New COVID Pill May Be Improvement Over Paxlovid, Chinese Trial Suggests
New Drug Combo Boosts Survival Against Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer
New Drug Combo Could Be Advance Against Uterine Fibroids
New Drug Could Extend Life for People With ALS
New Drug Helps Tame Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure
New Drug May Be Better Psoriasis Treatment
New Drug May Beat Older One at Preventing MS Relapse
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New Drug Shows Real Promise Against Celiac Disease
New 'E-Tattoo' Is Worn on Chest to Track Your Heart Health
New First Look at the Tiniest Babies' Lungs
New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue
New Hope for IBD Patients
New Hormonal Pill May Boost Outcomes for Older Breast Cancer Patients
New Injected Drug May Prevent Severe COVID
New Insights Into How COVID-19 Damages the Brain
New Insights Into What Might Drive Parkinson's Disease
New Insights Into Why Asthma Worsens at Night
New Lawsuit Filed by Family of Henrietta Lacks Over Unauthorized Use of Her Cells
New Malaria Antibody Drug Prevents Infection in Adults for 6 Months
New Malaria Treatment Gets First Approval for Use in Children
New MRI Technique Might Help Spot MS Sooner
New Nasal Spray for Migraines Approved by FDA
New Prescribing Instructions Tighten Use of Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
New Tests for Colon, Prostate Cancer Show Promise
New Weight-Loss Drug Looks Good in Trial
New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
Newer Diabetes Meds Might Not Work as Well in Black Patients
No Evidence Muscle Relaxants Can Ease Low Back Pain
Normal Body Temperature Varies Between People
Novel Injection Repairs Severe Spinal Cord Injuries in Mice
Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure
Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women
Odds for Death, Hospital Care Rise When Statins Are Stopped
Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
One-Time Endoscopic Treatment Might Replace Insulin for People With Type 2 Diabetes
Opioids After Dental Work May Be Dangerous
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 Police Killings Aren't Reported, Blacks Most Likely Victims
Pancreatic Cancer Rates Rising Faster Among Women
Pandemic Fuels Interest in Careers in Infectious Disease
Pandemic Has Greatly Slowed Pace of Cancer Research
Pandemic Has Put Many Clinical Trials on Hold
Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households
Pandemic May Have Caused U.S. Spike in SIDS Deaths in Black Families
Pandemic Saw Rise in Opioid Prescriptions Given After Childbirth
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
Pangolins Hold Clues to How COVID-19 Began -- and Might End
Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
Paxlovid Lowers Risk of Long COVID
Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans
People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID
People With MS Have Worse Survival If Colon Cancer Strikes
People With MS Should Get the COVID-19 Vaccine: Expert
'Personalized' Brain Zaps May Ease Tough-to-Treat Depression
Pfizer Asks FDA for Emergency Approval of Its COVID Antiviral Pill
Pfizer Warns of Looming Shortage of Long-Acting Penicillin for Kids
Pharmacies, Hospitals Facing Shortage of Asthma Drug Albuterol
Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
Physics Shows Why 20 Seconds Is Right for Hand-Washing
Pill Might Prevent Life-Threatening Allergic Reactions
Placebo Effect Plays Big Role in Antidepressant's Impact on Anxiety: Study
Plasma Therapy Aids Recovery in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic
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
Precautions Even More Important With New Coronavirus Variant: Experts
Pregnancy May Delay MS
Pregnancy Seems to Ease MS Symptoms, and Research May Show Why
Prescriptions for U.S. Kids Declined During Pandemic
Prestigious Sports Medicine Journal Retracts Articles Authored by Former Editor-in-Chief
Preterm Birth Drug Pulled From Market Over Lack of Effectiveness
Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials
Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
Prior Exposure to Common Cold Won't Shield You From COVID: 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.
Promising Steps Toward Retinal Cell Transplants to Fight Blindness
Psoriasis Meds Don't Raise Risk of Severe COVID-19: Study
Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID Crisis: Poll
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
Raise Med Dosages in Weeks After Heart Failure Crisis for Better Outcome: Study
Rate of Preterm Births Is Higher for Black Americans
Reassuring News for Women Taking Epilepsy Meds While Pregnant
Red Light in Morning May Protect Fading Eyesight: Study
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Research Reveals Cause of Deadly Disease Affecting Native American Kids
Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly
Researchers Move Toward Once-Yearly Treatment for HIV
Researchers Seek Antiviral Pill That Would Ease COVID Severity
Researchers Use Computers and 'Exoskeletons' to Help Stroke Survivors
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Help Save Hospitalized COVID Patients
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Risk of Suicidal Thoughts With Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Being Investigated by European Regulators
Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
Robotics Bring the White Cane Into the 21st Century
Saliva-Based COVID-19 Test Might Be Alternative to Deep Nasal Swab
Say What? Like Animals, People Perk Up Their Ears to Hear
Scans Reveal How COVID-19 Can Harm the Brain
School Segregation Tied to Problem Drinking Among Black Youth
Science Doesn't Always Boost Sales, Study Finds
Science Reveals Key Driver of Alzheimer's, and How Newly Approved Drug May Fight It
Science Reveals Why Tea Is Good for Your Heart
Science Studies Most Likely to Be Wrong Are the Most Widely Read
Scientists Are Developing Patch That Warns of Oncoming Drug Overdose
Scientists Create First Lab Model of Human 'Pre-Embryo' for Research Purposes
Scientists Create Synthetic Mouse Embryo With Brain, Beating Heart
Scientists Design Skin Patch That Takes Ultrasound Images
Scientists Develop 'All Species' COVID Test
Scientists Find Clue to Links Between Autism, Epilepsy
Scientists Gain Insight Into Genetics of Glaucoma
Scientists Get Closer to a 'Universal' Flu Vaccine
Scientists Grow Electrodes in Living Tissue
Scientists May Be Closer to Effective HIV Vaccine
