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More Than 1 Drink a Day Ups Blood Pressure for Diabetics
More Trees, Parks May Mean Longer Lives for City Dwellers
More Young Americans Developing Unhealthy Predictors of Heart Disease
More Young U.S. Women Are Dying From Heart Disease
MRIs Might Be Safe for Patients With Implanted Heart Devices
Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds
Music Helps Heal a Damaged Heart
Music Might Help Soothe Ailing Hearts
Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure
Necklace Spots A-Fib in Just Over 30 Seconds
Neurologists Much Tougher to Find in Rural America
New China Report Sets COVID-19 Death Rate at 1.4%
New Dietary Guidelines for Americans Ignore Recommendations on Sugar, Alcohol
New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue
No Evidence Marijuana Raises Stroke Risk
No Link Found Between Blood Pressure Meds and Cancer: Study
Not So Sudden: Many Seek Medical Help 2 Weeks Before Cardiac Arrest
Numbers of Non-COVID-19 Deaths Up During Pandemic
Obesity Helps Drive Half of New Diabetes Cases Among Americans
Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women
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 of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
Omega-3s From Fish Might Curb Asthma in Kids, But Genes Matter
On Some Farms, Washing Machines Give Leafy Greens a Spin -- But Is That Safe?
Once-a-Week Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes Shows Promise in Early Trial
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests On the Rise During COVID-19 Crisis
Pancreas Size, Shape Can Return to Normal in Diabetes Remission: Study
Pandemic Cut U.S. Heart Surgeries in Half as Patients Avoided Hospitals
Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households
Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths
Pandemic May Be Affecting How Parents Feed Their Kids
Pandemic Means Financial Hardship for Many With Diabetes
Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Helped Keep Millions of Americans From Going Hungry
Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Here's How to Tell the Difference
Patch Pump Device Could Offer Cheaper Insulin Delivery
Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar
People Are Avoiding the ER During COVID-19 Crisis at Their Peril: Study
People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
Pilates May Be Good Medicine for High Blood Pressure
Pizza Study Shows Body's Resilience to 'Pigging Out'
Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
Police Use of Neck Restraint Never Medically Appropriate, Neurologists Say
Poor Americans Likely to Miss Preventive Heart Screenings: Study
Poor Brain Blood Flow Might Spur 'Tangles' of Alzheimer's
Positive Attitude Tied to Lower Blood Pressure After Stroke
Post-Game Snacks May Undo Calorie-Burning Benefit of Kids' Sports
Post-Stroke Rehab at Home May Work Best
Potato & Sausages, Cold Cuts a Bad Combo for Your Brain
'Prediabetes' May Be Harming Your Brain, Study Finds
Prediabetes on the Rise in Teenagers
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Preventing Repeat Heart Attack, Stroke More Important Than Ever: AHA
Proposed Cuts in U.S. Food and Health Aid Would Hurt Families
Quick Bursts of Exercise Can Help Diabetics' Hearts
Quit Smoking to Cut Risk of Death From A-Fib
Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients
Raw Milk Can Harbor Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Remote Monitoring May Help Control High Blood Pressure
'Repeat After Me' for Better Diabetes Care
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Researchers Latch Onto the Leech's Genome
Researchers Use Computers and 'Exoskeletons' to Help Stroke Survivors
Restful Sleep Could Help Ward Off Heart Failure
Restricting Promotions of Sweet Foods Cuts Sugar, Not Profits: Study
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
School Closures Could Be Adding to Kids' Waistlines
Severe COVID-19 Raises Odds for Dangerous Heart Conditions 10-Fold
Signs of Developing Adult Diabetes Seen as Early as Age 8: Study
Similar to Adults, Obesity Raises Kids' Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sitting Raises Women's Odds for Heart Failure
Sleep Apnea Aid Eases Heart Problems in People With Prediabetes
Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans
Smartwatch EKGs Quickly Deliver Crucial Heart Data
Smog Harms Women's Brains, But One Food May Help Buffer the Damage
Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks
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 Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed
Snow Shoveling, Slips on Ice Bring Cold Weather Dangers
Soaking in a Hot Bath Might Do Your Heart Good
Social Media 'Kid Influencers' Are Promoting Junk Foods
Some Psoriasis Meds May Also Help Prevent Heart Disease
Some Vegetarian Diets Are Much Healthier Than Others
'Spare Tire' Might Up a Man's Prostate Cancer Risk
Speeding on U.S. Roads Is Taking Thousands of Teenagers' Lives
Spirituality Helps Stroke Survivors, Caregivers Bounce Back
Spotting Which Hospital Patients With Coronavirus Face Greatest Death Risk
Spouses Share a Lot – Including Heart Health, Study Shows
'Stairs Test' Quickly Measures Your Heart Health
