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New Screen Might Spot More Cases of Hidden COPD
New Technique 80% Effective in Selecting a Baby's Gender
New Zealand Aims for Zero Smokers in a Generation: Could Plan Work Elsewhere?
Newly Approved Drug Fights Lung Cancer Tied to Certain Genes
Nitrogen Dioxide, a Car Exhaust Pollutant, Is Raising Death Rates: Study
No Genetic Damage to Kids of Those Exposed to Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: Study
No Lasting Damage to Lungs After COVID in Young Patients: Study
No Lasting Lung Damage After Full Recovery From COVID-19
Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
Other Health Woes Common When Meth Addiction Strikes
Over 3 Million U.S. School Kids Now Vaping or Smoking
Over 60? You Have Billions of Potentially Cancer-Causing Cells
Pandemic Has People Cleaning, and That Means More Asthma Attacks
Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny
Pangolins Hold Clues to How COVID-19 Began -- and Might End
Parent's Mental Health Can Affect Kids' Asthma Care
Parents Often in the Dark When Kids Take Up Vaping
Parents' Pot Smoking Means More Colds, Flu for Kids
Parents, Plan Now for Allergy-Free Summer Camp
Patients' Genes Raise Odds for Rare Brain Infection When Using Certain Meds
People Are Still Evolving, Creating New Genes
Pharmacies, Hospitals Facing Shortage of Asthma Drug Albuterol
Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
Pig Study Could Lead to Gene Therapy to Prevent Heart Failure
Pollen Peril: Sneezin' Season May Up COVID Risk
Polluted Air Means More Asthma Attacks for Urban Kids
Poor Sleep Plus Genes Might Raise Some Folks' Asthma Risk
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
Quit Smoking to Cut Risk of Death From A-Fib
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking, Study Confirms
Rare But Dangerous Form of Eating Disorder Could Run in Families
Recall of Philips Breathing Machines Affects Millions of Americans
Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain
Research Gives Clues to Why Cancer in One Breast Could Develop in the Other
Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly
Resolved to Quit Smoking This Year? Experts Offer Tips
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Harm Lungs: Study
Rising Cases of Invasive Strep A in Kids Have Experts Concerned
Risk of Severe COVID May Depend on Your Type of Asthma, Experts Say
RSV in Infancy Could Raise a Child's Risk for Asthma
RSV Is Common, Dangerous Infection: What Parents Need to Know
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
Saving the 'Butterfly Children:' Gene Therapy Helps Heal Deadly Blistering Condition
Science Brings Shortcut to Spotting 50 Rare Genetic Diseases
Science Reveals Genes That Help Drive Dyslexia
Scientists Design Protective Respirator for Health Care Workers
Scientists Discover Cause of Swallowing Disorder in German Shepherds
Scientists Discover Rare Form of ALS That Can Strike Kids
Scientists Engineer Mosquitoes That Can't Transmit Malaria
Scientists Gain Insight Into Genetics of Glaucoma
Scientists Get Close to Genetic Cause of Lupus
Scientists Move Closer to Mapping Entire Human Genome
Scientists Spot More Genes Linked to Problem Drinking
Secondhand Smoke Can Raise Odds for Mouth, Throat Cancers
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
'Secondhand Vaping' May Be Unhealthy — Could Public Bans Be Coming?
Secret Weapon for Quit-Smoking Campaigns: Pets
Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years
Shift Work Might Raise Your Odds for Severe COVID-19
Should All U.S. Newborns Undergo Genomic Testing?
