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You May Be the Key to Cancer Prevention

1 in 10 Ex-NFL Players Used Steroids, Poll Reports

11 New Cholesterol Genes Identified

2 Years of Hormone Use May Be 'Safe'

2 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective

2 Markers Predict Survival Odds in Colon Cancer Patients

2 Million Cancer Cases Tied to Tobacco Use

2 New Genes Tied to 3 Cancers

2 Studies Conflict Over Value of Prostate Cancer Screening

2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing

25% of Teen Girls Vaccinated for HPV

3-D Doppler Ultrasound Helps ID Breast Cancers

3-D MRI Helps Detect Patients at High Risk for Stroke

3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes

3-Drug Combo Reduces Nausea After Chemo

40 Years of Heart Transplants

60 Million Worldwide Carry Heart Disease Mutation

9/11 Responders May Be At Raised Myeloma Risk

A Better Blood Test for Heart Risk?

A Drop of Blood May Help Assess Cancer Therapy

A Health Gift for Men on Father's Day

A Month of Exercise Helps Ease Heart Failure

A New Way to Get Chemo to Pancreatic Tumors

A One-Man History of Cardiac Advances

A Substitute for Those Who Can't Take Statins?

Abdominal Fat Tied to High Risk for Coronary Trouble

Abnormal Heart Function Reduces Exercise Capacity

Abnormal Heart Rhythm Boosts Death Risk for Diabetics

Abnormal Protein May Signal Pancreatic Cancer

Abused Kids Face Higher Cancer Risk

ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug

Acetaminophen, Cholesterol Drugs May Help Fight Stroke

Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk

Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Lung Cancer Risk

Active Ingredient in Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer Cells

Acupuncture Eases Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects

Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments

Acupuncture May Help Relieve Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure

Adding a Cancer Drug May Make Matters Worse

Adding a Stent May Help Resolve Brain Aneurysm

ADHD Medications Don't Pose Cancer Risk

Advice Helps Prevent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

After Decades, Decreases in Heart Risk Factors Level Off

After Job Loss, People Report More Health Issues

After Neuroblastoma, Chronic Problems Often Await

After-Effects of Chemotherapy May Include Memory Problems

Age No Bar to Aggressive Rx for Cardiogenic Shock

Agent Orange Linked to Parkinson's, Heart Disease

Aggressive Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Treatment Shows Some Benefit

Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer

Aging Baby Boomers May Swamp Cardiac Care

AIDS Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer

Air Pollution Can Damage Heart, Blood Vessels, Too

Air Pollution Harms Patients After Heart Attack

Air Pollution Linked to Blood Clots in Legs

Air Pollution May Raise Blood Pressure

Air Travel Taxes Hearts of People With Sleep Apnea

Alcohol, Cigarettes and Diabetes Up Colorectal Cancer Risk

Alcohol's Impact on Heart, Stroke Risk Differs by Gender

All Blood Pressure Drugs Lower Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death

Almost Half of Adults Will Develop Knee Osteoarthritis by 85

Alternative to Warfarin May Cut Risk of Bleeding

American Cancer Society Stands By Cancer Screening Guidelines

American Heart Association Guidelines Save Lives

Americans Are Urged to Cut Sugar Intake

Americans Losing Sight of Eye Health

America's Pending Shortage of Cancer Doctors

Among Cardiologists, Women Cite Discrimination

An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment

An Oral Approach to Heart Disease

Anatomy Report Card: Public Gets an 'F'

Androgen Production Continues in Prostate Cancer Tumors

Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients

Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients Increase Death Risk

Anemia Drugs Linked to Stroke Study Deaths: FDA

Anemia Drugs May Cause Deadly Blood Clots

Anemia Drugs May Raise Death Risk in Cancer Patients

Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients

Anesthesia Type Won't Influence Neck Artery Surgery Outcomes

Aneurysms in 2nd Generation May Not Come Early

Angina More Common in Women Than Men

Angina Often Affects Quality of Life

Angina Strikes 1 in 5 Heart Attack Survivors

Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery

Angioplasty No Better Than Drug Treatment in Long Run

Angioplasty Not Always Worth the Price

Angioplasty Not Cost-Effective for Chronic Coronary Disease

Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death

Angioplasty Via Wrist May Be Safer

Angst May Protect Against Some Skin Cancer

Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks

Ankle Circulation Could Warn of Future Strokes

Ankle Replacement Device Approved

Ankle Replacement System Lets Feet Move

Ankle-Arm Blood Pressure Test Predicts Heart Disease Risk

Anniversary of Parent's Passing Can Trigger Death

Another Blood Fat Fuels Heart Attack Risk

Another Genetic Link to Testicular Cancer Is Found

Anti-Cholesterol Drug May Ease Back Pain

Anti-Clotting Drug as Good as Aspirin at Stopping Second Stroke

Anticoagulant Drugs Had Similar Outcomes After Angioplasty

Antidepressant Use Tied to Cardiac Death in Women

Antidepressants Linked to Heart Defects in Newborns

Antidepressants May Prevent Depression After Stroke

Antioxidant-Rich Diet May Protect Against Eye Disease

Antioxidant-Rich Foods Lose Nutritional Luster Over Time

Antioxidants Abound in Cereals, Popcorn, Whole-Grain Snacks

Antioxidants Blunt Exercise Benefit, Study Shows

Antioxidants Pose No Melanoma Threat

Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes

Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk

Anxiety Helps Elderly Women Live Longer

Anxiety Linked to Heart Attack Can Raise Death Risk

Any Day OK for Heart Bypass Surgery

Any Exercise Good After a Heart Attack

Any Old Cane Won't Do

Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting

Are Candles Making You Sick?

Are You Getting Burned by Your Sunscreen?

Arterial Calcium Scans Can Predict Death Risk

Artery Plaque Boosts Hispanics' Odds for Stroke

Artery Plaque Rupture Can Occur Without Symptoms

Artery-Opening Method Works Well in Women

Arthritis Hits More Than Half of Diabetics

Artificial Light Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk

As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise

Aspirin at Bedtime Lowers Blood Pressure

Aspirin Doesn't Guard Diabetics Against Heart Disease

Aspirin Doesn't Prevent First Heart Attack, Stroke

Aspirin Linked to Brain Microbleeds

Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk in Peripheral Artery Disease

Aspirin May Stem Deaths From Colorectal Cancer

Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients

Assisted Breathing Eases Lung Symptoms for Heart Patients

Atherosclerosis May Also Harm Vital Organs

Atkins Diet Tougher on Heart After Weight Loss

Attention Training Might Help Stroke Victims

Autoimmune Disorder Linked to Stroke, Heart Attack in Women

Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery

Avandia Raises Heart Failure Risk More Than Actos

Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, Fractures

Avandia's Heart Risk Higher Than Others in Its Class

Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer

B Vitamins Might Lower Stroke Risk

Bad Bosses Are Hard on the Heart

Bad Marriages Harder on Women's Health

Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use

Bariatric Surgery Cuts Cancer Risk for Women

Bat Saliva-Based Stroke Drug Disappoints in Trial

Being Heart Smart Just Makes Sense

Belly Fat Puts the Pressure on Lungs

Benefits of Eating Fish May Depend on Preparation

Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery

Beta Blockers Help Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients

Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery

Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery

Better Drug Emerges for Steroid-Induced Bone Loss

Better Pap Smear Follow-Up Needed Among Lower-Income Women

Better Sleepers Are 'Successful Agers'

Big, Beefy Football Players May Face Heart Problems Later

Binge Drinking Clogs Arteries With Plaque

Biologics Don't Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Biomarker May Predict Response to Cancer Therapy

Biomarker Spots Which Lesions Likely to Progress to Prostate Cancer

Biomarkers May Predict Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer

Biomarkers Predict Heart Deaths

Biotech Soybeans Good Source of Omega-3

Birth Size Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

Birth Size, Early Weight Gain Tied to Boost in Heart Risks

Black Athletes' Hearts May Differ From Those of Whites

Black Cancer Patients Choose More Aggressive End-of-Life Care

Black Heart Patients Treated Less for Depression

Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery

Black Women at Higher Risk for Aggressive Breast Tumors

Black Youths With High BP May Face Elevated Heart Risks

Blacks at Greater Risk of Precancerous Colon Polyps

Blacks at Higher Risk for Brain Lesions Causing Stroke

Blacks Fare Worse After Cardiac Arrest

Blacks Less Likely to Get Optimal Lung Cancer Treatment

Blacks With Lung Disease Face Increased Cancer Risk

Blood Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus

Blood Cell Genes May Signal Heart Disease

Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes

Blood Flow Mismatch Seen in Pancreatic Cancers

Blood Pressure Drug Shows Promise for Marfan Syndrome

Blood Pressure Treatment Can Be Used Against Stroke

Blood Protein May Predict Heart Attack But Not Stroke

Blood Rush to the Brain When Angry Is a Good Sign

Blood Test Could Boost Clarity of Breast MRI Results for Some

Blood Test for Early Lung Cancer Shows Promise

Blood Test Helps Docs Assess Breast Cancer Treatment

Blood Thinner Linked to Increased Brain Bleeding

Blood Thinner May Prevent Chemo-Related Clots

Blood Thinner, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky After Heart Attack

Blood Transfusions Not Linked to Long-Term Problems

Blood Type May Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk

Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant

Blood-Thinner Plavix Works Harder in Smokers

Blows to the Chest Up Death Risk for Lacrosse Players

Body Fat, Muscle Distribution Linked to RA Disability

Bone Cement Eases Pain of Late-Stage Cancers

Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk

Brain Aneurysm Rupture Risk Tied to Location, Size

Brain Can 'See' Objects Through Touch

Brain Cancer Vaccine's Immune Response Key to Outcomes

Brain Scan May Help Predict Cancer Drug Response

Brain Tumor Biomarker May Improve Patient Outcomes

Breast Abnormality Follow-Up Often Later in Black Women

Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop 2% Annually

Breast Cancer Drug Not Tied to Cognitive Decline: Study

Breast Cancer Drugs May Fight Cervical Cancer, Too

Breast Cancer Gene Tied to Diagnosis at Younger Age

Breast Cancer Lymph Node Biopsy May Need Closer Look

Breast Cancer Survivors Report High Quality of Life After Treatment

Breast Cancer Tends to Grow Faster in Younger Women

Breast Cancer Unchanged in Black Women, Despite Drop in HRT Use

Breast Cancer Vaccine Blasts Some Tumors

Breast Cancer Vaccine Works Against Deadlier Form of Disease

Breast CT Scans Could Be Comfortable Alternative to Mammograms

Breast Self-Exam Rates Go Up With Counseling

Broad Screening of Blood Clots May Find Cancers Earlier

Broad-Spectrum Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

Broccoli Compound May Help COPD Patients

Broccoli May Ward Off Serious Stomach Ailments

Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk

Caffeine May Offer Some Skin Cancer Protection

Caffeine Without Healthy Diet Linked to Heart Risk

Calcium Scan of Arteries Helps Spot Big Trouble

Calcium Scans Help Predict Coronary Risk

Calcium, Vitamin D Won't Prevent Breast Cancer

Calling All Heart Patients

Can a Bad Boss Make You Sick?

