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1 in 4 U.S. Adults Treated for High Blood Pressure: Report
1 in 5 American Workers Still Smokes: CDC
3 Hours of Exercise Weekly Can Cut Men's Heart Risks
366 Million People Now Have Diabetes: Report
75-Year Study Finds Dramatic Rise in U.S. Lifespans
9/11 First Responders May Face Greater Heart Risks
A Deadly New Reason to Avoid Deer Ticks
A Heart Disease Veteran at Just Age 12
A Life-Saving Lesson That Took Decades to Learn
A Little Exercise Goes a Long Way to Cut Disease, Death Risk
A Little More Education, a Little Longer Life?
Abnormal Protein May Explain Loss of Smell With Alzheimer's
Abused Girls at Greater Risk for Heart Disease as Adults: Study
Addiction Starts Early in American Society, Report Finds
ADHD Drugs Don't Raise Risk of Heart Problems: Study
ADHD, Learning Issues May Be Linked to Secondhand Smoke
Adherence to Angioplasty/Stent Guidelines Lacking: Study
Adrenaline Therapy for Cardiac Arrest Linked to Worse Outcomes
Adult Children of Stroke Sufferers May Show Signs of Brain Aging, Too
Advances in Breast Cancer Care May Not Be Reaching Older Women
After Diabetes Diagnosis, Concentrate on Dietary Changes, Study Says
After Stroke, Crossed Legs a Welcome Sign
Age Alone May Not Cause Testosterone to Fall
Age Doesn't Raise Complication Risk for Pregnancies With Donor Eggs
Age-Related Memory Loss May Be Reversible, Animal Study Suggests
Aging Brain's Decline May Hinge on a Gene
Aging, Not Menopause, Raises Women's Heart Risks, Study Finds
Air Quality Improving in Many U.S. Cities: Report
Alcohol Affects Left, Right Heart Chambers Differently
Alcohol, Asthma and Allergies Don't Mix
Alcohol, Obesity Major Causes of Sudden Heart Death
Alcoholics More Likely to Die of Cancer: Study
All U.S. Adults Should Get Whooping Cough Shot: Panel
Alzheimer's Harder to Detect in the Very Old
Alzheimer's Risk Gene May Damage Brain Decades Before Symptoms Show
Alzheimer's, Dementia Care to Cost U.S. $200 Billion This Year
Alzheimer's-Linked Brain Plaques May Affect Memory in Healthy People
Americans Getting Too Many Calories From Sugary Drinks: CDC
Americans Living Longer, Report Finds
Americans No Longer Outliving Europeans: Study
Americans Spending More of Their Lives Struggling With Diabetes
Americans Support Medicare Reform, But Not on Their Dime: Poll
An Apple a Day Really May Keep the Doctor Away
Anemia Could Add to Surgical Risks
Anemia May Boost Death Risk After Stroke
Angioplasty May Be Risky for Those With Poor Leg Circulation
Angioplasty Safe at Hospitals Without On-Site Surgery: Review
Another Blood Test for Alzheimer's Shows Promise
Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Severe Bleeding With No Benefit
Antidepressants May Raise Risk for Pregnancy Complication
Anti-Estrogen Treatment Shrank Lung Tumors in Mice
Antioxidants May Not Help Alzheimer's Patients
Antioxidants Not Behind Red Wine's Healthy Effect on Heart: Study
Antipsychotic Drugs Might Raise Heart Attack Risk: Study
Anti-Smoking Efforts Saved 795,000 Lives Over 25 Years: Study
Anti-Smoking TV Ads From Tobacco Industry Don't Help
Any Exercise Benefits Kids' Heart Health: Study
Apnea Treatment Might Reduce Signs of Heart Disease Risk
Appeals Court Backs FDA Move for Graphic Images on Cigarette Packs
Apples Help Keep Muscles Strong, Mouse Study Finds
Arcapta Inhaler Approved for COPD
Are Post-Angioplasty Stress Tests Unnecessary?
Are Too Many Older People Screened for Cancer?
Artificial Heart Valve Doesn't Require Open-Heart Surgery
As Heart Failure Worsens, Word Recall May Suffer Too
As White Rice Intake Rises, So May Your Risk for Diabetes
Asian-Americans More Apt to Die in Hospital After Heart Attacks
Aspirin as Effective as Warfarin for Heart Failure: Study
Aspirin as Good as Plavix for Poor Leg Circulation: Study
Aspirin, Warfarin Fare Equally for Heart Failure Patients
Asthma Can Complicate Diabetes Care in Kids
At More U.S. Workplaces, Smokers Need Not Apply
At-Home Blood Pressure Monitoring More Telling Than Doctor's Office Readings
Autoimmune Woes May Raise Risk for Lung Clots
Avastin No Benefit to Older Lung Cancer Patients: Study
Avoid Window Seats to Cut Risk for In-Flight Blood Clots: Study
Babies Born With Heart Disease Often Harmed by Gut Bacteria
Bacteria From Mouth Can Lead to Heart Inflammation: Study
Basketball Legend Pat Summitt Leaving as Tennessee Women's Coach
Bathroom Injuries a Little-Known Problem
Bathroom Injuries a Little-Known Problem
Bed Sores Afflict More Blacks in Nursing Homes Than Whites: Study
Being 'Born-Again' Linked to More Brain Atrophy: Study
Being Bullied Tied to Anxiety, Depression in Special-Needs Kids
Being Fit Before Stroke May Aid Recovery
Being Overweight May Take Years Off Seniors' Lives
Bettering Social Status Lowers High Blood Pressure Risk
Big Drop in Americans' Blood Levels of Trans Fats, CDC Says
Billie Jean King Says Exercise Your Best Shot Against Arthritis
Black Africans Less Apt to Develop Heart Rhythm Disorder Than Whites
Black Women Tend to Suffer Disabilities Earlier, Study Finds
Blacks Develop High Blood Pressure a Year Ahead of Whites
Blacks Less Likely to Get Help on Scene After Cardiac Arrest: Study
Blood Infection Costliest U.S. Hospital Condition: Report
Blood Pressure Control in Middle Age Can Lower Lifetime Heart Risk
Blood Pressure Differences Between Arms Could Signal Heart Risk
Blood Pressure Drop During Dialysis May Raise Clot Risk
Blood Pressure Drug Helps Those With Mild Heart Failure
Blood Pressure Variance Between Arms Points to Heart Risk
Blood Protein Might Signal Death Risk in Elderly
Blood Test May Better Predict Diabetics' Heart Risk: Study
Blood Thinner Xarelto Shows Promise for Heart Patients
Blood Type May Affect Survival After Heart Bypass
Blood Type May Be Associated With Stroke Risk: Study
Blue-Collar Employees With Arthritis Working Past 65: Study
'Body Clock' Might Affect Women's Dementia Risk
Booze and Family History of Colon Cancer a Bad Mix: Study
Both Too Little and Too Much Sleep Bad for the Heart: Study
Boys Mature Sexually Earlier Than Ever Before: Study
BPA Exposure May Raise Risk of Heart Disease
Brain Changes May Hamper Decision-Making in Old Age
Brain Falters Near End of Life, but Games, Puzzles Might Slow Decline
Brain Injury Appears to Boost Stroke Risk
Brain Scans Overused on U.S. Stroke Patients, Study Says
Brain Stimulation May Help Kill Cigarette Cravings, Study Finds
Brain Structure Adapts to Arm Injury, Study Says
Breast Cancer Before 50 Linked to More Distress
Breast Cancer Drug Raises Risk of Heart Problems in Older Women: Study
Breast Cancer Plus Other Health Issues Linked to Worse Outcomes
Breast Cancer Radiation Linked to Raised Heart Risk
Breast Cancer Risk May Rise With High Hormone Levels
Brief, Intense Exercise Lowers Blood Sugar, Small Study Finds
Brilinta Approved for Acute Coronary Syndromes
'Broken Heart Syndrome' May Affect More People Than Thought
Brown Fat Cells May One Day Help Combat Obesity
Building Muscle May Reduce Diabetes Risk, Study Says
Bydureon Approved for Type 2 Diabetes
Bypass Surgery May Be Better Than Angioplasty for Seniors
Calcified Plaque in Arteries May Be Tied to Stroke, Dementia Risk
California's Rural Elderly Have High Rates of Chronic Illness
Calories, Not Protein or Carbs, Are Key to Weight Loss: Study
Campus Smoking Bans May Help College Students Quit
Can Coffee Really Thwart Type 2 Diabetes?
Can Removing Tonsils, Appendix Boost Early Heart Attack Risk?
