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Nova Scotia Wildfires Sending Unhealthy 'Smoke Plume' to U.S. Northeast
Oakland's Soda Tax Cut Local Sales by 27%
Obamacare Helped Extend Lives of People With Cancer
Obese Men May Have Better Survival With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Obese? Lose Lots of Weight, Watch Your Heart Risks Drop
Obesity a Big Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19, Study Confirms
Obesity a Key Factor When Kids Develop Sleep Apnea
Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
Obesity Could Slow Recovery From a Head Injury
Obesity Helps Drive Half of New Diabetes Cases Among Americans
Obesity in Teen Years Might Trigger Type 1 Diabetes
Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
Obesity May Help Trigger Heavier Periods: Study
Obesity Might Lower Milk Production in Breastfeeding Moms
Obesity Might Permanently Blunt Brain's Responses to Sugary, Fatty Foods
Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women
Obesity Rates Continue to Climb Among U.S. Kids, Teens
Obesity Ups Odds for Dangerous Lung Clots in COVID-19 Patients
Obesity Ups Odds for Severe COVID-19 in Younger Patients
Obesity Ups Odds for Severe COVID-19, But Age Matters
Obesity's Influence on Colon Cancer Risk May Vary by Gender: Study
Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
Omega-3s May Preserve Lung Health
Only 7% of American Adults in Good Cardiometabolic Health
Other Health Woes Common When Meth Addiction Strikes
Pandemic Curbed Kids' Efforts to Lose Excess Weight
Pandemic Has People Cleaning, and That Means More Asthma Attacks
Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study
Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny
Parents' Pot Smoking Means More Colds, Flu for Kids
Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants
Pediatricians' Group Urges That All Infants Get New RSV Shot
People With MS Have Worse Survival If Colon Cancer Strikes
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Pilates May Be Good Medicine for High Blood Pressure
Pills, Exercise, Dieting: What Works Best to Lose Weight?
Pollen Peril: Sneezin' Season May Up COVID Risk
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
Pregnancy Undermines Body Image in Half of Women
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
Quartz Countertops Are Damaging the Lungs of Installers: Study
Quick Bursts of Exercise Can Help Diabetics' Hearts
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Race Matters in Stroke Survival, Study Finds
Racial Discrimination Raises Risk for Childhood Obesity
Recall of Philips Breathing Machines Affects Millions of Americans
Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Harm Lungs: Study
Rising Cases of Invasive Strep A in Kids Have Experts Concerned
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
RSV in Infancy Could Raise a Child's Risk for Asthma
RSV Is Common, Dangerous Infection: What Parents Need to Know
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Help Shield Newborns Receives Full U.S. Approval
Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
School Closures Could Be Adding to Kids' Waistlines
Scientists Design Protective Respirator for Health Care Workers
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
'Secondhand Vaping' May Be Unhealthy — Could Public Bans Be Coming?
Severe Illness in Children Brings Hardship for Families
Severe Obesity Could Mean Faster Decline of Immunity From COVID Shot
Shape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk
Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years
Shift Work Might Raise Your Odds for Severe COVID-19
Should Kids Take Ozempic, Wegovy? The Idea Has Some Experts Worried
Similar to Adults, Obesity Raises Kids' Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep Apnea Aid Eases Heart Problems in People With Prediabetes
Sleep Apnea Patients Struggle as Common CPAP Machine Is Recalled
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep-Deprived Kids Will Snack More: Study
Smoggy Air Could Worsen COVID, Even If You're Vaccinated
Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis
Smoke From Wildfires Is Especially Tough If You Have Asthma. Here’s How to Protect Yourself
Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus
Social Distancing Kept Kids From Getting Flu, RSV
Social Distancing Probably Stopped 2020 Outbreak of Paralyzing Disorder in Kids
Some People's Guts Are Better at Gaining Energy From Food
Some Schools Respond to Child Obesity by Focusing on Water
Some Vegetarian Diets Are Much Healthier Than Others
'Spare Tire' in Middle Age Could Mean a Frail Old Age
'Spare Tire' Might Up a Man's Prostate Cancer Risk
Spring Cleaning Can Sweep Away Allergens From Your Home
Spring's Double Trouble: Asthma Plus Seasonal Allergies
Stay-at-Home Orders Could Mean More Obese Kids: Study
Steroid Hydrocortisone Alone May Not Cut Death Risk From Septic Shock: Study
Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key
Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Shows Powerful New Target to Saving Lives From COPD
Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Authority Over Power Plant Emissions
Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?
