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Lead Exposure Harms Kids in Many Ways
Leaded Gas, Banned Decades Ago, Might Still Harm People Today
Legacy of Racist Neighborhood 'Redlining': Fewer Healthy Green Spaces Today
Light Therapy Might Ease MS-Related Fatigue
Like Flu, COVID-19 May Turn Out to Be Seasonal
Lithium in Water Supply Linked to Uptick in Autism Risk
Live Near a 'Superfund' Site? Your Life Span Might Be Shorter
Live Near Busy Traffic? You May Be at Higher Odds for Tinnitus
Living Near Oil, Gas Wells Tied to Low Birth Weight Infants
Local Rates of Flu, RSV Show Up in a City's Wastewater
Lockdowns' Benefits for Air Quality Weren't as Big as Thought: Study
Lockdowns Cut Air Pollution, But Poorer Neighborhoods Benefited Less
Long Bouts of Space Travel May Harm Astronauts' Brains
Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays
Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
Long Periods in Space Alter Astronauts' Brains
Long Space Flights Could Take Toll on Astronauts' Brains
Long-Haul COVID Symptoms? Getting Vaccine Won't Make You Feel Worse, Study Finds
Loss of Bees Could Harm Health of Millions of People
Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study
Low Risk That Scientists Can Pass Coronavirus to North American Bats
Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
Low-fat Diets Battle Fatigue for Folks With MS
Lupus, MS and Other Autoimmune Disorders Raise Heart Risks
Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can't Sustain It
Major Drug Shortages Not Likely After Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant, FDA says
Majority of Workers at America's Nursing Homes Unvaccinated Against Flu, COVID
Making U.S. Cities Greener Could Have Saved Thousands of Lives
Many At-Risk Kids With COVID Can Be Cared for at Home
Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken
Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study
Many Face Months of Lingering Symptoms After COVID Hospital Discharge
Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms
Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home
Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study
Many MS Patients Struggle With Finances, Forgo Treatments
Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds
Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
Many Psychiatric Patients Are Getting Risky Drug Gabapentin 'Off-Label'
Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage
Many U.S. Health Care Workers Face Harassment, Burnout
Many U.S. Homes Too Cramped to Stop COVID-19's Spread
Masks Vital to Stopping COVID at Gyms, Studies Show
Meat Production Is Dirtying the Air You Breathe
Medical Pot May Help Many Battle Insomnia, Pain and Stress: Study
Mental Health Trauma Plagues Wildfire Survivors
Menus With 'Climate Change Impact' Info Sway Diners' Choices
Microplastics Are Harming the Guts of Seabirds -- and Maybe Humans, Too
Microplastics Found in Mussels That Humans Eat
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 Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms
Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms
Modern Livestock Farming Can Pose Public Health Risk
Mold a Big Threat to People With COPD
Mom's Exposure to Dirty Air in Pregnancy Could Harm a Toddler's Development
Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online
More Americans Are Moving to Wildfire-Prone Areas
More Balmy Summer Nights, Higher Heart Death Rate in Men
More Biodiversity, Better Mental Health?
More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment
More Fast-Food Outlets, More Diabetes in Your Neighborhood
More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study
More Pot-Linked Poisoning Cases as Edibles' Popularity Booms
More Than 230 Medical Journals Issue Joint Statement on Health Dangers of Global Warming
More Trees, Parks May Mean Longer Lives for City Dwellers
Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
Most of Restaurant Menu Must Be Vegetarian Before Meat Eaters Make the Switch
Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal
Most U.S. Voters Want Products Free of Harmful Chemicals: Poll
Mouse Study Points to Possible Breakthrough Against Spinal Cord Injury
Move to Electric Cars Will Save Lives Plus Billions in Health Care Costs
Move to 'Zero-Emission' Vehicles Would Save 90,000 U.S. Lives by 2050
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
Nature Helped Many Kids Cope During Lockdown: Study
Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated
Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay
Nearly Half of Tap Water Americans Drink Is Tainted With PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'
Need Vitamin D, But Need to Watch the Sun? Here's How You Do It
Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids
Neighborhoods May Matter When It Comes to Epilepsy
Nerve Drug Might Curb Spinal Cord Damage, Mouse Study Suggests
Nerves May Play Important Role in Autism
New Clues to Why Disability Strikes People With MS
New COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year
New Drug Could Extend Life for People With ALS
New Drug May Beat Older One at Preventing MS Relapse
New MRI Technique Might Help Spot MS Sooner
New Parasite Is Killing Sea Otters, and Might Pose Threat to People
New Tick-Borne Virus Is Spreading Across U.S.