Can Statins Prevent Parkinson's Disease?
Can Walking Speed, Hand Grip in Middle Age Predict Dementia Risk?
Cancer Diagnosis May Raise Odds for Suicide, Heart Attack Death
Car, TV Ownership Tied to Higher Risk for Heart Attack
Cardiac Cocktail Delivered by Paramedics May Save Lives
Cardiac Rehab May Cut Risk Factors After Mini-Stroke
Cardiac Rehab May Help Heart Patients Live Longer
Cardiologists Often Miss Heart Defects in Young Athletes: Study
Cases of Legionnaire's Disease Tripled in 10 Years
Caution Urged in Intensive Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
CDC Launches Graphic Anti-Smoking Campaign
CDC Urges Americans: Get Your Flu Shot
Certain After-Stroke Treatments May Boost Outcome
Certain Antidepressants With Blood Thinners May Pose Risk for Heart Patients
Certain Antipsychotics Up Risk of Death for Patients With Dementia: Study
Certain Birth Control Pills May Carry Higher Blood Clot Risk: FDA
Certain Diabetes Drugs Might Aid Weight Loss
Certain Painkillers May Raise Odds of Stroke, Heart Attack: Study
Certain Risk Factors Could Spur Heart Failure in Normal-Weight People
Certain 'Senior Moments' May Signal Mental Decline
Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid May Signal Early Alzheimer's
Cheap Drug Helps Smokers Quit, Study Finds
Chewing Khat Raises Heart Disease, Death Risk: Study
Childhood Depression, Anxiety Tied to Pain in Adulthood
Childless Men May Face Higher Heart Disease Risk
Children of Older Dads Fare as Well in School as Other Kids
Children With ADHD More Prone to Substance Abuse: Study
Children With Kidney Disease Face Many Health Woes
Children's Chest Pain Rarely Cause for Alarm: Study
Children's HIV Drugs May Cause High Cholesterol
Chin Implant Surgeries On the Rise in U.S.
Chocolate a Sweet Remedy for Many Ills?
Chocolate Could Be Sweet Defense Against Stroke
Cholesterol Deposits Around Eyes Linked to Heart Risk
Cholesterol Levels Vary Widely by Country: Study
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Safe for Long-Term Use, Study Finds
Chorus Gives Voice to Those With Alzheimer's
Cigarette Packaging Still Too Alluring, Studies Find
Cigarette Tax Unlikely to Deter Some Smokers: Report
Circulatory Disorder Not Studied Enough in Women, Experts Say
Citrus Fruits May Lower Women's Stroke Risk
Class of Drugs Linked to Higher Heart Risk in Older Diabetics
Clearing Out 'Old Cells' Might Make for Healthier Old Age
Climate Change Could Be Tough on Seniors' Health: Study
Clogged Arteries Might Raise Risk of Dementia, Experts Warn
Clogged Arteries Pose Different Dangers for Men, Women: Study
Clot-Buster Doesn't Raise Bleeding Risk in Warfarin Patients: Study
Clot-Busting Drug May Work for Those Who Have Strokes While Asleep
Coach Summitt's Diagnosis Puts Spotlight on Early-Onset Alzheimer's
Cocaine Habit Might Speed Brain Aging
Cocaine-Related Heart Damage May Be 'Silent'
Cold Air May Raise Heart-Attack Risk During Exercise
College Students Smoke When They Party, Drink and Work
Combining Heart Valve Repair With Bypass May Be Worthwhile
Combo of Paxil, Pravachol May Raise Blood Sugar
Common Blood Pressure Drug Safe for Heart Failure: Study
Common Blood Pressure Drugs May Not Cut Colon Cancer Risk
Common Heart Dysfunction Can Help Bring on Heart Failure
Common Plastics Chemical Might Boost Diabetes Risk
Community Hospitals Safe for Angioplasty: Study
Controversial Cholesterol Drug Might Lower Blood Sugar Levels in Diabetics
Cooked Right, Fish Can Help a Woman's Heart
Coordinated Cooling Effort After Cardiac Arrest Can Improve Outcomes
Could a Diet Help Prevent Alzheimer's?
Could a Statin Lower Your Risk for Depression?
Could a Woman's Wrinkles Predict Risk of Fractures?
Could Daily Aspirin Harm Seniors' Eyes?
Could Discrimination Help Trigger Illness in Blacks?
Could 'Extreme' Low-Cal Diets Bring Longer, Healthier Life?
Could Happy Lives Be Longer Lives?
Could HPV Raise Women's Risk for Heart Disease?
Could Lots of Chocolate Lower Your Heart Risk?
Could Menthol Cigarettes Pose Even Higher Stroke Risk?
Could Nicotine Patches Help Stave Off Memory Loss?
Could Soy Help Lower Your Blood Pressure?
Could Statins Help Prevent Pneumonia?
Could Too Little Vitamin B-12 Shrink the Aging Brain?
CPAP Therapy Most Effective for Sleep Apnea, Experts Say
CT Heart Scans No Benefit to Patients Without Symptoms
CT Scans Can Spot Heart Trouble Fast
Daily Four-Drug Combo Pill Halves Heart Disease Risk: Study
Daily Hot Dog May Feed Diabetes Risk: Study
Dark Chocolate May Lower Risk of Heart Disease
Defibrillator Implantation May Be Riskier for Underweight Patients
Delays in Hospital Transfers for Heart Attack Patients May Raise Death Risk
Dementia May Impede Stroke Recovery
Dentists May Be Able to Spot Undiagnosed Diabetes
Depressed Women Could Face Raised Risk of Stroke
Depression Could Worsen Mental Decline in Heart Patients
Depression in Mid-Life Linked to Higher Odds for Later Dementia
Depression Linked to Higher Odds for Poor Leg Circulation
Depression Often Follows Stroke, But Treatment Lacking
Depression Tied to Earlier Death in Heart Patients
Depression Tied to Higher Risk for Stroke
Depression, Anxiety Tied to Physical Disabilities in Seniors
Device Approved to Remedy Abdominal Aneurysms
Diabetes Care Thwarted by Unstable Health Insurance: Study
Diabetes Drug Actos May Raise Risk for Bladder Cancer: FDA
Diabetes Drug Metformin Might Also Help Fight Cancer
Diabetes Education Seems to Help Improve Blood Sugar Control
Diabetes Groups Issue New Guidelines on Blood Sugar
Diabetes on Upswing Worldwide
Diabetes Takes a Toll on Lifetime Earnings: Study
Diabetes Takes Toll on Women's Hearing: Study
Diabetes, Obesity After 60 May Drive Up Breast Cancer Risk
Diabetic Girls May Have Heart Risk Factors
Diabetic Kidney Disease Rising in the U.S.
Diabetics May Be at Greater Risk for Second Stroke
Diet, Smoking May Affect MS Progression
Dietary Supplements May Harm Older Women: Study
Dificid Approved to Treat C. diff Diarrhea
Disabled Elderly Say They Want Dignity, Control
Disrupted Sleep May Raise Risk for Obesity, Diabetes: Study
Doctors Likely to Preach What They Practice
Does Her Diabetes Differ From His?
Does Psoriasis Thwart the Benefits of 'Good' Cholesterol?
Donated Pacemakers From U.S. Safely Reused in India: Study
Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders Tougher When It's Not Patient's Call
Doubt Cast on Use of Genetic Test Before Plavix
Drinking Patterns Affect Heart Health, Mouse Study Finds
Driving Isn't An Issue for Most People With Diabetes
Driving Skills Do Ebb With Age: Study
Drug Approved to Treat High Blood Pressure
Drug-Coated Balloons Open Arteries Blocked by Narrowed Stents
Early Adversity May Shorten Child's Life
Early Morning Smoking Riskier For Cancer
Early Talk Therapy May Help Stroke Patients Bounce Back
Earthquakes Put Millions of Lives, Major Cities at Risk
Eating Berries Might Help Preserve Your Memory
Edarbyclor Approved for High Blood Pressure
Effects of Premature Birth May Stretch Into Adulthood: Study
Efforts to Reduce Stroke in Kids With Sickle Cell Working: Study
EKG Heart Test May Predict Risk in Older Adults
EKG Testing May Spot Fatal Heart Conditions in Children
Electronic Cigarette Makers Must Prove Safety of Products: Report
Electronic Medical Records Might Boost Diabetes Care
Emotional Abuse in Childhood May Disrupt Sleep Decades Later
Endovascular Graft Approved for Tears of Aorta
End-Stage Alzheimer's Patients Often Hospitalized Unnecessarily
Environmental Toxins Linked to Hardening of Arteries
Epilepsy Leads to More Brain Abnormalities Over Time
ER Visits for Energy-Drink Ills Soar in U.S.
Erectile Dysfunction May Be Linked With Cardiovascular Trouble
Estrogen-Only Therapy May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Even a Little Exercise Helps the Heart, Study Finds
Even a Little Exercise Helps the Heart, Study Finds
Even Slightly Higher Blood Pressure May Boost Stroke Risk
Even When Silent, Irregular Heartbeat Linked to Stroke Risk
Even Without Weight Loss, Mediterranean Diet Helps Heart: Study
Everyday Activities Might Lower Alzheimer's Risk
Everyday Foods Add Up to Major Salt Problems: CDC
Exercise a Good Pick-Me-Up After Cancer Treatment: Study
Exercise Can Help Fight Heart Failure
Exercise Helps Men Battling Diabetes and Sleep Apnea
Exercise May Help Patients With High Blood Pressure Live Longer
Exercise May Protect the Brain From 'Silent Strokes'
Exercise Plus Computer Time May Boost Seniors' Brains
Exercise Ups Kids' Quit-Smoking Success Rate
Expense May Be Causing Fewer Young Blacks to Smoke
Experimental Blood Thinner Given Before Surgery Shows Benefit
Experimental Drug for Irregular Heart Rhythm Raises Death Risk: Study
Experimental Drug Might Beat Aspirin in Preventing Repeat Strokes: Study
Experimental Drug Shows Promise Against Type 2 Diabetes
Expert Panel Pinpoints Environmental Culprits in Breast Cancer
Experts Point Out Signs of Dangerous Heart Rhythm
Experts Recommend Cardiac Screening for College Athletes
Experts Say Cholesterol Screenings Should Start in Childhood
Experts Say Stroke Care Differs for U.S. Minorities
Extra Help Enhances Holidays for Older Relatives
Extra Pounds Linked to Weaker Legs in Older Women
Eye Changes May Predict Heart Disease in Blacks With Diabetes
Eyes a Window Into Brain Health: Study
Face Lifts Erase an Average of 7 Years Off Age, Study Finds
Factors Identified That May Raise Risk of Early Menopause
'Fake Marijuana' May Trigger Heart Trouble in Teens
Fall-Prone Seniors May Have Trouble Adjusting to Poorer Vision
Falls Could Signal Early Alzheimer's Disease
Family Heart Disease Risk Linked to Genes, Not Lifestyle
Family History May Predict Heart Attack More Than Stroke
Family Tree May Aid Treatment of Inherited Heart Disorders
Faster Transition From CPR to Defibrillator May Save Lives
Fatherhood May Help Tough Guys Straighten Out
Fatty Diet Before Pregnancy Linked to Gestational Diabetes
Fatty Liver Disease Doesn't Affect Survival, Study Finds
Fatty Meals Could Trigger Inflammation for Diabetics
FDA Adds Safety Warnings to Statins
FDA Advisers Back Weight-Loss Drug Qnexa
FDA Approves Blood Thinner Brilinta for Heart Patients
FDA Approves First Combo Drug for Diabetes, Cholesterol
FDA Calls on Tobacco Companies to List Harmful Ingredients
FDA Issues Multiple Sclerosis Drug Alert
FDA Mulls Expanding Patients' Access to Certain Drugs
FDA OKs Heart Valve That Does Not Require Open-Heart Surgery
FDA Panel Cites Clot Risk From Contraceptive Patch
FDA Panels to Weigh Safety of Newer Forms of the 'Pill'
FDA to Pull Diabetes Drug Avandia From Pharmacy Shelves
FDA to Weigh Safety of Tobacco Lozenges, Strips
FDA Unveils Graphic Images for Cigarette Packs
FDA Urges Reduced Doses for Anemia Drugs
FDA Weighs Fate of Qnexa for Weight Loss, Again
Fear of Dying During Heart Attack May Make Matters Worse
Female Cancer Survivors Report Worse Health Habits: Survey
Few Anesthesiologists Monitor Key Heart Signal
Fewer Diabetic Vision Problems Reported: CDC
Fewer Disease Risk Factors Yet More Fatal Heart Attacks
Fewer Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure, U.S. Study Finds
Fewer Teens Exposed to Tobacco Smoke in Cars: Report
Fewer U.S. Adults Smoking, CDC Says
First Bedside Gene Test Shows Promise
First Generic Lipitor Approved
Fish May Cut Threat of Heart Disease in Young Women
Fitness in Middle Age Lowers Medical Costs Later: Study
Fitness May Lower Death Risk Even Without Weight Loss
Following Heart-Healthy Behaviors May Lengthen Your Life
For Dementia Patients, Feeding Tubes May Increase Bed Sores
For Older Men, Lowered Testosterone May Mean Muscle Loss
For Older Runners, the Message Is: Keep Those Legs Pumping
For People With Diabetes, Pets May Pose Unusual Hazards
For Women, Active Sex Life May Mean Better Aging
For Women, Moderate Midlife Drinking Linked to Healthier Old Age
Forgetfulness About Paperwork, Medicines Might Herald Cognitive Decline
Four Common Meds Send Thousands of Seniors to Hospital: CDC
Frailty May Threaten Melanoma Survival More Than Age
Frequent Tests Help Track Progression of Glaucoma, Study Finds
Frying With Olive, Sunflower Oil OK for Heart, Study Finds
Gauging General Health as 'Poor' May Point to Dementia Risk
Gene Might Be a Culprit in Sudden Infant Death for Boys
Gene Mutation Helps Clear Fats From Blood, Study Finds
Gene Study Sheds Light on Body Clock's Link to Diabetes
Gene Study Sheds Light on Often Fatal Heart Condition
Gene Variant May Raise Death Risk After Heart Bypass
Gene Variants That Boost Lung Cancer Risk Identified
Gene Variation May Explain Some Female Infertility Cases
Generic Drugs Easing Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs in U.S.
Generic, Brand-Name Heart Drugs Seem to Have Same Effect on Thyroid
Genes Could Highlight Plavix Users at Clot Risk After Stent
Genes Linked to Restless Legs Syndrome Identified
Genes May Guide Intelligence Throughout Life
Genes May Hold the Key to Aging Skin
Genes May Make Quitting Tougher for Smokers
Genes, Not Healthy Living, Get Most to Age 100
Genetic Tweak Helps Mice Avoid Cancer, Obesity: Study
Genome of Cancer-Free Rodent May Give Clues to Human Aging, Disease
Gestational Diabetes Predictable Before Pregnancy, Experts Say
Giving Birth to Small Babies Linked to Heart Disease in Moms: Study
Glaucoma Need Not Steal Sight, Experts Say
Global Study Finds Drug Abuse Highest in Richer Nations
Global Toll of 'Non-Communicable Diseases' -- $47 Trillion by 2030
Graphic Images on Cigarette Packs a Turn-Off for Smokers
Greater Exercise Intensity May Add Years to Life
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Fall as Population Ages
Grief Is a Real Heartbreaker, Study Finds
Half of Stroke Victims Don't Call 911, Research Shows
Handheld Metal Detectors Don't Seem to Affect Pacemakers: Study
Handling Divorce May Be Easier Later in Life
Having a 'Purpose in Life' May Help Shield You From Dementia
Health Care Reform Battle Tops Health News for 2011
Health Officials Urge Americans: Get Your Flu Shot Now
Health Tip: Diabetics, Take Care of Your Feet
Health Tip: Fears and Phobias
Health Tip: Be Alert for Signs of Preeclampsia
Health Tip: Be Prepared for Skin Changes as You Age
Health Tip: Chewing Tobacco Harms Oral Health
Health Tip: Choose Diabetes-Friendly Meals
Health Tip: Choose Your Day to Quit Smoking
Health Tip: Consider These Diabetes 'Superfoods'
Health Tip: Controlling Your Diabetes
Health Tip: Coping With Diabetes
Health Tip: Creating a Smoke-Free Home
Health Tip: Diabetes Can Raise the Risk of Skin Infections
Health Tip: Diabetics, Avoid Too Much Salt
Health Tip: Diabetics, Pack Smart for Holiday Travel
Health Tip: Don't Deny Your Diabetes
Health Tip: Footcare Suggestions for Diabetics
Health Tip: Gestational Diabetes May Endanger Mother and Baby
Health Tip: Help Prevent Eye Problems
Health Tip: How to Avoid Secondhand Smoke
Health Tip: How to Lower Your Risk of Stroke
Health Tip: How to Protect Seniors From Injury
Health Tip: If You're Diabetic and Pregnant
Health Tip: Improving Your Cholesterol
Health Tip: Insufficient Sleep Can Be Dangerous
Health Tip: Is It Time to Stop Driving?
Health Tip: Is My Memory Loss Normal?
Health Tip: Keep a Diabetes Notebook
Health Tip: Keep Diabetes in Check During the Holidays
Health Tip: Know Your Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis
Health Tip: Learning to Eat With Dentures
Health Tip: Living With Pulmonary Hypertension
Health Tip: Long-Term Complications of Diabetes
Health Tip: Look for Signs of Elder Abuse
Health Tip: Manage Stress
Health Tip: Managing Diabetes While Under Stress
Health Tip: Managing Diabetic Heart Disease
Health Tip: Metabolic Syndrome Raises Chance of Cardiovascular Disease
Health Tip: More Reasons to Quit Smoking
Health Tip: Parenting a Child With a Heart Defect
Health Tip: Preparing for a Stress Test
Health Tip: Prevent Falls During Holiday Decorating
Health Tip: Protect Your Heart
Health Tip: Protect Yourself From Heart Disease
Health Tip: Recognizing Symptoms of Hyperglycemia
Health Tip: Reduce Your Risk of Atherosclerosis
Health Tip: Senior Drivers, Stay Safe
Health Tip: Seniors Need Exercise, Too
Health Tip: Seniors Need Their Nutrients
Health Tip: Seniors, Boost Your Balance
Health Tip: Seniors, Prepare for Exercise
Health Tip: Should I Check My Blood Sugar?
Health Tip: Should You Still Be Driving?
Health Tip: Smokeless Tobacco Isn't a Safe Alternative
Health Tip: Smoking Strains the Heart
Health Tip: Spot the Symptoms of Heart Attack
Health Tip: Stay Social as You Grow Older
Health Tip: Store Insulin Properly
Health Tip: Strengthen Your Muscles
Health Tip: Suggestions to Help Manage Angina
Health Tip: The Dangers of Having High Cholesterol
Health Tip: The Risks of Smoking While Pregnant
Health Tip: Undergoing Cardiac Rehab
Health Tip: What Affects Blood Glucose?
Health Tip: What Constitutes 'Healthy Eating?'
Health Tip: When Seniors Are Malnourished
Health Tip: When You Can't Hear
Health Tip: Why Do I Have High Cholesterol?
Healthy Diet May Counteract Heart Disease Gene
Healthy Halloween Advice for Children With Diabetes
Healthy Heart Habits May Also Guard Against Cancer
Healthy Lifestyle May Ward Off Sudden Cardiac Death in Women
Healthy Living Can Cut Chances of Developing Diabetes
Healthy Weight Loss May Also Cut Your Cancer Risk
Hearing Loss Triples Risk of Falling: Study
Heart Attack Damage Not Reduced by Adding Balloon Pump to Angioplasty
Heart Attack Severity May Depend on Time of Day
Heart Attack Survival Varies Widely Among Hospitals, Study Finds
Heart Attack Victims Face Greater Risk of Dying When Ambulances Are Diverted
Heart Defect Seems to Pose Low Risk of Aorta Tear
Heart Devices Like Pacemakers Linked to Infections
Heart Disease May Pose Problems in Orthopedic Surgery Patients
Heart Disease May Be Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer
Heart Disease Prevention May Save Billions Annually in U.S.
Heart Disease Risk Gene May Pass From Dads to Sons
Heart Experts Make Boosting Bystander CPR a Priority
Heart Failure Care Influenced by Insurance Coverage
Heart Failure Patients Urged to Discuss Care With Docs
Heart Failure, Diabetes Might Be Linked by Protein
Heart Failure, Osteoporosis Go 'Hand-in-Hand': Researchers
Heart Patients Using Vitamins May Take Meds Improperly
Heart Screenings Yield More False-Positives Among Black Athletes
Heart Stress Test Likelier When Doctor Owns Equipment: Study
Heart Test Spots Sudden Death Risk in Young Athletes
Heart-Healthy DASH Diet May Help Teen Girls Stay Slim
'Heat Dome' Continues to Throttle U.S.
Heat-Linked Illnesses Strike Thousands Each Year: Report
Heavier Baby Girls at Higher Risk for Diabetes, Heart Woes as Adults
Heavy Drinking Ups Odds of Death in House Fire
Helpline, Free Nicotine Patches Don't Help Smokers Quit: Study
Hepatitis C Now Kills More Americans Than HIV
Here Are Fruits, Veggies That Offer Best Bang for Your Buck
High Blood Pressure May Be Especially Lethal for Blacks
High Blood Pressure Risk Factors That May Surprise You
High Doses of Statins Tied to Less Arterial Plaque in Study
High Heels Can Bring on Ingrown Toenails
High-Dose Statins May Increase Diabetes Risk
Higher Hospital Admissions Equal Higher Readmissions: Study
High-Tech Suit Lets You Know What It's Like to Be Old
Hip Fracture May Raise a Woman's Risk of Earlier Death
Hip Fracture Patients Often Have Other Health Problems
Hispanic Americans Born Outside Country Have Fewer Strokes
Hispanics With Diabetes Urged to Get Yearly Foot Care
HIV Drugs May Be Tied to Early Aging
Holiday Travel Tips for People With Diabetes
Hookah Use Growing Among Young Adults in California
Hormonal Changes May Trigger Migraines in Some Women
Hormonal Disorder Linked to Pregnancy Complications: Study
Hormone Drugs Might Not Raise Heart-Related Deaths in Prostate Patients
Hospital Delays Tied to Racial Divide in Heart Attack Care
Hospital Rooms Crawling With Drug-Resistant Germs: Study
Hospitalization May Hasten Seniors' Memory Decline
Hospitalizations Up for Severe Skin Swelling
Hospitals in U.S. Territories Have Higher Death Rates: Study
Hospitals Ranked for Emergency Medicine Quality
Hospitals Vary Widely in Rate of Heart Procedures: Study
Hot Flashes More Likely for Certain Smokers, Study Says
Hot Weather's Return Brings Ozone Warnings
How Much Salt Is Best for the Heart?
How That Glass of Red Wine Might Help You Live Longer
How to Make Your Quit-Smoking Resolution Stick
HPV-Related Head, Neck Cancers on the Rise
HRT May Reduce Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease
Human Stem Cells Used to Fix Damaged Mouse Heart
Hypertension in Young Adulthood May Mean Trouble Later On
Hypertension, Not Blood Pressure Drugs, Linked to Birth Defects
Illegal Silicone Buttock Injections Can Be Deadly: Experts
Illegal Tobacco Sales to U.S. Minors Reach All-Time Low
Impaired Heart Function Seen in Teens With Type 2 Diabetes
Implantable Device May Ease Tough-to-Treat Hypertension
Improved Stem Cell Line May Avoid Tumor Risk: Study
In Diabetics, Good Scores on Bone Tests May Not Rule Out Risk
In Some Brain Bleeds, Patients Do Better at High-Volume Hospitals
Infection Might Raise Blood Clot Risk for Older Adults: Study
Infections Among Those With Heart Devices Has Doubled: Study
Infections Might Raise Stroke Risk in Children: Study
Inflammation From Rheumatoid Arthritis Tied to Heart Disease
Inflammation Might Play Role in Heart Disease: Study
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Tied to Higher Risk of Post-Op Blood Clots
Injectable Psoriasis Drugs May Not Hike Heart Risks: Study
Insomnia Might Boost Heart Attack Risk
Insulin Resistance May Lead to Kidney Disease in the Elderly: Study
Insulin Spray May Improve Alzheimer's Symptoms
Irregular Heartbeat Linked to Raised Death Risk in Women
Irregular Heartbeat May Predict Mental Decline in Some
Irregular Heartbeat Poses Greater Stroke Risk for Women Than Men
Is Female Hormone Disorder Tied to Familial Heart Risk?
