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Newer Psoriasis Drugs May Lower Heart Attack Risk for Patients
Niacin Won't Help, May Harm Heart Patients: Study
Niacin-Statin Combo May Cause Side Effects for Heart Patients
Night Staffing With Critical Care Docs May Lower ICU Death Rates
'Nightmare' Bacteria Spreading in U.S. Hospitals, Nursing Homes: CDC
Nip Springtime Allergies in the Bud
No Health Risk When Jehovah's Witnesses Refuse Blood: Study
No Link Between Low Birth Weight, Asthma: Study
No Need to Fast Before Cholesterol Blood Test: Study
No Proof That 'Doping' With EPO Gives Athletes an Edge: Review
Noisy Wards Could Threaten Hospital Patients' Health
Nurses' Long Shifts May Have Downside: Study
Nursing Shortage May Harm Infants in Intensive Care, Study Says
Nutrient Therapy Won't Help ICU Patients: Study
Obese Kids May Be at Higher Risk for Heart Disease
Obese Kids May Face Immediate Health Woes, Study Finds
Obese New Mothers May Have Higher Heart Attack, Stroke Risk
Obese Patients Urged to Lose Weight Before Kidney Transplant
Obese Teens Can Have Heart Damage Without Showing Signs
Obesity in Middle Age Tied to More Rapid Mental Decline: Study
Obesity Might Lower Teens' Thinking Skills, Study Suggests
Obesity Now Puts Kids' Hearts at Risk Later
Obesity Surgery Seems to Reduce Heart Risks, Study Says
Obesity, Diabetes May Raise Complications After Joint Replacement
'Off-Label' Use of Meds Routine in Pediatric ICU
Omega-3s May Not Help Your Heart After All, Study Says
One in Every 12 Stroke Survivors Contemplates Suicide, Study Finds
One in Five U.S. Smokers Has Tried an 'E-Cigarette'
One in Six Cases of Adult Asthma May Be Linked to Workplace
Only a Third of U.S. Moms Who Plan to Breast-Feed Meet Goals
Open Windows, Lower Risk for Preterm Birth: Study
Oral Allergy Treatment May Ease Asthma, Hay Fever, Study Finds
Over 50? Checklist May Predict If You'll Be Alive in 10 Years
Overactive Thyroid May Raise Risk for Common Irregular Heartbeat
Oxygen Therapy Spurs Recovery in Some Stroke Patients
Oxygen Treatment May Improve the Odds for Extreme Preemies
Palpitations May Signal Future Heart Rhythm Problem
Panel Rules Against HRT for Preventing Chronic Disease
Paralyzed Patients Use Mind to Move Robotic Arm
Parents' Divorce May Up Kids' Odds for Smoking as Adults
Parents' Religious Beliefs Can Complicate Kids' End-of-Life Care
Parents: Revealing Your Past Smoking, Pot Use May Not Help Your Kids
Patients Balk at Asking Health Care Workers to Wash Hands
Patients Gain When Hospitals Work Together on Infection Control
Patients May Receive Too Much Acetaminophen in Hospital
Patients More Likely to Survive In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Today: Study
Patients Often Ill-Informed on Impact of Heart Device
People Can Emit Flu Germs in Air Up to 6 Feet Away, Study Finds
People Who Lived Near World Trade Center Report More Lung Disease
People With HIV at Higher Odds of Sudden Cardiac Death
People With Implantable Defibrillators May Need More Mental Health Support
People With Mental Illness Make Up Large Share of U.S Smokers
Personalized Blood Pressure Therapy May Help Diabetics
Physically Fit Docs More Likely to Prescribe Exercise, Study Finds
Physician-Assisted Suicide Program Rarely Used, Study Finds
Pictures Speak Louder Than Words on Cigarette Labeling
Piling on Pounds When Younger May Lead to Enlarged Heart Later
Plans to Penalize Non-Emergency Use of ERs Flawed: Study
Plastics Chemical BPA Common in 'Preemie' ICU: Study
