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11 New Cholesterol Genes Identified

2 Years of Hormone Use May Be 'Safe'

2 Diabetes Drugs Double Fracture Risk in Women

2 Million Cancer Cases Tied to Tobacco Use

2 or More Sodas a Day Boost Women's Kidney Risks

2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing

25% of Teen Girls Vaccinated for HPV

2nd Knee Surgery Common Among Young Patients

3-D Doppler Ultrasound Helps ID Breast Cancers

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

40 Years of Heart Transplants

60 Million Worldwide Carry Heart Disease Mutation

A Better Blood Test for Heart Risk?

A Month of Exercise Helps Ease Heart Failure

A One-Man History of Cardiac Advances

A Pre-Workout Meal to Help You Burn Fat

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

Accumulated Lead May Affect Older Women's Brains

ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug

Acetaminophen, Cholesterol Drugs May Help Fight Stroke

Active Young Women Need Calcium, Vitamin D

Acupuncture Eases Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects

Acupuncture May Help Relieve Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Acupuncture May Not Help Hot Flashes

Acupuncture, Exercise May Ease Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure

Adding a Stent May Help Resolve Brain Aneurysm

After Decades, Decreases in Heart Risk Factors Level Off

After Job Loss, People Report More Health Issues

Age No Bar to Aggressive Rx for Cardiogenic Shock

Agent Orange Linked to Parkinson's, Heart Disease

Age-Related Eye Disease on the Increase

Aggressive Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Treatment Shows Some Benefit

Aging Baby Boomers May Swamp Cardiac Care

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 in Early Pregnancy May Prompt Fetal Cell Death

Alcoholism Gender Gap Is Closing

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 Women Have Sexual Problems

Alternative to Warfarin May Cut Risk of Bleeding

Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors May Be Gender-Specific

American Heart Association Guidelines Save Lives

Americans Are Urged to Cut Sugar Intake

Among Cardiologists, Women Cite Discrimination

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 Linked to Stroke Study Deaths: FDA

Anemia Drugs May Cause Deadly Blood Clots

Anemia Rates Down for U.S. Women and Children

Anemia Triples Risk of Local Recurrence in Breast 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

Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks

Ankle Circulation Could Warn of Future Strokes

Ankle-Arm Blood Pressure Test Predicts Heart Disease Risk

Anniversary of Parent's Passing Can Trigger Death

Another Blood Fat Fuels Heart Attack Risk

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

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

Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting

Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor

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

Asperger Syndrome Tied to Low Cortisol Levels

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 Reduces Asthma Risk Among Older Women

Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients

Assisted Breathing Eases Lung Symptoms for Heart Patients

Asthma's Course Differs by Gender

Atherosclerosis May Also Harm Vital Organs

Atkins Diet Tougher on Heart After Weight Loss

Attention Training Might Help Stroke Victims

Autism Tied to Older Moms, Breech Birth

Autoimmune Disorder Linked to Stroke, Heart Attack in Women

Autumn Sees More Women With Bunion Problems

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

B12 Deficit May Boost Risk of Birth Defects

Baby's Smile Lights Up Mom's Brain

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 Before Pregnancy Benefits Moms, Babies

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 Pap Smear Follow-Up Needed Among Lower-Income Women

Better Sleepers Are 'Successful Agers'

Big, Beefy Football Players May Face Heart Problems Later

Big, Well-Balanced Breakfast Aids Weight Loss

Binge Drinking Clogs Arteries With Plaque

Biomarkers Predict Heart Deaths

Biotech Soybeans Good Source of Omega-3

Birth Control May Help Ward Off Bacterial Vaginosis

Birth Control Pills Linked to Lupus Risk

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 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 Higher Risk for Brain Lesions Causing Stroke

Blacks Fare Worse After Cardiac Arrest

Bladder Problems May Often Be Related to Mental Health

Blocking Oncogene Can Stop Spread of Ovarian Cancer

Blood Cell Genes May Signal Heart Disease

Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes

Blood Mercury Levels Rising Among U.S. Women

Blood Pressure Drug Shows Promise for Marfan Syndrome

Blood Pressure on the Rise in America

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 May Predict Postpartum Depression

Blood Thinner Linked to Increased Brain Bleeding

Blood Thinner, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky After Heart Attack

Blood Transfusions Not Linked to Long-Term Problems

Blood-Sugar Spikes Send Testosterone Levels Down

Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant

Blood-Thinner Plavix Works Harder in Smokers

Blows to the Chest Up Death Risk for Lacrosse Players

Bone Density Predicts Chances of Breast Cancer

Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

Bone Therapy May Not Always Need Monitoring

Book Offers Novel Approach to Weight Loss

Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men

Brain Adjusts to Cope With Life's Upsets

Brain Aneurysm Rupture Risk Tied to Location, Size

Brain Can 'See' Objects Through Touch

Brain Chemical Could Spur Lovesickness

BRCA Mutations Don't Spot All High-Risk Women

Breaking the News About Breast Cancer

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 Lymph Node Biopsy May Need Closer Look

Breast Cancer Numbers Dip Most in Wealthy, Urban Areas

Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy Works in Fewer, But Higher Doses

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 Cancer Vaccines Look Promising

Breast CT Scans Could Be Comfortable Alternative to Mammograms

Breast Self-Exam Rates Go Up With Counseling

Breast-Conserving Surgery Leaves Many Cancer Patients Disappointed

Breast-Fed Baby May Mean Better Behaved Child

Breast-Feeding May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Breast-feeding Might Shield Women From Rheumatoid Arthritis

Breast-feeding OK for Most Moms with MS

Breast-Feeding: The Stress Buster That Lasts for Years

Broad-Spectrum Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

Bye, Bye Back Fat?

Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk

Caffeine in Pregnancy Associated With Low Birth Weight Risk

Caffeine May Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk

Caffeine Without Healthy Diet Linked to Heart Risk

Calcium Helps Ward Off Colon Cancer

Calcium Scan of Arteries Helps Spot Big Trouble

Calcium Scans Help Predict Coronary Risk

Calcium Supplements Cut Blood Lead Levels During Pregnancy

Calling All Heart Patients

Can a Bad Boss Make You Sick?

Cancer Deaths Declining, Especially Among Young

Cancer Drug Gleevec Could Fight Stroke

Cancer Survival Depends on Where You Live

Cancer Survivors Can Still Be Fit, Study Asserts

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

Catching Ovarian Cancer Early May Miss Aggressive Tumors

Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation

Certain Antidepressants Ease Fibromyalgia Symptoms

Certain Facial Injuries Point to Domestic Violence

Certain Reflux Drugs Tied to Higher Post-Angioplasty Death Rate

Cervical Cancer Screens Effective But More Can Be Done

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Called Safe

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Not Just for Teens

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Seems Safe

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Worth the Cost: Study

Changes Reduced Infections From Medical Abortion

Cheerleading Causes Majority of Female Athlete Injuries

Chemo May Limit Fertility in Breast Cancer Survivors

Chemo May Not Affect Memory in Breast Cancer Patients

Chemotherapy Superior to New Drug for Early Breast Cancer

Cherry-Enriched Diet Cut Heart Risks in Rats

Chest Pain May Signal Cocaine Use in Young Patients

Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed

Child-Care Relationships Tied to Kids' Stress Levels

Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble

Childhood Obesity May Cause Thyroid Problems

Childhood Stroke More Common Than Thought

Childhood Trauma Tied to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Children of Centenarians Face Lower Heart Risks

Chinese Red Yeast Rice May Prevent Heart Attack

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-Lowering Drugs Might Help Prevent Alzheimer's

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Won't Cause Cancer

Chromosome Linked to Diabetics' Heart Risks

Cialis May Help Ease Pulmonary Hypertension

Cleaning House May Be Risky for Women With Asthma

Climate Change May Boost Contact With Pollutants

Clinical Guideline Backs Food, Drink During Labor

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

Coated Stents Best for Heart Patients With Diabetes

Cocoa in Chocolate May Be Good for the Heart

Coffee Drinkers Might Live Longer

Coffee Drinking Lowers Women's Stroke Risk

Coffee or Tea Consumption May Lower Stroke Risk

Cola May Be Bad to the Bones

Colonoscopy Has a 'Right Side' Blind Spot

Color Red Makes Men Amorous

Colorectal Cancer Racial Gap Still Growing

Combination Therapy Best for Aggressive Prostate Cancer

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 Treatment May Ease Depression After Stroke

Common Chemicals May Delay Pregnancy

Common Heart Drugs May Hamper Blood Thinner

Common Infections May Contribute to Strokes

Compact Heart Assist Device Approved

Compound Could Reduce Heart Attack Damage

Compression Stockings Offer Little Benefit After Stroke

Computer-Aided Mammogram Reading Effective

Computerized Scan Detects Heart Disease

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?

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 Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries

Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble

Daily Aspirin May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

Daily Exercise at School Yields Rewards

Daily Naps May Raise Older Women's Death Risk

Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed

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%

Debt-Linked Stress May Spur Premature Delivery

Deciphering the Language of Intoxication

Defect in Gene Tied to Atrial Fibrillation

Defibrillator May Not Help Many With Heart Failure

Defibrillators Don't Diminish Quality of Life

Delayed Sleep Pattern Tied to Irregular Menstrual Cycles

Dense Breasts Complicate Testing and Treatment

Dental Plaque Buildup May Raise Heart Risk in Black Men

Depression After Stroke Can Be Debilitating

Depression During Pregnancy May Cause Premature Birth

Depression Linked to Increase in Abdominal Fat

Depression May Lead to More Preemies Among Blacks

Depression Poses Pregnancy Risks

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

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 Drug May Prevent Early Puberty in Young Girls

Diabetes Drug Slows Clogging of Arteries

Diabetes Linked to Depression During and After Pregnancy

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 Fiber Cuts Risk of Pregnancy Complication

Dietary Supplement May Prevent Breast Cancer

Dieting History Tied to Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Diluted Seawater Boosts Nutritional Content of Tomatoes

Discharge Time After Angioplasty Varies

Disease Prevention Programs Worth the Investment

Disordered Eating Is Widespread Among U.S. Women

Disparities in Life Expectancy Increasing

Diuretics Still Best Treatment for High Blood Pressure

DNA Fingerprinting Could ID Viable Embryos

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 Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes

Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea

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 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 Coated Stents Better After Heart Attack

Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth

Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes

Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors

Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions

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 May Cut Aneurysm Risk for Heart Defect Patients

Drug May Extend Life When Breast Cancer Spreads

Drug May Help Against Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Drug Offers Hope Against Tough-to-Treat Hypertension

Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment

Drug Therapy Boosting Heart-Attack Survival Rates

Drug to Prevent Preterm Labor Shows Little Benefit

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

Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories

Early Breast Cancer No More Likely to Return in Young Women

Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off

Early Menopause Doubles Stroke Risk

Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder

Eating Fast Until Full Triples Overweight Risk

Eating Fish, Breast-Feeding Boost Infant Development

Eating in America Still Unhealthy: CDC

ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk

Economy Driving Women to Skimp on Health Care: Poll

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

Elective Early Deliveries Pose Risks for Babies

Electrical Brain Stimulation May Boost Dexterity

Electrocardiogram Blip Signals Heart Trouble

Elevated Albumin Levels in Urine Raise Hypertension Risk

Elevated Insulin Levels Linked to Breast Cancer

ELS Plus CPR Boosts Blood Flow After Cardiac Arrest

Embolization a Nonsurgical Way to Treat Fibroids

Embryonic Heart Shows Strong Capacity to Regenerate

Embryonic Stem Cells Turned Into Three Types of Heart Cells

Emergency Medical Transport By Air Carries Risks

Epilepsy Drug May Raise Autism Risk in Offspring

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

Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes

Erectile Dysfunction a Strong Harbinger of Heart Trouble

Estrogen Cream No Match for Sun-Damaged Skin

Estrogen May Explain Why Women With Cystic Fibrosis Suffer More

Estrogen May Have Preventive Role in Women's Schizophrenia

Estrogen May Help Men's Hearts

Estrogen Plays Surprise Role in Breast Cancer Treatment

Estrogen Supplements May Raise Odds of Benign Breast Disease

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

Excess Drinking Boosts Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Excess Drinking Shrinks the Brain

Excess Weight Seems to Boost Breast Cancer Risk

Excess Weight Ups Risk of Death, No Matter Where It Collects

Excessive Drinking Boosts Risk for Metabolic Syndrome

Exercise Boosts Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women

Exercise Cuts Women's Risk of Heart Disease

Exercise During Pregnancy Has Baby Benefits, Too

Exercise Improves Stroke Outcome

Exercise Might Benefit Some With Heart Failure

Exercise Protects Black Women From Type 2 Diabetes

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 Drug May Prevent Plaque Buildup

Experimental Imaging System Helps Detect Breast Cancer

Experimental Vaginal Gel Doesn't Ward Off HIV

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 Less Weight Gain for Obese Women in Pregnancy

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

'Extended Cycle' Contraception Garners More Interest

Extremely Preemie Babies Prone to Behavior Woes Later On

Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy

Fall Risk Higher in Older Women Who Sleep Less

Familial Breast Cancer Risk Lasts a Lifetime for Sisters

Families Could Benefit From Gene Tests in Sudden Cardiac Death Victims

Family History of Aneurysm Raises Stroke Risk for Smokers

Family History Plays Key Role in Blood Clot Risk

Family History Ups Breast Cancer Risk Even Without BRCA Gene

Family Meals Can Help Teen Girls Avoid Drugs, Alcohol

Fast Arrival at Hospital After Stroke Pays Off

Fast Eating Limits Gut Hormones That Induce Fullness

Fast Heart Rate Warns of Obesity, Diabetes

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

Fat-Sensing Hormones Might Fight Obesity

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 Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin

FDA Bars Generic Drugs From Indian Company

FDA Investigates Possible Vytorin-Cancer Link

FDA Investigating Safety of Asthma Drug Xolair

FDA OKs Single-Dose Plan B Emergency Contraceptive

FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics

FDA Panel Calls for More Testing of Diabetes Drugs

FDA Panel Snubs Seroquel as 1st Choice Depression Treatment

FDA Wants New Diabetes Drugs Tested for Heart Risks

Female Hormones Deter Salt-Sensitive Hypertension

Female Incontinence a Prevalent Problem

Female Mammals May Select Out Competing Sperm

Female Supervisors More Likely to Be Sexually Harassed

Female Surgeons Like What They Do, Survey Finds

Fertility Drug Shows Potential Against Hot Flashes

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 New Pounds in Pregnancy Best for Obese Moms

Fewer than 1 in 10 Nurses Now Smoke

Fewer Women Are Having Mammograms

Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners

Finding Out How Flavonoids Protect the Heart

Firefighters Have Narrower-Than-Normal Arteries, Study Finds

First Ablation Catheters Approved for Atrial Fibrillation

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

Flu Can Raise Chances of Heart Attack

Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots

Focusing on CPR Improves Survival

Folate in Early Pregnancy May Boost Wheezing in Baby

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

Folic Acid Doesn't Help the Heart

Fondness for Fish Keeps Japanese Hearts Healthy

Food as Medicine?