Jaw Shrinks With Age, 40-Year Study Finds
Joggers Live Longer, Study Says
Joint-Replacement Failure Rate Higher for Smokers: Studies
Judge Blocks FDA Plan for Graphic Cigarette Warnings
Jump in Resting Heart Rate Might Signal Higher Death Risk
Juvisync Approved for Type 2 Diabetics With High Cholesterol
Kidney Damage Greatly Raises Diabetics' Risk for Death
Kidney Donation Doesn't Put Older Adults at Risk
Kidney Donors May Not Face Higher Heart Disease Risk
Kids Who Need Heart Surgery May Fare Better at Busier Hospitals
Knee Arthritis May Speed Up Process Linked to Cell Aging
Knee Arthritis Striking at Younger Ages, But Weight Loss May Help
Know the Signs of Alzheimer's
Korlym Approved for Cushing's Syndrome
Lab-Grown Blood Vessels Seem to Help Dialysis Patients
Lack of Sunlight May Raise Stroke Risk
Lack of Vitamin D May Harm Older Women's Health
Lasers Safe for Removal of Pacemaker Wires in Elderly: Study
Lawmakers Urged to Consider Health Effects of Major Legislation
Lead, Cadmium Levels in Blood Linked to Reduced Fertility
'LeGoo' Vessel Plug Approved for Vascular Surgery
Lengthy Hospital Transfers May Hamper Heart Attack Care
Less Heart Disease Among Women in Wealthier States: Study
Less Invasive Heart Valve Replacement Works for Elderly: Study
Life After Cigarettes Is Happier: Study
Life Expectancy for U.S. Blacks Shorter Than That of Whites
Life Expectancy Improves for Type 1 Diabetics
Life in U.S. Not Always a Plus for Immigrants' Health
Lifesaving Defibrillators Often Not Nearby When Needed
Lifestyle Changes Might Prevent Millions of Cases of Alzheimer's
Lifestyle Counseling Helps Diabetes Patients Control Blood Sugar
Lifetime 'Dose' of Excess Weight Linked to Diabetes Risk
Light or Moderate Drinking Linked to Lower Stroke Risk in Women
Lightheadedness Upon Standing Could Signal Heart Risk
Living Near Major Roads May Shorten Heart Attack Survival
Living to 100 May Be Tougher Than You Think
Longer CPR Backfires for Certain Heart Patients: Study
Losing Baby Weight Cuts Odds of Pregnancy-Linked Diabetes
Lost Hour of Sleep Over Weekend May Put Heart at Risk Monday
Low 'Bad' Cholesterol Levels May Be Linked to Cancer Risk
Low Vitamin D May Increase Stroke, Heart Attack Risk in Women
Low-Cal Diet Cuts Fat Around Heart in Obese People: Study
Low-Carb, High-Fat Diets May Not Pose Risk to Arteries
Low-Carb, Low-Fat Diets May Each Help the Heart
Low-Dose Aspirin to Prevent First Heart Attack or Stroke? Not So Fast
Low-Dose Daily Aspirin Enough to Help Heart Attack Patients: Study
Low-Fat Dairy Linked to Lower Stroke Risk
Magnetic Brain Stimulation Might Help Some Stroke Patients
Male Heart Disease May Be Linked to Mom's Lifetime Nutrition
Mammogram Schedule Should Be Customized, Study Finds
Many Americans Ambivalent Over Laws Aimed at Healthy Living
Many Americans Support Lower Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
Many Asthmatic Kids Harmed by Secondhand Smoke: Study
Many Black Men in Cold Climates Lack Vitamin D
Many Breast Cancer Patients in Their 40s Aren't 'High-Risk': Study
Many Docs Order Unneeded Lung Cancer Screening Tests: Survey
Many Docs Use Costly MRIs to Diagnose Nerve Condition: Study
Many Elderly Now Bring Companion on Doctor's Visit
Many Heart Patients Anemic After Too Many Blood Tests in Hospital
Many Hispanics Don't Call an Ambulance For Stroke: Study
Many Kids Seen in ER Have High Blood Pressure
Many More Kids Hospitalized for Mental Illness: Study
Many Stroke Victims Still Don't Get Treated Fast Enough: Study
Many Using Free Preventive Screenings Tied to Health Care Reform
Many With Irregular Heartbeat Unaware of Raised Stroke Risk
Many Women Having a Heart Attack Don't Have Chest Pain
Many Women Still Smoke During Pregnancy
Many Young Adults Unaware They're Developing Heart Disease
Marathoners at Slim Risk of Cardiac Arrest
Marathons May Damage Part of Heart: Study
Marriage May Do a Heart Good for Bypass Surgery
Married Heart Surgery Patients Live Longer
Married Men Seek Help for Stroke Sooner Than Their Wives
Married Men Seem to Seek Help for Heart Attacks Sooner
Medical Groups Update Heart, Blood Pressure Care Guidelines
Mediterranean Diet Might Be Healthier for Brain
Meds Better Than Stent for Preventing Second Stroke: Study
Medtronic Stent Approved to Treat Coronary Artery Disease
Men at Higher Risk for Mental Decline That Precedes Alzheimer's
Men Who Smoke at Lower Risk of Joint Replacement: Study
Menopause Does Not Boost Diabetes Risk, Study Finds
Men's Waistlines Could Be Key to Health
Mental Decline Can Start at 45, Study Finds
Mental Illness Linked to Greater Risk of Death After Heart Attack
Mental Illness Tied to Higher Rates of Physical Problems: Report
Menthol May Make It Tougher to Stop Smoking
Merck to Pay $950M to Settle Probe of Vioxx Marketing
Metformin Preferred Drug for Type 2 Diabetes, Experts Say
Mice Exposed to Smoke Helped by Blood Pressure Drug: Study
Mild Strokes May Have Hidden Effects
Millions Don't Get Meds for Serious Artery Disease: Study
Millions of Americans Have Untreated Hearing Loss: Study
'Mini-Strokes' Linked to Earlier Deaths
Mobile Stroke Units Might Trim Time to Treatment
Moderate Drinking Might Help Men Live Longer After Heart Attack
Mom's Nicotine Patch May Raise Baby's Risk for Colic
Mom's Poverty, Diabetes Might Raise ADHD Risk in Kids
Money Woes May Drive Some Seniors to Smoke, Drink More
More Americans Living to 90, U.S. Census Finds
More Doubt on Link Between a Blood Chemical and Heart Disease
More Evidence Links Diabetes, Dementia
More Evidence Shows Newer Forms of 'Pill' Raise Clot Risk, FDA Says
More Evidence That Exercise May Keep The Brain Sharp
More Frequent Doctor Visits May Benefit Diabetes Patients
More Heart Attack Patients Take Meds When They Are Free
More Neurology Residents Using Clot-Busting Drug for Stroke
More Olive Oil in Diet Could Cut Stroke Risk: Study
More People Need Training in Lifesaving Epinephrine Use, Advocates Say
More Primary Care Docs in a Community Equals Healthier Seniors
More Smog Might Mean More Hospitalizations
More Stroke Patients Get Clot-Busting Drug But Barriers Remain
More Than 200,000 Suffer Cardiac Arrest in Hospitals Annually
More Than 4 Million Americans Have New Knee
Most Heart Attack Patients Who Need Angioplasty Quickly Get It: Study
Most Medicare Patients With Cancer Get Good Surgical Care: Study
Most Sick or Disabled Seniors Want Docs to Say How Long They Have
Most U.S. Presidents Live Longer Than Their Peers
Most Weight Regained by Older Women Is Fat, Study Finds
Mothers' Stress Could Cause Iron Deficiency in Newborns
Motivational Text Messages May Help Smokers Quit
Mouse Study Give Clues to Why Exercise Is Healthy
Mouse Study Hints at New Path for Diabetes Treatment
Mouse Study Suggests Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection
Mouse Study Uncovers the Roots of Gray Hair
Moving Homes Often in Childhood Might Affect Long-Term Health
MRI Safe With More Recent Defibrillators, Pacemakers: Study
Muscle Training May Benefit Chronic Heart Failure Patients
Narcissism Especially Bad for Men's Health, Study Says
Narrowed Artery Condition Often Goes Undiagnosed: Study
National Study Will Track Tobacco Use in U.S.