Plastics Chemical BPA Tied to Higher Asthma Risk in Kids
Plavix's New Generic Status Could Be Boon for Patients
Pneumonia May Lead to Serious Aftereffects for Seniors
Police Work Takes Heavy Health Toll: Study
Poor Sleep in Teen Years Linked to Heart Risks in Adulthood
Popular Cinnamon Stunt Can Have Serious Lung Effects
Popular Diabetes Meds Put to the Test
Post-Flight Fainting May Signal Dangerous Blood Clot: Study
Post-Op Delirium's Toll on Mental Function May Linger: Study
Postoperative Program Prevents Respiratory Complications: Study
Pot Belly Boosts Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death: Study
Prediabetes Linked to Higher Stroke Risk in Study
Pregnancy Hormone Shows Promise as Heart Failure Drug
Prenatal Smoking Linked to High-Functioning Autism in Kids
Prepared for Trauma, Overwhelmed by Carnage
Prescription Drug Abuse Drops Among U.S. Young Adults
Preventive Measures Pay Off for Those at Risk of Stroke
Pricey Cigarettes, Strict Schools Help Curb Teen Smoking
Program to Spot Painkiller ODs Saves Lives: Study
Programming Change in Defibrillator Implants May Lower Death Risk: Study
Prolonged CPR May Boost Chances for Cardiac Arrest Victims
Protect Your Kids From Pollen Allergies: Expert
'Protected Power Naps' Could Help Keep Medical Interns Alert: Study
Psychiatric Patients Often Wait Nearly 12 Hours in ER
PTSD Can Hamper Drug Treatment for Stroke Survivors: Study
PTSD Symptoms Common After Heart Attack: Study
Public Smoking Bans Cut Risk of Preterm Births, Study Finds
Quality of Life Can Suffer for Kids With Heart Devices
Quick-Reversal Method May Be at Hand for New Blood Thinner
Quitting Cigarettes Cuts Heart Risks, Even If You Gain Weight
Quitting Smoking Does Mean Weight Gain for Many: Study
Quitting Smoking Just as Hard for Teens: Study
Quitting Smoking No Harder for Women Than Men, Study Says
Race May Affect Quality of Prostate Cancer Surgical Care
Racial Gap Persists in Women's Heart Health Knowledge: Survey
Radiation Therapy May Raise Future Death Risk From Heart Surgery
Rate of Hospitalizations for Stroke Has Declined in U.S.
Re-Analysis Refutes Diet Guidelines Favoring Vegetable Fats
Recent Ex-Smokers May Fare Worse After Heart Bypass: Study
Reductions in U.S. Teen Smoking Stalled: CDC
Reductions in Wood-Burning Stoves Tied to Lower Death Rates
Regional Systems to Treat Severe Heart Attack Increasing
Regular Exercise May Help Seniors Stave Off Heart Failure
Relatives Who Witness Loved One's CPR Fare Better: Study
Report Details Start of Steroid Meningitis Outbreak
Report Details Steps to Boost Patient Safety
Report: 39 States on Pace for Obesity Rates Above 50%
Research May Point to New Obesity Treatments
Researchers Propose Plan for Managing Drug Shortages
Residents as Good as Fully Trained Docs if Properly Supervised: Study
Rich/Poor Divide Linked to Hospital Readmissions in Study
Rising Cigarette Prices May Be Incentive to Quit
Rosie O'Donnell's Heart Attack a Lesson for Women
Routine Checkups Don't Cut Cancer, Heart Deaths: Study
Scans That Gauge Heart Scarring May Spot High-Risk Patients
Scarring May Raise Death Risk From Fatty Liver Disease
Schizophrenia Patients Who Take Antipsychotics Live Longer, Study Says
Science Reveals How Owls Avoid Stroke While Rotating Heads
Scientists Find Gene Differences in Nonsmokers With Lung Cancer
Scientists Focus on Factors Behind Asthma Attacks
Scientists Map Genetic 'Blueprint' of Heart
Screen All Adults for Obesity: U.S. Panel
Screening for Lung Cancer Might Benefit Those at Highest Risk
