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No Good Evidence Weight Loss Supplements Work: Study
Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study
Oakland's Soda Tax Cut Local Sales by 27%
Obese? Lose Lots of Weight, Watch Your Heart Risks Drop
Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
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 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
Odds for Death, Hospital Care Rise When Statins Are Stopped
Once-a-Day HIV Pill Works Well for Kids
Once-a-Week Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes Shows Promise in Early Trial
Only 7% of American Adults in Good Cardiometabolic Health
Opioids After Dental Work May Be Dangerous
Pain Relief in a FLASH: Radiation Treatments Lasting Seconds May Advance Cancer Care
Pancreas Size, Shape Can Return to Normal in Diabetes Remission: Study
Pandemic Curbed Kids' Efforts to Lose Excess Weight
Pandemic Has Put Many Clinical Trials on Hold
Pandemic Saw Rise in Opioid Prescriptions Given After Childbirth
Patients, Doctors Await FDA Decision on Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug
Paxlovid Lowers Risk of Long COVID
Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans
People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Pfizer Asks FDA for Emergency Approval of Its COVID Antiviral Pill
Pfizer Vaccine Disappoints in Kids Ages 2 to 5
Pharmacies, Hospitals Facing Shortage of Asthma Drug Albuterol
Pilates May Be Good Medicine for High Blood Pressure
Pill Might Prevent Life-Threatening Allergic Reactions
Pills, Exercise, Dieting: What Works Best to Lose Weight?
Placebo Effect Plays Big Role in Antidepressant's Impact on Anxiety: Study
Pregnancy Undermines Body Image in Half of Women
Pregnancy Within 1 Year of Weight-Loss Surgery Carries Added Risks
Prescriptions for U.S. Kids Declined During Pandemic
Preterm Birth Drug Pulled From Market Over Lack of Effectiveness
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials
Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries
Psoriasis Meds Don't Raise Risk of Severe COVID-19: Study
Quick Bursts of Exercise Can Help Diabetics' Hearts
Raise Med Dosages in Weeks After Heart Failure Crisis for Better Outcome: Study
Reassuring News for Women Taking Epilepsy Meds While Pregnant
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Researchers Move Toward Once-Yearly Treatment for HIV
Researchers Seek Antiviral Pill That Would Ease COVID Severity
Resolved to Lose Weight in 2023? Experts Compare Popular Diets
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Help Save Hospitalized COVID Patients
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
Saving the 'Butterfly Children:' Gene Therapy Helps Heal Deadly Blistering Condition
School Closures Could Be Adding to Kids' Waistlines
Screening Test Leads to Fewer Women Included in Autism Studies
Second Death in Trial of Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Is Raising Concerns
Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse
Severe Obesity Could Mean Faster Decline of Immunity From COVID Shot
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Similar to Adults, Obesity Raises Kids' Odds for Severe COVID-19
Skin Cream May Offer New Treatment Option for Psoriasis
Sleep-Deprived Kids Will Snack More: Study
Smell Diminishes by Day 3 of COVID-19, Study Says
Some Blood Pressure Meds Raise Heart Risks in People With HIV
Some COVID Survivors Can't Regain Weight Lost During Illness
Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
Some People's Guts Are Better at Gaining Energy From Food
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
Spouse Getting Weight Loss Surgery? Your Marriage Might Be in Trouble
Stay-at-Home Orders Could Mean More Obese Kids: Study
Stem Cell Injections Show Early Promise Against Spinal Cord Injuries
Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Outcomes for Some Heart Failure Patients
'Stepped' Approach to Treating Diabetic Eye Disease May Be Best
Stick With These Foods to Help You Lose Weight
Still Too Few Women in Stroke Treatment Clinical Trials
Stop Use of Ivermectin for COVID-19: AMA, Pharmacist Groups
Stopping Common Heart Meds Could Be Risky for Kidney Patients
Strength Training Is No Slouch for Shedding Pounds
Strict Low-Carb Diets Could Push Type 2 Diabetes Into Remission, But Effect Fades
Strong Sleeping Pills Tied to Falls, Fractures in Dementia Patients
Study Compares 2 Common Diuretics Used in Heart Failure
Study Debunks Notion That Statin Meds Trigger Muscle Aches
Study Debunks Use of Antidepressant Luvox as COVID Treatment