Nearly 900,000 Fewer Cancer Deaths Since 1990: Report
'Nerve Snip' Might Ease Dangerous Irregular Heartbeat
New Anti-Clotting Drug May Cut Brain Bleeding Risk: Study
New Blood Test May Predict Heart Attack
New Blood Test May Rule Out Heart Attacks More Quickly
New Blood Thinner Beats Plavix When Paired With Low-Dose Aspirin
New Blood Thinner Linked to Higher Heart Attack Risk
New Blood Thinner May Outperform Warfarin for Irregular Heartbeat
New Blood Thinner May Prevent Blood Clots During Cancer Treatment
New Bypass Surgery for Stroke Riskier Than Drug Treatment
New Criteria Could Change Who Is Diagnosed With Alzheimer's
New Drug Bests Standard Treatment for Certain Strokes
New Drug Boosts 'Good' Cholesterol in Study Patients
New Drug May Put the Squeeze on Heart Failure
New Guidelines Issued for Genetic Heart Disease
New Guidelines Seek to Prevent Sudden Death in Young Athletes
New Guidelines Urge Cholesterol Check for All Kids Ages 9 to 11
New Injection Might Lower Tough-to-Treat Cholesterol
New Research Questions Wisdom of Cutting Down on Salt
New Scoring Method May Help Predict Stroke Outcome
New Techniques May Improve Infant Heart Surgery
New Type 2 Diabetes Drug Helps Lower Blood Sugar: Study
New U.S. Health Initiative Highlights Disease Prevention
Newer Contraceptive Pills Could Raise Clot Risk, FDA Warns
Newly Found Gene Mutations May Aid Heart Treatments
Nicotine Patches May Not Help During Pregnancy
Nicotine Patches, Gums Won't Help Smokers Quit Long-Term: Study
No Benefit From Niacin for Heart Patients in Study
No Cancer Benefit From Vitamin B, Omega-3 Supplements in Heart Patients
No Proof That Gum Disease Causes Heart Disease, Experts Say
'No Regrets' Outlook May Make for Sunnier Old Age
No Such Thing as the 'Freshman 15,' Study Finds
Non-Fried Fish Might Help Ward Off Alzheimer's: Study
'Nose Job' May Make You Look a Bit Younger, Too: Study
Not Everyone Shuns Fruits and Veggies
Novel Stem Cell Treatment May Hold Promise for Type 1 Diabetes
Nursing Homes Not Meeting Flu-Shot Goals, Study Says
Ob/Gyn Visit a Good Time to Screen for Heart Disease: Study
Obese Patients May Benefit the Most From Surgery for Irregular Heartbeat
Obese Workers' Health Care Costs Top Those of Smokers
Obesity a Major Cause of Early Death in Women: Study
Obesity Continues to Balloon in U.S. and U.K.: Study
Obesity Linked to Poorer Mental Skills in Seniors
Obesity Rates Rise Among Mexican-Americans: Report
Obesity, Diabetes Pose 1-2 Threat to Young Americans
Obesity's Health Costs Double Earlier Estimates
Old-Age Tremors May Be Caused by Brain Lesions
Older Adults Do Get a Good Night's Rest, Survey Finds
Older Adults Have to Exercise More to Maintain Muscle Size, Study Finds
Older Americans Encouraged to Get Fit
Older Folks, College Kids Make Decisions Just as Quickly: Study
Older People With Dementia Cared for Mostly at Home
Older Women at Greater Risk for Common STD, Study Suggests
Older Women With Breast Cancer Probably Won't Die From It: Study
Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Help Heart Patients With Stents
Omega-3 Supplements No Help Against Repeat Heart Trouble: Review
One-Third of Severe Heart Attack Patients Have Treatment Delays
Optimism May Lower Stroke Risk
Optimism Might Cut Your Risk for Heart Attack
Organ Transplant Drug Might Treat Rapid-Aging Disease in Kids
Overeating May Double Risk of Memory Loss: Study
Overnight Stay May Not Be Necessary for Stenting: Study
Overweight Kids at Greater Risk for High Blood Pressure
Overweight Pregnant Women at Higher Risk for Complications
Oxygen Therapy Slows Type 1 Diabetes in Mice, Study Says
Pacemakers, Defibrillators Sources of Deadly Infections: Study
Painful Gout Afflicting More Americans: Study
Painkillers May Raise Risk of Dangerous Heart Flutter
Parents Who Smoke at Home May Risk Kids' Academic Success
Patches, Counseling, Persistence Can Help Smokers Quit
Patients Taking Antipsychotics Urged to Get Routine Physicals
Pediatricians Split on Heart Tests Before Kids' ADHD Meds
People With HIV at Higher Odds of Sudden Cardiac Death
Personal Gene Mapping Has Limits, Study Says
Physical Activity Levels Linked to Employment Status
Physically Demanding Work Raises Heart Risk in Unfit Men: Study
Playing Sports May Help Keep Kids From Smoking
Pneumonia Most Common Infection After Heart Surgery
Poll Finds Little Support for GOP Plan to Privatize Medicare
Poor Sleep, High Blood Pressure?
Poor Lifestyles Harming U.S. Heart Health: Report
Poor Lung Function Linked to Heart Failure in Study
Poor Sleep May Complicate Young Diabetics' Blood Sugar Control
Poor Sleep May Impact Stress Response in Older Adults
Poorer Americans See Sharper Health Declines With Age
Poorer Countries Have Higher Rates of Stroke, Study Finds
Poorer Folks May Find It Harder to Quit Smoking
Poorer, Obese Adults Might Benefit From Behavior-Change Program
Popular Antidepressants Not Always Best Choice for Seniors
Popular Blood Pressure Meds Not Linked to Cancer, FDA Says
Popular Diabetes Drugs May Raise Pancreatic Cancer Risk, Study Suggests
Positive Reinforcement May Help Patients Take Their Meds
Post-Heart Attack Exercise May Depend on Where You Live
Post-Stroke Speech Problems Inflate Cost of Treatment
Pot Belly Boosts Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death: Study
Potatoes May Be Good for the Heart After All, Study Says
Prediabetes Not to Blame for Nerve Damage: Study
Predicting Who Will -- and Won't -- Survive a Heart Attack
Pregnancy Complications May Predict Heart Trouble Later
Prenatal Smoking Linked to High-Functioning Autism in Kids
Prescription Meds Can Put on Unwanted Pounds
Preventing Type 2 Diabetes Saves Money: Study
Prior Depression Can Leave People Sensitive to Life's Woes
Problems From Preterm Birth May Return in Adulthood
Procedure May Lower Complications After Leg Clots
Program Shrinks Time-to-Treatment for Heart Attack: Study
Protecting Heart May Improve Erectile Dysfunction
Psoriasis Patients May Face Higher Heart Risk
Psoriasis, High Blood Pressure May Be Linked
Public Smoking Bans May Spill Over to Households
Pumping Iron Helps Smokers Quit Without Weight Gain: Study
Python Findings Shed Light on Human Heart Health
Questionnaire Could Help Predict Alzheimer's: Study
Quitting Smoking Could Give Memory a Boost
Quitting Smoking May Halve Risk of Oral Health Problems
Quitting Smoking May Improve Personality, Study Suggests
Quitting Smoking May Improve Personality, Study Suggests
Race, Location Big Factors in American Diets
Radiation After Lung Cancer Surgery Doesn't Help All: Study
Rate of Hospitalizations for Stroke Has Declined in U.S.
Rate of Leg, Foot Amputations Among Diabetics Drops: CDC
Rate of Statin-Linked Muscle Woes Unclear, Study Suggests
Red Meat Can Be Unhealthy, Study Suggests
Red Wine Antioxidant Could Give Metabolism a Boost
Regular Exercise May Benefit the Brain as Well as the Body
Regular Sex May Be Key to Happy Marriage for Seniors
Regular Teeth Cleanings Could Cut Heart Attack Risk: Study
Religious Identity Remains Constant in Teen Years: Study
Research May Point to New Obesity Treatments
Research With Worms May Shed Light on Women's Fertility
Researchers Look at Genomes of Nonsmokers With Lung Cancer
Researchers Rejuvenate Blood-Forming Stem Cells in Mice
Researchers Repair Damage Caused by Heart Attacks in Mice
Researchers Spot Genes Behind Macular Degeneration
Resolve to Take Colon Cancer Test, Experts Say
Restless Legs Syndrome May Boost Blood Pressure
Rheumatoid Arthritis May Raise Risk of Heart Rhythm Disorder
Right Side of Heart Linked to Lung Diseases, Study Finds
Rising Global Smoking Rates Could Add Millions of TB Deaths
Risk for Dementia Rises When Diabetes, Depression Meet: Study
Risk of Death From Certain Breast Cancers May Rise With Age
Robotic Therapy May Help Some Stroke Survivors Walk
Role of Screening, Monitoring in Early Kidney Disease Unclear
Rotating Shift Work May Boost Women's Diabetes Risk
Routine Chores Might Help Keep Dementia at Bay
Routine Kidney Disease Screening Not Worthwhile, Experts Say
Rural Stroke Victims May Benefit From 'Virtual' Care
Rx for Heart Patients: Healthier Living, Medication
Same Genes Key to Early & Late-Onset Alzheimer's: Study
Satisfaction With Life Seems Good for the Heart
Scans May Discern Between Two Types of Dementia
Scans of Egyptian Mummies Show Heart Disease Was Ancient Malady
Scientists Discover 'Ultra-Bad' Cholesterol
Scientists ID More Genes Linked to Heart Disease
Scientists Spot How Cox-2 Painkillers Raise Heart Risks
Scientists Use Brain Waves to Eavesdrop on the Mind
Screening Alone Not Enough to Prevent Sudden Death in College Athletes
Screening by Primary-Care Doctors May Spot Dementia
Screening for Other Health Problems May Aid COPD Survival
Secondhand Smoke Affects Young Girls More Than Boys: Study
Secondhand Smoke in Childhood Linked to Lung Disease Years Later
Secondhand Smoke Linked to Hearing Loss in Teens
Secondhand Smoke May Harm Heart Function
Secondhand Smoke Permeates Many Apartment Buildings: Study
Selenium Supplements Might Give Modest Benefit Against Cholesterol
Self-Esteem Levels Vary by Age, Race, Study Finds
'Self-Managing' COPD Might Pose Risks, Study Suggests
Self-Monitoring of Blood Thinner May Halve Clot Risk
Seniors' Long-Term Use of Strong Painkillers a Concern
Seniors Stop Taking Heart Drugs In Medicare 'Donut Hole'
Sepsis Plus Heart Rhythm Disorder Linked to Stroke, Death
Sex After Heart Attack? Doc's OK May Be Key
Sex OK for Many Heart Patients, Docs Say
Shift Workers Show Rise in Stress Hormone
Shingles Vaccine Safe, Underutilized, Study Says
Shock Fear May Curb Sex for People With Heart Devices
Short Breaks During Exercise OK for Diabetes Control: Study
Short Delay in Treating Blood Pressure Safe for Diabetics: Study
Short-Term Memory Loss May Be Best Predictor of Alzheimer's
Shot Might One Day Help Lower Cholesterol
Showing Patients Images of Their Clogged Arteries a Powerful Wake-Up Call
Sibling Had a Stroke? Your Risk Might Rise, Too
Sickle Cell Disease Tied to 'Silent Strokes' in Children
Side Effects May Sway Drug Choices for Tough-to-Manage Diabetes
'Silent Strokes' Linked to Memory Loss in Elderly: Study
Simply Eating Less Fat May Cut Diabetes Risk
Singer Crystal Bowersox Comes to Terms With Diabetes
Singing May Help Some Stroke Victims Regain Speech
Single 'Boomers' Struggling as They Age: Study
Single Reading Can't Gauge Blood Pressure Control: Study
Sleep Apnea Could Up Risk of Dementia In Elderly Women
Sleep Apnea Linked to Blood Vessel Disorders in Study
Sleep Apnea May Be Tied to 'Silent' Strokes, Study Finds
Sleep Disorder Linked to Heart Rhythm Problems
Sleepy Teens More Prone to Weight Gain: Study
Sleepy Teens Prone to Bad Behaviors, Study Finds
Slower Walking Speed Linked to Surgical Risk in Elderly
Small Study Suggests Milk, Soy Proteins Lower Blood Pressure Modestly
Small, Rural Hospitals Provide a Lower Quality of Care: Study
Smart Food Choices Key to a Healthy Barbeque
Smart Kids More Likely to Try Illicit Drugs as Young Adults
Smell Tests Don't Predict Alzheimer's, Study Finds
Smog May Harm Women's Brains: Study
Smoke Exposure Late in Pregnancy Might Boost Baby's Eczema Risk
Smokeout Day: The Best Ways to Quit
Smokers Have Heart Attacks Earlier Than Nonsmokers
Smokers Mistakenly Believe Vitamins Protect Them From Cancer
Smoking After Heart Attack Raises Risk of Dying
Smoking During Pregnancy Not Linked to Autism
Smoking Harder on Women's Arteries Than Men's, Scans Show
Smoking Linked to Higher Rate of Psoriasis: Study
Smoking Linked to Raised Risk of Irregular Heartbeat, Study Finds
Smoking Linked to Skin Cancer in Women
Smoking May Be Especially Tough on Men's Brains
Smoking May Double Risk for Stroke
Smoking May Up Cancer Risk in Barrett's Esophagus Patients
Smoking Raises Odds for Cancer in Women Already at High Risk
Smoking, Diabetes, Obesity May Shrink Your Brain
Smoking, Prostate Cancer a Deadly Mix
Smoking-Cessation Drug Chantix Linked to Heart Problems
Smoking's Effect on Lungs Similar to Cystic Fibrosis: Study
Snow Shoveling Really Does Raise Heart Attack Risk: Study
Soaring Temps Can Pose Serious Health Risks
Soluble Fiber Appears Key to Trimming 'Bad Fat'
Some Ethnic Groups More Vulnerable to Dangerous Fat
Some Holiday Traditions Have Health Consequences: Expert
Some Older Americans Overwhelmed by Medicare Options, Study Says
Some Smokers More Likely to Quit After Stroke Than Others
Some States Make Stopping Smoking Easier Than Others
Some Stroke Survivors Can't Recognize Fear, Anger in Others
Space Travel Might Lead to Eye Trouble: Study
Specialized Stroke Centers Deliver on the Weekends
Specific Dietary Goals May Help Diabetics Eat Better
Speech Therapy Key to Stroke Rehab, But Many Miss Out
Spinal Surgery Riskier for Certain Patients, Study Finds
Spouses of Cancer Patients May Have Raised Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke
Sprained Ankles Straining ER Resources, Study Finds
Standard Heart Drugs Won't Ease Pulmonary Hypertension
Starvation in Youth Linked to Heart Risk in Adulthood
Statin Alternative Looks Promising in Early Trials
Statins Cost Four Times More in U.S. Than in U.K.
Statins Don't Raise Risk of Brain Bleeds After Stroke: Study
Statins Don't Seem to Raise Cancer Risk
Statins Equally Effective in Women and Men
Statins May Boost Diabetes Risk in Older Women
Statins May Help Heart in Some Young Stroke Patients
Statins May Help Prevent Irregular Heartbeat in Elderly
Stem Cell Finding Could Expand Women's Lifetime Supply of Eggs
Stem Cell Study Shows Promising Results Against Heart Failure
Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Stroke, Studies Say
Stem Cell Treatment Might Reverse Heart Attack Damage
Stem Cells Show Promise in Healing Damaged Hearts
Stem-Cell Trial Failed to Treat Heart Failure
Stenting, Surgery Appear Comparable for Opening Neck Artery
Stents No Better Than Medicine for Stable Heart Disease, Study Says
Steps Outlined to Screen All Newborns for Heart Defects
Stigma, Shame Can Worsen Depression in Lung Cancer Patients
Stopping Blood Thinners Raises Stroke Risk for Patients With Irregular Heartbeat
Stopping Daily Aspirin Boosts Heart Attack Risk: Study
Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix Ups Risk of Heart Problems: Study
Strength Training May Give Boost to Seniors' Brains
Stress Linked to Higher Mortality Risk Among Men
Stress May Be Tougher on Women's Hearts Than Men's: Study
Stroke Can Impact a Child's Language, Hand-Eye Coordination
Stroke Patients May Regain Function Just as Easily at Home
Stroke Patients With Delirium Have Worse Prognosis
Stroke Risk Rises With Duration of Type 2 Diabetes: Study
Strokes Rising Among Teens, Young Adults: CDC
Strutting the Catwalk in Red, Stars Promote 'The Heart Truth'
Study Challenges Potassium Guidelines for Heart Attack Patients
Study Contends Taller People at Heightened Cancer Risk
Study Explores Fish Oil's Healthy Effect on Heart
Study Finds Almost 1 in 5 Young Adults Has High Blood Pressure