New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office
No Genetic Damage to Kids of Those Exposed to Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: Study
No Link Seen Between COVID, Guillain-Barré Syndrome
No Sign of Human Herpesvirus in African Gorillas
Normal Conversation Spreads Virus-Laden Droplets Beyond 6 Feet
Nova Scotia Wildfires Sending Unhealthy 'Smoke Plume' to U.S. Northeast
Number of U.S. Kids Hospitalized With COVID Is Likely Overcounted: Study
Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding
NYC's Ban on Heating Oil Helped Clean the Air
Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
Ocean Color Is Changing, and Climate Change is Likely Behind It
Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use
Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives
Order of Radiation Sickness Drug Unrelated to Recent Events in Ukraine, U.S. Health Officials Say
Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
Over Half of American Children Have Detectable Lead Levels in Their Blood
Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids
Pandemic Could Complicate Hurricane Season
Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis
Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study
Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths
Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny
Pandemic-Linked Rise in Crime Hit America's Poor Neighborhoods Hardest
Panting Pooches: When Summer Heat Is Too Much for Your Dog
Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
Parks, Gardens Might Boost Life Spans in Poorer Neighborhoods
Parks, Rivers, Lakes: Nature's Great Stress Relievers
Patient Care Delayed at Large Hospital Chain After Ransomware Attack
Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant
Patient-to-Patient Transmission Not to Blame for Most C. Difficile Infections in Hospitals
Penis Birth Defects Are on the Rise – Are Environmental Toxins to Blame?
People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
People Exhale Less COVID Virus as Their Infection Wanes
People With MS Have Worse Survival If Colon Cancer Strikes
People With MS Should Get the COVID-19 Vaccine: Expert
People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox
Permanent Nerve Damage for Some COVID-19 Survivors
Pesticide Harmed Children's Brains: Lawsuits
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17
Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second
Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
Pollen Fragments Linger After Rains, Leaving Allergy Sufferers Miserable
Pollen Peril: Sneezin' Season May Up COVID Risk
Polluted Air Keeps Butterflies, Bees From Pollinating: Study
Polluted Air Means More Asthma Attacks for Urban Kids
Pollution Killed 9 Million People Worldwide in 2019
Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER
Poorer Neighborhoods Linked to Higher Asthma Rates in Kids
Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID
Pope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
Pregnancy May Delay MS
Pregnancy Seems to Ease MS Symptoms, and Research May Show Why
Pregnant Women Need to Take Care in Sweltering Summer Heat
Preparing for Flooding During Hurricane Season
'Prescribed' Fires' Hidden Bonus: Fewer Ticks
Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients
Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries
Protect Your Kids in Blistering Summer Heat
Protecting Wildlife Key to Preventing the Next Big Pandemic
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery
Race, Income Big Factors in Deaths After U.S. Hurricanes
Race, Neighborhood Affects How Long You'll Live After Heart Attack
Racist 'Redlining' Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans
Rain or Shine, Allergies Are Tough. What's the Link to Weather?
Rat-Borne Parasite That Can Cause Brain Disease Spreading in Southern U.S.
Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study
Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Seen in Florida
Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
Replace That Old Carpet to Shield Your Kids From Toxins
Report Finds Big Rise in U.S. Carbon Monoxide Deaths
Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
Runaway Global Warming Will Make Some Areas Too Hot for Human Life
Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study
'SAD Season': Depression Risks Rise as Days Get Shorter
Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
School COVID Outbreaks Drop When Adults Wear Masks, Study Finds
Sciatica: What Is It, and How Can You Ease the Pain?
Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder
Scientists Test Safest Way Driver, Passengers Can Avoid COVID Spread
Search and Rescue Dogs Fared Well After Working at 9/11 Sites
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
'Secondhand Vaping' May Be Unhealthy — Could Public Bans Be Coming?
Segregation Has Close Ties With Lead Poisoning in Black American Kids
Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years
Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
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
Simple Antibiotic Switch for Pneumonia Patients Could Prevent Hospital Infection
Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
Smaller Blood Draws for Lab Tests Reduce Need for Transfusions
Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain
Smog Might Damage Your Sense of Smell
Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis
Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blackens Skies, Prompts Air Quality Alerts in Much of U.S.
Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Triggers Air Alerts in Colorado, Montana
Smoke From Nuclear War Would Trigger Massive Climate Change, Endangering Health
Social Media Messages Can Lower People's Meat Intake
Some Types of Air Pollution Are Even Worse for Your Health
Space Travel Might Weaken Immune System
Space Travel Takes Toll on Astronauts' Blood, Bone
Spring Cleaning Can Sweep Away Allergens From Your Home
Spring's Double Trouble: Asthma Plus Seasonal Allergies
Stay Safe in Summer's Sizzle
Steer Clear of UTIs This Summer
Stem Cell Therapy May Slow MS Better Than Meds: Study
Storm Alert: How to Keep Your Home Safe
Stray Cats Shed Toxoplasmosis Parasites in Cities, Especially in Warm Weather
Streetlights Could Be Harming Your Teen's Sleep, Mental Health: Study
Stress Across the Life Span Could Worsen MS
Stress Not Always a Trigger for Relapse in Eating Disorders: Study
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
Strokes Hitting COVID Patients Are More Severe: Study
Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key
Stuck in Traffic? Diesel Fumes May Be Harming Your Brain
Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
Study Confirms Restaurants, Bars Are COVID Infection Hotspots
Study Delivers More Evidence of a Mental Health Crisis Among Teens, Particularly Girls
Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID
Summer Playgrounds Come With Fun and Hazards
Summer Safety Tips for the Great Outdoors
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Take This Refresher on Skin Safety in Summer Sun
'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes
Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
The Earlier MS Is Treated, the Better
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19
There Might Be a Perfect Indoor Humidity to Curb COVID Spread
There's Almost Nowhere in the World Free of Air Pollution
There's Another Benefit to Hand-Washing During Pandemic
There's More MS in Northern Countries. Now, Researchers Find New Reason Why
Thin Ice: Global Warming May Be Raising Drowning Risks
This Summer, Could You Spot the Signs of Heat Illness?
Ticks Can Take a Licking From Really Tough Weather
Ticks May Be Spreading 'Wasting Disease' Among Wisconsin Deer
'Time Is Brain': More Americans Waiting Longer for Best Care After Stroke
Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later
Time Spent in Nature Appears to Slow Parkinson's, Alzheimer's
Time Spent in Nature Boosts Kids' Well-Being
Tingling, Burning in Your Feet? Common Condition May Be the Cause
Tips to Staying Cool in Extreme Heat
Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans
Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci
Tougher State Gun Laws, Less Gun Violence Among Teens: Study
Toxic Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire May Be Worse Than Thought
Toxic Leaded Gasoline Is Finished Globally
Toxins in Wildfire Smoke May Make Their Way Into Brain
Train Wheels Send Unhealthy, 'Ultrafine' Metals Into Subway Air
Tree Rings Show Hurricanes Becoming Wetter, Longer, More Dangerous
Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
Triple-Digit Heat Wave a Danger to Those With Dementia
Two Out of Three California Prison Inmates Said Yes to COVID Vaccine
Type 2 Diabetes in Teens Can Bring Dangerous Complications in 20s
U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter's Peak
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Fourth Straight Week
U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million
U.S. Heat-Related Heart Deaths Will Multiply With Warming Temperatures
U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns
U.S. Wildfires: Much Bigger, More Frequent Now
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End
Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?
Used Early, Drug Might Delay MS Symptom Onset
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
VA Hospitals See Steep, Steady Rise in Heat-Related Illnesses
Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization
Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: Study
Venturing Out? Guard Yourself Against Disease-Carrying Ticks
Vibration Therapy May Help Body, Mind in People With MS
Vision Damage May Begin Long Before Type 2 Diabetes Is Diagnosed
Want a Healthier Neighborhood? Plant a Tree
Want Less Violent Prisons? Plant More Trees
Warming Climate Could Bring Flesh-Eating Bacteria to More U.S. Waters
Warming World Means More Cases of Dangerous Low-Salt Condition
Weak Action on Climate Change Is Stressing Young People Worldwide
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
Well Water Germ Tests May Depend on Time of Year
West Coast Wildfires, COVID a Double Whammy to Lung Health
Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study
Western Wildfires Fueling Air Pollution During Summer Months
What Causes Herpes Cold Sore Flare-Ups? New Study Offers Clues
What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes
When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer
When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve
When the Weather Heats Up, Stay Cool for Your Heart
Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?
Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?
Which Seafood Has the Highest Amount of Microplastics?
Who Fares Worse After Multiple Sclerosis Strikes?
Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List
Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse When MS Strikes?
Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Why Some Dogs Are at Higher Odds of Dying From Heat
Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk
Wildfire Smoke Can Trigger Eczema, Study Finds
Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
Wildfire Smoke Could Cause More Than 9,000 U.S. Deaths Each Year
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
Wildlife Crossings Over Highways Save Human Lives, Too
Will COVID Pandemic's Environmental Benefit Last?
Will Warmer Temps Help Contain Coronavirus? Two Studies Say Not Really
Windy Days Are Safer Days When It Comes to COVID-19
Winter Brings Rise in Carbon Monoxide Danger: Stay Safe
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
With COVID Crisis Ebbing, How Can We Prevent Future Pandemics?
With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women's Menstrual Cycles Tied to Moon's Phases
Workers in U.S. Southwest in Peril as Summer Temperatures Rise
Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
Worried About Catching Coronavirus From Surfaces? The City You Live in May Matter
You Could Live 9 Years Longer in Hawaii Than in Mississippi, New Data Shows
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Your Plant-Based Diet Could Really Help the Planet
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居住地域の生物の多様性が高いとメンタルヘルスが良好に?
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