Scientists Restore Some Function to Pig Tissues 1 Hour After Death
Scientists Track Spirituality in the Human Brain
Scientists Transplant Human Brain Cells Into Rat Brains, a Boon to Research
Scientists Use Stem Cells to Replicate Early Human Embryo
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Segregation Has Close Ties With Lead Poisoning in Black American Kids
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities
She Thought Cancer Had Won — Until This Experimental Therapy
Shoulder Pain Can Plague Wheelchair Users, But Their Own Fat Cells Could Be Cure
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Skin Cream May Offer New Treatment Option for Psoriasis
Skin Lightening Products Carry Dangers, But Many Users Are Unaware of Risks: Study
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans
SmartWatches Detect Viral Infection Before Symptoms Surface in Study
Smell Diminishes by Day 3 of COVID-19, Study Says
Smoke From Nuclear War Would Trigger Massive Climate Change, Endangering Health
Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks
Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
Some Blood Pressure Meds Raise Heart Risks in People With HIV
Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues
Special 'Strategies' Can Help People With Parkinson's Walk, But Many Patients Unaware
Sperm Samples May Help Predict Autism Risk in Offspring
Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
Stem Cell Injections Show Early Promise Against Spinal Cord Injuries
Stem Cell Therapy May Slow MS Better Than Meds: Study
'Stepped' Approach to Treating Diabetic Eye Disease May Be Best
Still Too Few Women in Stroke Treatment Clinical Trials
Stool Samples From the 1980s Hold Clues to Fighting HIV Today
Stop Use of Ivermectin for COVID-19: AMA, Pharmacist Groups
Stopping Common Heart Meds Could Be Risky for Kidney Patients
Stories Get Listeners' Hearts in Sync
Stress Across the Life Span Could Worsen MS
Stroke Prevented His Speech, But Brain Implant Brought It Back
Strong Sleeping Pills Tied to Falls, Fractures in Dementia Patients
Studies Relying on Brain Scans Are Often Unreliable, Analysis Shows
Study Compares 2 Common Diuretics Used in Heart Failure
Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study
Study Debunks Notion That Statin Meds Trigger Muscle Aches
Study Debunks Use of Antidepressant Luvox as COVID Treatment
Study of Former NFL Players Shows Race Differences in Chronic Pain
Study Suggests a Better Blood Thinner Could Be Near
Success of Smallpox Vaccine Bears Lessons for Coronavirus Vaccine
Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities
Summer Skin Care Tips for Those With Darker Skin
Survey Finds Racism Against Asians Common in Medical Field
Swine Coronavirus Could Jump to People, Researchers Warn
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Ten Years On, Gene Therapy Still Beating Most Cases of 'Bubble Boy' Immune Disease
The Earlier MS Is Treated, the Better
The Future of Cancer for Americans
The Most Common Allergy Medicines
The Most Common Depression Medications, Explained
The New COVID Antiviral Pills: What You Need to Know
Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk
There's More MS in Northern Countries. Now, Researchers Find New Reason Why
Though Often Prescribed, Diuretic Pills May Not Prevent Kidney Stones
Too Few Minorities in U.S. Health Care Workforce: Report
Topical Cream May Restore Skin Pigmentation in People With Vitiligo
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Treatment-Resistant High Blood Pressure May Be More Common Than Thought
Trials Begin for Potential COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir
T-Shirt Study Shows Importance of Mom's Smell to Bond With Baby
Two Cases Show COVID Virus Mutating Around Standard Treatment Remdesivir
Two Is Not Better Than One When It Comes to Blood Thinners
Two Meds Better Than One for Many With High Blood Pressure: Study
Two PrEP Meds Work Equally Well; One Is Much Cheaper
U.K. Variant Won't Trigger More Severe COVID, Studies Find
U.S. Army Reports Progress on COVID Vaccine That Fights All Variants
U.S. Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall
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. Sets Up $300 Million Database for Alzheimer's Research
U.S. Wastewater Tests Spot Highly Mutated Variant of COVID-19
U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
Ultra-Low Dose of Rituximab Safely Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Over Long Term: Study
Ultrasound Breaches Blood-Brain Barrier, Helping Drugs Fight Tumors
Unlike Humans, No Bone Loss for Gorillas as They Age
Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic
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
Used Early, Drug Might Delay MS Symptom Onset
Using Only 'Brain Recordings' From Patients, Scientists Reconstruct a Pink Floyd Song
USPS Cuts Could Pose Harm If Mail-Order Meds Delayed: Study
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
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vibration Therapy May Help Body, Mind in People With MS
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
Weed May Mess With Your Medicines, Causing Harm
Wegovy May Be Valuable New Option for Heart Failure Patients
Wegovy, Saxenda Help Folks Lose Pounds They Regained After Weight-Loss Surgery
What Medications Are Used to Treat Alzheimer's?
What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19
What Works Best to Ease Migraines?
What You Need to Know About the COVID Vaccine
What You Need to Know About the New Variant of COVID-19
What's Best for Treating Bipolar Disorder?
What's Driving the Ongoing Adderall Shortage -- and What Parents Can Do
What's the Best Blood Thinner for a Blood Clot in Your Legs?
When Black Americans Encounter Police Violence, High Anxiety Often Follows
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 Drug Companies Raise Prices, Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise
When Pot Is Legal, Prescriptions for Pain, Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Drop: Study
When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study
When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters
When, Where Was the First Case of COVID-19?
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 Animals Are Also Vulnerable to COVID Infection?
Which Blood Sugar Meds Work Best Against Type 2 Diabetes?
Which Seafood Has the Highest Amount of Microplastics?
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
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