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1 in 5 Americans Goes to the ER Each Year: CDC
1 in 8 Americans Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes: Poll
2 Common Blood Pressure Meds Fare Equally in Preventing Heart Woes
2 New Weight-Loss Drugs Won't Reverse U.S. Obesity Crisis
300,000 People in U.S. Living With Chagas Disease: Report
3-D Mammograms Might Be Safer, More Accurate, Early Study Shows
5 Rheumatology Procedures You Might Not Need
9 in 10 Blacks With High Blood Pressure Have Early Heart Disease
A Cheap, Old Heart Drug May Help Elderly Heart Failure Patients
A Parent's Grief Highlights Flu Shot's Importance
A Survivor's Story From the Job Loss Front
A Third of U.S. Seniors Die With Dementia, Study Finds
Abandoning PSA Screening Could Cost Lives: Study
Acute Kidney Injuries Up Sharply in U.S.
Adding Plavix to Aspirin Doesn't Help Guard Against Second Stroke: Study
ADHD Drugs Didn't Raise Heart Risks for Kids, Study Finds
Advanced Heart Failure Still Kills 1 in 3 Within Three Years: Study
Age Amplifies Damage From Obesity, Study Finds
Age of Autism Diagnosis May Depend on Symptoms: Study
Age, Other Illnesses May Make Prostate Cancer Treatment Unnecessary
Air Pollution May Speed Hardening of Arteries
Alcohol Blamed for 1 in Every 30 Cancer Deaths: Study
Alcoholism Shortens Life More Than Smoking: Study
Alzheimer's Drugs May Benefit Heart, Study Finds
Alzheimer's Signs Found in Brains of Young Adults With Gene Mutation
American Cancer Society Celebrates 100 Years of Progress
Americans Suffer Worse Health Than Peers in Other Countries
Angioplasty Safe in Hospitals Without On-Site Heart Surgery Services
Another Study Says Mediterranean Diet Good for the Heart
Antibiotic Azithromycin Won't Harm Healthy Hearts: Study
Antibiotic Linked to Heart Problems in COPD Patients
Antidepressants Celexa, Lexapro Tied to Irregular Heartbeat: Study
Antidepressants May Be Helpful for Some Heart Patients: Study
Antidepressants May Hasten Bypass Recovery, Study Finds
Antioxidants May Lower Risk of Heart Attack in Women: Study
Anxiety, Depression May Raise Stroke Risk
Anxiety, Depression May Triple Risk of Death for Heart Patients: Study
Approval Expanded for Sapien Artificial Heart Valve
Are Pricey Computer-Aided Mammograms Worth It?
Are Statins Less Helpful for Women?
As Armstrong Case Unfolds, Experts Describe Doping's Harms
Aspirin May Help Preserve Brain Function in Older Women With Heart Disease
Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Liver Cancer, Death From Liver Disease
'Atkins'-Type Diets May Raise Risk of Heart Problems: Study
Avastin Won't Extend Breast Cancer Survival: Study
Babies Born to Obese Women Show Thicker Arteries: Study
Balding Men Could Face Higher Heart Risks, Study Finds
Belly Fat May Hit Your Heart the Hardest
Belly Fat May Raise Odds of Early Death for Thin Heart Patients
Benefits Unclear of Screening Teens, Adults for Suicide Risk: Report
Berries May Cut Heart Attack Risk in Women, Study Says
Best Glaucoma Treatments Still a Puzzle, Task Force Reports
Better Health Screening Urged for Female College Athletes
Better-Educated Blacks, Lower Odds of Hypertension: Study
Big, Rapid Gains Made in Human Lifespan: Study
Birth Control That Uses Combined Hormones Raises Heart Risk: Study
Birth Rates Good After Implanting 1 Embryo, Study Finds
Black Breast Cancer Patients May Have Higher Death Risk in First 3 Years
Black Patients With Kidney Cancer Fare Worse Than Whites: Study
Black Women With Both HIV, Hep C Less Likely to Die From Liver Disease
Blacks With Certain Gene Need Lower Doses of Warfarin: Study
Blacks With Kidney Disease Should Watch for Blood Pressure Shifts: Study
Blocked Heart Arteries May Be Key Risk Factor for Stroke
Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Lip Cancer in Study
Blood Test May Catch Deadly Fungal Infection Quickly
Blood Test May Help Define Breast Cancer Risk in Older Women
Blood Test May Spot Rare Lung Cancer
Blood Test May Spot Serious Health Risks in Women
Blood Test Might Spot Pancreatic Cancer Early, Study Finds
Blood Test Plus Targeted Care May Stop Heart Failure Before It Starts
Body Temperature May Matter After Cardiac Arrest
Boomers' Health Fails to Measure Up to Parents'
Brain Anatomy May Play Role in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Brain Bleeds More Common in Smokers, Research Shows
Brain Changes Continue After Child's Concussion: Study
Brain Differences Seen in Kids With Conduct Problems
Brain Scans May Explain Thinking, Memory Problems in Some MS Patients
Brain Scans Might Help Spot Risk for Bipolar Disorder
Brain Scans Using New Dye May Predict Alzheimer's
Brain Wiring May Explain Unhealthy Obsession With Looks
Brains of Fetuses 'Build a Bridge' Between Regions, Images Show
Breast Cancer Charity Overstates Value of Mammograms: Researchers
Breast Cancer Death Rates Higher for Black Women: Study
Breast Cancer Drug May Harm the Heart More Than Thought
Breast Cancer Radiation Has Long-Term Heart Effects: Study
Brief Life Expectancy Should Rule Out Certain Cancer Screenings: Study
Brisk Walking Equals Running for Heart Health: Study
Bypass Beats Stents for Diabetic Heart Patients: Study
Bypass Patients Fare Equally Well With or Without Heart-Lung Machine
Calcium Supplements May Raise Men's Death Risk From Heart Disease
Calcium Supplements May Raise Odds of Heart Death in Women
Can Green Tea, Coffee Reduce Stroke Risk?
Can Parents' Divorce Boost Son's Risk for Stroke?
Can Tomatoes Lower Stroke Risk?