Statins Might Reduce Harms From Breast Cancer Chemo
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
Stay-at-Home Orders Could Mean More Obese Kids: Study
Stopping Common Heart Meds Could Be Risky for Kidney Patients
Stress, Anger May Worsen Heart Failure
Stressed Out By the News? Here's Tips to Help Cope
Stressed Out in Lockdown, America's Young Adults Are Overeating
Stressful Days, Worse Blood Sugar Control for People With Diabetes
Stroke Appears 8 Times More Likely With COVID Than With Flu
Stroke Treatment Gap Narrows Between Men and Women
Stroke, Confusion: COVID-19 Often Impacts the Brain, Study Shows
Strokes Are Deadlier When They Hit COVID-19 Patients
Sudden Death More Common Than Thought in Very Young With Epilepsy
Surgery, Drugs Similar for Treating Severe Diabetic Eye Disease
Sweet News: Chocolate May Help Your Heart
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women's Brains
Tai Chi Could Be Good Medicine for Heart Patients
Taking Steroids for Rheumatoid Arthritis, IBD? Your Odds for Hypertension May Rise
Telehealth Programs Improve Blood Sugar for Rural Americans With Diabetes
'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes
The Emotional Side of Diabetes
The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment
There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
Those with Type 2 Diabetes Can Walk Their Way to Heart Health
Thyroid Drug May Not Help After Heart Attack: Study
Time to Angioplasty Is Crucial for Better Heart Attack Outcomes
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Tips for Parents of Kids With Diabetes
Tips for Safe Grocery Shopping
Today's Homeless Are Getting 'Trench Fever,' Infamous from WW I
Too Many Sugary Sodas Might Harm Your Kidneys
Too Many, Too Few Babies May Speed Aging in Women
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Tough Menopause May Signal Future Heart Woes
Tough State Gun Laws Help Save Lives: Study
Toxins Form When E-Cigarette Chemicals Mix, Study Says
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Trying the Keto Diet? Watch Out for the 'Keto Flu'
Turning to Tofu Might Help the Heart: Study
Type 2 Diabetes Drug Metformin Could Help Prevent Some Breast Cancers
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study
Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Worse Mental Outcomes After Stroke
U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Top a Quarter Million
U.S. Deaths From High Blood Pressure Soar, Especially in the South: Study
U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report
U.S. Kids, Teens Eating Better But Nutrition Gaps Persist
U.S. Leads Wealthy Nations in Pregnancy-Related Deaths
U.S. Moms-to-Be Are Much Less Healthy Now
Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
Under 50 and Overweight? Your Odds for Dementia Later May Rise
Untreated High Blood Pressure a Growing Problem Among Americans
Up Your Steps to Lower Blood Pressure, Heart Study Suggests
Upping Fruit, Veggies, Grain Intake Can Cut Your Diabetes Risk by 25%
Vegan Diets Tied to Higher Bone Fracture Risk
Video Games May Sabotage Fitness Among College Students
Vision Problems? Here's a Guide to Which Specialist Is Right for You
Walking or Biking to Work Might Save Your Life
Warning Signs Your Child Might Develop Adult Diabetes
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
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 Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
Weight-Loss Surgery May Lower Colon Cancer Risk
Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease
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 Is More Deadly in the U.S.: Hot Weather or Cold?
What People With Type 1 Diabetes Need to Know About COVID-19
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
What's Killing Detainees at U.S. ICE Facilities?
'What's Wrong With Me?' Young COVID Survivors Battle Long-Haul Symptoms
When Arteries Narrow, Chest Pain Can Come Earlier for Women Than Men
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
When Soda Tax Repealed, Soda Sales Rebound: Study
When Young Adults Vape, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate May Spike
Whether From Diet or Surgery, Weight Loss Has Same Benefits: Study
Which Diets Help You Keep the Weight From Coming Back?
Which Foods Might Reduce Your Odds for Dementia?
Which Seafood Has the Highest Amount of Microplastics?
Whole Wheat Better for You Than White Bread, Study Confirms
Who's Most at Risk From Coronavirus?
Who's Most Likely to Binge Eat Amid Pandemic?
Why Adding on a Few Pounds as You Age Might Be Good for You
Why Early Bedtime May Be Best for People With Type 2 Diabetes
Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk
Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
Women at Higher Risk When Heart Attack Strikes the Young
Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men in Years After First Heart Attack
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women With Type 1 Diabetes May Have Fewer Childbearing Years: Study
Working Off Your Quarantine Weight Gain
Workouts in the Park? Crime Fears Keep Some Away
Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart Risks: AHA
Your Sushi May Serve Up Parasitic Worms
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