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Some Young Cancer Survivors Won't Get Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccine
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Someday, Your Shopping Cart Might Gauge Your Heart Health
Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
Staying Fit Lowers a Man's Cancer Risk, Study Confirms
STDs May Be More Common Than Thought Among U.S. High School Kids
Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
Study Offers Best Evidence Yet That Intervening Early Helps Curb Autism
Study Outlines Role of Oral Sex in Rare Throat, Mouth Cancers
Study Takes Long-Term Look at Benefits of Radiation After Breast Lumpectomy
Study Ties Gum Disease to High Blood Pressure
Supplements: Many Cancer Patients Think They'll Help, But Experts Urge Caution
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up
Symptoms of a Rare Breast Cancer That Many Women Could Miss
Targeted Drug May Lower Odds for Breast Cancer's Return in Some Patients
Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer
Task Force Recommends Anxiety Screening for All Adults Under 65
Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Diagnosed With Throat, Breast Cancer
Testing Entire Genome Twice as Good at Spotting Genetic Disorders as Targeted Tests Are
Texas Court Case Could Threaten Americans' Health Care Nationwide
The 5 Foods That Cut Your Odds for Colon Cancer
The Future of Cancer for Americans
The Women’s Health Screenings and Preventive Care Appointments You Need
There's More MS in Northern Countries. Now, Researchers Find New Reason Why
Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical? Think Again
'Three's Company' Star Suzanne Somers Dies From Cancer at 76
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Too Few Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia Get Screened for Stroke Risk
Too Little Exercise, Too Much Sitting Could Raise Breast Cancer Risk
Too Little Sunlight, Vitamin D May Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Many Antibiotics Might Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Often, Women Aren't Told of Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatments
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
Tracking Key Protein Helps Predict Outcomes in TBI Patients
Treating Menopausal Symptoms: An Expert Describes Pros, Cons
Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care
Two New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer
Type 2 Diabetes Drug Metformin Could Help Prevent Some Breast Cancers
U.S. Blood Supply Is Safe From Coronavirus, Study Finds
U.S. Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline
U.S. Cancer Deaths Decline Overall, But Prostate Cancers Make Rebound
U.S. Cancer Screening Rates Back to Normal After Pandemic Dip
U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline
Ultrasound Good Diagnostic Tool After Breast Symptoms
Underarm Lump After COVID Shot Is Likely Lymph Swelling, Not Breast Cancer, Experts Say
Understanding Your Cholesterol Numbers
Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
Vaccines Have Slashed Rates of HPV Infection in Young American Women
Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer Ups Long-Term Odds for Invasive Tumors: Study
Vitamin D Might Help Prevent Early-Onset Colon Cancer
Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease
What Every Woman Needs to Know About Breast Cancer Screening
What Foods, Medicines Can Lower Your Colon Cancer Risk?
What You Need to Know About Your Colon Cancer Risk
What's Behind Unexplained Epilepsy in Kids? A Gene Test May Tell
When Genes Raise a Mom's Risk for Cancer, Is It OK to Tell Kids?
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
When Schools Ask Students About Suicide, Those At Risk Get Help Sooner
When Should You Start Colon Cancer Screenings?
When Treating Cervical Lesions, Adding HPV Vaccine Could Further Curb Cancer Risk
While 8 in 10 Seniors See Wisdom of Dementia Screening, Few Have Been Tested: Poll
White House Launches Website for Free Home COVID Tests One Day Ahead of Schedule
Who's Got COVID? Dogs Can Quickly Tell
Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Are More U.S. Babies Being Born With Syphilis?
Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men
Why Is Liver Cancer More Lethal for Black Patients?
Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Will an Early-Stage Breast Cancer Spread? New Analysis Offers Some Answers
Women Give High Marks to Breast Reconstruction Using Patient's Own Tissue
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Women's Depression Symptoms May Differ by Race: Study
Working Night Shifts Could Raise Odds for A-Fib
You Can Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
Your Doctor Appointments Might Look Different Post-Pandemic
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
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