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Men Think They're Healthier Than They Are, Don't Need Checkups: Survey
Millions Who Joined Medicaid During Health Emergency Could Soon Lose Coverage
Minorities Bore the Brunt of U.S. COVID Deaths: Study
Missed Getting Your Steps Today? You're Still on Track for Health
Missing Teeth, Higher Odds for Dementia?
Moderna Will Offer Free COVID Shots to Uninsured After Emergency Ends
Money Can Buy Americans Longer Life: Study
Money Not a Good Measure of Your Self-Worth
Money Troubles Can Delay Cancer Diagnoses, Putting Survival in Jeopardy
Money Woes Hit Many Americans Early in Pandemic: Study
Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online
More Affordable Housing, Healthier Hearts?
More Americans With Heart Disease Are Also Becoming 'Food Insecure'
More Fast-Food Outlets, More Diabetes in Your Neighborhood
More Money, Better Heart Health? Not Always
More Older Americans Use Online 'Patient Portals' to Access Care
More Than 1 in 3 U.S. Pediatricians Dismiss Vaccine-Refusing Families
More Than Half of Americans Plagued by Back, Leg Pain
More Than Half of People With Asthma Aren't Seeing a Specialist
Most Americans With Medical Debt Owe Money to Hospitals
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 Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll
Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
Most Vaccinated Adults Plan to Get Boosters: Poll
Most Workers Report for Duty With Flu-Like Symptoms, Global Survey Shows
Move to Electric Cars Will Save Lives Plus Billions in Health Care Costs
Moves, Evictions Often Trigger Harmful Breaks in Health Care: Study
Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home
MS Patients Turn to Marijuana, Other Alternative Treatments
Nature Helped Many Kids Cope During Lockdown: Study
Nearing Retirement, America's Lower-Middle Class Faces Increasingly Bad Health
Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Have a Disability
Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure
Neighborhood May Affect a Couple's Odds of Conceiving
Neighborhoods May Matter When It Comes to Epilepsy
Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer
New Links Between Poor Sleep, Diabetes and Death
New Postpartum Depression Drug Comes With Hefty Price Tag
New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office
New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
Not Just Keyboards: Many Types of Workers Can Develop Carpal Tunnel
Not So Sudden: Many Seek Medical Help 2 Weeks Before Cardiac Arrest
Nurses, Other Health Care Workers at High Risk of Drug Overdose
Nutrient Taurine Might Help Extend Life, Animal Studies Show
Ob/Gyn Tests Stay Virtual Due to Fears Around COVID, Abortion Ruling
Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure
Obesity Costs the Average U.S. Adult Almost $1,900 per Year: Study
Odds for an Eating Disorder May Vary by Income
Older Americans' Finances Decline in Years Before Dementia Diagnosis
One Key Question Can Help Spot Skin Cancer
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
Out-of-Network Costs Raise Medical Bills for Special Needs Kids
Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care Keep Climbing
Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
Over a Million Americans Are Rationing Insulin Due to High Cost
Overuse of Antibiotics in Kids Adds Millions to U.S. Health Care Costs
Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
Paid Sick Leave Saves Workers' Lives: Study
Pain After Heart Attack May Predict Long-Term Survival
Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals
Pandemic Brought Big Drop in Breast Cancer Screening in Older, Low-Income Women
Pandemic Caused Rise in Telemedicine Visits for Kids, But Will the Trend Continue?
Pandemic Changed Grocery Shopping for Rich and Poor
Pandemic Day Care Closures Forced 600,000 U.S. Working Moms to Leave Jobs
Pandemic Fuels Interest in Careers in Infectious Disease
Pandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt
Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
Pandemic Has Overburdened Parents Stressed Out: Poll
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 Created a 'Baby Bust,' Not Boom
Pandemic Means Financial Hardship for Many With Diabetes
Pandemic Stress, Exhaustion Weigh on Health Care Workers
Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Helped Keep Millions of Americans From Going Hungry
Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll
Pandemic-Linked Rise in Crime Hit America's Poor Neighborhoods Hardest
Paperwork Causing Many Americans to Lose Medicaid Coverage, White House Warns
Parents' Input Key When Screening Toddlers for Autism
Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
Parks, Gardens Might Boost Life Spans in Poorer Neighborhoods
Patients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations
Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar
Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans
People Are Now Living More Years in Good Health: Study
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Pfizer COVID Pill to Be Made, Sold Cheaply in 95 Poor Countries
Pfizer COVID Vaccine Saved 110,000 American Lives: Study
Pill-sized Device Tracks Breathing, Heart Rate From Inside the Body
Playing Pro Football May Shorten Players' Lives, Study Finds
Poor Americans Likely to Miss Preventive Heart Screenings: Study
Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study
Poorer Neighborhoods Linked to Higher Asthma Rates in Kids
Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID
Post-Pandemic End to Food Assistance Programs Meant 2 Million More Americans Went Hungry
Postpartum Depression Can Do Long-Term Harm to Women's Finances
Potato Chips, Fatty Lunches Greatly Raise Your Heart Risks
Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5
Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials
Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries
'Psychological Distress' Has Tripled in U.S. During Pandemic, Survey Shows
Quality Care for People With Parkinson's Is Lacking Across the U.S.