Cancer Overtakes Heart Disease as Top Cause of Death Among U.S. Hispanics
Cancer Portrayed Too Grimly in Movies, Study Suggests
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazards Rise in Colder Weather
Cardiac Deaths May Lead to Shortage of Donor Livers
Cardiac Screening for All Young Athletes Carries Big Price Tag: Study
Cases of Rare But Deadly Encephalitis Rising Among Kids, Report Finds
CDC Launches New Graphic Antismoking Ads
Cell-Based 'Tracking Devices' Might Help Monitor Treatments
Certain COPD Meds Might Raise Heart Risks, Study Says
Certain Eye Injuries in Kids May Indicate Child Abuse: Study
Certain Heart Meds May Give Chemo a Boost
Certain Lifestyle Factors Linked to Arthritis in Study Patients
Certain Skin Cancers More Common in HIV-Positive People
Chemical in Household Products May Be Linked to Heart Disease: Study
Child CT Scans Might Up Risk of Brain Cancer, Leukemia
Childhood Abuse Linked to Diabetes, Heart Disease in Middle-Aged Women
Childhood Depression May Be Tied to Later Heart Risk: Study
Childhood Trauma Linked to Later Stroke Risk
Childless People Die Sooner, Study Says
Children Born With Heart Defects Show Growth Lags 3 Years Later
Chocolate a Death Risk for Rover
Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Muscle, Joint Problems: Study
Cholesterol Drugs Might Boost Kidney Cancer Survival
Cholesterol Levels Dropping in U.S. Adults, Mostly From Statin Use
Cholesterol Levels Getting Better for U.S. Kids: CDC
Cholesterol Levels May Vary By Season
Cholesterol Screenings Up, But Certain Groups Still Lag: CDC
Chronic Pain Often Follows Stroke
Cleaner Air in U.S. Boosting Life Expectancy, Study Finds
Close Relative's Early Death May Raise Your Heart Risk: Study
Clot Buster Safe for Stroke Patients on Blood Thinners: Study
'Clot-Buster' Drug May Still Be Best Stroke Treatment
Clot-Busting Stroke Drug Safe for Many Who Take Warfarin
Cocaine Raises Heart Risks for Fit, Young Adults: Study
Coffee May Lower Risk of Death From Mouth Cancer: Study
Coffee Might Actually Help Your Heart
Colonoscopy Cuts Advanced Cancer Risk by 70 Percent: Study
Colonoscopy Screening May Have Cut Colon Cancer Rates
Combo Therapy Helps Knock Out Fungal Meningitis
Common Antidepressants May Raise Stroke Risk a Bit, Study Finds
Common Antidepressants Tied to Higher Bleeding Risk in Warfarin Users: Study
Common Heart Drug Linked to Cancer Risk in Study
Common Heart Drug Might Dampen Some Autism Symptoms
Common Heart Drug Might Improve Lung Cancer Survival
Common Heart Medicine May Not Be Effective for Some: Study
Common Heart Meds May Boost Recovery From Non-Cardiac Surgeries
Common Painkillers Might Boost Odds for 2nd Heart Attack
Comparison of Obesity Surgeries Turns Up Surprising Results
Compound in Red Meat, Energy Drinks May Have Heart Disease Link
Consider Weight When Choosing Blood Pressure Meds: Study
Control of Heart Risks May Vary Among Outpatient Practices
Controversial Alternative Heart Treatment Shows Hint of Benefit
Cooking-Oil Combo May Improve Blood Pressure
Coordinated Care Boosts Cardiac Arrest Survival: Study
Cost of Treating Strokes in U.S. Could Soar to $180B Annually by 2030: Report
Costlier Heart Device May Not Be Worth It, Study Suggests
Costly Breast Cancer Screenings May Not Help Seniors: Study
Costly, Repeat Medical Testing Common for Medicare Patients: Study
Could an Aging Face Reflect an Unhealthy Heart?
Could Being a Little Overweight Help You Live Longer?
Could Cholesterol Treatment Fight Repeat Heart Attack?
Could Scientists Peek Into Your Dreams?
Could Self-Testing Help Overcome HIV/AIDS Epidemic?
Could Statins Raise Diabetes Risk?
Could Turtle Gene Findings Aid Human Health?
CPR Training Should Focus on High-Risk Neighborhoods: Experts
CT Scans of Kids in ER With Stomach Pain Skyrockets
Cut Salt, Save 500,000 U.S. Lives Over a Decade, Study Finds
Daily Aspirin May Bolster Aging Brain, Study Shows
Daily Aspirin May Cut Cancer Deaths, Another Study Finds
Deadly Meningitis Cases Worry Gay Community
Defibrillator Patients Who Lose Weight May Fare Worse
Dense Breasts Not Linked to Cancer Deaths
Depressed Stroke Survivors May Face Higher Early Death Risk
Depression a Key Factor in Health of Parkinson's Patients: Study
Depression Could Shorten Cancer Survival, Study Suggests
Depression May Boost Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women, Too
Depression Stigma May Be Fading: Survey
Depression, DNA Linked to Higher Death Risk in Bladder Cancer Patients
Device Offers Hope for Battery-Free Pacemakers
Diabetes Screening May Not Lower Overall Death Rates
Dialysis Catheters Tied to Higher Risk for Infection, Death, Study Finds
Diet, Exercise May Boost 'Good' Cholesterol, Study Suggests
DNA 'Telomere' Length Tied to Aging, Death Risk
Do More Gun Laws Mean Fewer Gun Deaths?
Docs Should Ask Heart Patients About Quality of Life
Docs, Families May Underestimate Patients' Odds After Some Strokes: Study
Docs: Heart Device Might Be Breakthrough for Muscular Dystrophy
Doctor Offers Hunting Safety Tips
'Doctor Shopping' Tied to Fatal Prescription Drug Overdoses
Doctors Don't Ask About End-of-Life Plans, Study Finds
Doctors Spar Over Cholesterol Screening in Kids
Doctors Speak Out on Health Care Waste in U.S.
Doctors Too Pap-Happy, Survey Suggests
Doctors Warn About High Levels of Caffeine in Some Energy Drinks
Does Sleep Apnea Offer Some Protection During Heart Attack?
Dog Study Raises Prospect of Biological Pacemaker for Humans
Dogs May Mourn as Deeply as Humans Do
Drug May Ease Angina in People With Type 2 Diabetes
Drug May Make Walking Easier for People With Artery Disease
Drug OK'd for Deadly Genetic Condition Tied to Cholesterol
Drug-Eluting Stent Approved for Peripheral Arterial Disease
Drunk Driving Not the Only Way Alcohol Leads to Teen Deaths: Study
Dutch Euthanasia Rates Unchanged After Legalization
Early Menopause May Double Heart Disease Risk, Study Says
Early Menopause May Raise Risk for Brain Aneurysm
Early Menstruation Tied to Factors That Raise Heart Disease Risk
Early Stenting Best for Some Heart Patients: Study
Early Surgery May Benefit Some With Heart Infection
Eat Fish, Live Longer?