Cancer Can Strain Marriages to Breaking Point

Cancer Cells' Chromosomes Hint at New Treatments

Cancer Death Rates Decline Among Blacks, But Disparities Linger

Cancer Deaths Declining, Especially Among Young

Cancer Deaths Take Heavy Financial Toll

Cancer Diagnosis May Tax Physical, Mental Health

Cancer Drug Gleevec Could Fight Stroke

Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage

Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation

Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients

Cancer Drug Trials Often Halted Early

Cancer Endangers Some Wildlife Species

Cancer Medicine Advances on Many Fronts

Cancer Patients Often Stranded in Health Insurance Nightmares

Cancer Patients Should Steer Clear of Antioxidants

Cancer Screenings for Medicaid Patients Miss Targets

Cancer Stem Cells Created in Lab

Cancer Survival Depends on Where You Live

Cancer Survivors Can Still Be Fit, Study Asserts

Cancer Survivors Face Tough Road Long After Treatment Ends

Cancer Survivors Say Costs Keep Them From Care

Cancer to Surpass Heart Disease as World's Leading Killer

Cane Use May Cut Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis

Cannabis-Linked Cell Receptor Might Help Prevent Colon Cancer

Canola Oil Consumed During Pregnancy Lowers Breast Cancer Risk for Offspring

Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients

CARDIA Studies Open Window on Heart, Lung Diseases

Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Vary Widely

Cardiac Patients Admitted During Week More Likely to Survive

Cardiologists Spot Best Treatment for a Deadly Duo

Caring for Heart Patients Can Strain Hearts

Carotid Artery Sections React Differently to Plaque

Case Points to Link Between Crohn's Treatment, Cancer

Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study

Cataracts World's Leading Cause of Vision Loss

Catching Ovarian Cancer Early May Miss Aggressive Tumors

Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation

Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker

Cell Pathway May Be Key to Lung Cancer's Spread

Cell Protein Could Help Spur Malignancy

Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA

Certain Reflux Drugs Tied to Higher Post-Angioplasty Death Rate

Certain Tests in ERs Raise Cancer Risk for Some

Cervical Cancer Screens Effective But More Can Be Done

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Seems Safe

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Worth the Cost: Study

'Chemical Nose' May Sniff Out Cancer Earlier

Chemicals in Marijuana Smoke May Harm DNA

Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer

Chemo Drug May Help Sun-Damaged Skin

Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits

Chemo May Limit Fertility in Breast Cancer Survivors

Chemo May Not Affect Memory in Breast Cancer Patients

Chemo Plus Palliative Care Reaps Benefits

Chemotherapy Linked to Sleep-Wake Cycle Disruptions

Cherry-Enriched Diet Cut Heart Risks in Rats

Chest CT Scans Detect Spread of Head, Neck Cancers

Chest Pain May Signal Cocaine Use in Young Patients

Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed

Chewing Tobacco No Safer Than Smoking

Childhood Beach Vacations May Boost Melanoma Risk

Childhood Brain Cancer Causes Other Long-Term Problems

Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Getting Recommended Mammograms

Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble

Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment

Childhood Stroke More Common Than Thought

Children of Centenarians Face Lower Heart Risks

Chinese Ants Show Promise in Fighting Arthritis, Other Diseases

Chinese Red Yeast Rice May Prevent Heart Attack

Chinese Scientists Develop Database on the Liver

Chlamydia Infection May Play Role in Type of Arthritis

Chocolate for Your Valentine a Healthy Idea

Cholesterol Drug Controversy Continues

Cholesterol Drug Tied to Sleep Disturbances

Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Increased Fatigue

Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People

Cholesterol Drugs May Help in Cardiac Emergency

Cholesterol Drugs May Help Prevent Flu Deaths

Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk

Cholesterol Levels May Not Measure Cardiac Risk

Cholesterol Measurements May Be Made Easier

Cholesterol Screening Shouldn't Rely on Kids' Weight

Cholesterol Test Spots When HRT Raises Heart Risks

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Might Help Prevent Alzheimer's

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Won't Cause Cancer

Chromosome Linked to Diabetics' Heart Risks

Chronic Stomach Inflammation Boosts Cancer Risk

Cialis May Help Ease Pulmonary Hypertension

Circulating Tumor Cells Reveal Insights Into Lung Cancers

Climate Change May Boost Contact With Pollutants

Clinics Less Likely to Refer Heart Patients to Cardiologists

Clot Dissolver Doesn't Boost Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients

Clot-Busting Therapy Under Review

Clot-Busting Treatment Improves Bleeding Stroke Outcomes

Clues to Hypertension in Kids May Be Seen in Bones

Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten

Coated Stents Best for Heart Patients With Diabetes

Cocoa in Chocolate May Be Good for the Heart

Coffee Beans May Be Newest Stress-Buster

Coffee Drinkers Might Live Longer

Coffee Drinking Lowers Women's Stroke Risk

Coffee or Tea Consumption May Lower Stroke Risk

Collaborative Care Helps Ease Chronic Pain

College-Educated Fare Better When Cancer Strikes

Colon Cancer Drug Won't Help Those With Certain Gene Mutation

Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low

Colon Cancer Stopped in Its Tracks in Swiss Study

Colon Screenings Don't Follow Guidelines, Study Suggests

Colonoscopy Has a 'Right Side' Blind Spot

Colorectal Cancer Racial Gap Still Growing

Colorectal Cancer Rates Rising for Under 50 Set

Colorectal Cancer Screens Detect Unrecognized Disease

Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely

Combination Therapy Best for Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Combination Therapy Helps to Combat Myeloma

Combining Internet With Office Visits Cut Heart Attack Risks

Combo Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Boosts Survival in Diabetics

Combo of Tests Might Spot Ovarian Cancer Early

Combo Screening Doesn't Spot Early Ovarian Cancer

Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don't Work

Combo Therapy Helps Multiple Myeloma Patients

Combo Therapy Knocks Out Melanoma Tumors

Combo Treatment for Aggressive Brain Tumor May Lengthen Life

Combo Treatment May Ease Depression After Stroke

Combo Treatment Ups Survival When Cancer Spreads to Abdominal Lining

Common Diabetes Drug May Fight Cancer

Common Genetic Variant Tied to Lung Cancer Risk

Common Heart Drugs May Hamper Blood Thinner

Common Industrial Chemicals May Not Boost Cancer Risk

Common Infections May Contribute to Strokes

Compact Heart Assist Device Approved

Compound Could Reduce Heart Attack Damage

Compound Targets, Destroys Cancer Stem Cells in Mice

Compression Stockings Offer Little Benefit After Stroke

Computer-Aided Mammogram Reading Effective

Computerized Scan Detects Heart Disease

Conflicts of Interest Still Exist in Cancer Research

Consider TIAs an Emergency, Groups Urge

Consumer Group Seeks FDA Ban on Avandia

Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring Predicts Risks

Control Your Anger, Help Your Heart

Cool Air Blown Under Pads May Protect Footballers From Illness

Cornflakes, White Bread Could Boost Heart Risk

Coronary Calcium Scans Can Raise Cancer Risks

Coronary Disease Dulls Cognitive Skills

Coronary Heart Disease Not a Cheery Condition

Cost of Hospital Cardiac Care on the Rise

Could the Recession Be Good for Your Health?

Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis

Coupled With Mammography, Ultrasound Finds More Breast Cancers

CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes

CPR Can Save Young Lives, Too

Crowded Households Raise Women's Heart Risk

CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis

CT Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries

CT Screens for Lung Cancer Not a Cure-All

Culture May Help Raise Breast Cancer Death Rate for American Indians

Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble

Daily Exercise at School Yields Rewards

Daily Naps May Raise Older Women's Death Risk

Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed

Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research

Danon Disease Can Be Quickly Fatal, Study Finds

Database Helps Assess Your Breast Cancer Risk

Day of Admission Dictates Length of Stay for Heart Failure

Dealing Cervical Cancer a Knockout Blow

Death From Febrile Seizure Rare in Children

Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant

Deaths From Heart Disease, Stroke Down 30%

Decline in Cigarette Sales Offset by Use of Alternative Products

Defect in Gene Tied to Atrial Fibrillation

Defibrillator May Not Help Many With Heart Failure

Defibrillators Don't Diminish Quality of Life

Delays in Lung Cancer Care More Common in Public Hospitals

Delivering Chemo Directly Into Brain Tumors Shows Promise

Dense Breasts Complicate Testing and Treatment

Dental Plaque Buildup May Raise Heart Risk in Black Men

Depression After Stroke Can Be Debilitating

Depression Linked to Increase in Abdominal Fat

Depression May Hasten Cancer Death

Depression, Anxiety Bad for the Heart

Depression, Anxiety Hinder Quality of Life After Stroke

Depression's Behavior Changes Linked to Heart Risks

Detecting, Diagnosing Breast Cancers

Determining Who Will Respond to Brain Tumor Therapy

Device Approved for Child Heart Operations

Device Approved to Assess Arterial Plaque

Device May Offer Alternative to Warfarin for Arrhythmia

Device Offers Hope for Patients With Leaky Heart Valve

Diabetes Boosts Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis, Cirrhosis Cases

Diabetes Drug Slows Clogging of Arteries

Diabetes Medications Don't Lower Inflammation

Diabetes Onset, Severity Tied to Cognitive Problems

Diabetic Eye Problem Linked to Heart Failure

Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass

Diabetics Face Doubled Risk of Heart Attack

Diagnosing Strep Key to Curbing Rheumatic Heart Disease

Dialysis' Drawbacks Outweigh Benefits for Some Older Patients

Did Medicare Reimbursement Changes Affect Prostate Cancer Treatment?

Diet, Cognitive Ability May Play Role in Heart Disease

Diet, Exercise Cuts Kids' Risk for Metabolic Syndrome

Diet, Exercise May Modify Breast Cancer Risks

Dietary Supplement May Prevent Breast Cancer

Dietary Supplements May Pose Risk to Older Cancer Survivors

Diluted Seawater Boosts Nutritional Content of Tomatoes

Discharge Time After Angioplasty Varies

Discovery Boosts Boys' Prospects for Post-Cancer Fertility

Disease Prevention Programs Worth the Investment

Diuretics Still Best Treatment for High Blood Pressure

DNA Coding May Make Bowel Prone to Cancer

DNA Variations May Alter Risk of Hodgkin's Disease

DNA-Based HPV Tests More Accurate Than Pap Smears

Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery

Doctors' Groups Collaborate on Care for Heart Patients

Doctors' Guide to Cancer Drugs May Need Revising

Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes

Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea

Dogs Help in Hunt for New Cancer Drugs

Dogs Helping to Advance Cancer Research

Don't Lower Age for Cervical Cancer Test, Study Urges

Drink a Little Wine, Live a Little Longer

Drinking May Raise Breast Cancer Risk

Drinking Moderately or More Ups Men's Cancer Risk

Drinking Raises Cancer Risk for Middle-Age Women

Drinking Your Way to Health? Perhaps Not

Drop in Breast Cancer Rates Due to Drop in HRT Use

Drug Can Slow Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer Patients

Drug Coated Stents Better After Heart Attack

Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth

Drug Combo Improves Remission of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes

Drug Combo Proves Powerful Against Lung Cancer

Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors

Drug Could Make Melanoma More Vulnerable to Chemo

Drug Effective Against Heart-Lung Disorder

Drug Failed to Reduce Heart Attack Risk After Bypass

Drug Fails to Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis

Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue

Drug Improves Outcomes for Gout Patients

Drug Inhibits Colon Cancer in Mice

Drug May Cut Aneurysm Risk for Heart Defect Patients

Drug May Ease Symptoms of Juvenile Arthritis

Drug May Extend Life When Breast Cancer Spreads

Drug May Help Against Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Drug Offers Hope Against Tough-to-Treat Hypertension

Drug Proves Effective in Slowing Melanomas

Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions

Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment

Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes

Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo

Drug Therapy Boosting Heart-Attack Survival Rates

Drug Trials Show Modest Gains Against Lung Cancer

Drug-Coated Stents Better at Keeping Arteries Open

Drug-Coated Stents Reduce Repeat Artery Procedures

Drug-Coated Stents Still Spark Debate

Drug-Eluting Stents Safe After Heart Attack

Drugs Alone Don't Lower Heart Disease Risks for Overweight Americans

Drugs Before Stents for Stable Heart Disease, Study Says

Drugs Best First Defense Against Heart Disease for Diabetics

Drugs From Vegetables May Target Melanoma Tumors

Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories

Dying Feel Abandoned by Docs in the End

Dying Wishes Followed More Often for Whites

Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off

Early Menopause Doubles Stroke Risk

Early Morning Colonoscopies May Find More Polyps

'Easter Island' Drug Adds Years to Mice

Eating in America Still Unhealthy: CDC

ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk

ED an Indicator of Men's Health

Education Helps Women Make Safer Tanning Choices

Education, Income Affect Heart Attack Survival Rates

Effient Sanctioned for Angioplasty Patients

Effort Could Lead to Blood Tests for Heart Problems

Egg Consumption Poses Risks for Diabetic Men: Study

EKG Not Strong Predictor of Heart Risk

Elderly More Likely to Battle Sleep Disorders

Elderly Treated Less Aggressively for Heart Attack

Electrical Brain Stimulation May Boost Dexterity

Electrocardiogram Blip Signals Heart Trouble

Elevated Insulin Levels Linked to Breast Cancer

ELS Plus CPR Boosts Blood Flow After Cardiac Arrest

Embryonic Heart Shows Strong Capacity to Regenerate

Embryonic Pathways Induce Stem Cell Traits

Embryonic Stem Cells Turned Into Three Types of Heart Cells

Emergency Medical Transport By Air Carries Risks

ER Less Likely to Diagnose Stroke in Younger Folks

ER Physicians Press for New Cardiac Arrest Strategies

ER, Doctor Visits Topped 1 Billion in 2006

Eradicating Gut Bacteria Improves Stomach Cancer Outcomes

Erbitux Extends Life for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes

Erbitux Works Well for Two-Thirds of Colon Cancer Patients

Erectile Dysfunction a Strong Harbinger of Heart Trouble

Estrogen May Help Men's Hearts

Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA

Euthanasia, Palliative Care Work in Unison in Belgium

Even a Little Overweight, Inactivity Hurts the Heart

Even After Death, Heart Attack Treatment May Not End

Even Light Smoking Affects Young Adults' Arteries

Even Mild Sleep Apnea Hikes Heart Risk

Even Mild Strokes Can Do Harm

Evolution May Have Made Humans More Cancer Prone

Excess Drinking Boosts Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Excess Weight Seems to Boost Breast Cancer Risk

Excess Weight Speeds Up Osteoarthritis

Excessive Drinking Boosts Risk for Metabolic Syndrome

Exercise Combats Cancer Fatigue

Exercise Cuts Women's Risk of Heart Disease

Exercise Improves Stroke Outcome

Exercise Key Player in Knee Replacement Recovery

Exercise Lowers Risk of Colon Cancer

Exercise May Prevent Prostate Cancer: Study

Exercise Might Benefit Some With Heart Failure

Exercise Testing for Cancer Fails to Follow Guidelines

Exercise, Counseling Benefits Depressed Heart Failure Patients

Ex-NFL Players Hold Their Own Health-Wise

Experience Brings Better Angioplasty Outcomes

Experimental Blood Substitutes Unsafe, Study Finds

Experimental Cancer Vaccines Show Promise

Experimental Drug May Prevent Plaque Buildup

Experimental Imaging System Helps Detect Breast Cancer

Experimental Therapy Beats Back One Patient's Melanoma

Experts Optimistic About Melanoma Vaccine

Experts Release Guidelines on Use of Breast MRI

Experts Revise Guidelines on Daily Aspirin for Heart

Experts Say Blood Sugar Guidelines Remain Effective

Experts Urge Limits on Use of Cardiac CT Scans

Experts Urge Research on Sleep Apnea-Heart Disease Link

Experts Urge School Screening of Athletes' Hearts

Exploring Genetic Link Between Migraines, Cardiovascular Trouble

Exposure to Holocaust May Have Raised Cancer Risks

Extended Work Absences May Signal Risk of Death

Extra Drug Improves Rectal Cancer Treatment

Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy

Factors in Cancer Death Rates Stay Stagnant

Fallout From Atomic Bombs Still Causing Health Problems

Familial Breast Cancer Risk Lasts a Lifetime for Sisters

Families Could Benefit From Gene Tests in Sudden Cardiac Death Victims

Family Docs Do Colonoscopies Safely

Family History Key Player in Brain Cancer Risk

Family History of Aneurysm Raises Stroke Risk for Smokers

Family History of Melanoma Doubles Parkinson's Risk

Family History Plays Key Role in Blood Clot Risk

Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates

Fast Arrival at Hospital After Stroke Pays Off

Fast Heart Rate Warns of Obesity, Diabetes

Fasting Before Chemo Protects Healthy Cells

Fasting on Alternate Days May Make Dieting Easier

Fat Cell Protein Boosts Heart Attack Risk in Elderly

Fat Cells in Obese People Are 'Sick'

Fat Deposits Boost Heart Attack Risk

Fatty Fish May Cut Heart Failure Risk in Men

Fatty Liver Disease Ups Heart Risks for Obese Kids

Faulty Household Wiring Can Trigger a Heart Defibrillator

FDA Approves Genetic Test for Breast Cancer

FDA Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin

FDA Bars Generic Drugs From Indian Company

FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs

FDA Faulted for Stance on Chemical in Plastics

FDA Investigates Possible Vytorin-Cancer Link

FDA Investigating Safety of Asthma Drug Xolair

FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics

FDA Panel Calls for More Testing of Diabetes Drugs

FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients

FDA Panel Snubs Seroquel as 1st Choice Depression Treatment

FDA Panel Supports Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients

FDA Panel Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet

FDA Renews Warnings on Pain-Relief Patch

FDA Starts Safety Review of Autoimmune Disorder Drugs

FDA Tells Patients to Stick With Diabetes Drug Linked to Cancer

FDA to List Drugs Under Review for Safety Issues

FDA Wants New Diabetes Drugs Tested for Heart Risks

FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures

Fertility Drugs Do Not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk

Fetal Surgery May Treat Heart Defect

Few Americans Know of Leg Artery Danger

Few Stroke Patients Get Clot-Busting Drug

Few Student-Athletes Survive Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Fewer Deaths Occurring From Brain Bleeds

Fewer Dying Now From Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves

Fewer Women Are Having Mammograms

Fighting Cancer With a Pen

Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners

Finding Out How Flavonoids Protect the Heart

Finding Points to Possible Blood Test for Brain Tumors

Fingerprints May Vanish With Cancer Drug

Firefighters Have Narrower-Than-Normal Arteries, Study Finds

Firefighters May Face Higher Risk of Bladder Cancer

First Ablation Catheters Approved for Atrial Fibrillation

First-Ever Mapping of Cancer Patient's Genome

Fish Oil Supplements Don't Help Depressed Heart Patients

Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure

Fish Oil's Benefits Remain Elusive

Fish Oils May Prevent and Treat Heart Disease

Fitness Might Limit Stroke's Impact

Five-Minute Survey Can Help Predict Lung Cancer

Flu Can Raise Chances of Heart Attack

Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots

Flushing From Alcohol a Risk Factor for Esophageal Cancer

Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer

Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients' Brain Function

Focusing on CPR Improves Survival

Folic Acid and Other B Vitamins Won't Help Prevent Cancer

Folic Acid Doesn't Help the Heart

Folic Acid Fortification Might Boost Cancer Risk

Folic Acid Supplements Raise Prostate Cancer Risk

Fondness for Fish Keeps Japanese Hearts Healthy

Food as Medicine?

Food Phosphates Might Spur Lung Cancer

For Chest Pain in the ER, CT Angiography May Be Best

For Even Healthy Men, Alcohol Seems to Lower Heart Attack Risk

For Hispanics, a Unique Cancer Profile Emerges

For Kids With Leukemia, Radiation May Be Safe to Skip

For Older Walkers, Faster Is Better

For Some Doctors, Empathy Is in Short Supply

For Young Adults, Borderline High Blood Pressure a Threat

Formaldehyde May Endanger Funeral Workers

Framingham Score May Not Spot Lifetime Heart Risk

Frankincense Provides Relief for Osteoarthritis

Freckles, Moles May Indicate Risk for Eye Cancer

Free Web Site Lists Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

Freezing Ovaries Preserves Fertility, Scientists Report

Frequent Prostate Screens Fail to Improve Aggressive Cancer Diagnoses

'Fresh' Transfusions Improve Odds for Cancer Patients After Surgery

Fructose Boosts Blood Pressure, Studies Find

Fructose May Raise Blood Pressure

Fruit Even Healthier Than Thought: Study

Fruits and Veggies May Improve Sperm Quality

Fruits, Vegetables, Teas May Cut Smokers' Cancer Risk

Full-Body Scans May Help the Highly Cancer-Prone

Gains Against Heart Failure Reported

Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure

Garlic as a Cancer Fighter? Maybe Not

Garlic Yields Up Its Health Secret

Gasping Is Good When It Comes to Cardiac Arrest

Gender Disparities Persist in Treatment of Stroke

Gender Matches Benefit Heart Transplants

Gender May Influence Heart Failure Treatment

Gene Alteration May Affect Breast Cancer Therapy

Gene Boosts Drinkers' Colon Cancer Risk

Gene Boosts Resistance to Chemo Drug

Gene Can Dampen Chemo Drug Effectiveness

Gene Connections Key to Brain Tumor Growth

Gene Could Boost Stroke Risk for Migraine Sufferers

Gene Could Link Obesity, Colon Cancer

Gene Discovery May Advance Head and Neck Cancer Therapy

Gene Fusions May Drive Certain Cancers

Gene Governs Response to Leukemia Chemotherapy

Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Might Boost Heart Health

Gene Mutation Doubles Risk of Aggressive Colon Cancer in Blacks

Gene Mutation Improves Response to Lung Cancer Drug

Gene Mutation Is Linked to Heart Muscle Disease

Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Atrial Fibrillation

Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease

Gene Mutations for Rare Heart Disease Also Found in Kids

Gene Predicts Breast Cancer Prognosis

Gene Profiles Might Help Guide Lung Cancer Care

Gene Screen Could Help Spot Melanoma

Gene Signature for Liver Cancer Recurrence Found

Gene Signature May Predict Recurrence of Lung Cancer

Gene Studies Reveal Cancer's Secrets

Gene Test Could Catch Deadly Heart Problem

Gene Test Could Predict Colon Cancer's Return

Gene Test Could Predict Thyroid Cancer Risk

Gene Test May Help Predict Colon Cancer's Return

Gene Test May ID Younger Women at Risk for Melanoma

Gene Therapy Helps Dogs Stricken With Cancer

Gene Therapy May Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis

Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix

Gene Variant Boosts Risk for Stress-Related Ischemia

Gene Variant Protects Black Heart Failure Patients

Gene Variant Raises Risk for Brain Cancer at Young Age

Gene Variant Tied to Smokers' Risk of Lung Cancer

Gene Variants Can Predict Threat of Heart Disease

Gene Variation Linked to Neuroblastoma, a Childhood Cancer

Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts

Genes Linked to Cholesterol in Cells Are Identified

Genes Linked to 'Pot' Belly

Genes Linked to Spread of Breast Cancer

Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery

Genes May Decide Which Smokers Get Lung Disease

Genes May Link Hip Fractures and Heart Disease

Genes May Predict Lymphoma Treatment Outcome

Genes May Raise Risk of Neuroblastoma in Kids

Genes Play Part in Prostate Cancer Among Races

Genes Predict Chances of Breast Cancer's Spread

Genes That Control Body's Salt Levels Are Identified

Genetic Cause of Statin-Related Muscle Pain Found

Genetic Changes May Dictate Course of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Genetic Clues May Lead to New Skin Cancer Therapies

Genetic Data May Not Boost Heart Disease Predictions

Genetic Disorder Drug Helps Reverse Heart Muscle Enlargement

Genetic Markers May Predict Lung Cancer Recurrence

Genetic Medicine Making Inroads Against Disease

Genetic Mutations Linked to Deadly Brain Cancer

Genetic Mutations Linked to Deadly Cancers

Genetic Test for Heart Disease Risk in the Works

Genetic Trait Could Predict Lung Cancer

Genetics May Help Fine-Tune Warfarin Dosage

Genetics Should Decide Warfarin Dose, Study Reiterates

Genome of Leukemia Patient Reveals Common Mutations

Genomic Profiling of Breast Cancers a Better Treatment Tool

Get Healthy: Your Middle-Aged Heart Will Thank You

Get Ready for Gruesome Cigarette Warnings

GI Bleeding After Stroke Raises Death Risk

Ginger Eases Nausea From Chemo

Ginkgo Prevented Stroke Damage in Mice

Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks

Gleevec Prevents Return of Intestinal Cancer, Study Confirms

Gleevec Pushes Advanced Melanoma Into Remission

Global Efforts to Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol Working

Glucosamine Fails Osteoarthritis Test

Glucose Challenge in Pregnancy Could Predict Heart Disease

Gold Nanospheres Show Promise in 'Boiling' Out Cancer

Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms

Good Oral Hygiene May Protect Against Heart Infections

Grape Seed Extract Kills Leukemia Cells in Lab

Great American Smokeout '09: Time to Quit

Green Areas Lower Health Inequities Between Rich, Poor

Green Tea Component May Slow Prostate Cancer

Green Tea May Help Prevent Oral Cancer

Grilled Meats Not Tied to Breast Cancer in Older Women

Group Urges Depression Screening for Heart Patients

Group Works to Streamline Cancer Therapy Approvals

Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants

Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries

Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure

Gum Disease May Increase Head and Neck Cancer Risk

Gum Disease Might Boost Cancer Risk

Gum Disease, Heart Disease Share Genetic Link

Gum Disease, HPV a Double Whammy

Half of U.S. Babies Living Today May Reach 100

Hallucinogen Gives Lasting Spiritual Boost

Hands-Only Resuscitation OK for Cardiac Arrest

Happy Marriage, Happy Heart

Hardened Arteries Threaten Obese, Diabetic Youth

Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified

Harm Begins With a Few Cigarettes, a Little Smog

Harmless Virus May Be Deadly to Breast Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag

Head, Neck Cancer Treatment Often Not Completed

Headphones May Threaten Heart-Device Performance

Health Care 'Gap' Continues for Minority, Poor Americans

Health Insurance Rules Affect Medical Outcomes

Health Secrets of Red Wine Uncovered

Health Tip: After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: About Heart Arrhythmia

Health Tip: Alleviating Rheumatoid Arthritis

Health Tip: At Risk for Another Heart Attack?

Health Tip: Breathing Polluted Air

Health Tip: Cardiac Rehabilitation

Health Tip: Caring for Mouth Sores From Cancer Treatment

Health Tip: Choosing a Knee Brace

Health Tip: Control Risk Factors for Stroke

Health Tip: Coping With Juvenile Arthritis

Health Tip: Dealing With Peripheral Artery Disease

Health Tip: Diagnosing Joint Pain

Health Tip: Drive Safely With Arthritis

Health Tip: Eat a Heart-Healthy Diet

Health Tip: Exercise to Beat Arthritis Pain

Health Tip: Feel Better by Looking Good

Health Tip: Get Screened for Cancer

Health Tip: Getting Cancer Support

Health Tip: Getting Ready for Cancer Treatment

Health Tip: Having Another Heart Attack

Health Tip: Having High Blood Pressure

Health Tip: Healing Mentally After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: Health Tip: Wine Could Benefit the Heart

Health Tip: Heart-Healthy Diet Should Start in Infancy

Health Tip: Help Prevent Metabolic Syndrome

Health Tip: Help Prevent Stroke

Health Tip: How a Pacemaker Helps the Heart

Health Tip: If You Have High Cholesterol

Health Tip: Joining a Cancer Support Group

Health Tip: Keep Cholesterol Under Control

Health Tip: Life After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: Living With a Pacemaker

Health Tip: Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle

Health Tip: Managing Joint Pain

Health Tip: Massage Arthritis Pain

Health Tip: Monitoring What You Drink

Health Tip: Pain Reliever Side Effects

Health Tip: Preparing for a Stress Test

Health Tip: Recognizing Arthritis in the Thumb

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Health Tip: Risk Factors for High Cholesterol?

Health Tip: Screening for Cancer

Health Tip: Taking a Daily Aspirin

Health Tip: Talking to Loved Ones With Cancer

Health Tip: Tame Arthritis Symptoms

Health Tip: Triggers for Foot Arthritis

Health Tip: Try Kickboxing

Health Tip: Understanding Metabolic Syndrome

Health Tip: What's Behind High Cholesterol?

Health Tip: When a Loved One Has Cancer

Health Tip: When Arthritis Affects the Hands

Health Tip: When Flat Feet Cause Pain

Health Tip: Your Diet After Cancer Treatment

Healthier Lifestyles Would Lengthen American Lives

Healthy Behaviors Slow Functional Decline After Cancer

Healthy Diet Lowers Death Risk for Women

Healthy Heart Tips for a Bad Economy

Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese

Heart Attack Care Often Delayed for the Poor

Heart Attacks Less Often Fatal Today

Heart Attacks Peak During the Holidays

Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab

Heart Damage After Vascular Surgery Raises Death Risks

Heart Defect Spotted During Surgery May Not Need Repair

Heart Device Recipients Often Not Aware of Recalls

Heart Disease and Depression Up Heart Failure Risk

Heart Disease Gender Gap Narrows

Heart Disease Risks Hit Boys in Teens

Heart Disease Starts Early in Life

Heart Docs Often Fail to Order Tests Before Angioplasty

Heart Drug Combos Raise Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Heart Drug May Be a Cancer Fighter

Heart Drug Used in Ambulance Boosts Survival

Heart Failure Accounts for 37% of Medicare Spending

Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses

Heart Failure Hospitalizations Up Sharply

Heart Failure Patients Overestimate Their Life Expectancy

Heart Failure Raises Risk of Fractures

Heart Failure Raises Risks After Non-Cardiac Surgeries

Heart Failure Treatment Underused

Heart Patients Benefit From At-Home Care, Study Finds

Heart Pump Helps Children Waiting for Transplant

Heart Risk Can Be Predicted Without Lab Tests

Heart Risks Emerging in People With HIV

Heart Risks Rise With Smokeless Tobacco

Heart Surgeon Shortage Predicted

Heart Test Deemed OK Before Kidney Transplant

Heart Transplant Failures More Likely in Poor, Minority Kids

Heart Valves Fashioned From Stem Cells in Umbilical Cord Blood

Heart, Bone Problems May Follow Prostate Cancer Treatment

Heartbeat Might One Day Power Pacemakers

Heartburn Drugs Can Thwart Popular Blood Thinner

Heart-Pacing Devices Hold Promise for Heart Failure

Heart's Stem Cells Not Created Equally

Heat Therapy May Help Prevent Esophageal Cancer

Heavier People Have Heart Attacks Earlier

Heavy Drinking Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Heavy Traffic Can Be Heartbreaking

Height May Boost Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Suggests

Hepatitis B Vaccination Protects Against Liver Cancer

Herb Shows Potential for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hidden Salt in Diet Haunts Many With Heart Failure

High Blood Fat Levels Common in Americans

High Blood Fat Levels Tied to Ischemic Stroke Risk

High Blood Pressure Stalks Many Americans

High Blood Pressure Still Slipping Past Doctors

High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Associated With Eye Disease

High Co-Pays Keeping Chronically Ill From Their Meds

High Insulin May Boost Odds of Breast Cancer

High Rate of Early Heart Failure Seen in Blacks

High Resting Heart Rate Spells Trouble for Women

High Salt Levels Common in Many Foods

High-Dose Chemo Fails Against Small Cell Lung Cancers

Higher Chemo Drug Dose Prolongs Lives of Leukemia Patients

Higher Fitness Levels Tied to Lower Heart, Death Risks

Higher Wealth Linked to Lower Risk of Early Stroke

High-Risk Blacks Less Likely to Get Colonoscopies

High-Tech Imaging No Better for Diagnosing Head/Neck Cancers

High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs

Hip Osteoarthritis Therapy No Better Than Placebo

Hip Replacement Boosts Mobility at Any Age

Hispanics Less Likely to Get Repeat Artery Surgery

HIV Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack

HIV Patients May Have Stiffer Arteries

HIV Patients More Prone to 7 Kinds of Cancer

Hodgkin Lymphoma Kids Face Greater Risk of Future Problems

Hodgkin's Survivors Prone to Breast Cancer Later

Home Blood-Pressure Monitoring Recommended

Home Defibrillators Fail to Boost Survival Rates

Home Monitoring Program Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients

Home-Based Programs Benefit Older Cancer Survivors

Hope for Damaged Heart Muscle

Hopes Dashed for Thalidomide as Lung Cancer Treatment

Hormone Reduces Mortality in Heart Patients With High BP

Hormone Replacement May Cut Risk for Age-Linked Eye Disease

Hormone Rx May Protect Women With Breast Cancer Gene

Hormone Therapy for Early Prostate Cancer Not Always Best

Hormone Therapy May Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk

Hormone Therapy May Make Lung Cancer More Likely

Hormone Therapy Not Best for Older Prostate Cancer Patients

Hormone Therapy Safe, Effective for Women Entering Menopause

Hormone Therapy Shows Little Benefit Against Prostate Cancer

Hospital Volume Imperfect Gauge of Cancer Surgery Outcomes

Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Skyrocketing

Hospitals Reduce Heart Attack Deaths

Hot Flashes, Night Sweats a Good Sign for Breast Cancer Patients

How Bad Feelings Can Harm Your Health

How Weight Loss Helps the Heart

HPV Vaccine No More Painful Than Other Shots

HPV Data May Aid Vaccine's Effectiveness

HPV Tied to Better Tongue, Tonsil Cancer Outcomes

HRT Dosing May Determine Risks, Benefits

HRT Drug Boosts Stroke Risk in Older Women

HRT Increases Stroke Risk

HRT Raises Recurrence Risk Among Breast Cancer Survivors

HRT Users Who Get Breast Cancer Less Likely to Die

Human Heart Can Make New Cells

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Extends Survival After Cardiac Arrest

Hypertension Takes Huge Toll in Developing Countries

Hypertension Triples Women's Diabetes Risk

Hypnosis Cuts Hot Flashes for Breast Cancer Survivors

Identical Genes From Parents May Raise Cancer Risk

Imaging Advance Tracks Prostate Cancer in Lymph Nodes

Imaging System Lets Doctors 'See' Cancer During Surgery

Immune Cells Shrink Tumors in Mice

Immune System Biomarkers May Predict Early Lung Cancer

Immune Systems of AIDS Patients More Prone to HPV Cancers

Immune Therapy May Aid Kids With Neuroblastoma

Immune-Boosting Lung Cancer Therapy Shows Promise

Immunotherapy Boosts Treatment of Kids' High-Risk Sarcomas

Implantable Defibrillators May Not Help Women With Heart Failure

Implanted Defibrillators Benefit Older People

Implanted Defibrillators Boost Long-Term Survival

Improved Hip Implants Can Last 20 Years

In U.S., No Comeback Seen for Hormone Therapy

Incidence of Mantle Cell Lymphoma on Rise

Increase in Thyroid Cancer Puzzles Experts

Increased Heart Risk Seen for Retired NFL Players

Increasing Alcohol Use Tied to More Hospitalization

Incubators Affect Newborns' Heart Rates

Infection, Cardiac Woes Send Heart Failure Patients to the Hospital

Inflammation Markers May Help Predict Stroke Risk

Inflammation May Play Role in Sleep Duration

Inhibiting Protein May Keep Cancer Cells From Refueling

Initiative Links Celebrities to Cancer Research

Injection May Heal Damaged Heart

Insulin Resistance Tied to Peripheral Artery Disease

Intense Daily Workout May Keep Cancer at Bay

Intense Heat May Boost Tomato Antioxidant

International Consortium Will Hunt Down Genetics of Cancer

Investigational Drug May Help Avert Blood Clots

IPods Don't Interfere With Pacemakers, Study Shows

Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer

Irregular Heartbeat During Angioplasty Could Raise Death Risk

Irregular Heartbeat Risk Higher in Women With Type 2 Diabetes

Irregular Heartbeat Tied to Alzheimer's Disease

Is Bypass Truly Better than Stenting?

Is Smoking Tougher on Women?

It's Back to Basics to Save a Life

IV 'Ice Slurry' Quickly Cools Body for Surgeries

Jackson's Death Puts Spotlight on Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Joint Replacement Soars as Number of Docs Falls

Joyful Music in Tune With Heart Health

Key Blood Test Protein May Not Cause Heart Disease

Key Protein Limits Damage of Heart Attack

Key Protein May Link Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Woes

Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows No Boost in Survival

Kidney Cancers More Likely to Be Diagnosed Early

Kidney Dysfunction Puts Women at Risk of Sudden Death

Kidney Patients Less Likely to Get Heart Attack Meds

Kidney Patients More Susceptible to Sudden Cardiac Death

Kidney Transplant, Sleep Disorder May Add Up to Trouble

Kidney, Heart Problems May Be Linked

Kids Given Photos of Sunburn Damage Covered Up Better

Kids' Obesity May Lead to Epidemic of Adult Diabetes

Knee Replacement Considered a Good Value

Knee Replacement Works Best When Patients, Providers Agree

Know the Warning Signs of Stroke

Know the Warning Signs of Stroke? Most Don't.

Know Your Odds for Heart Failure

'Lab on a Chip' Might Speed Breast Cancer Monitoring

Lab Study Finds Protein That May Inhibit Cancer Spread

Lab Study Makes Strides in Mending Hearts

Lab Study Slows Breast Cancer Spread to Bone in Mice

Lack of Sleep Hurts Women's Hearts Most

Lance Armstrong's New Challenge Could Be His Greatest

Laparoscopic Surgery on Pancreas Has Fewer Complications

Larger Men at Greater Risk for Atrial Fibrillation

Larger Skin Lesions More Likely to Be Melanoma

Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers

Laser Therapy Disappoints in Stroke Trial

Later Use of Clot-Buster After Stroke Possible: Study

Latest Breast Imaging Techniques Offer New Views

Latin Women More Likely to Be Unhappy With Breast Cancer Treatment Decisions

Laughter Can Boost Heart Health

Laws Governing Indoor Tanning by Teens Don't Work

LDL Cholesterol Tied to Increased Cancer Risk in Diabetics

Leg Clots May Not Travel to Lungs

Less Aggressive Care for More Severe Heart Disease

Less Intensive Treatment Given Diabetic Women With Heart Disease

Leukemia Cells May Hide in Fat Tissue

Leukemia Drug in High Dose Helps Survival

Leukemia Drug May Help Some Ovarian Cancer Patients

Levels of Circulating Tumor Cells Could Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome

Lifelong Exercise Keeps Seniors Young at Heart

Lifestyle Changes Affect Cancer Genes

Lifestyle Changes Boost Enzyme Regulating Cell Aging

Lifestyle Counseling Reduces Heart Risk

Light Drinking Poses No Heart Risk for Women

Light Exercise Prevents Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly

Limb-Sparing Surgery May Offer Little Benefit to Cancer Patients

Limited Value Found for First-Generation Heart Pumps

Lip Balms and Glosses May Boost Skin Cancer Risks

Lipoprotein Levels May Predict Women's Hypertension Risk

Little Steps Add Up to Major Reductions in Blood Pressure

Little-Known Fat Can Be a Heartbreaker

Liver Cancer Patients May Get Hope

Liver Transplant Patients at Higher Cancer Risk

Living in U.S. May Raise Hispanics' Cancer Risk

Living Near Major Road May Boost Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

Longer Hormone Treatment May Improve Prostate Cancer Outlook

Long-Term Aspirin Use Seems to Protect Against Colorectal Lesions

Long-Term Help Regimen Cut Heart Attack Recurrence

Long-Term Lead Exposure Linked to Heart Deaths

Low Blood Pressure During Surgery Boosts Stroke Risk

Low Blood Sodium Predicts Mortality in PAH Patients

Low Cholesterol May Help Prevent Cancer

Low Iron Levels Cut Cancer Risk in Men With PAD

Low Levels of 2 Enzymes in Ovarian Cancer Cells Shortened Survival

Low Thyroid Function Linked to Heart Failure Risk

Low Vitamin D Could Raise Death Risk

Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Heart Disease

Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Leg Artery Blockages

Low Vitamin D Levels May Boost Men's Heart Attack Risk

Low Vitamin D Levels May Initiate Cancer Development

Low Vitamin E, C Intake Tied to Asthma Risk

Low-Cost Strategies to Maintain Health in Hard Times

Lower IQ Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Deaths

Lowered HRT Use May Have Cut Heart Attacks

Lowering Blood Pressure Improves Brain Hemorrhage Outcomes

Lowering Dietary Fat May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

Lowest Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Levels the Best

Low-Salt Diet May Not Be Best for Heart

Lung Cancer Genetics Different in Black Patients: Study

Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease

Lung Cancer: Still the Biggest Cancer Killer, by Far

Lung Disease Tied to Increased Risk for Cardiac Events

Lung Infections Cost Hospitals More Than $10B in 2006

Magnesium May Lower Risk for Some Strokes in Male Smokers

Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually

'Male Lumpectomy' May Help Some With Prostate Cancer

Mammograms Remain Best Way to Spot Breast Cancer

Mammograms Still a Good Idea for Elderly Women

Mammography: What to Do Now?

Managing Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Cuts Stroke Risk

Managing Stress Can Lower Heart Death Risk

Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments

Many Cancer Patients Turn to Complementary Medicine

Many Cancer Survivors Are Overweight and Sedentary: Study

Many Childhood Cancer Survivors Never Marry

Many Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Checking for Second Malignancies

Many Heart Attack Patients Not Referred to Cardiac Rehab

Many Ignore Symptoms of Bladder Trouble

Many Miss Out on Stroke Treatment

Many Opt for Surgery to Lower Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risk

Many Phase 3 Cancer Drug Trials Yield Effective Medicines

Many Teens Circumvent Tanning Bed Laws

Many Texas Docs Not Pushing HPV Vaccine for Girls

Many Who Should Use Statins Don't

Many With Heart Disease Don't Know Signs of Heart Attack

Many Women Struggle With Uncontrolled Blood Pressure

Mapping the Link Between Alcohol, Cancer

Marathoners Go the Distance on Heart Health

Marijuana Linked to Aggressive Testicular Cancer

Marijuana Use May Raise Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Marital Distress May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery

Marital Separation May Hurt Cancer Survival

Massage Therapy Helps Those With Advanced Cancer

Mastectomy Not First Choice for Most Breast Cancer Patients

Master Stem Cell for Human Heart Identified

Mathematical Model Helps Predict Cancer Tumor Size

Medicare Costs Soar for Cancer Care

Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment Soar

Medication Review May Help With Heart Failure

Medications That Lower Breast Cancer Risk Carry Other Dangers

Meditation May Reduce Stress in Breast Cancer Patients

Mediterranean Diet Aids the Aging Brain: Study

Mediterranean Diet Cuts Death From Chronic Diseases

'Mediterranean'-Style Diet Best for Blood Sugar Control

Melanoma Drug Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival

Melanoma Rates Soar Among Younger Women

Melanomas on Scalp and Neck More Deadly

Melt-Away Stent Works Well in Trial

Men Often Not Told of Severity of Wife's Cancer

Men With Angina Do Worse Than Women

Men With BRCA Gene Mutations Unaware of Cancer Risks

Men's Stroke Risk Rises Dramatically in Mid-40s

Mercury in Fish Linked to High Blood Pressure

Metabolic Syndrome Foretells Diabetes in Elderly

Metabolic Syndrome May Be in the Genes

Metabolic Syndrome May Make Breast Cancer More Likely

Metabolic Syndrome May Raise Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease

Metabolic Syndrome Raises Colon Cancer Risk 75%

Metabolic Syndrome Triggered by Overeating, Not Obesity

Methadone Kills Resistant Leukemia Cells

Method for Treating Cervical Lesions May Pose Pregnancy Risks

Micardis Given Wider Approval

Micro Molecules May Be Cancer Biomarker

'Micro' Spreading of Breast Cancer Needs Treating, Study Urges

Middle-Age Heart Risk Factors Shorten Men's Lives

Migraine Frequency Tied to Stroke, Heart Attack Risk

Migraine Increases Likelihood of Stroke

Migraine Might Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Migraine Sufferers Face Greater Blood Clot Risk

Migraine With Aura Can Double Stroke Risk

Migraines' Frequency Influences Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

Migraines in Pregnancy Boost Vascular Risks

Millions More Americans Might Be Placed on Statins

Millions of Americans With Chronic Ills Put Off Health Care

Mineral May Reduce High-Risk Bladder Disease

Mini-Stroke Can Mean Major One Within Hours

Mini-Stroke Found to Precede 1 in 8 Strokes

Mini-Strokes May Cause Vision Loss

Minneapolis Tops List of Heart-Friendly Cities for Women

Minorities Distrust Medical System More

Minorities to Bear Brunt of Rise in U.S. Cancer Cases

Mistaken Beliefs About Cancer Abound

Mixed Results for Anti-Clotting Drugs in Heart Attacks

Moderate Aerobic Exercise Lowers Diabetics' Liver Fat

Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Protect Against Disabilities

Moderate Drinking Guards the Heart

Moderate-Fat Diet May Be Better at Reducing Heart Risks

Modified MRI Spots Early Osteoarthritis

Molecule Disrupts DNA Sequence in Ewing's Sarcoma

Molecule Helps Leukemia Cells Hide From Immune System

Molecule Uses Cellular Recycling to Treat Kidney Cancer

Mom's Unhealthy Diet May Have Long-Term Impact on Baby

Monitoring Protein Didn't Improve Heart Failure Outcomes

Mood Disorders Put Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD

More Americans Urged to Get Cancer Screenings

More Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed at Specialty Centers

More Cancer Tests Mean More False-Positive Results

More Chest Compressions During CPR Improves Survival Odds

More Dairy, Calcium in Childhood Could Mean Longer Life

More Doctors Need to Learn to Spot Skin Cancers

More Evidence Healthy Living Brings Long Life

More Fast-Food Joints in Neighborhoods Mean More Strokes

More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer

More Kids Becoming Severely Obese

More Mammograms May Mean More 'Harmless' Cancers

More Stroke Victims Get Clot-Busting Therapy

More U.S. Kids Taking Diabetes, Blood Pressure Drugs

More Women Having Other Breast Removed

Morphine May Help Tumors Spread in Cancer Patients

Most Adult Americans at Some Risk for Heart Disease

Most Cancer Survivors Say Chemo Fears Unfounded

Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies

Most Devout Most Likely to Fight Death to the End

Most Off-Label Cancer Drug Use for Palliative Care

Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose

Most Young, Black Females Are Not Getting HPV Vaccine

Mouse Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Act Like Embryonic Stem Cells

Mouse Study May Offer Better Diagnosis for Preeclampsia

Mouth Swab May One Day Diagnose Lung Cancer

MP3 Player Headphones May Throw Off Cardiac Devices

MRI Can Be Predictor of Post-Treatment Prostate Cancer Spread

MRI Scans Reveal Post-Heart Attack Bleeding

MRIs Don't Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome

Multaq Sanctioned for Heart Rhythm Disorders

Multiple ICD Replacements Can Predict Complications

Multiple Myeloma Genome Unlocked

Multiple Screening Strategy Boosts Cervical Cancer Detection

Music as Medicine

Music Can Help Restore Stroke Patients' Sight

Music Can Make the Heart Beat Faster

Music Therapy Improves Well-Being of Very Ill Patients

Nanoparticle Stops Cancer From Spreading

Nanoparticles May Help Attack Cancer More Directly

Neck Fat a Measure of Heart Risk

Negative Cancer Messages Backfire With Blacks

'Net, Video Tools Successful in Lung Disease Management

New Calcium Measure Better Predictor of Heart Risks

New Advances Could Battle Cancer Cell by Cell

New Advances May Treat Stroke Faster, Better

New Anal Cancer Therapy Fails to Improve Outcomes

New Antibiotics May Target Cancer-Causing Proteins

New Anti-Clotting Drug Beats Plavix

New Anticoagulant Pill Works Well in Trial

New Approach Keeps Tumor Cells From Refueling

New Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Improves Results

New Benefits From Old Heart Measures

New Brain Hemorrhage Guidelines Stress Quick Action

New Cancer Patients Retain Little Medical Information

New Chemo Regimen May Benefit Ovarian Cancer Patients

New Chemotherapy Combo Holds Promise for Lung Cancer

New Classification Proposed for Stomach Cancers

New Clues to How Cancer Spreads

New Clues to How Fish Oils Help Arthritis Patients

New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates

New Device 'Fingers' Heart Risk

New Device Treats Common Heart Rhythm Disorder

New DNA Stool Testing Spots More Colon Cancers

New Drug Being Tested for Pancreatic Cancer

New Drug Fights Cancer in Dogs

New Drug for Brain Cancer Too Dangerous for Pediatric Patients

New Drug Helps Relieve Gout

New Drug May Help Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis

New Drug May Work Better Against Chemo Side Effects

New Drug Protects Against Radiation Damage

New Drug Shows Promise Against Heartbeat Abnormality

New Drug Shows Promise for Rheumatoid Arthriitis

New Drug Shows Promise in Use With Coronary Stents

New Drug Slows Thyroid Cancer

New Drug-Coated Stent Approved

New Drug-Coated Stent Does Well in Early Trial

New Evidence Supports HPV Vaccine

New Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins

New Gene May Signal Aggressive Breast Cancer

New Guidelines for Treating Heart Failure

New Guidelines Issued for Implanted Heart Devices

New Guidelines on Infant Stroke Released

New Guidelines Rule Out Prostate Screening for Men Over 75

New Guidelines Tackle Treatment of Resistant Hypertension

New Heart Attack Treatment Guidelines Stress Coordination

New Heart Disease Markers Discovered

New Heart Valve Repair System Tested for Safety

New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers

New Hope for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

New Imaging Technique Could Spot Early Cancers

New Method Boosts Cardiac Arrest Survival

New Molecular Trigger Described for Hypertension, Diabetes

New Molecule Discovery Shows Promise Against Tamoxifen-Resistant Breast Cancers

New Pap Test Guidelines: Start Later, Have Fewer

New PET Scanner Could Improve Diagnosis

New Polyp Detection Method Could Be Cost-Saver

New Prostate Cancer Drug May Hold Promise

New Prostates Grown From Single Stem Cell

New Research Sheds Light on Breast Cancer Prognosis

New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Works for Adults, Children

New Robotic Arm Has Softer Surgical Touch

New Scan 'Sees' Tumors Deep Inside Body

New Source of Heart Stem Cells Found

New Statistical Model Could Cut Needless Breast Biopsies

New Surgery for Heart Failure Proves Ineffective

New Target Eyed for Colon Cancer Drugs

New Targets Found That Stop Tumor Growth

New Technique May Improve Early Cervical Cancer Treatment

New Technology Speeds GI Disease Diagnosis

New Test Detects Rare Leukemia More Quickly

New Test IDs Cancer Cells in Tumors

New Test May Mean Faster Breast Cancer Treatment

New Test Seems to Spot Deadly Heart Condition

New Tests Spot Tough-to-Detect Cancers Sooner

New Therapy Could Transform Arthritis Treatment

New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice

New Therapy Spares Organ in Early Esophageal Cancer

New Treatment Lessens Heart Attack Damage

New Treatment May Beat Melanoma

New Treatments Hold Hope for Failing Eyes

New Type of Stent Appears Safe, Effective

New Type of Stent Shows Promise

New Wiring Adds Risk When Replacing Pacemaker

New Worries Over Blockbuster Meds Avandia, Fosamax

Newer Antipsychotics Pose Cardiac Risk: Study

Newer Blood Pressure Drug Better for Some Heart Patients, Diabetics

Newer Blood Pressure Drug No Better Than Placebo in Preventing Stroke

Newer Blood Tests May Not Improve Heart Risk Assessment

Newer Blood Thinners May Outperform Old Standbys

Newer Contraceptives Don't Increase Heart Risk

Newer, Better Tests for Heart Attacks

Newest Coated Stent Does Well in Real-World Trial

NFL Players Not at Increased Heart Risk

Niacin Adds No Benefit for Statin Patients: Study

Nicotine May Spur Breast Cancer's Spread

Nicotine Receptors Could Be Lung Cancer Treatment Target

Night Shift Work Hard on the Heart

No Definitive Link Seen Between Vytorin and Cancer

No Evidence Breast Self-Exams Cut Cancer Deaths

No Firm Evidence Green Tea Helps Prevent Cancer

No Gender Gap Found for Clot-Busting Drug

No Immediate Changes Expected in Mammogram Coverage

No Increase in Clots With Drug-Eluting Stents

No Osteoarthritis Seen in Obese Mice Without Leptin

No Verdict Yet on Grape Seed Extract vs. Breast Cancer

Noise in Artery Could Warn of Heart Risk

Non-AIDS Cancer Risk Higher for Those With HIV

Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Growing Among HIV Patients

Non-Hormonal Therapies Aid Breast Cancer Patients

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Ups Risk for Other Cancers

Non-Surgical Approach Can Treat Lung Cancers

Normal Cells May Predict Cancer Virulence

Normal Weight Doesn't Always Equal Healthy Weight

Not All Caregivers Are Stressed and Depressed

Not All Colon Cancer Patients Need Chemotherapy: Study

Not Many U.S. Kids Need Statins

NSAIDs Might Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Obama Lifts Ban on Stem Cell Research

Obama to End Stem Cell Ban Monday

Obese Kids Have Old Arteries

Obese Men Face Twin Threat From Prostate Cancer

Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement

Obese People Seem to Do Better With Heart Disease

Obesity Drug Shows Mixed Success Against Atherosclerosis

Obesity Greatly Raises Endometrial Cancer Risk

Obesity Linked to Heart Failure Risk

Obesity Linked to Ovarian Cancer

Obesity Linked to Poor Prognosis for Some Breast Cancer Patients

Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S.

Obesity Rates Up in 37 States: Report

Obesity Rolling Back Gains in Heart Health

Obesity Seems to Alter Heart Structure

Obesity Takes Years Off Your Life

Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Outcomes

Obesity, Diabetes and Heart Disease May Speed Dementia

Obesity, Insulin Level Impact Prostate Cancer Survival

Obesity, Lack of Insurance Take Toll on Young Americans

Obesity-Related Inflammation Boosts Heart Risks

Occasional Smoking Still Does Damage

Occupational Therapy Plus Exercise Benefits Osteoarthritis

Off-Hours Heart Patients Less Likely to Get Angioplasty

Older Diabetics' Risk of Cardiac Ischemia Lower Than Thought

Older Drug Effective in Treating Pediatric Nerve Cancer

Older Patients With Cancer at Heightened Suicide Risk

Oldest Heart Patients May Get Most From Warfarin

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Guard Against Advanced Prostate Cancer

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Might Curb Depression in Heart Patients

Omega-3 Foods May Lower Eye Disease Risk

Omega-3, Some Omega-6 Fatty Acids Boost Cardiovascular Health

Omega-3s of No Added Benefit to Heart Attack Patients

Omega-6 Fatty Acids Can Be Good for You

On Memory, Older Americans Outsmart the English

Once-a-Year Drug Helps Counter Steroid-Linked Bone Loss

One in Three Cancer Survivors on Unemployment Line

One Pill Might Prevent Heart Disease

One-Fifth of British Childhood Cancer Survivors Smoke

One-Third of Uninsured Are Chronically Ill

Onsolis Approved for Severe Cancer Pain

Opening Arteries With Drug-Coated Stents OK Over 70

Opening Clogged Arteries Helps Women After Heart Attack

Optimal Treatment Boosts Blacks' Lung Cancer Survival

Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control

Optimism About Heart Risk Pays Off

Oral Drug Ups Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases

Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals

Osteoporosis Drug Seems to Shrink Breast Tumors

Osteoporosis Meds Linked to Heart Problem

Outcomes Improve for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients

Outcomes Similar for Laparoscopic, Open Colon Cancer Surgeries

Outside Workers Least Likely to Get Skin Exams

Ovary Removal May Not Be Needed in Endometrial Cancer

Ovary Removal May Play a Role in Lung Cancer

Overall Health of U.S. Children a Mixed Bag

Overweight Preschoolers Raise Their Heart Disease Risk

Oxidized LDL Cholesterol Linked to Metabolic Syndrome

Ozone Pollution Taking Toll on American Lives

Pacemakers Change Biology of the Heart

Paclitaxel Plus Chemo Improves Outcomes in Early Breast Cancer

Pain Level May Predict Survival in Certain Cancer Patients

Pain More a Cause of Arthritis Than a Symptom

Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Found

Pancreatic Drug Trial Halted on Promising Results

Panel Finds Evidence Murky on Full-Body Skin Exams

Panic Disorder Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Disease

Parent Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Kids' Heart Risks

Parkinson's Drug May Fight Cancer

Partnerships Effective Communicators of Cancer Advances

Patch Helps Mend Damaged Hearts

Patient Navigators Boost Colon Screens in Urban Minorities

Patient-Reported Health Scores May Predict Head, Neck Cancer Outcomes

Patients Benefit From End-of-Life Discussions With a Doctor

Patients Do Better at Hospitals With Clinical Trials

Patient's Own Stem Cells Might Treat Heart Attack

Pausing Hormone Therapy Doesn't Cut Mammogram Recalls

Pediatric Heart Surgeons May Be Best Choice for Adults

Pediatricians Recommend Cholesterol Drugs for Some Kids

People Over 60 at Risk for 'Silent Stroke'

People With MS May Have Lower Cancer Risk

Pesticides Linked to Blood Disorder

'Phase 0' Trials Aim to Speed Cancer Drug Development

Phenols in Quality Olive Oil Suppress Breast Cancer Gene

Phosphorus Levels May Predict Heart Disease

Physical Exam as Good as High Tech in Assessing Heart Failure

Pilots May Face Greater Cancer Risk

Pituitary Hormone May Boost Women's Heart Risk

Plavix Plus Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk

Plavix Plus Heartburn Drugs May Hike Heart Risk

Plavix, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky Combination

Pneumonia Vaccine Lowers Chances of Heart Attack

Poor Blood Sugar Control After Heart Surgery Impacts Outcomes

Poor Sleep, Hypertension a Dangerous Combination

Poor Women Seem to Be Skipping Breast Cancer Drugs

Poorer Outcomes After 'Off-Pump' Bypass Surgery

Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis

Popular Supplements Don't Work Against Arthritis: Study

Popular Tilapia Might Not Help Heart

Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer Face Joint Issues

Postmenopausal Women's Sexual Dissatisfaction Not Linked to Heart Troubles

Post-Op Chemo Fails to Boost Survival in Stomach Cancers

Poverty Raises Mortality Risk With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Pre-Birth Exposure to 1918 Flu Raised Heart Risks, Study Finds

Preeclampsia in Pregnancy Boosts Future Health Risks

Preeclampsia Linked to Cardiovascular Problems After Pregnancy

Preeclampsia Might Protect Against Testicular Cancer

Preemie Delivery Tied to Later Heart Woes for Women

Pregnancy Boosts Heart Attack Risk

Pregnancy May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival

Pre-Pregnancy Weight Linked to Babies' Heart Problems

Prescription Chondroitin May Help Knee Osteoarthritis

Preventing Second Stroke May Stave Off Dementia

Primary Tumors Fuel Growth of Cancer Cells

Prior Cervical Dysplasia May Boost Cancer's Return

Pro Baseball Helps Keep Skin Cancer From Scoring

Program Aids Hospital Compliance With Stroke Guidelines

Progress Reported Against Gene Involved in Hepatitis C

Prolonged Fasting Boosts Risk of Rare Stroke

Promise of Cash Prompts Smokers to Quit

Promising Cancer Treatment Ready for Human Trial

Promising Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Proper Sleep May Help Clear Arteries

Prostate Drug Appears Safer Than Thought

Prostate Cancer Over-Diagnosed: Study

Prostate Cancer Stimulates Nerve Growth

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Looks Promising in Early Trial

Prostate Meds Not Tied to Increased Hip Fracture Risk

Prosthetic Ears Boost Hearing After Injury

Protein Gives Doctors New Tool to Detect Melanoma

Protein Helps ID Thyroid Cancer Nodules

Protein May Trigger Colon Cancer

PSA Test Losing Diagnostic Value, Study Says

PSA Testing: What Should Men Do?

Psoriasis Poses Danger for More Serious Complications

Psoriasis Raises Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Death

Psychiatric Drugs Might Raise Cardiac Death Risk

Psychological Counseling Boosts Breast Cancer Outcomes

Psychotherapy Can Ease Post-Surgical Depression

Public Lacks Confidence to Help in Cardiac Emergencies

Public Smoking Bans Work Across the Board

Purple Tomato Extended Lives of Cancer-Prone Mice

Put Defibrillators in High-Traffic Spots, Studies Urge

Quality Care, Not Number of Procedures, Determines Bypass Results

Questions Continue About Using Beta Blockers Before Surgery

Quick Angioplasty Best After Heart Attacks

Quick Stroke Treatment Improves Outcomes

Race May Not Be Key in Cancer Disparities

Race Not a Factor if Breast Cancer Chemo Succeeds

Race, Insurance May Affect Testing of Kids in ER

Racial Clusters Seem to Affect Access to Colon Care

Racial Disparities Exist in Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes

Racial Disparity Seen in Angioplasty Outcomes

Radiation for Prostate Cancer Raises Risk of Other Cancers

Radiation From CT Scans Not Always the Same

Radiation From Medical Scans Soaring

Radiation May Raise Stroke Risk After Hodgkin's

Radiation Plus Chemo a Good Option in Lung Cancer

Radiation Treatments Made Safer for Cancer Patients

Radioactive 'Seed' Rx Helps Women With Implants Fight Breast Cancer

Radioimmunotherapy After Chemo Safe for Common Lymphoma

Radiosurgery Proves Viable for Some Pancreatic Cancers

Rapid Cooling Might Help Heart Attack Patients

Rapid Response Teams Don't Cut Hospital Heart Attacks, Death Rates

Rare Cells Linked to Pediatric Cancers

Rate of Diabetes Cases Doubles in 10 Years: CDC

Reaching the Heart Through the Wrist

Rectal Cancer Outcomes Best With Short-Course Radiation

Reduced-Radiation Heart Scans Don't Compromise on Quality

Reflux Drugs OK With Blood Thinners

Registry Created for Broken Heart Syndrome

Relaxation Tapes or Mozart Lower Blood Pressure

Religion May Help Extend Your Life

Reminders Boost Mammography Appointments

Repeat Colonoscopies Underused in High-Risk Patients

Replacement Bladder Grown From Body's Own Cells

Report Claims Clinical Trials Miss Many Populations

Research Explains Benefit of 'Mini Heart Attack'

Research Finds 'New Crop' of Breast Cancer Genes

Research Links Low HDL Levels With Memory Loss

Research Reveals How Down Syndrome Shields Against Cancer

Research Reveals Why Tamoxifen Doesn't Always Work

Research Takes Aim at Pancreatic Cancer

Research Uncovers Clues to Lymphoma

Researchers Find Link Between Organ Transplants, Cancer

Researchers Find More Genes Linked to Lung Cancer

Researchers Gain Insights Into 'On-Off' Switch for Cells

Researchers Hunt Normal Cells That Give Rise to Cancer

Researchers ID Biomarker for Fatal Prostate Cancer

Researchers ID Genetic Markers for Esophageal Cancer

Researchers ID Ovarian Cancer Biomarker

Researchers ID Traits of Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Researchers Identify New Genetic Links to Psoriasis

Researchers Perfect the View of Heart Disease

Researchers Propose Improved Cervical Cancer Screening

Researchers Push Aggressive Cholesterol Control in Kids

Researchers Spot Genes Linked to Testicular Cancer

Researchers Update Risk-of-Death Charts

Researchers Zero In on GI Cancers

Resistance Training Boosts Mobility in Knee Arthritis Patients

Response Times Vary for In-Hospital Heart Attacks

Rethinking Prostate Cancer in Older Men

Retired NFL Players Don't Face Greater Heart Risk

Review Confirms Links Between Diet, Heart Health

Rheumatoid Arthritis a Threat to the Heart

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Boosts Melanoma Incidence

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Fight Swine Flu

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Raise Shingles Risk

Rheumatoid Arthritis Hits Women Harder

Rheumatoid Arthritis May Harm Gums

Rheumatoid Arthritis Rising Among U.S. Women

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Promote Cancer

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated

Risk Factor for Stroke More Common Among Whites

Risk of Breast Cancer Relapse Can Linger

Risk Score May Predict Abnormal Heart Rhythm

Risks Remain for Childhood Cancer Survivors

Robotic Device Could Help Stroke Patients

Routine Testing Would Improve Herceptin Use in Breast Cancer

Rural Areas Able to Increase Colon Cancer Screenings

Saliva May Help Spot Oral Cancer Early

Saliva Proteins May Help Spot Oral Cancer

Salt Boosts Blood Pressure in High-Risk Patients

Saturated Fats Linked to Cancer of Small Intestine

'Scaffold' Could One Day Repair Damaged Hearts

Scams and Shams That Prey on Cancer Patients

Scan Detects Oxygen Levels in Tumors

Schizophrenia Linked to Higher Risk of Dying From Cancer

Science Finds Healing in Halloween Horrors

Science Makes Inroads Against Prostate, Other Cancers

Scientists Block Prostate Cancer Cells' Spread

Scientists Discover How Osteoarthritis Destroys Cartilage

Scientists Discover How Stomach Tumors Form

Scientists Discover Protein Involved in Fat Production

Scientists Find Way to Dim Cancer Switch

Scientists Heartened at Prospect of End to Stem Cell Ban

Scientists ID Biomarkers for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Scientists ID Gene Pathway Triggering Melanoma Spread

Scientists ID New Biomarker for Prostate Cancer

Scientists ID New Genes Tied to Crohn's Disease

Scientists ID New Proteins in Programmed Cell Death

Scientists ID Protein Aiding Breast Cancer Spread

Scientists ID Virus That Infects Cancer Cells

Scientists Identify More Breast Cancer Genes

Scientists Learn How Cancer Drugs Cause Hypertension

Scientists May Know How Lung Cancer Spreads

Scientists Spot Clue to Cancer's Aggressiveness

Scientists Spot How Sugar 'Feeds' Tumors

Scientists Spot Key to Breast Cancer Spread

Scientists Test New Way to Get Drugs to Cancer Cells

Screen All Newborns for Hip Dysplasia, Study Urges

Screening Athletes Could Cut Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

Screening for Colorectal Cancer Saves Lives

Screening Lowers Stroke Risk for Sickle Cell Kids

Second Stroke Prevention Efforts Found Wanting

Secondhand Smoke Blocks Artery Repair

Secondhand Smoke Hikes Tots' Risk of Heart Disease

Secondhand Smoke Linked to Dementia

Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels

Secondhand Smoke Raises Stroke Risk for Spouses

Secrets of Telomerase Revealed

Seizures Likely Sign of Brain Injury After Stroke

Selenium Supplements May Pose Heart Risk

Selenium, Vitamins E and C Won't Prevent Prostate Cancer

Semi-Annual Time Changes May Affect the Heart

Sen. Edward Kennedy Hospitalized After Seizure

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Dies at 77

Sen. Kennedy Up and Walking After Brain Tumor Surgery

Sen. Kennedy's Brain Tumor Surgery Called a 'Success'

Seniors Often Misstate Stroke History

Severe Menopause Symptoms Raise Heart Risks

Severe, Lasting Depression Tied to Heart Patient Deaths

Sharing Cancer Info May Be Empowering

Shorter Menopause May Speed Risk of Heart Disease

Shorter, More Intense Radiation OK for Some Breast Cancers

Shorter-Course Radiation for Breast Cancer Safe, Effective

Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure May Damage DNA

Side Effects in Statin Users Linked to Gene Mutation

Signaling Protein Could Be Target for Leukemia Chemo

Signs of Leukemia Show Up Years Before Diagnosis

Silent Strokes More Common in Younger People Than Thought

'Silent Strokes' Strike One in 10 Healthy People

Silicone Breast Implants Might Raise Risk of Rare Lymphoma

Simple Steps Lead to Better Blood Pressure Control

Simple Test Could Detect More Gastrointestinal Cancers

Simple Test Might Detect 'Silent' Heart Disease

Simpler Test May Be Best for Diagnosing Blood Clots in Leg

Single Cell May Produce Multiple Lung Cancer Tumors

Single Men Less Likely to Get Prostate Screens

Single-Sex Cardiac Rehab Helps Depressed Women

Skin Cells Turned Into Working Heart Muscle

Skin Test Spots Heart Risks in Healthy People

Skip the Burgers and Throw Some Veggies on the Grill

Sleep Apnea Boosts Death Risk

Sleep Apnea Episodes May Trigger Irregular Heartbeat

Sleep Apnea Linked to Heart Risks in Children

Sleep Apnea Linked to Night Heart Attacks

Sleep Apnea Raises Risk of Death, Especially for Men: Report

Sleep Apnea Screening Cuts Surgical Complications

Sleep Apnea Seems to Wear Down the Brain

Sleep Disorders Linked to Arrhythmias

Sleep Disorders Put Stroke, Blood Pressure Patients at Risk

Sleep May Be Cause, Not Consequence, of Cancer Issues

Slight Cut in Salt Intake Would Mean Fewer Heart Attacks, Deaths

Slow Decline Often Follows Stroke Recovery

Small Doses of Carbon Monoxide Might Help Stroke Victims

Small Molecule Might Play Big Part in Lung Cancer

Small Victories in the War Against Ovarian Cancer

Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective

Smokeout '08: The Perfect Time to Quit

Smokers at Increased Risk of Aneurysm Recurrence

Smokers' Cars Loaded With Nicotine

Smokers With Colon Cancer Face High Recurrence Risk

Smoking Bans Bring a Drop in Heart Attacks

Smoking Bans Good for Non-Smokers' Hearts: Study

Smoking Packs a Tougher Wallop for Women

Smoking Ups Colon Cancer Risk

Smoking, Drinking Raise Risks of Esophagus, Stomach Cancer

Social Isolation Adversely Affects Breast Cancer

Social Stress Sends Body Fat to the Stomach

Social, Health Care Factors Drive Colon Screen Disparities

'Soda Tax' Wins Health Experts' Support

Sodium, Potassium Intake Tied to Heart Disease

Some Arteries Opened Safely Without Heparin

Some Breast Cancers May Regress on Their Own

Some Cancer Trials Overstate Findings, Analysis Claims

Some Elderly Heart Failure Patients Get Little Help From Meds, Study Finds

Some Heart Failure Meds May Raise Fracture Risk in Women

Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk

Some Imperfect Hearts OK for Transplant

Sometimes Angioplasty Can Wait

Soothing Songs Please the Heart

Sorafenib Shows Promise for Heart-Lung Disease

Soy May Help Shield Asian-American Girls From Breast Cancer

Soy Protein Doesn't Lower Cholesterol

Space Radiation a Risk for Astronauts

Special Mouth Rinse Spots, Tracks Human Papillomavirus Infection

Special Stem Cells Build 'Biological Bypass'

Special Treadmill Helps Stroke Patients Regain Normal Gait

Specialized Care for Ovarian Cancer Improves Outcomes

Specialized Stroke Care Improves Outcomes

Speed Not Always of the Essence With Heart Cases in ER

Speedy Care After Heart Attack Key to Survival

Spiritual Outlook Can Affect Mental Health in Breast Cancer

Spiriva Safe, Effective for COPD Patients

Spleen May Help Heart Recover From Disease

Sporadic Spikes in Blood Pressure Hike Chances of Hypertension

Stars Strut Catwalk for Women's Heart Health

Statin Might Help Fight Blood Clots in Veins

Statin Might Help Fight Blood Clots in Veins

Statin Might Help More People Fight Heart Disease Than Thought

Statin Use Doesn't Inhibit Lymphoma Drug Therapy

Statins Before Vascular Surgery Cut Deaths, Complications

Statins Can Help Prevent Second Stroke

Statins Can Hinder Muscle Repair

Statins Don't Cut Cancer Risk

Statins Guard Against Prostate Cancer

Statins Help Obese People After Bypass Surgery

Statins Help Prevent Delirium After Heart Surgery

Statins Lower Blood Marker for Prostate Cancer

Statins Lower Risk of Clots in Cancer Patients

Statins May Prevent Some Miscarriages

Statins May Cause Muscle Damage in Some Patients

Statins May Help Before Artery-Opening Surgery

Statins May Help Older Women Control Irregular Heartbeat

Statins May Worsen Fatigue in Heart Failure Patients

Statins Might Reverse ED in Some Men

Statins Reduced Death Risk From Pneumonia

Stay Upbeat, Exercise to Help Prevent Cancer in Old Age

Steady Improvements Seen for Young Blood Cancer Patients

Stem Cell Injections Seem to Reduce Angina Pain

Stem Cell Marker Controls Pair of Key Cancer Pathways

Stem Cell Research Offers Hope for Colon Cancer Vaccine

Stem Cell Study Offers Hope for Targeting Tumors

Stem Cells Being Tested to Fight Pancreatic Cancer

Stem Cells Ease Stroke-Like Brain Damage in Mice

Stem Cells Grow Heart Tissue in Lab

Stem Cells May Improve Heart Bypass Results

Stem Cells May Offer New Way to Treat Blocked Arteries

Stem Cells Used for 'Biological Pacemaker'

Stent Studies Tied to Rapid Changes in Use

Stenting a Good Option for Left Main Heart Artery

Stenting as Good as Surgery for Stroke Prevention

Still Too Few Women in Cancer Trials

Stomach Bacteria Might Guard Against Certain Throat Cancer

Stool-Based Colon Cancer Tests Vary Widely in Accuracy

Stopping Cancer From Rebounding After Treatment

Stored Ovarian Tissue Needs Testing Before Re-Implantation

Stray Breast Cancer Cells Yield to Post-Op Chemo

Stress Management Battles Prostate Cancer Anxiety

Stress May Speed Melanoma Progression

Stress Triggers Heart-Damaging Behavior

Stretching Test May Reveal Arterial Stiffness

Strict Blood Sugar Control Lowers Heart Risks in Diabetics

Strict Blood Sugar Lowering Won't Ease Diabetes Heart Risk

Strides Made in Tonsil Cancer Repair

Stroke Centers May Offer Best Shot at Recovery

Stroke Damage Is Less in Rats Given Opioids

Stroke Doubles Risk of Hip, Thigh Fractures

Stroke Drug Might Be a Memory-Booster

Stroke in Children Rare But Costly

Stroke May Be Striking at a Younger Age

Stroke Patients at High Risk for Falls

Stroke Prevalence Higher, Deadlier Among American Indians

Stroke Puts Stress on Spousal Relationship

Stroke Risk in Women Smokers Goes Up by Each Cigarette

Stroke Risk Plummets With Healthy Lifestyle

Stroke Survivors Walk Better With Human Help

Stroke Treatment Window May Allow a Bit More Time

Strokes Can Strike the Youngest

Strong Thighs May Mean Less Knee Pain for Women

Studies Affirm Value of Healthy Lifestyle

Studies Challenge Framingham Risk Score

Studies Differ on Benefits of Aggressive Blood Sugar Control

Studies Refine Obesity's Risk for Heart Troubles

Studies Report More Harmful Effects From BPA

Studies Show Genetic Activity of Antioxidants

Studies Struggle to Gauge Glucosamine's Worth

Studies Support Testosterone Supplements for Older Men

Study Brings Value of Echocardiography Into Focus

Study Cites Gains in Gall Bladder Cancer Treatment

Study Compares Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Methods

Study Examines How Rheumatoid Arthritis Destroys Bone

Study Finds Fish Won't Prevent Heart Failure

Study Finds Less Toxic Treatment for Myeloma

Study Finds Millions More May Benefit From Statins

Study Finds Possible Genetic Indicator of Colorectal Cancer

Study IDs Gene Variants Tied to Sudden Cardiac Death

Study Links Agent Orange to Prostate Cancer in Vietnam Vets

Study Links Blood Type and Pancreatic Cancer

Study Links Cancerous Tumors With Depression

Study Links Osteoporosis Drugs to Jaw Trouble

Study Links Serum Calcium, Prostate Cancer Death

Study of Everest Climbers Questions Oxygen Use

Study Offers Clues to Link Between Arrhythmia, Sudden Death

Study Pinpoints Risk Factors for Death in Young Stroke Victims

Study Questions Screening Heart Attack Patients for Depression

Study Questions Lymph Node Harvesting in Colorectal Cancer

Study Questions Screening for Leg Vessel Blockages

Study Raises New Questions About Cholesterol Drug Zetia

Study Sheds Light on Painkillers' Heart Risk

Study Shows Hospital Report Cards Unlikely to Spur Improvement

Study Singles Out Beachgoers' Skin Cancer Risk

Study Suggests a Wider Use for Statins

Study Suggests How Cancers Spread to Lungs

Study Suggests Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Tumors

Study Suggests Red Wine May Protect Against Lung Cancer

Study Supports Wider Use of Statins

Study Ties Mini-Strokes to Memory Loss

Study Upholds Stopping Plavix Use Before Surgery

Study Weighs Cost, Benefit of Gene Tests Before Warfarin Rx

'Stun Gun' Deaths Rarely Caused by Ventricular Fibrillation

Subtle Nervous System Problems Signal Stroke Risk

Subway Defibrillators Save Lives

Successive Births, HRT Use Boost Joint Replacement Risks

Sucking Out Clot Debris Helps Heart Attack Patients

Sudden Cardiac Death Much More Likely to Strike Men

Sudden Cardiac Death Rare in Young Athletes

Sudden Death Risk Highest 30 Days After Heart Attack

Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke

Suffering of Heart Failure Similar to Cancer

'Suicide' Genes Help Slow Ovarian Tumor Growth in Mice

Sunitinib Benefit Explored in Poor-Prognosis Kidney Cancer

Sunken, Unexploded Bombs Pose Cancer Risk

Sunlight May Cause Rash in Autoimmune Disease

Super Bowl Loss Can 'Kill' Some Fans

Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery

Supervised Exercise May Relieve Fatigue During Chemotherapy

Supplement Hampers Thyroid Cancer Treatment

Support Network May Play Role in Benefits of Drinking

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Faces Tough Battle Against Pancreatic Cancer