Screening for Other Health Problems May Aid COPD Survival
Secondhand Smoke in Pregnancy Seems to Harm Baby, Too
Secondhand Smoke in Pregnancy Tied to Behavior Woes in Kids
Secondhand Smoke Linked to Early Heart Disease, Study Finds
Secondhand Smoke Linked to Memory Problems
Secondhand Smoke Linked to Raised Diabetes Risk
Secondhand Smoke May Harm Heart Function
Secondhand Smoke May Impair Children's Cough Reflex
Secondhand Smoke Puts Children at Risk for Meningitis
Secondhand Smoke Takes Big Illness, Expense Toll
Secondhand Smoke Tied to Lower 'Good' Cholesterol in Teen Girls
Secondhand Smoke Ups Babies' Risk of Asthma, Study Says
Secondhand Smoke: All It Takes Is 20 Minutes
Self-Esteem, Optimism Help When Caring for Spouse After Stroke
Selflessness Can Threaten Clergy Members' Health
'Self-Managing' COPD Might Pose Risks, Study Suggests
Seniors Who Fell Recently May Fare Worse After Surgery
Serious Exercise May Benefit Middle-Aged Arteries
Serious Mental Illness Tied to Higher Cancer, Injury Risk: Studies
Seriously Stressed? Hair Analysis Tells All, Study Finds
Severe Anemia Linked to Higher Death Risk After Heart Surgery
Sex After Heart Attack? Doc's OK May Be Key
Shift to Hospice Care Often Comes Too Late, Study Finds
Shootings at Hospitals a Rarity, Study Finds
Shorter Hospital Stays Don't Compromise Care, Study Finds
Shorter Shifts for Medical Interns May Not Boost Patient Safety
Short-Term, Early HRT May Cut Women's Alzheimer's Risk: Study
Sibling's Death May Boost Your Own Risk of Dying From Heart Attack: Study
Simple Breath Test Might Diagnose Heart Failure
Sitting Can Harm Health, Even for Those Who Exercise
Skipping Aspirin Before Artery Procedure May Boost Death Rates
Sleep Loss Often Disruptive for City Kids With Asthma
Sleeping Pill Linked to Hospital Falls, Researchers Say
Small Babies Can Be Sign of Heart Problems in Mother
Smaller Aortic Aneurysms May Require Less Frequent Monitoring
Smog May Boost Death Risk for Heart Attack Survivors
Smoggy Air Tied to Heart Attacks: Study
Smokers Are Still High School's 'Cool Kids,' Study Finds
Smokers at Higher Risk of Another Stroke: Study
Smokers Drop Pricey Cigarettes for Cheaper Alternatives: CDC
Smokers Have Higher Surgical Costs, More Complications: Study
Smoking After Stroke Triples Risk of Death Within Year: Study
Smoking Bans in Public Housing Could Save Dollars, Lives: CDC
Smoking Deadlier For HIV Patients Than Virus Itself: Study
Smoking During Pregnancy May Cause Asthma, Wheezing in Kids
Smoking During Pregnancy Tied to Extra Weight in Kids
Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Poor Reading Skills in Kids: Study
Smoking in Youth-Rated Movies Doubles: Report
Smoking Might Make Hangovers Worse
Smoking Pot May Raise Stroke Risk in Young Adults
Smoking Raises Asbestos Workers' Cancer Risk, Study Says
Smoking Scenes on Rise in Top-Grossing Youth-Rated Movies: CDC
Smoking Still Takes a Heavy Toll in U.S., CDC Finds
Smoking Tied to Risk for Hepatitis Return After Liver Transplant
Smoking, Diabetes Are Risk Factors for Poor Leg Circulation: Study
Snoring Toddlers May Have More Behavior Problems
Some Diabetics May Not Benefit From Daily Aspirin
Some Improvement in Heart Risk Factors for Americans: CDC
Some Patients May Be Shortchanged During Hospital Shift Changes
Some Slightly Obese May Gain From Weight-Loss Surgery, Guidelines Say
Some Smokers Light Up Even When in the Hospital
Sound Sleep Helps the Heart, Expert Says
Southern Diet Might Explain the 'Stroke Belt'
Spouses of Heart Attack Victims May Face Heightened Depression Risk