Study Suggests a Better Blood Thinner Could Be Near
Surprising Factors That Raise (or Lower) Your Odds for COVID-19
Tai Chi Equal to 'Regular' Exercise in Trimming Your Tummy
Talking to Your Child About Weight, But Avoiding Stigma
Targeted Drug Tagrisso Could Be Advance Against Lung Cancer
Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Telehealth May Help Rural Americans Keep the Weight Off
The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment
The Most Common Allergy Medicines
The Most Common Depression Medications, Explained
The New COVID Antiviral Pills: What You Need to Know
Though Often Prescribed, Diuretic Pills May Not Prevent Kidney Stones
Too Little Sleep Could Have Teens Piling on Pounds
Topical Cream May Restore Skin Pigmentation in People With Vitiligo
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Trial Begins of Nasal Vaccine for Alzheimer's Disease
Trial Into Antioxidant for Parkinson's Disease Yields Disappointing Results
Trial Shows Weight-Loss Drug Works in Teens
Trials Begin for Potential COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir
Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
Trials Show COVID Vaccines Well Worth It for Cancer Patients
Two Cases Show COVID Virus Mutating Around Standard Treatment Remdesivir
Two Is Not Better Than One When It Comes to Blood Thinners
Two Meds Better Than One for Many With High Blood Pressure: Study
Two PrEP Meds Work Equally Well; One Is Much Cheaper
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study
U.S. Could Face Surging Numbers of Teens With Diabetes
U.S. Kids Are Eating More 'Ultraprocessed' Foods
U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
Under 50 and Overweight? Your Odds for Dementia Later May Rise
USPS Cuts Could Pose Harm If Mail-Order Meds Delayed: Study
Vaccine Rollout Could Have Americans Back to Normalcy by Summer, Expert Says
Want Reliable Diet Advice? Don't Head to TikTok
Weed May Mess With Your Medicines, Causing Harm
Weekly Injected Drug Could Boost Outcomes for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
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 Helps Your Heart Even If Some Weight Come Back
Weight Loss in Childhood May Protect Boys Against Future Infertility
Weight Loss May Not Affect Fertility Treatment Success
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weightlifting Your Way to Weight Loss
Weight-Loss Surgeries Used Least in U.S. States That Need Them Most
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Cut Odds for Obesity-Linked Cancers in Half
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 Might Also Help Prevent Cataracts
Weight-Loss Surgery Slashes Odds for Heart Attack in Very Obese People
Weight-Loss Surgery Slashes Risk of Severe Liver Disease in the Obese: Study
We've Been Here Before: How Polio Vaccine Rollout Saved Millions of Young Lives
What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out
What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
What Helps Your Heart More, Losing Fat or Gaining Muscle?
What Is Chromium Picolinate? Do You Really Need It?
What Works Best to Ease Migraines?
What's Best for Treating Bipolar Disorder?
What's Driving the Ongoing Adderall Shortage -- and What Parents Can Do
What's the Best Blood Thinner for a Blood Clot in Your Legs?
When Drug Companies Raise Prices, Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise
When Pot Is Legal, Prescriptions for Pain, Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Drop: Study
When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study
Which Blood Sugar Meds Work Best Against Type 2 Diabetes?
Which Diets Help You Keep the Weight From Coming Back?
Who Are the New 'Patient Influencers' on Social Media?
WHO Says No to Artificial Sweeteners for Weight Loss
Who'll Get Long COVID? Just a Look at a Patient Gives Clues
Who's Most Likely to Binge Eat Amid Pandemic?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why Can't I Lose Weight?
Will High-Protein Diets Help the Middle-Aged Build Muscle?
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women Still Underrepresented in Many Clinical Trials
Words Can Wound When Parents Talk to Kids About Obesity
Working Off Your Quarantine Weight Gain
Years of Blood Thinners After Stenting Might Not Be Necessary
Years of Diabetes Could Speed Onset of Menopause
You Can Drink Coffee With Your Thyroid Medication: Study
You Don't Have to Be Obese for Belly Fat to Harm You, Heart Experts Warn
Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
'Yo-Yo' Dieting May Mean Sleepless Nights for Women
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