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Money Can Buy Americans Longer Life: Study
More Clues to Why Kids Have Much Milder COVID-19
More Evidence COVID Shots Less Effective for People With Weak Immune Systems
More Evidence That Exercise Protects the Aging Brain
More Evidence That Weight-Loss Surgery Prevents Early Death
More Folks Drive High When Pot Made Legal: Study
More Middle-Aged, Older Women Getting 'Broken Heart' Syndrome
More Money, Better Heart Health? Not Always
More Older Americans Use Online 'Patient Portals' to Access Care
More Teens Are Getting Weight Loss Surgery, If Families Can Afford It
More Than 1 Drink a Day Ups Blood Pressure for Diabetics
More Than Half of Americans Plagued by Back, Leg Pain
More Than Half of Young U.S. Adults Have a Chronic Health Condition
More U.S. Seniors, Especially Women, Are Retaining Healthy Brains: Study
More U.S. Women Are Retaining Their Hearing as They Age
More Young Adults in the U.S. Are Saying No to Alcohol
More Young Americans Are Dying of Heart Failure
Most Cases of Dementia in U.S. Seniors Go Undiagnosed: Study
Most Day Care Programs Don't Give Kids Enough Exercise
MS Has Mixed Impact on Patients' Cancer Risk: Study
Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Have a Disability
Nearly All Seniors Take Meds That Raise Their Odds of Falling
Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
Need Accurate Info on Liver Disease? Don't Head to TikTok
Neighbors Make the Difference for Isolated Chinese-American Seniors
Neuro Surprise: Some Brain Skills Might Improve With Age
New Approach Allows Safe Transplant of Kidneys Tainted by Hepatitis C
New Blood Test May Improve Liver Cancer Screening
New Clues to Recent Hepatitis Outbreak in Kids
New Dietary Guidelines for Americans Ignore Recommendations on Sugar, Alcohol
New Hope Against 'Incurable' Liver Disease That Kills Children
New Hope for Better Treatments Against Macular Degeneration
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New Weight-Loss Drug Looks Good in Trial
New Year: Time for Your Memory Screening Appointment
No Change in Adolescent Drug, Alcohol Use During Pandemic
No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop
No Drop in Teens' Use of Pot, Binge Drinking Despite Pandemic Lockdowns
Not Enough Older Americans Are Checking Blood Pressure At Home
Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding
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 Raises a Woman's Odds for Broken Bones
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 Early Death Rise After Severe Injury Linked to Alcohol
Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
Older and Getting Surgery? Get Fit Beforehand
Older Gays, Lesbians at Higher Odds for Drug, Alcohol Abuse: Study
On Father's Day, Give Dad Tips to Keep Healthy
On Waitlist for Liver Transplants, Women Die More Often Than Men
Only 1 in 10 Kids With ADHD Will Outgrow It
Only 7% of American Adults in Good Cardiometabolic Health
Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney
Organic Strawberries Linked to Hepatitis Cases, FDA Warns
Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study
Osteoporosis Might Also Raise a Woman's Odds for Hearing Loss
Other Health Woes Common When Meth Addiction Strikes
Over 60? You Have Billions of Potentially Cancer-Causing Cells
Overactive Bladder, Dangerous Falls Often Go Together for Seniors
Pandemic Boosted Drinking Among Americans Over 50: Poll
Pandemic Curbed Kids' Efforts to Lose Excess Weight
Pandemic Has More Americans Turning to Booze
Pandemic Stress Has Americans Gaining Weight, Drinking More: Poll
Parkinson's Drug Eyed as Treatment for Severe Macular Degeneration
Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants
People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Physical Jobs Tied to More Sick Leave, Earlier Retirement
Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
Pilates May Be Good Medicine for High Blood Pressure
Pills, Exercise, Dieting: What Works Best to Lose Weight?
Poll: Most Americans Over 50 Suffer Some Type of Joint Pain
Positive Aging: The Happy, Healthy Way to Grow Older
Pregnancy Undermines Body Image in Half of Women
President Biden is the Picture of Good Health, His Doctor Reports
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Preventing Alzheimer's
Problem Drinking to Blame for 232 Million Missed Workdays in U.S. Annually
PTSD Therapy Doesn't Trigger Drug Relapse in Addiction Patients: Study
Quality of Home Health Care Varies Between Urban, Rural Areas
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's Longest-Reigning Monarch, Dies at 96
Quick Bursts of Exercise Can Help Diabetics' Hearts
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Preventing Memory Loss?
Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients
Rate of Fatal Falls Among U.S. Seniors Doubled in 20 Years
Reading, Puzzles May Delay Alzheimer's by 5 Years: Study
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Red Light in Morning May Protect Fading Eyesight: Study
Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain
Reducing Home Hazards Cuts Seniors' Risk of Falling
Religion Helps Protect Against 'Deaths of Despair': Study
Repeat Bone Density Tests Might Not Be Needed, Study Finds
Researchers Identify Bacteria Responsible for Key Crohn's Complication
Researchers Spot Sign of Alzheimer's Risk That Scammers Love
Researchers Zero in on Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors
Retired and Want to Stay Sharp? Hop on the Internet More Often
Retirement Means Sleeping More, Exercising Less: Study
Ridesharing Services May Be Lowering Drunk Driving Deaths
Right Amount of Sleep May Be Important in Early Alzheimer's
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Risk Factors for Dementia May Change With Age
Road to Healthy Middle-Aged Brain May Begin in Childhood
School Closures Could Be Adding to Kids' Waistlines
Scientists Calculate Perfect Amount of Sleep for Folks Over 40
Scientists Create Synthetic Mouse Embryo With Brain, Beating Heart
Scientists Devise Way to Keep Donor Hearts Viable Longer
Scientists Restore Some Function to Pig Tissues 1 Hour After Death
Scientists Spot More Genes Linked to Problem Drinking
Seniors' Dental Care Declines After Medicare Kicks In
Seniors Urged to Get Flu Shots as U.S. Cases Rise
Seniors, This Daily Routine May Keep You Sharper, Happier
Severe COVID May Age Survivors' Brains 20 Years: Study
Severe Obesity Could Mean Faster Decline of Immunity From COVID Shot
Shall You Dance? Study Finds Dancing Helps Seniors Avoid Falls
Shingles Won't Raise Risk for Dementia: Study
Should There Be 'Gun Retirement' for the Elderly?
Shoulder Pain Can Plague Wheelchair Users, But Their Own Fat Cells Could Be Cure
Signs That COVID Infection Might Harm the Liver
Similar to Adults, Obesity Raises Kids' Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep Apnea Speeds Aging, But CPAP Can Help
Sleep Throughout the Lifespan: When You Get Best, Worst Slumber
Sleep-Deprived Kids Will Snack More: Study
Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain
Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse
Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds
'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
Soaring Food Prices Are Tough on Older Americans, Poll Finds
Some Diabetes Meds Might Also Lower Alzheimer's Risk
Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
Some Patients With Macular Degeneration Could Stop Monthly Eye Injections
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
Sports-Linked Cardiac Arrest Rare in Seniors, Study Finds
Statins Tied to Lower Risk of Parkinson's-Like Symptoms
Stay-at-Home Orders Could Mean More Obese Kids: Study
Staying Hydrated Could Mean Less Disease, Slower Aging
Staying Social Can Boost Healthy 'Gray Matter' in Aging Brains
Stress Across the Life Span Could Worsen MS
Stress Can Age, Weaken Your Immune System
Study Links Muscle Mass to Severity of Hot Flashes in Women
Surprising Factors That Raise (or Lower) Your Odds for COVID-19
Survey Finds Who's Most Likely to Give to Charity and How
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
Tai Chi Equal to 'Regular' Exercise in Trimming Your Tummy
Taking Longer to Perform Tasks? It Could Be a Sign of Dementia Risk
Talking to a Loved One About a Move to Assisted Living
Talking to Your Child About Weight, But Avoiding Stigma
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Texting Your Way to Better Health After Heart Attack
The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment
The Skinny on Wrinkle-Free Skin
There Are No Hangover Cures, Scientists Say
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
There's a Push to Expand Medicare's Coverage of Dental Issues
There's Been a Big Decline in the Rate of Americans Hit by Disability
There's No Magic Formula to Slow Your Dog's Aging
Think a Little Alcohol Might Be Healthy? Think Again
Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe
Third Vaccine Dose Can Help Shield Transplant Patients From COVID
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Tips on Keeping Joints Limber, Healthy as You Age
To Cut Down on Boozing, Offer Other Choices: Study
Too Little Sleep Could Have Teens Piling on Pounds
Too Little Sleep Could Raise Your Dementia Risk
Too Many, Too Few Babies May Speed Aging in Women
Too Much Auld Lang Syne: Avoiding That New Year's Hangover
Too Much Screen Time Could Raise Your Odds for Stroke
Too Much TV May Dull the Aging Brain
Too Much TV Time May Really Harm Your Brain
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Tough Choices: When It's Time to Move From Home to Assisted Living
Tough Journeys: When Cancer Strikes People Living With Dementia
Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
Two Vaccines May Soon Shield Seniors Against RSV
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study
Type 2 Diabetes Speeds Aging in the Brain
U.S. Could Face Surging Numbers of Teens With Diabetes
U.S. Doctors on the Frontlines of Hepatitis Outbreak Striking Kids
U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving
U.S. Kids Are Eating More 'Ultraprocessed' Foods
U.S. Moms-to-Be Are Much Less Healthy Now
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
U.S. Sees Decline in Sepsis Deaths, But Some Americans More Vulnerable
U.S. Sets Up $300 Million Database for Alzheimer's Research
Uncooperativeness and Alzheimer's
Under 50 and Overweight? Your Odds for Dementia Later May Rise
Unlike Humans, No Bone Loss for Gorillas as They Age
Untreated High Blood Pressure a Growing Problem Among Americans
Urinary Incontinence Can Affect a Woman's Mental Health
Use of Pot, Hallucinogens Soaring Among Young Americans
Vaccines Saved 37 Million Lives, Mostly Children, Over Past Two Decades
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
'Virtual' Museum Visits Are Good Medicine for Seniors
Virus Found in Pig Heart Transplanted Into Man Who Later Died
Viruses in the Gut Might Help People Live to Be 100
Vision Is Vulnerable With Age: Here's What to Look For
Vision Troubles Could Raise Midlife Depression Risk for Women
Vitamin D May Help Maintain Muscle as You Age
Vitamin D, Fish Oil Won't Help Elderly Stay Strong, Study Finds
Want Reliable Diet Advice? Don't Head to TikTok
Want to Avoid Dementia? Add Some Color to Your Plate
Weekend Binge Drinking: Not as Harmless as You Think
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
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 Slashes Odds for Heart Attack in Very Obese People
Weight-Loss Surgery Slashes Risk of Severe Liver Disease in the Obese: Study
What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
What Drives Doctors to Take Their Own Lives
What Foods, Medicines Can Lower Your Colon Cancer Risk?
What Happens to Your Kidneys as You Age?
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
When a Parent Moves In
When Booze Labels Carry Health Warnings, Drinking Declines: Study
When Is a Fracture Potentially Deadly for an Older Adult?
When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study
When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study
When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters
Which Foods Might Reduce Your Odds for Dementia?
Who'll Get Long COVID? Just a Look at a Patient Gives Clues
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's More Easily Distracted, the Young or the Old?
Who's Most Likely to Binge Eat Amid Pandemic?
Why Adding on a Few Pounds as You Age Might Be Good for You
Why Is Liver Cancer More Lethal for Black Patients?
Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Why So Many Older Women Develop UTIs
Why Some 'Super Ager' Folks Keep Their Minds Dementia-Free
Will a Little Drinking Help Your Heart? Maybe Not
Will High-Protein Diets Help the Middle-Aged Build Muscle?
Will You Be Depositing at the 'Stool Bank' Someday?
Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
Woman Receives 3-D Printed Ear Transplant Made of Human Cells
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Feel More Stigma From 'Spare Tire' Around Middle Than Men
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Words Can Wound When Parents Talk to Kids About Obesity
Years of Diabetes Could Speed Onset of Menopause
Yoga Can Help Seniors Regain Their Strength
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
Your Liver Is Just 3 Years Old
Your Metabolism Changes As You Age, Just Not When You Think
Your Personality May Safeguard Your Aging Brain
Your Plant-Based Diet Could Really Help the Planet
Your Zip Code Could Help or Harm Your Brain
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