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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
Leading U.S. Ob-Gyn Groups Urge COVID Vaccines for All Pregnant Women
Leading U.S. Pediatricians' Group Issues Guidelines to Prevent Patient Abuse
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
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
'Like She Was Not Even There': Children With Disabilities Face Discrimination in Health Care
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
Lots of Older Americans Would Like to Take Fewer Meds, Poll Finds
Low Risk of Mom Passing COVID to Newborn
Low Vitamin D Could Raise Diabetes Risk for Black Americans
Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
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?
Major Medical Groups Call for Mandatory COVID Vaccination for Health Workers
Major Medical Groups Urge Americans to Wear Face Masks
Many Addicts Turned to Telemedicine During Pandemic, But Does It Beat In-Person Care?
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 Doctors Uninformed on Rights of Disabled Patients
Many Health Care Workers Who Have Coronavirus Don't Have Symptoms: Study
Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study
Many More Older Americans Willing to Get COVID Vaccine: Poll
Many Older Adults Confused About Proper Use of Antibiotics: Poll
Many Older Americans Face Ageism Every Day, Survey Finds
Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
Many Urban Seniors Rely on 'Broken' City Transit to Get to Medical Appointments
Marijuana Users May Feel More Post-Surgery Pain: Study
Marijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries
'Medical Gaslighting': Are You a Victim?
Medical Mistrust Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanics
Medical Paperwork: So Bad Some Folks Skip Care
Melanoma an Even More Deadly Disease in Black Men
Memory Troubles? Your Race Could Affect How Soon You Get Diagnosis, Treatment
Men Offered Surgery More Often Than Women When Carpal Tunnel Strikes
Men Think They're Healthier Than They Are, Don't Need Checkups: Survey
Men With Testicular Cancer May Have New Treatment Option
'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
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
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
More American Men Now Opting for Vasectomy
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 'Height-Challenged' Men Are Getting Leg-Lengthening Surgeries
More Hospitalizations, ER Visits in Nursing Homes With Higher Levels of Black Residents
More Older Americans Use Online 'Patient Portals' to Access Care
More Than 1 in 3 U.S. Pediatricians Dismiss Vaccine-Refusing Families
More Than 200,000 Americans Have Lupus
More Than Half of People With Asthma Aren't Seeing a Specialist
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 Dermatology Patients Like 'Telehealth' Visits: Survey
Most Docs Want Telehealth for Opioid Abuse Treatment to Stick Around
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 Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll
Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
Most Workers Report for Duty With Flu-Like Symptoms, Global Survey Shows
MS Patients Turn to Marijuana, Other Alternative Treatments
Multiple Surgeries for Cleft Lip, Palate Won't Cause Major Psychological Damage
Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds
Nearly 1 in 5 Say Their Workplace Can Be Toxic, Poll Finds
Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Have a Disability
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
Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New Lawsuit Filed by Family of Henrietta Lacks Over Unauthorized Use of Her Cells
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids
New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office
New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
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 Need to Avoid Exercise After Prolapse Surgery, Study Finds
No Sign That Anesthesia in Pregnancy Affects Child's Later Development
Not So Sudden: Many Seek Medical Help 2 Weeks Before Cardiac Arrest
Nurses, Other Health Care Workers at High Risk of Drug Overdose
Ob/Gyn Tests Stay Virtual Due to Fears Around COVID, Abortion Ruling
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
Obesity Stigma Keeps Many From Life-Saving Cancer Screening: Study
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 Key Question Can Help Spot Skin Cancer
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
One-Dose Blood Thinner Could Slash Blood Clot Risk After Knee Replacement
Opening All Arteries Best When Heart Attack Strikes in Old Age: Study
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 Police Killings Aren't Reported, Blacks Most Likely Victims
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 Caused Rise in Telemedicine Visits for Kids, But Will the Trend Continue?
Pandemic Cut U.S. Heart Surgeries in Half as Patients Avoided Hospitals
Pandemic Fuels Interest in Careers in Infectious Disease
Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
Pandemic Has Stressed Out Doctors
Pandemic Hits Primary Care Practices Hard Across the U.S.: Study
Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households
Pandemic May Have Caused U.S. Spike in SIDS Deaths in Black Families
Pandemic Stress, Exhaustion Weigh on Health Care Workers
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
Parents' Input Key When Screening Toddlers for Autism
Patients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations
Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
Patients With Bladder Cancer May Avoid Removal of Extra Lymph Nodes, Study Finds
Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar
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
Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic
Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study
Poorer Schools Could Bring Higher Dementia Rates Many Decades Later
Pope Francis Leaves Hospital 9 Days After Surgery
Pope Leaves Hospital 10 Days After Colon Surgery
Pope to Have Hernia Surgery, Stay in Rome Hospital for Several Days
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
Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
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.
Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID Crisis: Poll
Quality Care for People With Parkinson's Is Lacking Across the U.S.
Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery
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
Rate of Preterm Births Is Higher for Black Americans
Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks
Recent COVID-19 Raises Odds for Clots After Surgery by 90%
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks
Repair or Reconstruction: What's Best for ACL Tears?
'Repeat After Me' for Better Diabetes Care
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Research Reveals Cause of Deadly Disease Affecting Native American Kids
Resident Doctors' Long Work Shifts Could Bring Peril to Patients
Rising Number of Americans Think It's OK to Harass Public Health Officials
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
Sarah Ferguson Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Mastectomy
School Segregation Tied to Problem Drinking Among Black Youth
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
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
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Simple Move May Boost Spinal Fusion Outcomes
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
Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
'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 Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues
Specialist Care for Alzheimer's Is Tough to Find for Poorer, Rural Americans
Spotting Heart Defects While Baby Still in Womb Is Crucial, Study Shows
Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
Strain of COVID Care Has Many Health Professionals Looking for an Exit
Stress Urinary Incontinence? Know Your Surgical Options
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
Strong Marijuana Habit Could Raise Odds for Complications During Surgery
Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study
Study Finds Good Long-Term Outcomes for Appendicitis Treated Without Surgery
Study of Former NFL Players Shows Race Differences in Chronic Pain
Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities
Summer Skin Care Tips for Those With Darker Skin
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
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 Soon? Use These 3 Tips to Manage Post-Surgical Pain
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
Survey Finds Racism Against Asians Common in Medical Field
Survey Finds U.S. Parents Split on COVID Vaccination for Kids Under 12
Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
Taking Ozempic, Wegovy? Stop Before Surgery, Anesthesiologists Say
Talks With Doctors May Be Key to Vaccine Acceptance: Study
Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Tech Is Keeping More Americans in Touch With Doctors
Telehealth Boosts Odds That Patients Show Up for Post-Surgery Care
Telehealth: Tips for Helping Kids With Autism Take Part
Telemedicine Could Really Help People Battling Advanced Cancers
Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery
Telemedicine Is Here: Experts Offer Tips for Seniors
Telemedicine's Popularity Has Risen During Pandemic
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk
Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical? Think Again
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 Many Fertility Specialists Still Use a Painful, Useless Procedure: Study
Too Many Kids With Special Needs Are Going Without Adequate Support
Too Many Older Americans Are Taking Daily Aspirin
Too Many U.S. Doctors Biased Against Patients With Disabilities: Study
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Two-Thirds of Doctors, Researchers Say They've Faced Harassment Since Start of Pandemic
U.S. Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall
U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Gender-Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in 3 Years
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. Psychologists See Big Spike in Demand for Mental Health Care
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
U.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs
Ukraine: The War on Cancer, Fought in a War Zone
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
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
Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients
Vision Problems Are On the Decline for American Seniors
Vision Problems? Here's a Guide to Which Specialist Is Right for You
Vitamin D Deficiency Common in Young Black, Hispanic Americans
Vitamin D May Lower Black Women's Odds for COVID-19
'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
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
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 Drives Doctors to Take Their Own Lives
What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19
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?
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 COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes
When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?
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 House Announces COVID Vaccination Plan for Young Kids
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
White Women Tend to Get Better Pain Management After Childbirth
Who Gets a Flu Shot? Having a Doctor Is Key
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 Black People May Be More Prone to Severe Stroke
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 Even the Healthy Need a Primary Care Doctor
Why Is Liver Cancer More Lethal for Black Patients?
Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
Why Skin Cancer Checks Are Even More Important for Hispanic People
Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
Why Your Family History Is So Important to Your Doctor
Will the Telemedicine Boom Outlast the Pandemic?
Woman Sues L'Oreal Over Claim Hair Straightener Spurred Uterine Cancer
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Doctors Face Higher Levels of Harassment, Frustration: Survey
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 Still Underrepresented in Many Clinical Trials
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
Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart Risks: AHA
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Your Doctor Appointments Might Look Different Post-Pandemic
Your Doctor's Gender, Race May Bias Your Treatment Outcome
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?
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