Standard Dose of Blood Thinner May Not Be Best for All Patients
Stars Strut in Red to Bring Awareness to Women's Heart Health
Startling Differences in New-Hip Estimates: Study
State Regulations Tied to Drop in Common Heart Procedure
States Use Only Fraction of Tobacco Revenues to Fight Smoking, Study Finds
Statewide Program Improved Heart-Attack Survival: Study
Statin Side Effects Often Manageable: Study
Statins' Heart Benefits Outweigh Diabetes Risk: Study
Statins May Cut Risk of Death From Cancer, Study Suggests
Statins May Help Prevent Enlarged Prostate: Study
Statins May Help Prevent Irregular Heartbeat in Elderly
Statins May Leave Patients With Less Energy: Study
Statins Plus Exercise Best at Lowering Cholesterol, Study Finds
Statins Won't Hurt, Might Even Help, Your Pancreas: Study
Steady Rise in Heart Valve Infections Noted in U.S.
Steep Cigarette Tax Hike Could Save Lives, Money: Report
Stem Cell Study Shows Promising Results Against Heart Failure
Stem Cell Transplant May Spur Heart Disease Risk: Study
Stem Cells Behind Clogged Arteries, Mouse Study Reveals
Stem Cells From Donor May Help Heal Heart
Stopping Controversial Asthma Drugs Could Have Downside: Study
Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix May Carry Heart Risks, FDA Warns
Stored Donor Blood May Have Shorter Shelf Life Than Thought
Strategy May Help ER Docs Spot Heart Attacks Within an Hour
Stress Adds to Salt Load of Some Blacks, Study Says
Stress Disorder May Be Common Among ICU Patients on Ventilators
Stress During Pregnancy May Raise Heart Defect Risk for Baby
Stress, a 'Type A' Personality May Boost Stroke Risk
Stress, Depression Linked to Raised Stroke Risk in Seniors
Stressful Job Might Be Tough on the Heart
Stressful Jobs Linked to Heart Woes in Women
Strides Made in Preventing Cancer, But Challenges Remain: Report
Stroke Before Age 50 Linked to Raised Risk of Early Death
Stroke During Childhood May Raise Risk for Epilepsy, Study Says
Stroke Patients Hospitalized on Weekends Don't Seem to Do As Well
Stroke Prevention: More Sweet News for Chocolate Lovers
Stroke Risk Higher After Bypass Than Angioplasty: Analysis
Stroke Risk Rises in Seniors With COPD: Study
Strokes More Common in Southern States: CDC
Study Assesses Blood Thinner Use After Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Study Foresees Shortage of Primary-Care Doctors
Study Hints of Links Between HPV and Lung Cancer
Study IDs 4 Key Habits of Successful Aging
Study Links Antibiotic to Slight Rise in Heart Patients' Death Risk
Study Links Long-Term Aspirin Use With Vision Loss
Study Links Stillbirth to Genes Tied to Dangerous Heart Rhythm
Study Pinpoints Women at Risk for Blood Clots From Pregnancy
Study Probes Use of Filter Device to Stop Deadly Blood Clots
Study Spots Early Warning Signal for Sudden Cardiac Death
Study Supports Use of 'Brain Stents' for Certain Stroke Patients
Study Tallies Economic Fallout From Workers' Heart Attacks
Study Ties Gene to Dangerous Heart Valve Deposits
Study Ties Secondhand Smoke to Bladder Irritation in Kids
Study: Blood Tests for Inflammation Could Help Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke
Study: Mega Vitamins Won't Help After Heart Attack, Chelation Treatment Might
Study: No Long-Term Heart Risks From Breast Radiation
Study: Treating Sleep Disorder May Thwart Heart Disease
Sugary Drinks Tied to 25,000 U.S. Deaths a Year
Supplement of Red Wine Ingredient Won't Help Healthy Women: Study
Supplements of Red Wine Antioxidant Don't Help Obese Men