Surgery Better Than Angioplasty for Narrowed Neck Artery

Surgery for Knee Osteoarthritis No Better Than Therapy, Meds

Surgery Helps With Prostate Cancer, Sometimes

Surgery May Not Help Most People With Narrowed Brain Artery

Surgery Unneeded in Most Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Cases

Survey Finds Many Women Misinformed About Cancer

Survival Rate Little Changed With Aortic Valve Disorder

Survival Rates Improve for Kids With Blood Cancers

Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost Ovarian Cancer Detection

Synthetic HDL Could Fight Heart Disease

Tailored Treatment Boosts Kidney Cancer Survival

Taking Aim at Relapse of Leukemia in Kids

Taking Depression to Heart

Taking Statins Faithfully Lengthens Life

Talk Therapy Proves Effective for Terminal Cancer Patients

Tamoxifen Cuts Fracture Risk: Study

Tamoxifen May Up Risk of Second, More Aggressive Breast Cancer

Tamoxifen Speeds Diagnosis of ER-Negative Breast Cancer

Tapping Into Curry's Health Benefits

Targeted Drug Boosts Survival Among Liver Cancer Patients

Targeted Treatments Show Mettle Against Advanced Cancers

Targeting Cancer's Own Stem Cells to Fight Recurrence

Task Force Member Defends Mammography Guidelines

T-Cell Infusion Therapy Boosts Melanoma Survival

Team Designs Gold Nanoparticles to Deliver Multiple Drugs

Teaming Up to Tackle a Deadly Cancer

Technique Might Prevent Some Bladder Removals

Technique Preserves Future Fertility in Girls With Cancer

Technique Tracks Cancer-Killing Cells

Ted Kennedy Has a Brain Tumor

Ted Kennedy Released From Hospital

Teens May Not Benefit from Pap Tests

Telemedicine Helps Experts Treat Stroke From Afar

Telling Heartburn From Heart Attack Can Be Tricky

Testicular Cancer Survivors Face Other Ills

Testing Young Athletes for Heart Defects May Save Lives

Testosterone Therapy May Help Men With Heart Failure

Tests Could Predict Benefit From Cancer Drugs

Tests Might Diagnose, Predict Prostate Cancer

Thalidomide Continues to Show Benefits Against Myeloma

The Elderly Can Be Candidates for Angioplasty, Stenting

The Mummies' Curse: Heart Disease

The Revolving Door of Heart Failure Hospitalization

Thickness, Location Predict Skin Cancer's Spread

Thin Thighs Might Be Harbinger of Heart Disease

Those Stilettos Can Hurt You Years From Now

Three Genes Raise Gout Risk

Thumbs Down on Beta Blockers for High Blood Pressure

Thyroid Cancer Higher in Volcanic Areas

Tight Blood Sugar Control May Raise Risks in the ICU

Timing of HRT May Influence Heart Risks

Timing of Oxygen After a Stroke May Matter

Timing, Dosage of HRT Affect Chances of Heart Trouble

Tiny Chemo Beads Boost Liver Cancer Outcomes

Tobacco Use Kills 6 Million People Annually: Report

Toddlers, Obese Kids Suffer Most From Smoke

Too Few Americans Aware of 'Pre-Diabetes'

Too Few Cancer Survivors Pursue Healthy Lifestyles

Too Few Latinos Get Colorectal Cancer Tests

Too Few Older Adults Get Recommended Screenings

Too Few People Know Symptoms of Heart Trouble

Too Much Red Meat May Shorten Life Span

Too Much Salt Boosts Blood Pressure

Too Much Sun, Too Few Antioxidants Spell Eye Trouble

Too Much Texting Can Spell Neck, Arm Pain

Too Much, Too Little Sleep Linked to Stroke Risk

Too-Low Blood Pressure Can Also Bring Danger

Top 10 Heart-Stroke Advances for 2008

Topical Cream Treats Precancerous Lesions of Vulva

Toxic Chemicals Blamed for Gulf War Illness

Toxic Sewer Gas Induces Suspended Metabolism in Mice

Tracking Top Number in Blood Pressure May Be Enough

Traffic Jams Harm the Heart

Transfusing Anemic Cancer Patients Boosts Clot Risk

Transplant Patients Should Be Monitored for Ear Infection

Treadmill Workouts Help Stroke Survivors

Treating Stomach Infection Early Protects Against Cancer

Treatment Bias Can Skew Results of Observational Studies

Treatment Options Are Many for Prostate Cancer

Trial Shows Heart Attack Education Makes Little Difference

TriLipix Approved to Help Lower Cholesterol

Turbulence Predicts Death Risk for Heart Failure Patients

Two Drugs Better Than One for High Blood Pressure

Two Drugs for Heart Failure Show Mixed Results

Two Endometrial Cancer Treatments May Not Work

Two Liver Cancer Treatments Better Than One

Two-Drug Treatment Didn't Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates

Two-Thirds of Hispanic Women Discover Breast Cancer Themselves

Type of Tomato Product Determines Power Against Prostate Cancer

U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall

U.S. Cancer Rate-Death Rate Combo Drops for 1st Time

U.S. Childhood Cancers Vary by Sex, Region

U.S. Diet Needs Heart-Felt Overhaul

U.S. Doctors Treat Heart Attack With Man's Own Stem Cells

U.S. Faces Shortage of Heart Surgeons

U.S. Flunks on Tobacco Control Report Card

U.S. Heart Attacks Becoming Less Severe

U.S. Hospitals Underutilize Proven Heart Failure Therapy

U.S. Hospitals Vary Widely in Caring for Women

U.S. Obesity Epidemic Continues to Grow

U.S. Relaxes Opposition to Medical Marijuana

U.S. Reported 25,000 Cases of HPV-Related Cancers Annually

U.S. Urged to Renew the War on Cancer

Ultrasound Can Help Break Up DVTs

Ultrasound Used to Predict Heart Attack Risk

Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Chemotherapy

Unhealthy Meals Dull Older Diabetics' Memory

Urine Samples Could Reveal Breast Cancer Risk

Urine Test for Heart Disease Shows Promise

Urine Test May One Day Predict Prostate Cancer

Urine Test Predicts Vein Clot Risk

Using Too Much Salt Is Common in U.S., CDC Says

Vaccine May Boost Survival of Brain Cancer Patients

Value of Taking Aspirin to Cut Heart Risk Varies

Variations in Gene DNA Boost Drinkers' Cancer Risk

Vegetable Amino Acid Lowers Blood Pressure

Vein Condition May Mask Serious Clot Disorder

Vein Removal Method Linked to Bypass Results

Vest Monitors 'Individual' Air Pollution

Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect

Viagra May Protect Hearts of Some Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Viagra May Shield Heart From Blood Pressure Damage

Video Consultations Effective for Stroke Treatment

Views on Old Age May Become Reality Later

Vigorous Exercise Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk

Vioxx's Heart Risk Lingered Long After Use Ended

Virtual Colonoscopy Effective for Average Risk People

Virus May Affect Survival in Head and Neck Cancer

Vitamin B, Folate Supplements Won't Help Heart

Vitamin C Megadoses Hamper Cancer Treatments in Mice

Vitamin C Shows Promise as Cancer Treatment

Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Heart Risk Factors in Kids

Vitamin D Deficit Could Lead to Heart Woes

Vitamin D Good for Breast Cancer Patients

Vitamin D May Improve Melanoma Survival

Vitamin D Receptor Gene Variant Tied to Melanoma

Vitamin D Vital for the Heart

Vitamin K Doesn't Slow Bone Loss

Vitamins Do Older Women Little Good

Vitamins Fail to Prevent Cancer: Study

Vytorin Fails to Lower Heart Valve Problems

Waist-Hip Ratio Good Gauge of Obesity in Elderly, Study Shows

Waiting Is the Hardest Part in Biopsies

Walk 100 Steps a Minute for 'Moderate' Exercise

Walk Long, Slow and Often to Help the Heart

Walking, Biking to Work Pays Off

Want to Stop Cancer? You Can, Experts Say

Warfarin Safer Than Heparin for Some Strokes

Warfarin Underused in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

'Watchful Waiting' Safe With Low-Risk Prostate Cancers

Weak Evidence Backs Most Heart Guidelines, Report Finds

Wealthy More Likely to Have Breast Reconstruction

Web Site Helps Cancer Patients With Fertility Preservation

Weight Boosts Older Women's Breast Cancer Risk

Weight Loss Might Not Curb Knee Arthritis

Weight-Loss Aids Bought on Internet Might Harm Your Heart

Well Water Might Raise Bladder Cancer Risk

Western Diet Boosts Global Heart Attack Risk 30%

What Causes Mystery Heart Condition?

What to Expect From a Colonoscopy

When Breast Cancer Recurs, Finding Pre-Symptoms Is Key

When Chest Pain Requires Quick Action in ER

When Communication Is Lost

When the Heart Stops Beating

Where You Live May Affect Your Cancer Diagnosis

Where You Put on Pounds May Influence Clot Risk

White Men With Chest Pains Treated Fastest in ERs

Whites More Likely to Get Rare Bone Cancer

Whole Grains Lower Risk of Heart Failure

Why Cancer in One Breast May Affect the Other

Why Watching TV Sports Increases Heart Attacks

Will New Anemia Drug Top Current Treatments?

Window for Stroke Treatment Opens Wider

Wine Color Won't Change Breast Cancer Risk

Wine May Be Protective Against Esophageal Cancer

With Angioplasty, More Is Better

With Heart Attacks, Fast Treatment Matters

With Hormone Therapy, Tender Breasts May Signal Cancer Risk

Woman's Abdominal Organs Removed in Unique Cancer Surgery

Women Get Lung Cancer From Smoking at Same Rates as Men

Women Less Apt to Get Clot-Buster, Study Finds

Women More Prone to Die in Month After Heart Attack

Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span

Women Smokers Prone to Dangerous Blood Vessel Condition

Women Who Quit Smoking Lower Heart Risks Quickly

Women Who Run May Benefit From Extra Folic Acid

Women With Atrial Fibrillation Face Rougher Road Than Men

Women With Heart Attack Symptoms See Delays in Care

Women, Mexican Americans at Higher Risk for Certain Stroke

Women's Awareness of Cancer Risk Linked to Race, Ethnicity

Women's Death Rate Higher From Severe Heart Attack

Women's Peripheral Artery Disease Tied to Secondhand Smoke

Work Strife Stresses the Heart

Working With Robots May Help After a Stroke

Workplace Wellness Seems to Really Work

Worries May Worsen Peripheral Arterial Disease

Wristbands May Lessen Nausea After Radiation

Written Instructions Cut Bleeding Risk for Blood Thinner Use

Yale Plans Closer Look at Exercise and Cancer

Years of Heavy Smoking Raises Heart Risks

Yoga May Bring Calm to Breast Cancer Treatment

Young Ballerinas May Face Heart, Bone Risks

Young Gymnasts Facing Broad Range of New Injuries

Young Hodgkin Survivors Face Later Risk of Second Cancers

Young Vets With PTSD More Prone to Heart Risk Factors

Young Women's Breast Tissue Offers Clues to Cancer Risk

Younger Breast Cancer Survivors Risk Disease in Other Breast

Younger Women Often Miss Signs of Heart Attack

Younger Women With Breast Cancer Face Added Peril

Younger Women With Colon Cancer Outlive Men

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