'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report
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
Racist 'Redlining' Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans
Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study
Regular Weightlifting Could Lengthen Your Life
Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health
'Repeat After Me' for Better Diabetes Care
Resident Doctors' Long Work Shifts Could Bring Peril to Patients
Reversing a Trend, Sicker Americans Are Staying With Medicare Managed Care Plans
Rise in Deaths Around Retirement Age Is Behind Stagnant U.S. Life Expectancy
Rising Number of Americans Think It's OK to Harass Public Health Officials
Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
Sanofi Follows Lilly, Novo Nordisk in Cutting Insulin Prices
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Severe Illness in Children Brings Hardship for Families
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
Short Brisk Walk Each Day Could Cut Your Odds of Early Death
Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives
Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Can Cure, But Costs Almost $3 Million. Who Will Pay?
Skipping Meals Could Shave Years Off Your Life
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep Disorders Cost U.S. Health Care System Nearly $95 Billion Per Year
Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
Soaring Food Prices Are Tough on Older Americans, Poll Finds
Social Distancing? Your Paycheck Plays a Role
Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
Specialist Care for Alzheimer's Is Tough to Find for Poorer, Rural Americans
Spending on Kids' Mental Health Keeps Rising
State Abortion Bans Have New Doctors Staying Away
State Anti-Poverty Programs Help Kids' Brains Stay Healthy
State Lotteries Don't Boost COVID Vaccination Numbers: Study
'Stepped' Approach to Treating Diabetic Eye Disease May Be Best
Stigma, Even Harm Common When Transgender People Meet With Doctors
Strain of COVID Care Has Many Health Professionals Looking for an Exit
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
Struggles With COVID Left Many Americans With Medical Debt
Student Debt to Be Erased for Many With Severe Disabilities, Low Incomes
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative
Survey Finds Racism Against Asians Common in Medical Field
Survey Finds U.S. Parents Split on COVID Vaccination for Kids Under 12
Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women's Brains
Talks With Doctors May Be Key to Vaccine Acceptance: Study
Tech Is Keeping More Americans in Touch With Doctors
Teen Pot Use Could Mean Less Success as Adult
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
Testosterone's Ties to Success May Be a Myth
That Morning Cup of Coffee May Extend Your Life
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
The High Cost of Living With Sickle Cell Disease
There's More MS in Northern Countries. Now, Researchers Find New Reason Why
Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical? Think Again
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
Too Much Restaurant Fare Could Shorten Your Life
Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills
Travel Times to Abortion Facilities Have Lengthened After Dobbs Decision: Study
Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
Two PrEP Meds Work Equally Well; One Is Much Cheaper
Two-Thirds of Doctors, Researchers Say They've Faced Harassment Since Start of Pandemic
U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Gun Violence Rates Jumped 30% During Pandemic
U.S. Immigrants' Premiums, Taxes Exceed Health Care Expenditures: Study
U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving
U.S. Leads in Health Care Spending, But Is Last for Health Outcomes Among Rich Nations
U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for 2nd Year in a Row
U.S. Life Expectancy Makes Post-Pandemic Rise
U.S. Medical Schools' Faculty Still Lack Diversity: Study
U.S. Men Are Dying Much Earlier Than Women, as Death 'Gender Gap' Widens
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. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
U.S. States With Tighter Access to Welfare Payments Have More Kids in Foster Care
U.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs
U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
Ukraine: The War on Cancer, Fought in a War Zone
Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic
Up to 4 Million Americans Out of Work With Long COVID
Viruses in the Gut Might Help People Live to Be 100
Vision Problems? Here's a Guide to Which Specialist Is Right for You
Vitamin D Could Help Extend Your Life: Study
Want Added Years? Try Volunteering
Want to Live Longer? Exercise Is Key, Study Confirms
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
What Drives Doctors to Take Their Own Lives
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When Cardiac Deaths Rose During Pandemic, Minorities Suffered Most
When Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When Deductibles Rise, More Diabetes Patients Skip Their Meds
When Drug Companies Raise Prices, Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise
When Soda Tax Repealed, Soda Sales Rebound: Study
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Which Americans Live Longest? Race, Region May Be Key
White House Announces COVID Vaccination Plan for Young Kids
White House Could Punish Big Pharma's High Prices by Removing Patents
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV
Who Gets a Flu Shot? Having a Doctor Is Key
WHO Slams COVID-19 Booster Shots in Wealthy Nations
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why a COVID Diagnosis Could Cost You Way More Money in 2021
Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Even the Healthy Need a Primary Care Doctor
Why Exercise? Researchers Say It Prevents 3.9 Million Deaths a Year
Why Some Gifts Are Better-Received Than Others
Why Your Family History Is So Important to Your Doctor
Will the Telemedicine Boom Outlast the Pandemic?
Women Doctors Face Higher Levels of Harassment, Frustration: Survey
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Workers' Share of Annual Premium for Employer Health Plans Nears $6,000
Years Before Diagnosis, People With Alzheimer's Lose Financial Acumen
Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart Risks: AHA
You Could Live 9 Years Longer in Hawaii Than in Mississippi, New Data Shows
Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Your Doctor Appointments Might Look Different Post-Pandemic
Your Doctor's Gender, Race May Bias Your Treatment Outcome
Your Height Could Be a Factor in Disease Risk
Your Zip Code Could Help or Harm Your Brain
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