Supreme Court Backs Much of Controversial Health Reform Law
Supreme Court to Rule Thursday on Health Care Reform
Supreme Court's Ruling on Health Care Reform Could Come Monday
Surgery Checklists Help OR Teams in a Crisis, Study Finds
Surgical Delivery of Drug Shows Promise Against 'Bleeding' Stroke
Survival After General Anesthesia Vastly Improved: Study
Survival Equal in 2 Types of Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: Study
Survival More Likely With Exercise-Related Cardiac Arrest: Study
Survival Tripled for Hospitalized U.S. Kids With Cardiac Arrest
Swallowing Nasal Sprays, Eye Drops Can Harm Kids, FDA Warns
'Synthetic Pot' Sending Thousands of Young People to ER: Report
Tai Chi Might Help Stroke Survivors Avoid Falls
Teen Girls Who Smoke May Up Risk for Future Bone Disease
Teen Obesity Linked to Mom's Smoking in Pregnancy: Study
Teen Smoking Has Fallen Across Most of U.S.: Report
Teens Who Drink, Smoke More Likely to Abuse Painkillers: Study
Teens Whose Moms Smoked While Pregnant May Have Worse Asthma
Telling Patients When They're Unfit to Drive Cuts Crashes: Study
Test Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C, Says CDC
That Long Commute May Be Harming Your Health
The Health Benefits, and Risks, of Alcohol
Thin Placenta Might Be Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death Later in Life
Third of Hospital Staff Say Hand-Washing Reminders Unwelcome
Tight Blood Sugar Control Won't Help Babies After Heart Surgery
Tips to Avoid Return Trip to the Hospital
Today's Kids May Be Destined for Adult Heart Disease
Today's U.S. Soldiers Fitter Than Decades Ago: Report
Too Few Americans Pass Last Days in Hospice Care: CDC
Too Little Sleep Tied to Stroke Risk
Too Much Sitting Linked to Chronic Health Problems
Too Much Sitting Linked to Fat Buildup Around the Heart
Tooth Loss Associated With Higher Risk for Heart Disease
Traffic May Keep City Dwellers Awake, Harming Health
Trained Beagle Sniffs Out Troublesome Hospital Infection
Tudorza Pressair Approved for COPD
TV Ads for Statins May Drive Overtreatment
Two Years On, Stem Cells Still Healing Damaged Hearts
U.S. Abandons Effort to Place Graphic Labeling on Cigarettes
U.S. Adults Face Substantial Heart Disease Risk: Study
U.S. Appeals Court Backs Ruling Against Graphic Images on Cigarette Packs
U.S. Children's Hospitals Treating More Complex, Expensive Conditions
U.S. Doctors Slow To Adopt Electronic Health Records
U.S. Efforts to Boost Number of Primary Care Doctors Have Failed
U.S. Health Care Spending High, But Quality Lags: Report
U.S. Heart Failure Costs Could Skyrocket: Report
U.S. Kids Consuming Fewer Calories, Report Finds
U.S. Lifestyles Thwarting Heart Health Progress: Report
U.S. Preterm Birth Rate Continues to Drop: Report
U.S. Quit-Smoking Policies Need Improving, Experts Say
U.S. Sees a Run on New Knees Since 1990s
U.S. Sees Drop in Deaths Linked to Diabetes
U.S. Spends More on Dementia Care Than Heart Disease or Cancer: Study
U.S. Stroke Patients Are Getting Younger
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to New Cigarette Labeling
U.S. Task Force Issues Blood Pressure Guidelines
U.S. Task Force Urges Docs to Counsel Kids Against Smoking
U.S. Teens Heading for Heart Trouble: Study
Ultrasound Allows Early Detection of Fluid in Dialysis Patients' Lungs
Ultrasound May Detect Heart Disease Earlier in Arthritis Patients
Uncontrolled Risk Factors Put Stroke Survivors in Danger
Underinsured Heart Disease Patients Die Sooner, Study Finds
Unemployed at Higher Risk for Heart Attack?
