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Streetlights Could Be Harming Your Teen's Sleep, Mental Health: Study
Stress Not Always a Trigger for Relapse in Eating Disorders: Study
Stuck in Traffic? Diesel Fumes May Be Harming Your Brain
Study Confirms Restaurants, Bars Are COVID Infection Hotspots
Study Takes Long-Term Look at Benefits of Radiation After Breast Lumpectomy
Study Uncovers Large Collection of Genes Behind Schizophrenia
Study Zeroes in on How Zika Virus Is Passed From Mom to Fetus
Success of Smallpox Vaccine Bears Lessons for Coronavirus Vaccine
Summer Playgrounds Come With Fun and Hazards
Take This Refresher on Skin Safety in Summer Sun
Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer
Targeted Radiotherapy Might Help Men Battling Advanced Prostate Cancer
Ten Years On, Gene Therapy Still Beating Most Cases of 'Bubble Boy' Immune Disease
The Germs on Your Toothbrush Can Reveal Your Health
The Naked Ape: Science Unravels How Humans Lost Their Body Hair
There Might Be a Perfect Indoor Humidity to Curb COVID Spread
There's Almost Nowhere in the World Free of Air Pollution
There's Another Benefit to Hand-Washing During Pandemic
Thin Ice: Global Warming May Be Raising Drowning Risks
Time Spent in Nature Appears to Slow Parkinson's, Alzheimer's
Time Spent in Nature Boosts Kids' Well-Being
Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans
Too Much Caffeine Might Raise Your Odds for Glaucoma
Tougher State Gun Laws, Less Gun Violence Among Teens: Study
Toxic Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire May Be Worse Than Thought
Toxic Leaded Gasoline Is Finished Globally
Toxins in Wildfire Smoke May Make Their Way Into Brain
Traces of Human DNA Are Everywhere in the Environment
Train Wheels Send Unhealthy, 'Ultrafine' Metals Into Subway Air
Tree Rings Show Hurricanes Becoming Wetter, Longer, More Dangerous
Two Out of Three California Prison Inmates Said Yes to COVID Vaccine
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
U.S. Wildfires: Much Bigger, More Frequent Now
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
Various Mental Illnesses Share Same Genes: Study
Venturing Out? Guard Yourself Against Disease-Carrying Ticks
Want a Healthier Neighborhood? Plant a Tree
Want Less Violent Prisons? Plant More Trees
Warming Climate Could Bring Flesh-Eating Bacteria to More U.S. Waters
Weak Action on Climate Change Is Stressing Young People Worldwide
Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
Well Water Germ Tests May Depend on Time of Year
West Coast Wildfires, COVID a Double Whammy to Lung Health
Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study
Western Wildfires Fueling Air Pollution During Summer Months
What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer
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 Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
Which Seafood Has the Highest Amount of Microplastics?
WHO Calls for Global Registry of Human Genome Editing
Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Are Some People More Sensitive Than Others? Genes May Tell
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk
Wildfire Smoke Can Trigger Eczema, Study Finds
Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
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
Wildlife Crossings Over Highways Save Human Lives, Too
Will COVID Pandemic's Environmental Benefit Last?
Will Vaccines Work Against the New Coronavirus Variants?
Will Warmer Temps Help Contain Coronavirus? Two Studies Say Not Really
Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
Windy Days Are Safer Days When It Comes to COVID-19
Winter Brings Rise in Carbon Monoxide Danger: Stay Safe
With COVID Crisis Ebbing, How Can We Prevent Future Pandemics?
With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger
Women's Menstrual Cycles Tied to Moon's Phases
Workers in U.S. Southwest in Peril as Summer Temperatures Rise
Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
Worried About Catching Coronavirus From Surfaces? The City You Live in May Matter
Worse COVID Illness May Mean Stronger Immune Protection After
You Could Live 9 Years Longer in Hawaii Than in Mississippi, New Data Shows
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 Plant-Based Diet Could Really Help the Planet
Your Sex Affects Your Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
You've Got Tens of Thousands of Virus Species Living in Your Gut
Zika Epidemic Was More Widespread Than Thought: Study
Zoo Study Finds Animal DNA Floating in Air
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