Surprising Factors That Raise (or Lower) Your Odds for COVID-19
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Swimmers Face a Little Known Danger: Fluid on the Lungs
Taking 2 Supplements in Pregnancy Could Lower Baby's Odds for Croup
Talking to Your Child About Weight, But Avoiding Stigma
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Temptation Alley: Checkout Counters Are Prime Spots for Unhealthy Food
Testosterone Might Influence COVID Severity in Men
The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment
The Most Common Asthma Symptoms You Should Know
There Is No 'Healthy Obesity,' Study Finds
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
There's Almost Nowhere in the World Free of Air Pollution
There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later
Too Little Sleep Could Have Teens Piling on Pounds
Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Toxins Form When E-Cigarette Chemicals Mix, Study Says
Train Wheels Send Unhealthy, 'Ultrafine' Metals Into Subway Air
Treated or Untreated, COVID Symptoms Can Ease and Then Return, Study Finds
Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
Two-Fifths of Americans With COPD Live Far From Lung Rehab
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study
Type of Medicare Could Influence Cancer Patients' Outcomes
U.S. Cancer Survivors Now Number 18 Million
U.S. Could Face Surging Numbers of Teens With Diabetes
U.S. Heart Deaths Linked to Obesity Have Tripled in 20 Years
U.S. Kids Are Eating More 'Ultraprocessed' Foods
U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Rose in 2022: CDC
Under 50 and Overweight? Your Odds for Dementia Later May Rise
Used to Gauge COVID Severity, Pulse Oximeters Can Be Inaccurate on Darker Skin
Vaccinating Oldest First for COVID Saves the Most Lives: Study
Vaccine Taken During Pregnancy Might Shield Baby Against RSV
Vaping and Lung Damage in Teens: What's the Real Link?
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
Vaping May Affect Lungs' Lubricant, Making Breathing Tougher
Vaping-Linked Lung Injuries Can Leave Long-Term Symptoms
Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19
Veterans at Higher Risk of Deadly Skin Cancers
Vitamin D Supplements Won't Shield You From COVID-19, Studies Find
Vitamin K May Kickstart Healthy Lungs
'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
Want Reliable Diet Advice? Don't Head to TikTok
Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning
Wearing a Mask Won't Ruin Your Workout, Study Shows
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
Wegovy, Saxenda Help Folks Lose Pounds They Regained After Weight-Loss Surgery
Weight Loss Can Help Cut Lung Risks in 9/11 First Responders
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Cut Odds for Obesity-Linked Cancers in Half
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Lower Odds for Blood Cancers
Weight-Loss Surgery Has Long-Term Benefits for Pain, Mobility
Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows
Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Long-Term Heart Risks for Diabetic Teens
Weight-Loss Surgery May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk in People With Diabetes
Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
Weight-Loss Surgery Slashes Odds for Heart Attack in Very Obese People
Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study
Western Wildfires Fueling Air Pollution During Summer Months
What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out
What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Survival Odds Are Better at Airports
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When States Legalize Marijuana, Teens' Asthma Rates Rise
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
White House 'Winter Preparedness Plan' Revives Free At-Home COVID Test Program
Who'll Get Long COVID? Just a Look at a Patient Gives Clues
Who's Most Likely to Binge Eat Amid Pandemic?
Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men
Why Football Players Want a Lower Number on Their Jerseys
Why Patients on Ventilators May Take Weeks to Regain Consciousness
Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
Wildfire Smoke Could Cause More Than 9,000 U.S. Deaths Each Year
Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing Recent Clean-Air Gains Across the U.S.
Wildfire Smoke Pollution a Growing Global Threat
Wildfire Survivors Could Face Higher Cancer Risk
Wildfires Are Changing the Seasonal Air Quality of the U.S. West
Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year
Wildfires Plus Heat Make Breathing Dangerous in America's West
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World
Words Can Wound When Parents Talk to Kids About Obesity
Years of Diabetes Could Speed Onset of Menopause
You Can Pass COVID to Your Cat, Study Finds
Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Your Sleep Habits May Worsen Your Asthma
Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs
Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study
You've Got Fungi in Your Lungs, and That's OK
Zinc Might Help Shorten Your Cold or Flu, Study Finds
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