Unemployment's Toll Can Be Heartbreaking
Unneeded Antibiotics May Lead to Diarrheal Illness, Study Finds
Urban Hospitals May Act as Breeding Ground for MRSA
Using Earplugs Eases ICU Patients' Confusion: Study
Vegetarianism May Cut Heart Disease Risk By Third: Study
Very Obese Teens See Heart Gains From Weight-Loss Surgery: Study
Viagra, Aliskiren Not Helpful for Heart Failure After All: Studies
Virus Patterns Where Kids Live May Affect Asthma Risk
Vitamin D May Delay Deterioration of Smokers' Lungs: Study
Vitamin D Supplements Won't Help Cholesterol Levels: Study
Volunteering May Boost Teen Heart Health
'Wake-Up' Cigarette May Raise Risk for Lung, Mouth Cancers
Walk Your Way to a Longer Life, Study Says
Walking for Heart Health? Speed It Up, Study Suggests
Walking Program Helps Stroke Survivors Get On With Life
Want to Live Longer? Turn Off That TV and Stand Up
Was Heart Disease the Mummies' Real Curse?
Water Pipe No Safer Than Cigarettes: Study
Weak Muscles in Teen Years Linked to Early Death in Men
Weekends More Fatal for Older Patients With Head Injury: Study
Weight-Lifting May Boost Heart Health in Black Men: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Cuts Heart Risk 7 Years Later: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Drop in Heart Risk Factors
What Makes the End-of-Life Experience Peaceful?
What's Good for the Heart May Also Prevent Cancer
When Adults Smoke in Cars, Child Passengers Suffer: Study
When It Comes to Spine Surgery, There Is No 'July Effect': Study
When Trees Die Off, Human Health May Also Suffer
Which Hospital Patients Need Drugs to Prevent Gastrointestinal Bleeding?
Why Some Stroke Survivors Struggle With Communication
Winter Brings Rise in Heart-Related Deaths, Study Finds
Winter Holds Many Hazards for Seniors, Expert Warns
Winter Weather, Snow Shoveling Pose Heart Risks
With Benefits Unproven, Why Do Millions of Americans Take Multivitamins?
With Certain Strokes, Effects Can Persist a Decade Later
Women Don't Fare as Well as Men With Implanted Defibrillators: Study
Women May Fare Worse Than Men After Stroke
Women Smokers More Likely to Get Colon Cancer Than Men: Study
Women Who Smoke May Have Higher Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Women, Young Adults Misinterpret Chest Pain: Study
Women's Respiratory Symptoms May Vary With Menstrual Cycle
Women's Smoking Deaths at All-Time High in U.S.
Wondering About Your Hospital's Quality? Ask a Nurse
Work-Linked Sleep Loss May Harm Police Officers' Health
Work-Related Asthma a Significant Problem: CDC
Worldwide Cancer Incidence Predicted to Rise 75% by 2030
Year of Taking Risky Blood Thinners May Be Unnecessary After Stent Surgery
Yoga May Help With Common Heart Rhythm Disorder
Yoga Might Help With Stroke Rehab
Young Cancer Survivors Often Face Long-Term Health Problems
Your Blood Type May Boost Your Heart Risk, Study Finds
Yo-Yo Dieting Can Hurt the Heart, Study Finds
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