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Hotter Climate Could Mean Worsening Eyesight for Americans
How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger
How Common Is Opioid Misuse Among Seniors After Hip Surgery?
How Did New 'Surprise Medical Bill' Laws Affect Your State?
How Easily Can Singing Spread COVID-19?
How Effective (and Safe) Is Shoulder Surgery?
How Long Do People Want to Live?
How Moving the Homeless to Hotels During the Pandemic Helps Everyone
How Much Do Trees Lower Urban Temperatures?
How Soon Can You Resume Tennis, Golf After Shoulder Surgery?
How Streetlights Might Affect Your Colon Cancer Risk
How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care
How to Ease Back Into Exercise After Surgery
How to Talk to Your Doctor About Arthritis Pain
How Your Neighborhood Can Hamper Your Teen's Sleep
Huge Mass of Sargassum Seaweed Is Targeting Florida's Coast, With Hazards to Health
Humans Bear Blame for Red Tides
Humans Pass Coronavirus to Deer, Creating Reservoir for Variants
Hurricane Season Starts June 1. Protect Your Family From Carbon Monoxide Dangers
If Mom-to-Be Lives Near Airport, Odds for Preemie Birth Rise
In Animal Studies, Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Spinal Cord Injury Pain
In Face of Tripledemic, CVS and Walgreens Limit Purchases of Kids' Pain Meds
In Many Cases, Hip Replacement Also Eases Back Pain
In Rare Case, COVID-19 Test Caused Spinal Fluid Leak
In Stockholm Study, As City Air Improved So Did Kids' Lung Capacity
In Study, Reminder Letters Helped Doctors Make Safer Choices Prescribing Opioids
In U.S., Minority Communities More Likely to Have Water Contaminated by Toxic Metals
Inhaled Pollutants Go Directly From Lungs to Brain: Study
Injected 'Hydrogel' May Be New Option Against Back Pain
Is a Night in the Hospital Necessary After Hip, Knee Replacement?
Is Arthritis Pain Relief as Close as Your Spice Rack?
Is Child's Tummy Pain a Serious Concern? Poll Finds Many Parents Unsure
Is It Safe to Have Surgery Soon After a COVID Diagnosis?
Is Politics Creating a 'Mortality Gap' for Americans?
Is Sheltering Under an Overpass Safe When Tornadoes Strike?
Is Surgery for Sciatica Really Worth It?
Is Your Family 'CO Safe' When Big Storms Hit?
Is Your Home Workstation Hurting You?
Japanese Scientists Discover New Disease Carried by Ticks
'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Tells Fans Cancer Treatments Are 'Paying Off'
Join the Chorus: Singing Can Be Safe During Pandemic
Just 1 in 5 Americans Struggling With Opioid Misuse Gets Meds That Can Help
Keto, Paleo, Vegan: How Does Your Diet Affect the Planet?
Khloe Kardashian Has 'Incredibly Rare' Tumor Removed From Her Face
Kidney Stones Can Be Excruciating. New Treatment Blasts Them Away, No Anesthesia Needed
Kids Aren't Scared by Medical Workers' PPE, Study Finds
Kids Getting Spinal Surgeries May Cut Back on Opioids
Kids in Marching Bands Under Threat From Heat Illness
Kids Living Near Airports Face Lead Poisoning Dangers
Kids' Weight Rises When Convenience Stores Open Nearby: Study
Kids With Congenital Heart Disease Face Higher Odds of Mental Health Issues
Knee Procedure Done Earlier Might Prevent Knee Replacement Later
Knee Replacement a Good Option, Even for Severely Obese: Study
Knee Replacement in Folks Over 80: Less Risky Than You Think
Knee Replacement More Challenging in People With Sickle Cell
Knee, Shoulder Surgeries Without Opioids? It's Possible, Study Finds
L.A.'s Oil Wells Could Be Harming Citizens' Health
Lab-Made Heart Valves Can Grow Along With Youngest Heart Patients
Large Study Supports Less Invasive Way to Treat 'Leaky' Heart Valves
Lasik Surgery Should Carry Warnings of Possible Complications, FDA Says
'Laughing Gas' Shows Promise Against Tough-to-Treat Depression
Lead Exposure Harms Kids in Many Ways
Leaded Gas, Banned Decades Ago, Might Still Harm People Today
Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal
Legacy of Racist Neighborhood 'Redlining': Fewer Healthy Green Spaces Today
Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
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
Living With Air Pollution Raises Chances of Dementia, Study Finds
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 Periods in Space Alter Astronauts' Brains
Long Space Flights Could Take Toll on Astronauts' Brains
Long-Haul COVID Can Include Chronic Fatigue: Study
Looking for Reliable Info Online on Breast Cancer Surgery? It's Tough to Find
Loss of Bees Could Harm Health of Millions of People
Low Risk That Scientists Can Pass Coronavirus to North American Bats
Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
Lumpectomy as Effective as Mastectomy for Young Women With Breast Cancer
Lymph Node Removal During Breast Cancer Mastectomy: Is It Overdone?
Major Drug Shortages Not Likely After Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant, FDA says
Making U.S. Cities Greener Could Have Saved Thousands of Lives
Many Clinics Are Selling Ketamine as Bogus 'Cure' for Illnesses
Many Dentists Still Giving Patients Addictive Opioid Painkillers
Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study
Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
Many Psychiatric Patients Are Getting Risky Drug Gabapentin 'Off-Label'
Many Turn to Weed to Ease Chronic Pain in States Where It's Legal
Many U.S. Homes Too Cramped to Stop COVID-19's Spread
Many Using Cannabis for Pain Take Opioids, Too
Marijuana Users May Feel More Post-Surgery Pain: Study
Marijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries
Masks Vital to Stopping COVID at Gyms, Studies Show
Meat Production Is Dirtying the Air You Breathe
Medical Marijuana May Offer Safe Pain Relief for Cancer Patients
Medical Pot May Help Many Battle Insomnia, Pain and Stress: Study
Men Offered Surgery More Often Than Women When Carpal Tunnel Strikes
Men With Testicular Cancer May Have New Treatment Option
Menopause Might Worsen Jaw Pain in Women
Mental Health Trauma Plagues Wildfire Survivors
'Mental Resilience' May Give Holocaust Survivors an Edge After Surgery
Menus With 'Climate Change Impact' Info Sway Diners' Choices
Mesh Plug a New Option for Treating Tricky Aneurysms
Microplastics Are Harming the Guts of Seabirds -- and Maybe Humans, Too
Microplastics Found in Mussels That Humans Eat
Middle-Aged Americans Report More Pain Than Seniors
Migraine? Reach for Prescription Meds, Not Ibuprofen
Millions of Tons of COVID Masks, Gloves Will End Up in Oceans
Mindfulness Can Help Ease Pain, and Scientists Think They Know How
Minimally Invasive Surgery May Be Good Option for People With Pancreatic Cancer
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
More American Men Now Opting for Vasectomy
More Americans Are Moving to Wildfire-Prone Areas
More Balmy Summer Nights, Higher Heart Death Rate in Men
More Biodiversity, Better Mental Health?
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More Cancer Patients Got Palliative Care After Obamacare
More Fast-Food Outlets, More Diabetes in Your Neighborhood
More 'Height-Challenged' Men Are Getting Leg-Lengthening Surgeries
More Opioids Doesn't Mean Less Chronic Pain: Study
More Patients Turning to Medical Marijuana for Arthritis Pain
More Than 230 Medical Journals Issue Joint Statement on Health Dangers of Global Warming
More Than Half of Americans Plagued by Back, Leg Pain
More Trees, Parks May Mean Longer Lives for City Dwellers
Most Americans Know Little About Harmful PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'
Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey
Most Knee Cracking Is Normal, Expert Says
Most of Restaurant Menu Must Be Vegetarian Before Meat Eaters Make the Switch
Most Survivors of Severe COVID-19 Report Symptoms Many Weeks After 'Recovery'
Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
Most U.S. Voters Want Products Free of Harmful Chemicals: Poll
Most Who Get Heart Valve Replacement Don't Get Follow-Up Rehab
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
Moving Away From Opioids to Treat Dental Pain
Multiple Surgeries for Cleft Lip, Palate Won't Cause Major Psychological Damage
Muscle Relaxants for Back Pain Are Soaring: Are They Safe?
Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds
Nature Helped Many Kids Cope During Lockdown: Study
Nearly Half of Tap Water Americans Drink Is Tainted With PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'
Need an IV or Stitches? Virtual Reality or Hypnosis Might Ease Pain
Need an Operation? Here's How COVID Has Changed Surgery
Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids
Neighborhoods May Matter When It Comes to Epilepsy
Nerve 'Pulse' Therapy May Help Ease Sciatica
'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries
Nerve-Cooling Implant Could Ease Pain Without Opioids
New Advances Mean Many Patients Go Home Same Day After Knee Replacement
New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer
New Drug May Treat Rare Diseases That Make Exposure to Sunlight Painful
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New Hope Against Painful Skin Issues Caused by Cancer Radiation Therapy
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New Parasite Is Killing Sea Otters, and Might Pose Threat to People
New Tick-Borne Virus Is Spreading Across U.S.
New Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids
Nitrogen Dioxide, a Car Exhaust Pollutant, Is Raising Death Rates: Study
No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop
No Evidence Muscle Relaxants Can Ease Low Back Pain
No Genetic Damage to Kids of Those Exposed to Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: Study
No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life
No Need to Avoid Exercise After Prolapse Surgery, Study Finds
No Side Effects From Your COVID Vaccine? Don't Worry, It's Still Working
No Sign of Human Herpesvirus in African Gorillas
No Sign That Anesthesia in Pregnancy Affects Child's Later Development
Nonsurgical Treatment Works Well for Arthritic Thumbs
Normal Conversation Spreads Virus-Laden Droplets Beyond 6 Feet
Not Just Keyboards: Many Types of Workers Can Develop Carpal Tunnel
Nova Scotia Wildfires Sending Unhealthy 'Smoke Plume' to U.S. Northeast
NSAIDS, Steroids for Back Pain: Is Too Much of Them a Bad Thing?
NYC's Ban on Heating Oil Helped Clean the Air
Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
Ocean Color Is Changing, and Climate Change is Likely Behind It
Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
Older Adults Turning to Pot for Common Health Problems
Older and Getting Surgery? Get Fit Beforehand
Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
Older Patients at Risk When Dentists Prescribe Opioids
One Downside to Space Travel: Back Pain
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
One-Dose Blood Thinner Could Slash Blood Clot Risk After Knee Replacement
One-Third of Americans With Arthritis Get No Exercise
Opening All Arteries Best When Heart Attack Strikes in Old Age: Study
Opioids After Dental Work May Be Dangerous
Oral Surgery on Your Calendar? Expert Offers Tips to Ease Anxiety
Order of Radiation Sickness Drug Unrelated to Recent Events in Ukraine, U.S. Health Officials Say
Over Half of American Children Have Detectable Lead Levels in Their Blood
Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
Pain After Heart Attack May Predict Long-Term Survival
Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals
Pain Relief in a FLASH: Radiation Treatments Lasting Seconds May Advance Cancer Care
Pandemic Could Complicate Hurricane Season
Pandemic Cut U.S. Heart Surgeries in Half as Patients Avoided Hospitals
Pandemic Has Cut Global Carbon Emissions by 17%
Pandemic Saw Rise in Opioid Prescriptions Given After Childbirth
Pandemic-Linked Rise in Crime Hit America's Poor Neighborhoods Hardest
Parent's Skin-to-Skin Hug Does Ease a Baby's Pain, Brain Study Suggests
Parent's Words Key to Young Kids' Fears Around Vaccination
Parks, Gardens Might Boost Life Spans in Poorer Neighborhoods
Parks, Rivers, Lakes: Nature's Great Stress Relievers
Patients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations
Patients With Bladder Cancer May Avoid Removal of Extra Lymph Nodes, Study Finds
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 Over 80 Benefit From Surgery for Benign Brain Tumors
People With Autism May Feel Pain More Intensely: Study
People With Cerebral Palsy Could Be in the Crosshairs of the Opioid Crisis
Permanently Bent 'Trigger Finger' Can Be Hallmark of Diabetes
Pesticide Harmed Children's Brains: Lawsuits
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Plasma Injection Therapy May Be Useless Against Achilles Tendon Pain
Playing Football, Hockey in High School Ups Odds for Stimulant Abuse
Poll: Most Americans Over 50 Suffer Some Type of Joint Pain
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 Linked to Dangerous Antibiotic Resistance
Polluted Air May Speed Osteoporosis Bone Loss
Polluted Air Means More Asthma Attacks for Urban Kids
Pollution Killed 9 Million People Worldwide in 2019
Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study
Poorer Neighborhoods Linked to Higher Asthma Rates in Kids
Pope Francis Leaves Hospital 9 Days After Surgery
Pope Leaves Hospital 10 Days After Colon Surgery
Pope to Have Hernia Surgery, Stay in Rome Hospital for Several Days
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Post-Op Delirium Could Signal Faster Mental Decline
Postpartum Bleeding Doesn't Have to Mean Hysterectomy, Experts Say
Preparing for Flooding During Hurricane Season
'Prescribed' Fires' Hidden Bonus: Fewer Ticks
Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients
President Biden Undergoes Routine Colonoscopy
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
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
Quartz Countertops Are Damaging the Lungs of Installers: Study
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?
Rare Tumor Slows, But Won't Stop Young Drama Teacher
Rat-Borne Parasite That Can Cause Brain Disease Spreading in Southern U.S.
Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks
Recent COVID-19 Raises Odds for Clots After Surgery by 90%
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain
Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks
Repair or Reconstruction: What's Best for ACL Tears?
Replace That Old Carpet to Shield Your Kids From Toxins
Report Finds Big Rise in U.S. Carbon Monoxide Deaths
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Researchers Explore New Nonaddictive Means of Fighting Pain
Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
Rugby Injuries Last Long After Pros, Amateurs Stop Playing: Study
Runaway Global Warming Will Make Some Areas Too Hot for Human Life
'SAD Season': Depression Risks Rise as Days Get Shorter
Sarah Ferguson Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Mastectomy
School COVID Outbreaks Drop When Adults Wear Masks, Study Finds
Sciatica: What Is It, and How Can You Ease the Pain?
Scientists Test Safest Way Driver, Passengers Can Avoid COVID Spread
Scientists Watch Pain in the Brain to Decode Its Secrets
Scrolling, Staring at Screens Could Give You 'Tech Neck'
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
Seniors, Here Are the Meds That Can Harm Your Driving Skills
Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Shorter Course of Radiation May Be Safe for Women Undergoing Breast Reconstruction
Should You Take a Painkiller Before Your COVID Vaccine?
Shoulder Pain Can Plague Wheelchair Users, But Their Own Fat Cells Could Be Cure
Shutting Down Nuclear Plants Could Cost Thousands of U.S. Lives as Pollutants Rise
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
Simple Move May Boost Spinal Fusion Outcomes
Smile When You Get That COVID Vaccine, It'll Hurt Less
Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain
Smog Harms Women's Brains, But One Food May Help Buffer the Damage
Smog Might Damage Your Sense of Smell
Smoggy Air Could Worsen COVID, Even If You're Vaccinated
Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis
Smoggy Air Might Raise Black Women's Odds for Fibroids
Smoggy Day? Exercise Still the Healthy Choice, Study Finds
Smoggy Days Could Help Send Kids With Autism to the ER
Smoggy Days Raise Short-Term Odds for Stroke
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
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
Social Media Messages Can Lower People's Meat Intake
Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed
Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Some Long Haul COVID Patients Are Feeling Better After Vaccination
Some Types of Air Pollution Are Even Worse for Your Health
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Space Travel Might Weaken Immune System
Space Travel Takes Toll on Astronauts' Blood, Bone
Special Therapy Brings Relief to Patients With Chronic Back Pain
Spinal Cord Stimulation May Ease Diabetic Neuropathy
Spotting Heart Defects While Baby Still in Womb Is Crucial, Study Shows
Spring Cleaning Can Sweep Away Allergens From Your Home
Spring's Double Trouble: Asthma Plus Seasonal Allergies
Started Early, Drug Combo Eases Fatigue of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study
'Stepped' Approach to Exercise Can Help With Arthritic Knees
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 + Air Pollution a Bad Combo in Pregnancy: Study
Stress Not Always a Trigger for Relapse in Eating Disorders: Study
Stress Urinary Incontinence? Know Your Surgical Options
Stroke Can Leave Folks Thinking One Hand Is Bigger Than the Other
Strong Marijuana Habit Could Raise Odds for Complications During Surgery
Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help
Stubbed Your Toe? Only Real Swear Words Help Dull the Pain
Stuck in Traffic? Diesel Fumes May Be Harming Your Brain
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Confirms Effectiveness of Newer Arthritis Meds
Study Confirms Restaurants, Bars Are COVID Infection Hotspots
Study Debunks Notion That Statin Meds Trigger Muscle Aches
Study Finds Good Long-Term Outcomes for Appendicitis Treated Without Surgery
Study of Former NFL Players Shows Race Differences in Chronic Pain
Summer Playgrounds Come With Fun and Hazards
Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Authority Over Power Plant Emissions
Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient
Surgeons Seeing More 'Mutilating' Hand Injuries With New Utility Terrain Vehicles
Surgery Brings Added Risks to People With COPD
Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?
Surgery Often a Gateway to Opioid Abuse, Study Confirms
Surgery Soon? Use These 3 Tips to Manage Post-Surgical Pain
Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak
Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative
Surgical Snip Might Prevent Stroke in People With A-fib
Take Steps to Protect Your Feet This Winter
Take This Refresher on Skin Safety in Summer Sun
Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
Taking Ozempic, Wegovy? Stop Before Surgery, Anesthesiologists Say
Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving
Telehealth Boosts Odds That Patients Show Up for Post-Surgery Care
Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery
The Most Common Arthritis Symptoms You Should Know
The Most Common Back Surgeries, Explained
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
Thin Ice: Global Warming May Be Raising Drowning Risks
Think You Need an Opioid? Here Are Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Ticks Can Take a Licking From Really Tough Weather
Ticks May Be Spreading 'Wasting Disease' Among Wisconsin Deer
Time Spent in Nature Appears to Slow Parkinson's, Alzheimer's
Time Spent in Nature Boosts Kids' Well-Being
Timing of Melanoma Immunotherapy Could Be Key to Outcomes: Study
Tingling, Burning in Your Feet? Common Condition May Be the Cause
Tips for 'Stomaching' the Holidays If You Have IBS
Tonsillectomies Can Be Tougher for Kids With Developmental Delays
Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans
Too Many Fertility Specialists Still Use a Painful, Useless Procedure: Study
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
'Tough Guy' Mentality Keeps Athletes in Denial About Pain
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
Treatment for Common Rotator Cuff Ailment May Be Useless
Tree Rings Show Hurricanes Becoming Wetter, Longer, More Dangerous
Triple-Digit Heat Wave a Danger to Those With Dementia
Trouble Concentrating at Work? Your Office Air May Be to Blame
Two Out of Three California Prison Inmates Said Yes to COVID Vaccine
Two-Thirds of Americans Say Their Lives Have Been Affected by Addiction: Poll
U.S. Air Quality Got Better During Pandemic: Study
U.S. Gender-Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in 3 Years
U.S. Heat-Related Heart Deaths Will Multiply With Warming Temperatures
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
U.S. Seniors Are Getting Fewer Abdominal Surgeries
U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
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
Upper Back Pain: Causes and How to Treat It
Urban Air Pollution Drives Millions of Cases of Asthma in Kids
Use Pot? You May Need More Sedation During Endoscopies
Using Meds to Manage Your Arthritis Pain: An Overview
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
Vaginal or C-Section, Method of Childbirth Won't Affect a Couple's Sex Life Later
Venturing Out? Guard Yourself Against Disease-Carrying Ticks
Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients
Visiting a 'Dental Fear' Clinic Can Help Improve a Child's Smile
'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
Want a Healthier Neighborhood? Plant a Tree
Want Less Violent Prisons? Plant More Trees
Want to Avoid Knee Replacement? Build Up Your Thighs
Warming Climate Could Bring Flesh-Eating Bacteria to More U.S. Waters
Watch Their Backs -- Don't Overload Those Schoolbags
Weak Action on Climate Change Is Stressing Young People Worldwide
Weather and Arthritis: Is There Really a Connection?
Weight Loss Can Help Cut Lung Risks in 9/11 First Responders
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
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
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 Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?
What Are Back Spasms, and Can They Be Treated?
What Are Hernias, and How Are They Treated?
What Arthritis Surgeries Help With Pain and Other Symptoms?
What Do You Know About Your Risk for Hernia?
What If NYC's Cleaner Pandemic-Era Air Continued?
What Is Endometriosis, and How Is It Treated?
What Jobs Are Toughest on the Knees?
What Type of Stent Did I Get, Where? Most Heart Patients Don't Know
What Works Best to Ease Migraines?
What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer
What You Should Know If Your Surgery Has Been Put on Hold
What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
'What's Wrong With Me?' Young COVID Survivors Battle Long-Haul Symptoms
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes
When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?
When Pot Is Legal, Prescriptions for Pain, Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Drop: Study
When Removing a Big Kidney Stone, Get the Little Ones, Too
Which Exercise Regimen Works Best to Ease Lower Back Pain?
Which Seafood Has the Highest Amount of Microplastics?
Which Surgery Works Best for Lower Back Pain?
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
White Women Tend to Get Better Pain Management After Childbirth
Who Is Using Herbal Kratom?
Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk
Wildfire Smoke Can Send Kids With Asthma to the ER
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 Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing Recent Clean-Air Gains Across the U.S.
Wildfire Smoke Pollution a Growing Global Threat
Wildfire Smoke Raises Risks for Folks on Dialysis
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
Wind Power Is Bringing Americans Real Health Benefits
Windy Days Are Safer Days When It Comes to COVID-19
Winter Brings Rise in Carbon Monoxide Danger: Stay Safe
With COVID Crisis Ebbing, How Can We Prevent Future Pandemics?
With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men After Bypass Surgery
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women's Menstrual Cycles Tied to Moon's Phases
Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World
Workers in U.S. Southwest in Peril as Summer Temperatures Rise
Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
Working From Home? Posture, Ergonomics Can Make It Safe
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 Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
Your Expectations Could Shape Your Odds for Vaccine Side Effects
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Your Plant-Based Diet Could Really Help the Planet
You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?
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