Study Finds Aspirin Still Best at Preventing 2nd Stroke
Study Finds Botox Alternative Better at Smoothing 'Crow's Feet'
Study Finds Direct Link Between Obesity, Heart Disease
Study Finds Gene Behind Inherited Cases of Enlarged Heart
Study Finds Heart Failure Drug Ineffective
Study Finds Link Between Heart Failure, Brain Changes
Study Finds Link Between Low IQ, Large Waistline
Study Finds Most Urgent Angioplasties Warranted
Study Hints at Why Heart Disease Is More Deadly for Blacks
Study Links 'Body Clock' to Sudden Cardiac Death
Study Looks at Stroke Risks in Teen Football Players
Study Maps Path From Smoking to Emphysema in Mice
Study Pinpoints New Abnormality in 'Athlete's Heart'
Study Pits New Blood Thinner Against Warfarin For Irregular Heartbeat
Study Says Big Tobacco Covered Up Info on Cancer Risk
Study Sees Link Between Psoriasis, Obesity in Kids
Study Shows How Stress Triggers Immune System
Study Suggests Link Between Sleep Deprivation, Alzheimer's Risk
Study Suggests Origins of Pregnancy-Linked High Blood Pressure
Study Suggests Supplement May Protect Against Preeclampsia
Study Supports CPR Chest Compressions for Cardiac Arrest
Study Ties Blood Markers to Death Risk in Heart Failure
Study: Inherited Alzheimer's Detectable 20 Years Before Symptom Onset
Study: Potassium Boosts Heart Health, Salt Harms It
Substance Abusers, Even Recovering Ones, May Face Stigma
Sudden Cardiac Arrest More Common in Poorer Neighborhoods
Sugar-Sweetened Drinks May Pose Heart Risks to Women, Study Suggests
Sugary Drinks Can Be Hard on Heart: Study
Super-Tight Blood Sugar Control May Not Ease Mental Decline in Diabetics
Surgeon Experience Matters in Neck Artery Procedure: Study
Surgeon General: Nearly 4 Million U.S. Kids Still Smoke
Surgery May Boost Survival With Dangerous Heart Condition
Survival After Cardiac Arrest in ICU May Depend on Cause
Survival of Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients May Vary by Ethnicity
Survivors of Brain Hemorrhage May Experience PTSD
Tai Chi Prevents Falls, Boosts Mental Health in Seniors: Study
Taking Away Car Keys Can Be Tough for Older Drivers
Taking Blood Pressure Meds at Bedtime May Be Better
Tasers Can Trigger Fatal Heart Trouble, Study Says
Taxi Drivers Show How Learning Changes Adult Brain
Teen Drinking, Smoking Higher Among Facebook Users: Survey
Test for Calcium Buildup May Spot Heart Attack, Stroke Risk
Testosterone Supplements Might Help Patients With Heart Failure
That Long Commute May Be Harming Your Health
The Fattier Your Heart, the Greater Your Heart Disease Risk
Thinner Brains Could Signal Alzheimer's, Study Suggests
Thyroid Condition Linked to Heart Problems: Study
Tips for Weathering Summer Sun, Heat
Today's Kids May Be Destined for Adult Heart Disease
Today's Teens Less Likely to Be Heavy Smokers, Study Finds
Too Few Doctors Screen Young Athletes for Hidden Heart Trouble
Too Much Fructose Sweetener Tied to Heart Risks in Teens
Too Much TV May Take Years Off Your Life
Too Much TV Raises Risk of Diabetes, Heart Disease and Death
Too Much Vitamin D Could Be Harmful to Heart
Traffic Pollution May Raise Short-Term Heart Attack Risk
Trans Fats May Raise Stroke Risk in Older Women
Treating Diabetes, Depression Together May Make Sense
Treating Gum Disease May Help Diabetics Avoid Complications
Treating High Blood Pressure May Add Years to Life
Treating Prehypertension Lowers Stroke Risk: Study
Treatment Advances Improve the Odds for Heart Failure Patients
Trial Stopped After Niacin Brings No Benefit to Heart Patients
Trials of Type 1 Diabetes Vaccines Bring Mixed Results
Two-Day Dialysis Interval Could Pose Danger: Study
Two-Drug Therapy Helped Kids With Type 2 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Disappoints in Trial
Type of Bacteria May Be Linked to Diabetes
U.N. Summit Seeks to Tame 'Non-Communicable Diseases'
U.S. 'Stroke Belt' May Also Be 'Sepsis Belt'
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall: Report
U.S. Deaths From Gastro Infections Doubled Over 8 Years: CDC
U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program Might Avert 885,000 Cases
U.S. Diet Still Has Too Much Salt, CDC Warns
U.S. Found to Be Losing Ground in Life Expectancy
U.S. Health Care Spending High, But Quality Lags: Report
U.S. Health Officials Urge Lifestyle Changes to Cut Stroke Risk
U.S. Heart Attack Patients Readmitted Most Often: Study
U.S. Heart Disease Rates Keep Falling: CDC
U.S. Offers Health-Care Pamphlets in Spanish
U.S. Seeks to Prevent 1 Million Heart Attacks, Strokes
U.S. Southeast 'Stroke Belt' Also Shows Higher Rates of Cognitive Decline
U.S. Underestimates Long-Term Costs of Obesity, Experts Say
U.S. Wants to Buttress Alzheimer's Arsenal by 2025
U.S. Wants to Buttress Alzheimer's Arsenal by 2025
U.S. Will Push to Have Graphic Warnings on Cigarettes
U.S.-Mandated Report Finds Vaccines Safe for Kids
Ultrasound May Determine Heart Attack Risk in HIV Patients
Ultrasound of Neck Arteries May Help Gauge Stroke Risk
'Upper Normal' Blood Pressure Linked to Heart Risk in Men
Value of Metformin, Insulin Combo for Type 2 Diabetes Questioned
Veggies, Fruit May Lower Women's Stroke Risk
Viagra May Help Children With Rare Blood Pressure Disorder
Vitamin D Helps Bone Health Only With Calcium: Report
Vitamin D Levels Tied to Diabetes Risk in Obese Kids
Vitamin D May Not Boost Heart Health in Kidney Patients
Vitamin E Supplements Don't Affect Heart Failure Risk: Study
Vitamins, Omega-3s May Keep Brain From Shrinking: Study
Vytorin Lowers Heart Disease Risk in Large Study of Kidney Patients
Wanted: Female Nurses for Large, Ongoing Study
Warfarin Helps Cut Stroke Risk, Researchers Report
Warning Signs for Health Problems Seen in Young Adults Born Prematurely
Watching Movie Stars Light Up May Spur Kids to Smoke
Weight Loss in Heavy, Obese Women Boosts Vitamin D Levels
Weight Loss May Boost Sex Life of Obese, Diabetic Men
Weight Loss Surgery Linked to Fewer Heart Attacks, Deaths
Weight Loss Surgery May Cut Inflammation, Disease Risk
Weight Loss Surgery May Help Diabetes
Weight-Loss Surgeries May Beat Standard Treatments for Diabetes
Weight-Loss Surgery Beat Drugs for Cutting Diabetes in Very Obese
Weight-Loss Surgery Helps Less Obese Patients: Study
What Causes Hot Flashes, Anyway?
When It Comes to Memory, Practice Seems to Make Perfect
When Mom Has Pregnancy Diabetes, Breast-Feeding Curbs Child Obesity
When Mom-to-Be's Overweight and Smokes, Risk for Birth Defects Rises
When Paramedics Suspect Stroke, They're Usually Right
Where Folks Live Plays Role in Health Disparities: Study
White Women Make Up Bulk of Assisted-Living Residents
Whole-Body Vibration Doesn't Build Bone After All: Study
Why Some People Live to 110
Why Stress Might Make You Sick
Widely Used Heart Drugs Linked to Better Breast Cancer Outcomes
Widespread CPR Training Could Boost Heart Attack Survival Rates
Winter Can Pose Hazards for Seniors
With Age, Focus on Body Shifts From Appearance to Function
With Junk Food Stores Nearby, Teens May Eat More of It
Witnessing, Experiencing Traumatic Events May Worsen Heart Disease
Women Fare Better With Heart Failure
Women Marathon Runners Have Less Artery Plaque: Study
Women May Be Getting Unneeded Heart Imaging Tests
Women May Face Greater Heart Risk From Smoking Than Men
Women More Prone to 'Broken Heart' Syndrome: Study
Women No More Likely to Die After Angioplasty
Women on Dialysis May Experience Sexual Problems: Survey
Women Suffer From Sleep Apnea, Raised Heart Risks, Too
Women Wear Red on Friday to Highlight Heart Health
Women Who Drink, Smoke Are Less Likely to Stick With Tamoxifen
Women With Heart Failure Treated as Well as Men: Study
Women With Older Partners More Often Admitted to Nursing Homes
Women, Younger Men Under-Treated Before Heart Attack: Study
Women's High Blood Sugar Linked to Colorectal Cancer: Study
Women's Sexual Satisfaction Often Rises With Age: Study
Working Night Shifts May Raise Diabetes Risk for Women
Worrying Too Much Might Raise Your Risk for Stroke
Xarelto Approved to Prevent Stroke in People With Abnormal Heartbeat
You Survived Cancer: Now Pay Attention to Your Overall Health
Young Adults Who Quit Smoking Feel Better Quickly
Younger Americans Face Greater Health Disparities: Study
Younger Docs More Likely to Prescribe Drugs for Heart Disease: Study
Your Neighborhood Can Affect Your Heart Health
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