Electrolyte Problem Raises Post-Op Death Risk: Study
Electronic Cigarettes Have Slight Impact on Heart: Study
Elevated Antibody Levels May Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk
Eliminating Mouth-to-Mouth Boosts CPR Results: Study
Eliquis Approved for People With Heart Rhythm Disorder
Energy Drinks Linked to Changes in Heart Rhythm
Energy Drinks Pose Risks to Teens, Study Finds
EPA Lowers Permissible Soot Levels in Air
EPA Proposes New Cuts on Levels of Soot in Air
ER Admissions Over Holidays Linked to Higher Death Rates
ER Study Shows Drop in Deaths After Trauma Injury
Erectile Dysfunction May Signal Hidden Heart Disease
Estrogen Levels Tied to Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in Study
Even Brief Ozone Exposure May Raise Fatal Heart Risk: Study
Even in Young Adults, Binge Drinking May Harm Circulation
Even Light Smoking Boosts Women's Risk of Sudden Heart Death: Study
Even Mild Depression, Anxiety Hurts the Heart: Study
Every 3 Years Is Best for Stomach Cancer Tests: Study
Everyday Noise Levels May Affect the Heart
Excess Salt a Factor in 2.3 Million Deaths Annually Worldwide
Exercise Improves Effects of Stroke: Study
Exercise May Ease Depression Tied to Heart Failure
Exercise Program Boosts Health After Lung Transplant: Study
Exercise Safety Tips for People With Heart Disease
Experimental Drug May Limit Stroke Damage
Expert Panel Suggests PSA Test May Benefit Some Men
Experts Challenge Americans to Reduce Salt Intake
Experts Dispute Value of Checking Kids' Blood Pressure
Experts Question Use of Ankle Blood Pressure to Gauge Heart Risks
Extra Pounds May Offer Protection to Heart Failure Patients
Extra Steps Urged to Cut Alcohol, Drug Use in Military: Report
Extreme Cold Snap Brings Unexpected Health Risks
Extreme Heat Biggest Weather Killer, Expert Warns
Eye Scan Could Help Track Progress of Multiple Sclerosis
Eye-Tracking Tool Might Quickly Spot Stroke
Face-Down Position May Be Safer During Radiation for Breast Cancer: Study
Fainting in Healthy People May Be First Sign of Heart Trouble
Fast-Food Breakfast Sandwiches May Slow Down Blood Flow: Study
Fatal Car Crashes Less Likely in Major Cities, CDC Study Finds
Fatal Crashes Involving Cellphone Use May Be Under-Reported
FDA OKs First Ultrasound Imaging System for Dense Breasts
FDA Proposes Tighter Regulation of Public Defibrillators
FDA Renews Heart-Risk Warning for Antibiotic
FDA Warns Against Use of Diarrhea Drug From El Salvador
FDA: Don't Use Pradaxa Blood Thinner in Patients With Artificial Heart Valves
Fetal Deaths Up Among Unvaccinated Moms in H1N1 Pandemic: Study
Fetal Heart May Develop Later in Pregnancy Than Thought
Fewer U.S. Kids Dying of Diabetes: CDC
Fewer U.S. Teens Dying in Teen-Driver Crashes
First Stem Cell Vein Implant Helps Young Girl
First Ultrasound to Spot Cancer in Dense Breasts Approved
Fish Oil Pills Might Cut Diabetes Risk, Researchers Say
Fish Oil Supplements Don't Protect Against Heart Trouble: Study
Fish Oil Supplements Won't Prevent Irregular Heart Beat: Study
Fish Oil Won't Prevent Irregular Heartbeat After Cardiac Surgery: Study
Fish Oil Won't Save Diabetics' Hearts, Research Suggests
Fish, But Not Fish Oil Supplements, May Shield Against Stroke
Fitness in Middle Age May Help Shield Men From Cancer Later
Flesh-Eating Fungal Infection Can Follow Natural Disasters, Study Finds
Flu Season's Approaching So Roll Up Your Sleeve
Flu Vaccine Fell Short for Seniors This Season: CDC
Flu Vaccine May Protect Your Heart
Flu Widespread in 47 States, Vaccine 'Moderately' Effective: CDC
Follow-Up Care After Chest Pain Called Crucial
Foot Ulcers Tied to Increased Death Risk for People With Diabetes
For First Time, Pain 'Signature' Spotted on Brain MRIs
For Hospitals, Lowered Death Rates May Not Mean More Readmissions
For New Mom With Aphasia, 'Giving Up Was Not an Option'
For Older Women, Mammograms Every 2 Years Found as Good as Annual Test
For Older Women, Missed Mammograms Tied to Worse Breast Cancer Outcomes
For Psychiatric Patients, Cancer Is Often Spotted Too Late
Freezing Treatment May Help Destroy Lung Tumors: Study
Friday Is 'National Wear Red Day' for Women's Heart Health
Gasoline Poisonings in Kids Spike During Summer: Study
Gay Men Who Marry Now Living Longer, Study Says
Gene Disorder Screen Benefits Baby Boys, Girls Equally: Study
Gene Linked to Alzheimer's May Lose Power With Age
Gene May Boost Death Risk From Most Common Thyroid Cancer
Gene May Double Risk of Alzheimer's in Blacks
Gene Mutation's Benefit for Ovarian Cancer Patients May Not Last: Study
Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Rare Children's Brain Disorder
Genes Influence Whether Psych Drugs Lead to Weight Gain
Genes May Be Key for Patients With Multiple Colon Polyps
Gene-Tweaked Tomatoes, Probiotics Aim to Lower Your Cholesterol
Get Fit in Middle Age to Cut Heart Failure Risk, Study Says
GI Bleeding Deaths Drop in U.S., Study Finds
Give Your Heart the Gift of a Stress-Free Holiday
Giving Plavix Before Angioplasty May Cut Heart Attack Risk: Study
Guidelines Issued for New Blood Thinner Brilinta
Guidelines Issued for When Docs Should Order Vascular Testing
'Gut Reaction' May Predict Cardiovascular Risk
Half of Heart Patients Make Mistakes With Their Meds: Study
Half of People With Hepatitis C Don't Complete Needed Tests: CDC
'Half-Match' Marrow Transplants Help Some With Sickle Cell
Hanging Suicides Up in United States
Hard Physical Labor May Boost Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke: Studies
Head Injury's Location Key to Concussion Effects
Health Benefits of Marriage Mostly Apply to Those Already Healthy
Health Tip: At Risk for High Cholesterol?
Health Tip: Do I Need a Cardiac Stress Test?
Health Tip: Do You Have a Heart Murmur?
Health Tip: Don't Ignore Pacemaker Issues
Health Tip: Get Heart Healthy
Health Tip: Get Ready for Cardiac Rehab
Health Tip: Have Heart Palpitations?
Health Tip: Help Prevent Heart Disease
Health Tip: Living With a Pacemaker
Health Tip: Poor Sleep Can Hurt Your Heart...
Health Tip: Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Health Tip: Should I Be Screened for Prediabetes?
Health Tip: Signs of Heart Attack in Women
Health Tip: Stay Active After a Heart Attack
Health Tip: Will Cardiac Rehab Help?
Healthy Diet May Prevent Additional Heart Trouble
Healthy Lifestyle Boosts Survival Odds for Older Women With Cancer
Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Job Stress, Study Finds
Heart Attack Patients Do Better if They Had Chest Pain First
Heart Attack? Doctors Soon May Have an App for That
Heart Attacks, Strokes Jumped After Japan Earthquake, Study Finds
Heart Deaths Rise With Extreme Temperatures, Study Finds
Heart Defect at Birth Signals Need to Check for Other Disorders: AHA
Heart Disease Deaths in Europe Dropping: Report
Heart Disease Risk Factors Also Tied to Death From Prostate Cancer
Heart Drug Digoxin Tied to Higher Death Risk for Some Patients
Heart Failure Drug May Only Help Heart's Function, Not Symptoms
Heart Failure Drugs Put to the Test
Heart Failure Patients May Be at Higher Risk for Cancer: Study
Heart Health Worst in the South, Best in Northeast
Heart Risks Last Beyond Hospital Discharge, Study Finds
Heart Risks May Also Point to Dementia Risk
Heart Scarring May Be More Dangerous Than Thought, Study Suggests
Heart-Healthy Habits in Childhood May Prevent Future Disease
Heart-Healthy Lifestyle May Also Prevent Lethal Blood Clots
HeartWare Device Approved for Heart Transplant Hopefuls
Heavy Drinking Linked to Earlier Stroke
Heavy Smokers, Drinkers May Face Pancreatic Cancer Earlier in Life
Heavy Smoking May Raise Odds for Lethal Bladder Cancer
'Hercules' Star Kevin Sorbo Knows Stroke Strikes the Young
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Tied to Later Heart Trouble
High Blood Pressure Poses Bigger Stroke Risk for Blacks, Study Says
High BPA Levels in Kids Linked to Risk for Heart, Kidney Damage: Study
High Doses of Common Painkillers May Raise Risk for Heart Trouble
High Rates of Untreated Kidney Failure Seen in Elderly
High-Antioxidant Diet May Not Prevent Stroke, Dementia, Study Finds
High-Carb Diet Linked to Colon Cancer Recurrence in Study
Higher Blood Pressure May Harm the Middle-Aged Brain, Study Finds
Higher Heart Rate Tied to Earlier Death, Even in Fit People
High-Fat Dairy Foods Linked to Worse Survival After Breast Cancer
High-Fiber Diet Helps Heart Too, Expert Says
High-Tech CT Scan May Get People With Chest Pain Home Faster
Hillary Clinton Has Blood Clot in Head, Full Recovery Expected
Hillary Clinton Plans to Return to Work Next Week
Hillary Clinton Released From NYC Hospital
Hillary Clinton Returns to Work
Hip Surgery Increases Stroke Risk in Older Patients: Study
HIV Deaths Declining for Most, But Not All, Americans
HIV Diagnoses Among U.S. Hispanics Vary By Region: CDC
HIV Drugs May Help Protect Young Patients' Hearts: Study
HIV Infections Continue to Hit Young Americans Hard
HIV May Raise Risk of Heart Attack
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Safe or Not?
Hormone Therapy in Early Menopause May Benefit Some Women: Study
Hospital Readmissions All Too Common, U.S. Studies Find
Hospitalization May Be 'Tipping Point' for Alzheimer's Decline
Hospitals Often Not Alerted About Incoming Stroke Patients
Hot Flashes Don't Signal Poor Heart Health for Most Women: Study
How Much Caffeine in That Supplement? Hard to Tell
How to Quickly Spot Signs of Stroke: Experts
How Well Do You Rise From Sitting on the Floor?
HPV Test Beats Pap Long-Term: Study
Huge Rise in CT, MRI, Ultrasound Scan Use: Study
Hysterectomy May Not Raise Heart Risks After All: Study
If Colonoscopy Picks Up Cancer Risk, Get Next Screen in 5 Years: Study
Implantable Defibrillators Linked to Decline in Cardiac Arrests
Implanted Defibrillator Patients Prefer Device Off if Very Ill: Survey
Implanted Heart Devices Have Real-World Benefits: Study
Improved Developmental Screening Urged for Hispanic Kids
Inactivity May Kill as Many Worldwide as Smoking: Report
Incoherent Text Messages May Signal Stroke, Doctors Say
Injected 'Hydrogel' May Help Repair Failing Hearts
Inserting Breathing Tube May Not Be Best for Victims of Cardiac Arrest
Insomnia May Raise Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
iPads Could Affect Implanted Heart Devices, Early Study Finds
Irregular Heartbeat May Pose Higher Stroke Risk for Women Than Men
Irregular Heartbeat May Speed Memory Loss in Seniors
Is a Breath Test for Colon Cancer Possible?
Is the Mental Health System Failing Troubled Kids?
Isolation, Loneliness May Raise Death Risk for Elderly
It's Possible to Be Obese and Heart-Healthy: Studies
Japan Nuke Disaster Will Kill Up to 1,300 People Worldwide, Study Estimates
Joblessness Tied to Shortened Lifespans for Less-Educated Women
Joint Replacement Boosts Heart Attack Risk Right After Surgery: Study
Junk Food Hurts Your Arteries, But Healthy Meal Might Help
'Junk Food' May Significantly Hike Risk of Stroke, Researchers Say
Junk Food Taxes Pay Off, Study Finds
Just How Severe Is This Flu Season?
Juxtapid Approved for LDL Cholesterol Condition
Katrina, Other Crises Boost Heart Attacks: Studies
Kcentra Approved to Stop Severe Bleeding in Heart Patients
Keeping Fit May Boost Survival With Endometrial Cancer
Kidney Disease May Be as Harmful to Heart as Heart Attack: Study
Kidney Disease More Severe in Blacks Than Others: Study
Kids' Abdominal Injuries May Not Warrant CT Scan
Kids With Autism Find It Hard to Describe Poor Behavior, Study Finds
Kids With HIV at Risk of Heart Disease, Study Says
Kids With Neurological Conditions at Higher Risk of Flu Death: CDC
Lab-Grown Blood Vessels May Improve Heart Bypass
Later End-of-Life Discussions May Mean More Aggressive Treatment
Less Bystander CPR Done in Poor, Black Neighborhoods, Study Shows
Less Invasive Surgery Safe for Harvesting Bypass Veins: Study
Less Salt, More Potassium = Millions of Lives Saved
Lifetime of Speaking a 2nd Language May Boost Aging Brain
Limited Use of Antibiotics OK for Dental Patients: Study
Living in 'Stroke Belt' as Teen May Raise Future Risk
Living Near Fast-Food Outlets Might Boost Obesity Risk
Living Near Heavy Traffic May Harm Kidney Function
Loneliness, Living Alone Might Shorten Life
Long Waits in the ER May Raise PTSD Risk for Heart Patients
Longer Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest May Be Warranted, Study Suggests
Longer Wait for Mammogram After Benign Breast Biopsy May Be Warranted
Long-Term Aspirin Use Linked With Vision Loss: Study
Longtime Smokers Lose a Decade of Life
Losing Weight May Lower Cardiac Risks
Low Vitamin D Levels May Raise Death Risk in Older Adults: Study
Lung Cancer Scares Vary by State, Study Finds
Lung Transplant Hazard May Rise With Obese Recipients, Smoking Donors
Maintain Heart Health During Summer
Major Bleeds After Heart Procedures May Raise Death Risk: Study
Mammo Rates Unchanged Despite Controversial Guidelines
Mammograms Do Not Prevent Advanced Breast Cancer, Study Suggests
Mammograms Every Other Year OK for Women Over 50: Study
Mammograms Have 'Limited or No Effect' on Breast Cancer Deaths: Study
Mammography's Benefits Outweigh Harms for Older Women: Study
Man Dies After Parasitic Worms Invade Lungs
Many Americans Drive While Drowsy: Report
Many Cocaine Deaths Determined by Genes, Study Says
Many Heart Attacks May Go Unrecognized in Seniors
Many Lacked Preventive Care Before Health Reform Law: U.S. Report
Many Lesbians Not Screened for Cervical Cancer, Study Finds
Many Medicaid Patients Skip Drugs That Could Prevent Heart Trouble
Many Mistakenly Think Radiation Might Cure Terminal Lung Cancer
Many Older Heart Attack Survivors Don't Stick With Meds
Many Stroke Patients Don't Call 911, Study Finds
Many Suffer Leg, Lung Clots While Hospitalized: CDC
Many Suicidal Kids Have Access to Guns at Home: Study
Many Surgical Complications Occur After Patients Go Home
Many Teens With High Blood Pressure Don't Get Needed Tests
Many Terminal Cancer Patients Put False Hope in Chemo, Study Finds
Many U.S. Hispanics Have Heart Disease Risk Factors
Many U.S. Teens Have Poor Health Habits
Marathons Safe for Aging Boomers, Study Finds
Marriage May Cut Heart Attack Risk for Both Spouses
Marriage Might Lengthen Life
Measuring Brain Plaques May Yield Clues to Alzheimer's Risk
Mechanical Blood Clot 'Retrievers' May Aid Stroke Patients
Mechanical Device Helps Kids Waiting for Heart Transplant
Medicaid Expansion Enhances Financial and Mental Well-Being, Study Says
Medicare Gaps Leave Many With Big Bill at End of Life, Study Finds
Meditation Might Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke in Blacks
Mediterranean Diet Benefits Heart, Even Without Weight Loss: Study
Melanoma Odds Doubled for Transplant, Lymphoma Patients: Study
Men More Prone to Depression After Stroke: Study
Men Who Are Obese While Young Can Pay a Price Later
Meningitis Outbreak Throws Spotlight on 'Compounding' Pharmacies
Menopause Won't Spur Weight Gain, But May Boost Belly Fat: Review
Mental Illness May Raise Risk of Being Murdered
Metformin Outperforms Common Class of Diabetes Drugs in Study
Methadone for Pain Relief Leading Cause of Fatal Overdoses: CDC
Midlife Fitness May Mean Healthier Old Age, Study Finds
Migraine With Aura May Raise Risk of Heart Trouble
Mild Hyperthyroidism Tied to Higher Death Risk
Mild Hyperthyroidism Won't Raise Heart Risk: Study
Millions May Be Taking Vitamin D Unnecessarily, Analysis Suggests
Millions of Americans Have Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: CDC
Millions of Healthy Years of Life Lost to Cancer Worldwide
'Mini-Strokes' May Be More Damaging Than Thought
Minorities Less Likely to Use Hospice Care: Study
Miscarriages Tied to Elevated Risk for Heart Conditions
'Misdiagnosis' Leading Cause of U.S. Malpractice Payouts: Study
Missed Diagnoses in ICU Often Have Deadly Results: Review
Moderate Drinking May Increase Risk of Heart Rhythm Disorder: Study
Moderate Drinking May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival: Study
Modest Cardiac Benefit From Chelation Therapy Not Enough to OK Use: Experts
Monday Best Time for Hospitalization With Heart Failure, Study Says
Money Motivates Weight Loss -- One Step at a Time
More Americans Have at Least 2 Chronic Health Issues: CDC
More Americans Successfully Managing Diabetes
More Antibiotic Use Tied to Rise in Diarrheal Infections in Hospitals: Study
More Cancers May Be Missed Under Latest Mammogram Guidelines
More Child Gun Injuries in States With Self-Defense Laws
More Dietary Fiber Might Help Thwart Stroke: Study
More Evidence That Exercise Helps Fight Diabetes
More Evidence That Exercise in Middle Age Boosts Health
More Evidence That Shift Work Might Raise Heart Risks
More Evidence Ties Heart Disease to Mental Decline
More Gene Variants Linked to Heart Trouble
More Infants Surviving With Serious Heart Defects, Study Finds
More Kids Getting Donor Organs, But Gaps Persist, Study Finds
More New Drugs a Bad Fit With Grapefruit, Study Finds
More Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Recognize Stroke Risk: Survey
More Than Half of Severe Mental Disability Cases Not Inherited: Study
More U.S. Kids Get High-Radiation Scans, Study Says
Most Men Don't Need PSA Tests, Doctors' Group Says
Most of World's Adults Consume Too Much Salt, Study Finds
Most Prostate Cancer Patients Don't Die From the Disease: Study
Mother's Drinking Increases Risk of Infant's Death: Study
Mothers' Weight-Loss Surgery Linked to Kids' Heart Health
Motorcycle Deaths Continue to Climb: Report
Motorcycle Helmet Laws Save Lives and Dollars: CDC
Multivitamins Won't Help Men Ward Off Heart Disease: Study
Nationwide Study Examines Common Heart Procedures
Nearly Half of Children With Autism Wander From Safety: Survey
Neurology Group Lists Procedures That May Be Unneeded
New Anti-Clotting Drug Bests Warfarin, Study Says
New Bird Flu No Immediate Threat: U.S. Experts
New Blood Thinner Effient No Better Than Plavix at Preventing Heart Trouble: Study
New Blood Thinner May Help Prevent Leg Clots, Study Finds
New China Bird Flu May Be Resistant to Tamiflu
New Defibrillator Implanted Just Under the Skin
New DNA-Based Blood Test May Spot Signs of Cancer
New Drug May Help Those Who Can't Take Statins
New Drugs Might Give Heart Patients an Edge
New Guidelines Issued for Genetic Screening in Newborns, Children
New Guidelines Say No to Screening EKGs for Low-Risk Patients
New Guidelines Seek to Streamline Care for Worst Heart Attacks
New Guidelines Urge Limiting Endoscopy for GERD
New Method May Help Pinpoint Woman's Final Menstrual Period
New Method Quickly Spots Kidney Damage After Surgery
New MRI Might Help Spot Heart Disease Early: Study
New Prep for Colon Screen Uses Four Pills, Not Liquid Laxative
New Research Suggests HRT May Lower Heart Risks
New Stroke Guidelines Stress Treatment Within One Hour of Arrival in ER
New Symptoms Tied to Death Risk in Severe Kidney Disease
New Treatments May Help Restore Speech Lost to Aphasia
New Video Demonstrates Skin Cancer Self-Exam
New York's Trans-Fat Ban Is Working: Study
Newborn's Placenta May Predict Autism Risk, Study Suggests
Newer Drug-Releasing Stent Cuts Chances of Cardiac Events: Study
Newer Psoriasis Drugs May Lower Heart Attack Risk for Patients
Newly Approved Imaging Agent Helps Find Prostate Cancer
Niacin Won't Help, May Harm Heart Patients: Study
Niacin-Statin Combo May Cause Side Effects for Heart Patients
'Nightmare' Bacteria Spreading in U.S. Hospitals, Nursing Homes: CDC
No Dip in Cancer Screening for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
No Need to Fast Before Cholesterol Blood Test: Study
No Proof That 'Doping' With EPO Gives Athletes an Edge: Review
Noise, Dirty Air May Be Double Whammy for the Heart
North American Shark Attacks Hit Decade High
Not Enough Data to Support Kidney Disease Screening, Task Force Says
Nutrient Therapy Won't Help ICU Patients: Study
Obese Drivers May Be More Likely to Die in Car Crashes
Obese Kids May Be at Higher Risk for Heart Disease
'Obese' Label May Not Apply to Heavy Ex-NFL Players
Obese New Mothers May Have Higher Heart Attack, Stroke Risk
Obese Patients Urged to Lose Weight Before Kidney Transplant
Obesity Crisis May Be Fueling Big Jump in Sleep Apnea Cases
Obesity in Middle Age Tied to More Rapid Mental Decline: Study
Obesity Might Lower Teens' Thinking Skills, Study Suggests
Obesity Now Puts Kids' Hearts at Risk Later
Obesity Surgery Seems to Reduce Heart Risks, Study Says
Ob-Gyn Group Lists Procedures That May Not Be Needed
Official: Pharmacy Tied to Meningitis Outbreak May Have Broken State Law
Omega-3s May Not Help Your Heart After All, Study Says
One in 600 Flights Involves Medical Emergency, Study Says
One in Every 12 Stroke Survivors Contemplates Suicide, Study Finds
One Man's Harrowing Battle With Hepatitis C
One-Third of Men With Anal Cancer Have HIV, Study Finds
Over 50? Checklist May Predict If You'll Be Alive in 10 Years
Overactive Thyroid May Raise Risk for Common Irregular Heartbeat
Oxygen Therapy Spurs Recovery in Some Stroke Patients
Pandemic H1N1 Flu Killed Far More Than Reported: Study
Panel Rules Against HRT for Preventing Chronic Disease
Pap Test Could Spot Some Ovarian Cancers, Study Finds
Parents' Religious Beliefs Can Complicate Kids' End-of-Life Care
Patient Wishes Should Guide End-of-Life Care, Researchers Say
Patients' Health Care Costs Unaffected by Doctors' Sex: Study
Patients More Likely to Survive In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Today: Study
Patients Often Ill-Informed on Impact of Heart Device
People With Darker Skin Still at Risk for Melanoma
People With Implantable Defibrillators May Need More Mental Health Support
PET Scans Helpful, But Not Definitive for Alzheimer's Diagnosis
Pets a Boon for the Human Heart, Cardiologists Say
Physically Fit Docs More Likely to Prescribe Exercise, Study Finds
Physician-Assisted Suicide Program Rarely Used, Study Finds
Piling on Pounds When Younger May Lead to Enlarged Heart Later
Pinball Analogy May Help Grief-Stricken Move Forward
Police Work Takes Heavy Health Toll: Study
Poor Sleep in Teen Years Linked to Heart Risks in Adulthood
Popular Cinnamon Stunt Can Have Serious Lung Effects
Popular Diabetes Meds Put to the Test
Post-Flight Fainting May Signal Dangerous Blood Clot: Study
Post-Op Delirium's Toll on Mental Function May Linger: Study
Prediabetes Linked to Higher Stroke Risk in Study
Pregnancy Hormone Shows Promise as Heart Failure Drug
Pregnant Women Under Stress May Be at Higher Risk for Stillbirth
Prenatal Antidepressants Don't Raise Fetal, Infant Death Risk: Study
Prenatal Test Presents Dilemmas to Expectant Mothers
Preventing Kidney Disease May Cut Diabetes Deaths, Study Says
Preventive Measures Pay Off for Those at Risk of Stroke
Primary Care Docs Shouldn't Screen All Patients for Oral Cancer: Experts
Processed Meat May Play a Part in Early Death: Study
Program to Spot Painkiller ODs Saves Lives: Study
Programming Change in Defibrillator Implants May Lower Death Risk: Study
Programming Implanted Defibrillators to React More Slowly Might Be Safer: Study
Prostate Cancer May Be Deadlier for the Uninsured
PSA Testing Linked to Improved Prostate Cancer Survival
PTSD After Heart Attack Linked to Poor Sleep
PTSD Can Hamper Drug Treatment for Stroke Survivors: Study
PTSD Symptoms Common After Heart Attack: Study
Quality of Life Can Suffer for Kids With Heart Devices
Quick Survey May Pick Up Ovarian Cancer Warnings: Study
Quick-Reversal Method May Be at Hand for New Blood Thinner
Quitting Cigarettes Cuts Heart Risks, Even If You Gain Weight
Race, Income Tied to Breast Cancer Treatment Delays, Reduced Survival
Racial Gap Persists in Women's Heart Health Knowledge: Survey
Radiation Therapy May Raise Future Death Risk From Heart Surgery
Reading, Games May Help Aging Brains Stay Sharp
Re-Analysis Refutes Diet Guidelines Favoring Vegetable Fats
Recent Ex-Smokers May Fare Worse After Heart Bypass: Study
Reducing Ozone Limits Would Save Lives, Report States
Reductions in Wood-Burning Stoves Tied to Lower Death Rates
Regular Exercise May Help Seniors Stave Off Heart Failure
Relatives Who Witness Loved One's CPR Fare Better: Study
Report Details Start of Steroid Meningitis Outbreak
Report Details Steps to Boost Patient Safety
Report: 39 States on Pace for Obesity Rates Above 50%
Researchers Map Vision in Brain
Retina's Thickness May Be Tied to Severity of MS, Study Suggests
Rich/Poor Divide Linked to Hospital Readmissions in Study
Rosie O'Donnell's Heart Attack a Lesson for Women
Routine Checkups Don't Cut Cancer, Heart Deaths: Study
Scans That Gauge Heart Scarring May Spot High-Risk Patients
Scarring May Raise Death Risk From Fatty Liver Disease
Schizophrenia Patients Who Take Antipsychotics Live Longer, Study Says
Science Reveals How Owls Avoid Stroke While Rotating Heads
Science Reveals Secrets of Hypnosis
Scientists Map Genetic 'Blueprint' of Heart
Scientists Say Blood Test May Help Predict Alzheimer's
Scientists Uncover Genetic Link for Uterine Fibroids
Screen All Adults for Obesity: U.S. Panel
Secondhand Smoke Linked to Early Heart Disease, Study Finds
Secondhand Smoke Takes Big Illness, Expense Toll
Secondhand Smoke Tied to Lower 'Good' Cholesterol in Teen Girls
Self-Esteem, Optimism Help When Caring for Spouse After Stroke
Self-Harm Associated With Premature Death in Study
Seniors Who Fell Recently May Fare Worse After Surgery
Serious Mental Illness Tied to Higher Cancer, Injury Risk: Studies
Seriously Stressed? Hair Analysis Tells All, Study Finds
Severe Anemia Linked to Higher Death Risk After Heart Surgery
Severely Obese Donors Raise Risks for Kids With Liver Transplant
Shift to Hospice Care Often Comes Too Late, Study Finds
Shingles Not Linked to Increased Cancer Risk, Study States
Shootings at Hospitals a Rarity, Study Finds
Shorter Hospital Stays Don't Compromise Care, Study Finds
Short-Term, Early HRT May Cut Women's Alzheimer's Risk: Study
Shrinkage of Brain Region May Signal Onset of Multiple Sclerosis
Sibling's Death May Boost Your Own Risk of Dying From Heart Attack: Study
Signs of Brain Damage Show Up in Scans of Living, Retired NFL Players
Simple Breath Test Might Diagnose Heart Failure
Simple Test Might Predict Whether Some Pregnancies Succeed
Sitting Can Harm Health, Even for Those Who Exercise
Skipping Aspirin Before Artery Procedure May Boost Death Rates
Sleep Positioners Linked to Infant Suffocation: CDC
Small Babies Can Be Sign of Heart Problems in Mother
Smaller Aortic Aneurysms May Require Less Frequent Monitoring
Smog May Boost Death Risk for Heart Attack Survivors
Smoggy Air Tied to Heart Attacks: Study
Smokers at Higher Risk of Another Stroke: Study
Smokers, Nonsmokers Alike Urged to Learn About Lung Cancer
Smoking After Stroke Triples Risk of Death Within Year: Study
Smoking Bans Reduce Hospitalizations: Study
Smoking Pot May Raise Stroke Risk in Young Adults
Smoking, Diabetes Are Risk Factors for Poor Leg Circulation: Study
Snoring Kids Should Be Screened for Sleep Apnea: Experts
Solo Rock Stars Die Sooner Than Those in Bands
Some Antidepressants Linked to Bleeding Risk With Surgery
Some Cancer Risks Higher in 9/11 Recovery Workers: Study
Some Diabetics May Not Benefit From Daily Aspirin
Some Improvement in Heart Risk Factors for Americans: CDC
Some Kids Abusing Common Baking Ingredients
Some Slightly Obese May Gain From Weight-Loss Surgery, Guidelines Say
Some Whooping Cough Strains Now Outsmarting Vaccine
Sound Sleep Helps the Heart, Expert Says
Southern Diet Might Explain the 'Stroke Belt'
Space Heater Safety Tips Can Help Prevent Burns, Fires
Spine MRIs Often Show Harmless 'Defects,' Study Finds
Sports May Be OK With Defibrillator, Study Says
Spouses of Heart Attack Victims May Face Heightened Depression Risk
Standard Dose of Blood Thinner May Not Be Best for All Patients
Stars Strut in Red to Bring Awareness to Women's Heart Health
State Regulations Tied to Drop in Common Heart Procedure
Statin Side Effects Often Manageable: Study
Statins' Heart Benefits Outweigh Diabetes Risk: Study
Statins May Cut Risk of Death From Cancer, Study Suggests
Statins May Hamper Workout Results
Statins May Leave Patients With Less Energy: Study
Statins Plus Exercise Best at Lowering Cholesterol, Study Finds
Statins Won't Hurt, Might Even Help, Your Pancreas: Study
Steady Rise in Heart Valve Infections Noted in U.S.
Stem Cell Transplant May Spur Heart Disease Risk: Study
Stem Cells From Donor May Help Heal Heart
Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix May Carry Heart Risks, FDA Warns
Strategy May Help ER Docs Spot Heart Attacks Within an Hour
Stress Adds to Salt Load of Some Blacks, Study Says
Stress During Pregnancy May Raise Heart Defect Risk for Baby
Stress, a 'Type A' Personality May Boost Stroke Risk
Stress, Depression Linked to Raised Stroke Risk in Seniors
Stressful Job Might Be Tough on the Heart
Stressful Jobs Linked to Heart Woes in Women
Stroke Before Age 50 Linked to Raised Risk of Early Death
Stroke During Childhood May Raise Risk for Epilepsy, Study Says
Stroke Patients Hospitalized on Weekends Don't Seem to Do As Well
Stroke Prevention: More Sweet News for Chocolate Lovers
Stroke Risk Higher After Bypass Than Angioplasty: Analysis
Stroke Risk Rises in Seniors With COPD: Study
Strong Social Support Seems to Boost Breast Cancer Survival
Study Assesses Blood Thinner Use After Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Study Examines Link Between Breast Cancer and Diabetes
Study IDs 4 Key Habits of Successful Aging
Study Links Long-Term Aspirin Use With Vision Loss
Study Links Stillbirth to Genes Tied to Dangerous Heart Rhythm
Study Links Timing of ER Visit to Prostate Cancer Survival Odds
Study Probes Use of Filter Device to Stop Deadly Blood Clots
Study Questions Value of PSA Test for Older Men
Study Shows Bicycle Helmets Save Lives
Study Supports Link Between Stress, Epileptic Seizures
Study Supports Use of 'Brain Stents' for Certain Stroke Patients
Study Tallies Economic Fallout From Workers' Heart Attacks
Study Ties Gene to Dangerous Heart Valve Deposits
Study: Blood Tests for Inflammation Could Help Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke
Study: Chest CT Scans May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Study: Digital Beats Film Mammography at Spotting Breast Cancer
Study: Mega Vitamins Won't Help After Heart Attack, Chelation Treatment Might
Study: No Long-Term Heart Risks From Breast Radiation
Study: Rheumatoid Arthritis Plus Depression May Be Deadly
Study: Treating Sleep Disorder May Thwart Heart Disease
Sugary Drinks Tied to 25,000 U.S. Deaths a Year
Suicidal Thoughts More Common in Kids With Autism: Study
Suicide Now Kills More Americans Than Car Crashes: Study
Supplement of Red Wine Ingredient Won't Help Healthy Women: Study
Supplements of Red Wine Antioxidant Don't Help Obese Men
Surgery May Spur Rise in Heart Deaths After Cancer Diagnosis: Study
Surgical Delivery of Drug Shows Promise Against 'Bleeding' Stroke
Survival After General Anesthesia Vastly Improved: Study
Survival Equal in 2 Types of Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: Study
Survival More Likely With Exercise-Related Cardiac Arrest: Study
Survival Tripled for Hospitalized U.S. Kids With Cardiac Arrest
Swimming Pools May Pose Hazard for People With Heart Devices
Tai Chi Might Help Stroke Survivors Avoid Falls
Targeted Radiation for Lung Cancer May Carry Risks
Task Force: Screen for Gestational Diabetes After 24 Weeks of Pregnancy
Teach Prescribers About Dangers of Long-Acting Pain Meds: FDA
Teen Girls Need Bone Health Advice to Stave Off Osteoporosis
Teens Want Voice in End-of-Life Decisions
Telling Patients When They're Unfit to Drive Cuts Crashes: Study
The Health Benefits, and Risks, of Alcohol
Thin Placenta Might Be Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death Later in Life
Thyroid Treatment Guidelines for Pregnant Women Revised
Tight Blood Sugar Control Won't Help Babies After Heart Surgery
Today's U.S. Soldiers Fitter Than Decades Ago: Report
Too Few Americans Pass Last Days in Hospice Care: CDC
Too Little Sleep Tied to Stroke Risk
Too Much Drinking, Weight May Harm Liver
Too Much Sitting Linked to Chronic Health Problems
Too Much Sitting Linked to Fat Buildup Around the Heart
Too Much Sitting May Lower Odds of Surviving Colon Cancer
Tooth Loss Associated With Higher Risk for Heart Disease
Tornadoes Don't Have to Be Deadly, Experts Say
Traffic May Keep City Dwellers Awake, Harming Health
Transfusions With Heart Surgery Might Raise Infection Risk
Treatment for New, Deadly Coronavirus Shows Promise
TV Ads for Statins May Drive Overtreatment
Two Years On, Stem Cells Still Healing Damaged Hearts
U.S. Adults Face Substantial Heart Disease Risk: Study
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall: Report
U.S. Cancer Screening Rates Dropping: Study
U.S. Expands SIDS Prevention Effort
U.S. Infant Mortality Rates Finally Dropping Again: Report
U.S. Kids Consuming Fewer Calories, Report Finds
U.S. Lifestyles Thwarting Heart Health Progress: Report
U.S. Lung Cancer Deaths Highest for Blacks in Segregated Areas: Study
U.S. Military Seeks to Reduce Humvee Crash Injuries
U.S. Minorities Less Likely to Get Colon Cancer Screening: Study
U.S. Panel Rejects Ovarian Cancer Screens for Low-Risk Women
U.S. Spends More on Dementia Care Than Heart Disease or Cancer: Study
U.S. Stroke Patients Are Getting Younger
U.S. Task Force Backs HIV Screening for All 15 to 65
Ultrasound Allows Early Detection of Fluid in Dialysis Patients' Lungs
Uncontrolled Risk Factors Put Stroke Survivors in Danger
Under Similar Stress, Rich Live Longer Than Poor: Study
Underactive Thyroid and Heart Failure a Bad Combination: Study
Underinsured Heart Disease Patients Die Sooner, Study Finds
Unemployed at Higher Risk for Heart Attack?
Unemployment's Toll Can Be Heartbreaking
Untreated Heartburn May Raise Risk for Esophageal Cancer, Study Says
Use of Medicare Skilled Nursing Benefit Is High at End of Life: Study
Vegetarianism May Cut Heart Disease Risk By Third: Study
Very Obese Teens See Heart Gains From Weight-Loss Surgery: Study
Vitamin D May Delay Deterioration of Smokers' Lungs: Study
Vitamin D Supplements Won't Help Cholesterol Levels: Study
Volunteering May Boost Teen Heart Health
Walk Your Way to a Longer Life, Study Says
Walking for Heart Health? Speed It Up, Study Suggests
Walking Program Helps Stroke Survivors Get On With Life
Want to Live Longer? Turn Off That TV and Stand Up
Was Heart Disease the Mummies' Real Curse?
Weak Muscles in Teen Years Linked to Early Death in Men
Weekends More Fatal for Older Patients With Head Injury: Study
Weight-Lifting May Boost Heart Health in Black Men: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Cuts Heart Risk 7 Years Later: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery May Help Moderately Obese, Too
Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Drop in Heart Risk Factors
What Makes the End-of-Life Experience Peaceful?
'What's Bad for the Heart Also Bad for the Brain'
What's Good for the Heart May Also Prevent Cancer
When Trees Die Off, Human Health May Also Suffer
Why Some Stroke Survivors Struggle With Communication
Winter Brings Rise in Heart-Related Deaths, Study Finds
Winter Holds Many Hazards for Seniors, Expert Warns
Winter Weather, Snow Shoveling Pose Heart Risks
Wireless Pacemaker Shows Promise in Early Study
With Benefits Unproven, Why Do Millions of Americans Take Multivitamins?
With Certain Strokes, Effects Can Persist a Decade Later
Women Don't Fare as Well as Men With Implanted Defibrillators: Study
Women Far More Likely to Live to 100 Than Men: U.S. Census
Women May Fare Worse Than Men After Stroke
Women Who Quit Smoking May Gain Up to 10 Years of Life: Study
Women With Dense Breasts Open to Additional Cancer Screening: Study
Women, Young Adults Misinterpret Chest Pain: Study
Work-Linked Sleep Loss May Harm Police Officers' Health
'Worried Well' Often Ignore Negative Test Results: Study
X-Rays May Up Breast Cancer Risk for Women With Certain Genes: Study
Year of Taking Risky Blood Thinners May Be Unnecessary After Stent Surgery
Yoga May Help With Common Heart Rhythm Disorder
Yoga Might Help With Stroke Rehab
You Can Help Reduce Your Colon Cancer Risk: Expert
Young Women Less Healthy Than Men Before Heart Attack: Study
Younger Women Start to Follow Pap Test Guidelines: CDC
Your Blood Type May Boost Your Heart Risk, Study Finds
Youth Smoking, Obesity May Lead to Early Death
Yo-Yo Dieting Can Hurt the Heart, Study Finds