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• CDC Director Warns of Dire Winter Ahead for COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths

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• Certain Antibiotics Linked With Upped Risk for Deadly Aortic Aneurysms

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• Common Heart Drugs' Risk With COVID-19 Unproven, Experts Say

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• Could the First Drug That Slows Arthritis Be Here?

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• COVID-19 Can Trigger Serious Heart Injuries

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• COVID-19 Fears Had Sick, Injured Americans Avoiding ERs

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• COVID-19 ICU Patients Have High Risk of Clots, Research Shows

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• COVID-19 Jitters Shouldn't Keep You From the Emergency Room

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• COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kidneys

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• Dentists Among Top Prescribers of Opioids

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• Diabetes During Pregnancy Could Raise Lifelong Heart Risks for Children

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• Diabetes, High Blood Pressure Raise Odds of COVID Harming Brain

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• Do Fatter Legs Mean Lower Blood Pressure?

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• Does Race Play a Part in ICU Outcomes?

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• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients

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• Even in Dirty Air, Working Out Can Help Cut Risk of High Blood Pressure

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• Exercise Might Make Breast Milk's Goodness Even Better

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• Experimental Drug Shows Promise for Schizophrenia

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• Fewer Suicide-Related ER Visits in COVID Era, and That Has Experts Worried

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• 'Flattening the Curve' Saves More Lives Than Thought

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• Flipping the Odds: Turning Patients Prone Helps Fight COVID-19

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• Having Heart Disease Can Make Other Surgeries More Risky

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• Health Risks Persist for Young Cancer Survivors

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• Healthy Habits Can Slide After Starting Heart Medications

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• Healthy Heart in Your 20s, Healthier Brain Decades Later

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• Heart Anatomy May Put Blacks at Higher Stroke Risk

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• Heart Attack Cases at ERs Fall by Half – Are COVID Fears to Blame?

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• Heart Conditions Could Raise Risk of Torn Aorta During Pregnancy

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• Heart Disease Is World's No. 1 Killer

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• Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some

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• Heavy Drinking Tied to Raised Stroke Risk, Study Finds

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• High Blood Pressure in Middle Age Can Harm Your Brain

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• High Blood Pressure May Affect More Pregnant Women Than Thought: Study

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• High Blood Pressure Might Raise COVID-19 Death Risk

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• High Blood Pressure While Pregnant Linked to Poorer Memory Years Later

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• High Blood Sugar Ups COVID Risks, Even in Non-Diabetics

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• High Costs Lead Millions of Americans to Shop Abroad for Rx Drugs

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• Hospitals Full, Doctors Treated Her Severe COVID-19 at Home

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• How an Ebola Drug Might Fight COVID-19

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• How Hospitals Can Cut Patients' Falls

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• How One Hospital Kept COVID Transmissions at Nearly Zero

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• Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake

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• Imaging Scans May Lead to Shorter TB Treatment

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• In Early Trial, an Ancient Drug Shows Promise Against Severe COVID-19

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• Infusion of Certain Immune Cells May Help in Severe Coronavirus Cases

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• Inhaler Use Up During Coronavirus Pandemic

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• Intensive Blood Pressure Control Reduces A-Fib Risk: Study

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• Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home?

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• Is High Blood Pressure in First Pregnancy a Harbinger of Heart Trouble?

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• Just 1% of Doctors Prescribe Nearly Half of Opioids in U.S.

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• Keep High Blood Pressure at Bay With Healthy Lifestyle

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• Kids' Hospitalizations Accompany Rising Unemployment Rates: Study

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• Kids Who Need Steroids Face Risk of Diabetes, Other Ills

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• Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault

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• Lasting Spikes in Blood Pressure While Exercising Could Be Unhealthy Sign

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• Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope

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• Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study

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• Lupus Drug Prevents Low Heartbeat in High-Risk Newborns: Study

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• Mail-Order Prescriptions Delayed? Here's What to Do

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• Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken

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• Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study

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• Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms

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• Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home

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• Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds

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• Many Seniors Leave Hospital With New Disabilities

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• Mealtime Choices Could Affect Your Odds for Stroke

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• Meds Like Valium, Xanax Linked to Higher Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy

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• Metabolites' From Food Could Affect Your Stroke Risk

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• Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms

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• More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment

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• More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study

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• More Money, Better Heart Health? Not Always

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• More Opioids Doesn't Mean Less Chronic Pain: Study

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• More Than 1 Drink a Day Ups Blood Pressure for Diabetics

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• More Young Americans Developing Unhealthy Predictors of Heart Disease

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• Muscle Relaxants for Back Pain Are Soaring: Are They Safe?

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• Music Helps Heal a Damaged Heart

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• N95 Face Masks Can Be Sterilized and Re-Used, Studies Show

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• Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure

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• New Drug Helps Shrink Inoperable Tumors in Kids

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• New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue

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• New Moms Need to Watch Out for High Blood Pressure

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• New Weapon in Fight Against Multidrug-Resistant TB

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• No Link Found Between Blood Pressure Meds and Cancer: Study

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• Number of Americans Headed to ER for Suicidal Thoughts, Self-Harm Keeps Rising

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• Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study

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• Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding

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• Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women

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• Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study

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• Only 1 in 5 Have Fast Access to State-of-the-Art Stroke Care

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• Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids

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• Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey

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• Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study

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• Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths

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• Parents, Grandparents to Blame for Many Child Drug Poisonings, CDC Warns

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• People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out

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• Pilates May Be Good Medicine for High Blood Pressure

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• Pill Might Prevent Life-Threatening Allergic Reactions

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• Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors

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• Poor Americans Likely to Miss Preventive Heart Screenings: Study

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• Positive Attitude Tied to Lower Blood Pressure After Stroke

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• Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids

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• Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study

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• Preventing Repeat Heart Attack, Stroke More Important Than Ever: AHA

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• Psoriasis Meds Don't Raise Risk of Severe COVID-19: Study

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• Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study

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• Recommended Blood Pressure Drug Tied to Harmful Side Effects

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• Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients

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• Remote Monitoring May Help Control High Blood Pressure

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• Schizophrenia Meds Safe Long-Term, Study Finds

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• Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study

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• Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls

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• Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID

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• Skin Cream May Offer New Treatment Option for Psoriasis

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• Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic

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• Smell Diminishes by Day 3 of COVID-19, Study Says

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• Soaking in a Hot Bath Might Do Your Heart Good

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• Some Vegetarian Diets Are Much Healthier Than Others

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• Spotting Which Hospital Patients With Coronavirus Face Greatest Death Risk

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• Spouses Share a Lot – Including Heart Health, Study Shows

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• Standard Methods Rid Hospital Rooms of Coronavirus, Slashing Transmission Rates

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• Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer

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• Sticking With Meds Lowers Lupus Patients' Diabetes Risk

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• Stopping Common Heart Meds Could Be Risky for Kidney Patients

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• Stress, Anger May Worsen Heart Failure

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• Strong Sleeping Pills Tied to Falls, Fractures in Dementia Patients

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• Study Probes Side Effects of Methotrexate, Used for Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis

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• Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak

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• Tai Chi Could Be Good Medicine for Heart Patients

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• Taking More Antibiotics May Up Odds for Hospitalization

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• Taking Steroids for Rheumatoid Arthritis, IBD? Your Odds for Hypertension May Rise

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• Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

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• The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment

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• There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19

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• Too Many Antibiotics, Opioids Given to Dental Patients in the ER

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• Too Many, Too Few Babies May Speed Aging in Women

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• Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study

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• Tough Menopause May Signal Future Heart Woes

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• Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study

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• Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU

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• Turning to Tofu Might Help the Heart: Study

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• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen

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• U.S. Deaths From High Blood Pressure Soar, Especially in the South: Study

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• U.S. Moms-to-Be Are Much Less Healthy Now

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• U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds

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• Uninsured Kidney Patients Often End Up in ERs

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• Untreated High Blood Pressure a Growing Problem Among Americans

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• Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End

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• Up Your Steps to Lower Blood Pressure, Heart Study Suggests

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• Use Pot? It Can Interact With Your Meds in Harmful Ways

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• USPS Cuts Could Pose Harm If Mail-Order Meds Delayed: Study

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• 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients

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• What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out

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• What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?

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• What's Best for Treating Bipolar Disorder?

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• When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back

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• When Pharmacists Allowed to Give Anti-Opioid Med Without Rx, Access Soars

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• When Young Adults Vape, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate May Spike

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• Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List

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• Who's Most at Risk From Coronavirus?

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• Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?

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• With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators

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• Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications

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• Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest