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• 11 States Could Face ICU Doc Shortages as Coronavirus Cases Surge

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• ADHD Medication ODs Rising in U.S. Kids, Teens

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• Always Be Ready for a Trip to the ER

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• Another Coronavirus Health Threat: Too Few Asthma Inhalers

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• Another Study Casts Doubt on 'Convalescent Plasma' as COVID-19 Treatment

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• Antiviral Drugs Tied to Heart Issue in COVID-19 Patients

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• Are Opioids Prescribed Too Freely as Patients Are Moved to Nursing Homes?

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• Asthma Isn't a Risk Factor for Worsening COVID-19: Study

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• Asthma May Not Boost Odds of Severe COVID-19

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• At One Hospital, ICU Workers' PPE May Have Kept Coronavirus at Bay

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• Audio Messages Can Help Boost Heart Failure Care

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• 'Awareness' Under C-Section Anesthesia May Be Less Rare Than Thought

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• B 11/21 -- Which Kids With COVID Will Get Very Sick?

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• Bedside COVID-19 Test Faster Than Standard PCR Test

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• Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER

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• Black Kids Face Higher Odds of Post-Op Complications Than White Kids

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• Blacks, Asians More Likely Than Whites to Have Severe COVID

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• Blacks, Hispanics Account for More Than Half of COVID Deaths: Study

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• Blood Pressure Meds Can Affect COVID-19 Care

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• Blood Pressure Meds Could Improve Survival in COVID-19 Patients

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• Blood Pressure Meds Don't Raise Risk of Depression

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• Blood Pressure Meds Help the Frail Elderly Live Longer

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• Blood Test Might Spot Most Dangerous COVID-19 Cases

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• Blood Yields Clue to Why COVID-19 Is Tougher on Men

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• Cancer Patients Less Likely to Be Prescribed Heart Meds: Study

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• Cardiac Rehab Boosts Quality of Life After Heart Attack: Study

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• CDC Director Warns of Dire Winter Ahead for COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths

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• Certain Cancers Linked to Higher A-Fib Risk, Study Finds

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• Cheap, Effective Ventilator Made From Ambulance 'Resuscitation Bags'

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• Choice of Brand-Name Drug Over Generics Costs Medicare Nearly $2 Billion Annually

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• Common Blood Pressure Meds May Lower Colon Cancer Risk

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• Common Blood Pressure Meds Won't Up Risks for COVID Patients: Study

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• Common Heartburn Meds Tied to Higher Diabetes Risk

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• Companion Drug Might Help Prevent Kidney Complications of Lupus

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• Compared to Other Countries, Americans Pay Much More for Prescription Drugs

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• Could a Common Prostate Drug Help Prevent Parkinson's?

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• Could an Ancient Drug Help Fight Severe COVID-19?

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• Could Hospital Visit Records Help Docs Spot ADHD, Autism Early?

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• Could Interferon Drugs Help Fight COVID-19?

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• Could Stroke Drug Help COVID-19 Patients Avoid Ventilators?

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• Could the First Drug That Slows Arthritis Be Here?

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• COVID Can Harm the Infant Heart

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• COVID No More Deadly for People With Asthma, Large Study Shows

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• COVID Patient Survival Falls When Local Area Has Higher Caseload: Study

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• COVID-19 Fears Had Sick, Injured Americans Avoiding ERs

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• COVID-19 ICU Patients Have High Risk of Clots, Research Shows

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• COVID-19 Ills No Greater for Those With Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis

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• COVID-19 Is Far More Lethal, Damaging Than Flu, Data Shows

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• COVID-19 Jitters Shouldn't Keep You From the Emergency Room

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• COVID-19 Patients Rarely Survive Cardiac Arrest: Study

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• COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kidneys

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• Daily Coffee Tied to Lower Risk for Heart Failure

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• Death Risk Nearly Doubles When COVID Strikes People With Heart Failure

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• Delirium May Be Only Sign of Severe COVID in Elderly: Study

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• Does an Arthritis Drug Help Patients Battling Severe COVID? It Depends on the Study

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• Don't Cut Back on Asthma Meds During Pandemic, Expert Advises

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• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients

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• Drug Combo May Boost Survival for Tough-to-Treat Liver Cancers

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• Drug Improves Survival for Rare, Deadly Kidney Cancer

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• Early Dialysis Doesn't Improve Outcomes With Acute Kidney Failure

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• Even When Cancer Is in Remission, Patients' Risks of Severe COVID Rise

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• Exercise Safe, Even Helpful, for Heart Failure

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• Experimental Drug Shows Promise for Schizophrenia

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• Fewer Suicide-Related ER Visits in COVID Era, and That Has Experts Worried

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• First 10 Days After Hospital Discharge Especially Risky for COVID Survivors

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• 'Flattening the Curve' Saves More Lives Than Thought

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• Flipping the Odds: Turning Patients Prone Helps Fight COVID-19

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• Flu, Pneumonia Vaccines Save Lives of Heart Failure Patients: Study

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• Fried Food a Big Factor in Heart Disease, Stroke

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• Give Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Blood Thinners to Help Save Lives: Study

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• Got Leftover Meds? Ditch Them at Pharmacy Drop Boxes

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• Have Heart Failure? Take Precautions During Pandemic

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• Heart Attack Cases at ERs Fall by Half – Are COVID Fears to Blame?

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• Heart Damage Seen in Many Hospitalized COVID Patients: Study

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• Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some

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• High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Could Affect Women's Hearts Long Term

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• High Blood Pressure May Affect More Pregnant Women Than Thought: Study

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• High Blood Sugar Ups COVID Risks, Even in Non-Diabetics

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• High Costs Lead Millions of Americans to Shop Abroad for Rx Drugs

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• Hospitals Full, Doctors Treated Her Severe COVID-19 at Home

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• How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger

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• How Hospitals Can Cut Patients' Falls

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• How One Hospital Kept COVID Transmissions at Nearly Zero

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• Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake

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• ICU Bed Shortages Could Mean More COVID-19  Deaths

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• If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills

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• In Rare Cases, Diabetes & Cholesterol Drug Combo Could Be Toxic

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• Infusion of Certain Immune Cells May Help in Severe Coronavirus Cases

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• Inhaler Use Up During Coronavirus Pandemic

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• Injected Drug Delivers Up to 20% Weight Loss in Trial

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• Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home?

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• Kids' Hospitalizations Accompany Rising Unemployment Rates: Study

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• Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault

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• Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope

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• Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study

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• Lupus Drug Prevents Low Heartbeat in High-Risk Newborns: Study

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• Mail-Order Prescriptions Delayed? Here's What to Do

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• Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken

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• Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study

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• Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms

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• Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home

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• Many Older Adults Confused About Proper Use of Antibiotics: Poll

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• Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds

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• Many Psych Meds Trigger Weight Gain, But New Research Points to Better Options

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• Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms

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• More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment

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• More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study

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• More Opioids Doesn't Mean Less Chronic Pain: Study

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• Muscle Relaxants for Back Pain Are Soaring: Are They Safe?

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• Music Might Help Soothe Ailing Hearts

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• New Drug Helps Shrink Inoperable Tumors in Kids

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• New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue

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• Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study

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• Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding

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• Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study

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• Older Patients at Risk When Dentists Prescribe Opioids

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• Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids

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• Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey

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• Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study

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• Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths

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• People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out

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• Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors

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• Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids

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• Psoriasis Meds Don't Raise Risk of Severe COVID-19: Study

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• Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study

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• Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients

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• Restful Sleep Could Help Ward Off Heart Failure

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• Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study

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• Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls

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• Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID

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• Sitting Raises Women's Odds for Heart Failure

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• Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic

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• Smell Diminishes by Day 3 of COVID-19, Study Says

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• Spotting Which Hospital Patients With Coronavirus Face Greatest Death Risk

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• Standard Methods Rid Hospital Rooms of Coronavirus, Slashing Transmission Rates

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• Statins Might Reduce Harms From Breast Cancer Chemo

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• Stopping Common Heart Meds Could Be Risky for Kidney Patients

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• Stress, Anger May Worsen Heart Failure

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• Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key

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• Strong Sleeping Pills Tied to Falls, Fractures in Dementia Patients

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• Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients

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• Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak

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• Tai Chi Could Be Good Medicine for Heart Patients

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• 'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes

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• Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

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• There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19

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• Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU

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• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen

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• U.S. Deaths From High Blood Pressure Soar, Especially in the South: Study

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• U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds

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• Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End

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• USPS Cuts Could Pose Harm If Mail-Order Meds Delayed: Study

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• 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients

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• Weight-Loss Surgery May Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

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• What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out

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• What's Best for Treating Bipolar Disorder?

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• When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back

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• Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List

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• Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?

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• Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?

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• With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators

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• Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men in Years After First Heart Attack

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• Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest