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Many U.S. Mammography Centers Aren't Following Expert Guidelines: Report
Many U.S. Seniors Get Needless, Pricey Cervical Cancer Screenings
Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It
Medicaid Rules May Affect Americans' Cancer Survival
Medical Bill Worries Tied to Worse Outcomes for Cancer Patients: Study
Medical Care for COVID-19 Could Cost U.S. Hundreds of Billions: Study
Medical Debt Can Crush Even the Insured, Study Shows
Medical Paperwork: So Bad Some Folks Skip Care
Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Coverage for Eligible, Necessary Care: Report
Medicare Could Save Millions By Taking Cue from Mark Cuban's Online Pharmacy
Medicare May Rethink Premium Hike for Pricey Alzheimer’s Drug
Medicare Monthly Premiums to Drop for Seniors
Medicare Mulls Coverage for Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
Medicare Will Save U.S. Billions Negotiating Drug Prices
Medicare's Penalties for Poor-Quality Dialysis Centers Aren't Helping: Study
Melanoma Can Strike Your Nails: Here's How to Check
Men More Prone to Cancer Than Women, But Why?
Men, Make Health Your Goal This Year
Millions Who Joined Medicaid During Health Emergency Could Soon Lose Coverage
Mindfulness Helps Young Women After Breast Cancer: Study
Minorities Bore the Brunt of U.S. COVID Deaths: Study
Mixed Progress Against Cancers in Teens, Young Adults
Moderna Will Offer Free COVID Shots to Uninsured After Emergency Ends
Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online
More Additives Being Added to Americans' Food, Report Finds
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More Olive Oil May Bring Longer Life: Study
More Than 10 Million People Died of Cancer Worldwide in 2019
More Than Half of Cancer Survivors Fear a Recurrence
Most Americans Don't Follow Diets That Could Prevent Cancer
Most Americans With Medical Debt Owe Money to Hospitals
Most Cancer Screenings Make Big Rebound After Pandemic Decline
Most Editors at Leading Medical Journals Are White, Study Finds
Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll
Most Survivors of Severe COVID-19 Report Symptoms Many Weeks After 'Recovery'
Mother and Son Draw Hope, Healing From Shared Cancer Treatment
Motherhood Doesn't Lower Survival for Women Who've Had Breast Cancer
Moves, Evictions Often Trigger Harmful Breaks in Health Care: Study
Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home
Nearly Half of U.S. Breast Cancer Patients Use Pot or CBD; Many Don't Tell Doctors
Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
New Blood Test May Improve Liver Cancer Screening
New Clues to How Cancers Originate in the Brain
New Clues to How Ovarian Cancer Begins -- and Might Be Prevented
New Drug Combo Boosts Survival Against Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer
New Drug Could Extend Life for People With ALS
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New Hope Against a Rare but Incurable Eye Cancer
New Hope Against Painful Skin Issues Caused by Cancer Radiation Therapy
New Hormonal Pill May Boost Outcomes for Older Breast Cancer Patients
New Tests for Colon, Prostate Cancer Show Promise
New Treatment Greatly Boosts Survival for Kids With Aggressive Brain Cancer
Newer Hormone Treatments for Prostate Cancer May Raise Risk of Depression
Newly Approved Drug Fights Lung Cancer Tied to Certain Genes
No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life
No Lasting Lung Damage After Full Recovery From COVID-19
Nurses Are Dying From Suicide at Higher Rates
Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study
Obamacare Helped Extend Lives of People With Cancer
Obese Men May Have Better Survival With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Obesity Costs the Average U.S. Adult Almost $1,900 per Year: Study
Obesity Raises Odds for Many Common Cancers
Obesity Tied to Shorter Survival in Cancer Patients
Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
Out-of-Network Costs Raise Medical Bills for Special Needs Kids
Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care Keep Climbing
Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis Can Take Big Toll on Women's Mental Health
Over 60? You Have Billions of Potentially Cancer-Causing Cells
Over a Million Americans Are Rationing Insulin Due to High Cost
Overuse of Antibiotics in Kids Adds Millions to U.S. Health Care Costs
Pandemic Closures, Fears Keep Patients From Lung Cancer Screening
Pandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt
Pandemic Has Greatly Slowed Pace of Cancer Research
Pandemic Hits Primary Care Practices Hard Across the U.S.: Study
Pandemic Means Financial Hardship for Many With Diabetes
Parent or Sibling With Colon Cancer? You May Need Colonoscopy Earlier
Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants
Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans
Pentagon Study Finds Higher Cancer Rates Among Pilots, Ground Crews
People With MS Have Worse Survival If Colon Cancer Strikes
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Pfizer COVID Vaccine Saved 110,000 American Lives: Study
Pfizer Recalls All Lots of Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Due to Potential Carcinogen
Placebo Pill Eases Cancer-Related Fatigue in Study
Poll Finds More Americans Worried About Health Care Understaffing
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials
Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries
Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
Prostate Cancer Drug Could Be 'Game Changing,' Researchers Say
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report
Race Matters in Stroke Survival, Study Finds
Radiation Plus Surgery May Be Best Against an Early Form of Breast Cancer
Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study
Rare Tumor Slows, But Won't Stop Young Drama Teacher
Recall of Philips Breathing Machines Affects Millions of Americans
Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health
Researchers Find Better Way to Fight Breast Cancer That Has Spread to Brain
Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study
Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
Sanofi Follows Lilly, Novo Nordisk in Cutting Insulin Prices
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Secondhand Smoke Can Raise Odds for Mouth, Throat Cancers
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Shape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk
She's Beating Leukemia With a Healthy Change to Her Diet
Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Side Effects From New Cancer Meds Have Silver Lining
Sleep Disorders Cost U.S. Health Care System Nearly $95 Billion Per Year
Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Some Myeloma Patients Get No Protection From COVID-19 Vaccines
Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
Some Sick Patients Get Cosmetic Surgery to Boost Appearance
Some Young Cancer Survivors Won't Get Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccine
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
'Stepped' Approach to Treating Diabetic Eye Disease May Be Best
Strain of COVID Care Has Many Health Professionals Looking for an Exit
Struggles With COVID Left Many Americans With Medical Debt
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Pinpoints Cancer Patients at Highest Risk From COVID
Supplements: Many Cancer Patients Think They'll Help, But Experts Urge Caution
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?
Surviving Childhood Cancer Can Take Toll on Adult Heart
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women's Brains
Take This Refresher on Skin Safety in Summer Sun
Targeted Drug Tagrisso Could Be Advance Against Lung Cancer
Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer
Targeted Radiotherapy Might Help Men Battling Advanced Prostate Cancer
Telehealth, Phone Visits a Lifesaver for Veterans Addicted to Opioids
The Future of Cancer for Americans
The High Cost of Living With Sickle Cell Disease
Therapeutic Vaccine Is Keeping Melanoma in Remission 4 Years On
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
Think a Little Alcohol Might Be Healthy? Think Again
Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical? Think Again
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Too Little Sunlight, Vitamin D May Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Many Antibiotics Might Raise Colon Cancer Risk
Too Much Restaurant Fare Could Shorten Your Life
Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills
Too Often, Women Aren't Told of Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatments
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
Tough Journeys: When Cancer Strikes People Living With Dementia
Treating Depression Could Lengthen Lung Cancer Patients' Lives
Trials Show COVID Vaccines Well Worth It for Cancer Patients
Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care
Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
Two New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer
Two PrEP Meds Work Equally Well; One Is Much Cheaper
Type of Medicare Could Influence Cancer Patients' Outcomes
U.S. Cancer Screening Rates Back to Normal After Pandemic Dip
U.S. Cancer Survivors Now Number 18 Million
U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline
U.S. Immigrants' Premiums, Taxes Exceed Health Care Expenditures: Study
U.S. Leads in Health Care Spending, But Is Last for Health Outcomes Among Rich Nations
U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
U.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs
U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
Ultrasound Breaches Blood-Brain Barrier, Helping Drugs Fight Tumors
Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
Vaccinating Oldest First for COVID Saves the Most Lives: Study
Vaccine Slows Return of Pancreatic Cancer in Early Trial
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer Ups Long-Term Odds for Invasive Tumors: Study
Veterans at Higher Risk of Deadly Skin Cancers
Vitamin D Might Help Prevent Early-Onset Colon Cancer
Weed Killer Glyphosate Found in Most Americans' Urine
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
Weight-Loss Surgery May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk in People With Diabetes
Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease
Were Cancer Patients Neglected in U.S. COVID Vaccine Rollout?
What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer
What You Need to Know About Your Colon Cancer Risk
When Booze Labels Carry Health Warnings, Drinking Declines: Study
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Survival Odds Are Better at Airports
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When COVID Strikes Cancer Patients, Men Fare Worse
When Deductibles Rise, More Diabetes Patients Skip Their Meds
When Drug Companies Raise Prices, Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Who Are the New 'Patient Influencers' on Social Media?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why a COVID Diagnosis Could Cost You Way More Money in 2021
Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Skin Cancer Checks Are Even More Important for Hispanic People
Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
Will an Early-Stage Breast Cancer Spread? New Analysis Offers Some Answers
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Workers' Share of Annual Premium for Employer Health Plans Nears $6,000
You Can Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Young, Immune-Compromised Patients Are Hotspots for Coronavirus Mutations: Study
Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
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