Skeletons May Put Blame on Vikings for Smallpox' Spread
Sleep Apnea Aid Eases Heart Problems in People With Prediabetes
Sleep Apnea Patients Struggle as Common CPAP Machine Is Recalled
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Smoggy Air Could Worsen COVID, Even If You're Vaccinated
Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis
Smoggy Days Could Help Send Kids With Autism to the ER
Smokers More Prone to Memory Loss by Middle Age
Smokers, Obese People Need Major Heart Interventions Earlier in Life
Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus
Smoking Can Really Weaken the Heart
Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
Smoking in Pregnancy Greatly Raises Odds for SIDS in Newborns
Smoking in Pregnancy Has Declined by a Third Since 2016
Smoking Makes a Comeback in the Pandemic
Smoking Plus Mental Illness Can Send Caffeine Intake Soaring
Smoking Plus Vaping Just as Deadly as Smoking on Its Own: Study
Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women
Smoking Raises Risk for Deadly 'Bleeding Strokes'
Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Smoking Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed
Smoking Weed Could Be Tougher on Your Lungs Than Cigarettes: Study
Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds
Smoking-Plus-Vaping No Healthier Than Smoking on Its Own
Social Distancing Kept Kids From Getting Flu, RSV
Social Distancing Probably Stopped 2020 Outbreak of Paralyzing Disorder in Kids
Social Media Has Big Impact on People Taking Up Smoking, Vaping
Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Sperm Samples May Help Predict Autism Risk in Offspring
Spring Cleaning Can Sweep Away Allergens From Your Home
Spring's Double Trouble: Asthma Plus Seasonal Allergies
Stay Independent of Asthma, Allergies This July 4th
Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care
Study Probes Links Between Vaccines and Asthma in Kids, With Inconclusive Results
Study Probes Links in Asthma, Food Sensitivity and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Study Shows Powerful New Target to Saving Lives From COPD
Study Uncovers Large Collection of Genes Behind Schizophrenia
Success of Smallpox Vaccine Bears Lessons for Coronavirus Vaccine
Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Authority Over Power Plant Emissions
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Swimmers Face a Little Known Danger: Fluid on the Lungs
Taking 2 Supplements in Pregnancy Could Lower Baby's Odds for Croup
Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes
Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
The Most Common Asthma Symptoms You Should Know
The Naked Ape: Science Unravels How Humans Lost Their Body Hair
The Sooner Young Smokers Start, The Less Likely They Are to Quit
There Is No 'Healthy Obesity,' Study Finds
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
There's Almost Nowhere in the World Free of Air Pollution
There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
Too Much Caffeine Might Raise Your Odds for Glaucoma
Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Toxins Form When E-Cigarette Chemicals Mix, Study Says
Traces of Human DNA Are Everywhere in the Environment
Train Wheels Send Unhealthy, 'Ultrafine' Metals Into Subway Air
Treated or Untreated, COVID Symptoms Can Ease and Then Return, Study Finds
Treatment Reverses Young Man's Type 1 Diabetes. Will It Last?
Treatment Reverses Young Man's Type 1 Diabetes. Will It Last?
Two-Fifths of Americans With COPD Live Far From Lung Rehab
U.S. Smoking Rate Hits All-Time Low
U.S. Smoking, Vaping Rates Fell in First Year of Pandemic: CDC
U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Rose in 2022: CDC
Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Used to Gauge COVID Severity, Pulse Oximeters Can Be Inaccurate on Darker Skin
Vaccine Taken During Pregnancy Might Shield Baby Against RSV
Vaping and Lung Damage in Teens: What's the Real Link?
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vaping Could Raise Teens' Odds for Severe COVID
Vaping Could Weaken Your Bones, Study Finds
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
Vaping May Affect Lungs' Lubricant, Making Breathing Tougher
Vaping Pot Worse Than Vaping Tobacco for Teens' Lungs: Study
Vaping Ups Teens' Odds for Asthma, Asthma Attacks
Vaping Won't Help Smokers Quit, Another Study Finds
Vaping Worse Than Smoking for Boosting Odds for Stroke at Young Age
Vaping-Linked Lung Injuries Can Leave Long-Term Symptoms
Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19
Various Mental Illnesses Share Same Genes: Study
Vitamin D Supplements Won't Shield You From COVID-19, Studies Find
Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning
Wearing a Mask Won't Ruin Your Workout, Study Shows
Weight Loss Can Help Cut Lung Risks in 9/11 First Responders
Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study
Western Wildfires Fueling Air Pollution During Summer Months
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
What's Behind Unexplained Epilepsy in Kids? A Gene Test May Tell
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When Genes Raise a Mom's Risk for Cancer, Is It OK to Tell Kids?
When States Legalize Marijuana, Teens' Asthma Rates Rise
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
White House 'Winter Preparedness Plan' Revives Free At-Home COVID Test Program
WHO Calls for Global Registry of Human Genome Editing
Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
Why Are Some People More Sensitive Than Others? Genes May Tell
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men
Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
Why Some 'Super Ager' Folks Keep Their Minds Dementia-Free
Why Treatment Helps Some Asthma Patients More Than Others
Widely Used Steroid Meds Could Alter the Brain
Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
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
Will Vaccines Work Against the New Coronavirus Variants?
Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World
Worse COVID Illness May Mean Stronger Immune Protection After
You Can Pass COVID to Your Cat, Study Finds
You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
You, Your Family and Cancer: How Genetic Counseling Works
Young, Immune-Compromised Patients Are Hotspots for Coronavirus Mutations: Study
Your Dog's Behavior Is in Its DNA
Your Dog's Breed Has Little Influence on Behavior, Study Finds
Your Genes May Affect How You'll Heal If Wounded
Your Height Could Be a Factor in Disease Risk
Your Sex Affects Your Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
Your Sleep Habits May Worsen Your Asthma
Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs
Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study
Youth Vaping Triples Odds for Adult Smoking
You've Got Fungi in Your Lungs, and That's OK
Zinc Might Help Shorten Your Cold or Flu, Study Finds
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