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

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

For Health Info, Women Often Turn to the Web

For Hispanics, a Unique Cancer Profile Emerges

For Older Walkers, Faster Is Better

For Women, a Happy Marriage Means Sweet Dreams

For Young Adults, Borderline High Blood Pressure a Threat

Formula Samples Hinder Breast-Feeding Efforts

Fosamax Linked to Unusual Femur Fractures

Fractures in Older Adults Up Death Risk

Framingham Score May Not Spot Lifetime Heart Risk

Free Web Site Lists Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

Freezing Ovaries Preserves Fertility, Scientists Report

Frequent Feedings May Be Making Babies Fat

Fructose Boosts Blood Pressure, Studies Find

Fructose May Raise Blood Pressure

Gains Against Heart Failure Reported

Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure

Gasping Is Good When It Comes to Cardiac Arrest

Gender Bias at Play in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Gender Disparities Persist in Treatment of Stroke

Gender Matches Benefit Heart Transplants

Gender May Influence Heart Failure Treatment

Gender Plays Role in Post-Concussion Healing

Gene Activity May Explain Deadlier Breast Cancers Among Younger Women

Gene Alteration May Affect Breast Cancer Therapy

Gene Can Dampen Chemo Drug Effectiveness

Gene Could Boost Stroke Risk for Migraine Sufferers

Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Might Boost Heart Health

Gene May Be Key to Pregnancy Complication

Gene May Explain Women's Heightened Lupus Risk

Gene Mutation Is Linked to Heart Muscle Disease

Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Atrial Fibrillation

Gene Mutations for Rare Heart Disease Also Found in Kids

Gene Predicts Breast Cancer Prognosis

Gene Test Could Catch Deadly Heart Problem

Gene Test May ID Younger Women at Risk for Melanoma

Gene Test Might Predict Tamoxifen's Effectiveness

Gene Therapy May Treat Erectile Dysfunction

Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix

Gene Variant Boosts Risk for Stress-Related Ischemia

Gene Variant May Hike Women's Risk of Alzheimer's

Gene Variant Protects Black Heart Failure Patients

Gene Variant Raises Risk of Uterine Fibroids

Gene Variants Behind Vulnerability to Yeast Infections

Gene Variants Can Predict Threat of Heart Disease

Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts

Genes Linked to Cholesterol in Cells Are Identified

Genes Linked to 'Pot' Belly

Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery

Genes May Link Hip Fractures and Heart Disease

Genes That Control Body's Salt Levels Are Identified

Genetic Cause of Statin-Related Muscle Pain Found

Genetic Data May Not Boost Heart Disease Predictions

Genetic Disorder Drug Helps Reverse Heart Muscle Enlargement

Genetic Medicine Making Inroads Against Disease

Genetic Test for Heart Disease Risk in the Works

Genetics May Help Fine-Tune Warfarin Dosage

Genetics Should Decide Warfarin Dose, Study Reiterates

Get Healthy: Your Middle-Aged Heart Will Thank You

Get to Know the Pap Test

GI Bleeding After Stroke Raises Death Risk

Ginkgo Prevented Stroke Damage in Mice

Girls and Math: Blame the Culture, Not Ability

Girls Participating in Sports in Record Numbers

Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks

Global Efforts to Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol Working

Glucose Challenge in Pregnancy Could Predict Heart Disease

Good Oral Hygiene May Protect Against Heart Infections

Green Areas Lower Health Inequities Between Rich, Poor

Group Urges Depression Screening for Heart Patients

Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants

Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries

Gum Disease Treatment Doesn't Cut Preterm Birth Risk

Gum Disease, Heart Disease Share Genetic Link

Hairspray Exposure Ups Risk for Birth Defect in Sons

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

Hands-Only Resuscitation OK for Cardiac Arrest

Happy Marriage, Happy Heart

Hardened Arteries Threaten Obese, Diabetic Youth

Harm Begins With a Few Cigarettes, a Little Smog

Headphones May Threaten Heart-Device Performance

Health Groups Slam Tobacco Marketing to Women

Health Insurance Rules Affect Medical Outcomes

Health Secrets of Red Wine Uncovered

Health Tip: After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: Women and High Blood Pressure

Health Tip: About Heart Arrhythmia

Health Tip: At Risk for Another Heart Attack?

Health Tip: Be More Comfortable During Childbirth

Health Tip: Breathing Polluted Air

Health Tip: Cardiac Rehabilitation

Health Tip: Control Risk Factors for Stroke

Health Tip: Dealing With Peripheral Artery Disease

Health Tip: Dietary Needs of Aging Women

Health Tip: Eat a Heart-Healthy Diet

Health Tip: Facts About Ovulation

Health Tip: Getting a Pap Test

Health Tip: Having Another Heart Attack

Health Tip: Having High Blood Pressure

Health Tip: Healing After a C-Section

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: Keep Cholesterol Under Control

Health Tip: Keep Gestational Diabetes Under Control

Health Tip: Learn to Manage Your Stress

Health Tip: Life After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: Living With a Pacemaker

Health Tip: Lumps in the Breast

Health Tip: Managing Urinary Incontinence

Health Tip: Monitoring What You Drink

Health Tip: New Moms, Protect Your Back

Health Tip: Pain in the Pelvis

Health Tip: Preparing for a Stress Test

Health Tip: Preparing Your Pet for Baby

Health Tip: Prevent Back Problems After Pregnancy

Health Tip: Prevent Urinary Tract Infections in Women

Health Tip: Recovering After Childbirth

Health Tip: Recovery After a C-Section

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Health Tip: Risk Factors for High Cholesterol?

Health Tip: Signs of Ovulation

Health Tip: Symptoms of Ovarian Cysts

Health Tip: Symptoms of Postpartum Depression

Health Tip: Taking a Daily Aspirin

Health Tip: Taking Folic Acid

Health Tip: The Importance of Folic Acid

Health Tip: Traveling During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Try Kickboxing

Health Tip: Understanding Metabolic Syndrome

Health Tip: What Causes Sore Breasts?

Health Tip: What Causes Urinary Tract Infections in Women?

Health Tip: What's Behind High Cholesterol?

Health Tip: What's Causing Urinary Incontinence?

Health Tip: What's Triggering My Acne?

Health-Care Costs Go Up, and Stay Up, for Abused Women

Healthier Lifestyles Would Lengthen American Lives

Healthy Diet Lowers Death Risk for Women

'Healthy Fat' Chemical Aids Body's Metabolism

Healthy Heart Tips for a Bad Economy

Healthy Lifestyle Boosts Women's Longevity

Heard the One About How to Beat Tension?

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 Hormone Elevated in Children Who Wet Bed

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

Heavier People Have Heart Attacks Earlier

Heavy Periods May Be Due to a Clotting Disorder

Heavy Traffic Can Be Heartbreaking

Heel Ultrasound Helps Detect Fracture Risk

Hidden Salt in Diet Haunts Many With Heart Failure

High Birth Weight Doubles Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis

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 Fructose Diet Inhibits Appetite Hormone

High Rate of Early Heart Failure Seen in Blacks

High Resting Heart Rate Spells Trouble for Women

High Salt Levels Common in Many Foods

Higher Fitness Levels Tied to Lower Heart, Death Risks

Higher Wealth Linked to Lower Risk of Early Stroke

High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs

Hip Fracture Odds Rise With Women's Age

Hispanics Less Likely to Get Repeat Artery Surgery

HIV Can Penetrate a Woman's Healthy Genital Skin

HIV Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack

HIV Patients May Have Stiffer Arteries

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

Hope for Damaged Heart Muscle

Hormone Combo May Provide Reversible Male Birth Control Tool

Hormone Drug May Help Drinkers Stay Sober

Hormone Lowers Glucose Levels in Mice

Hormone Might Help Restore Female Fertility

Hormone Reduces Mortality in Heart Patients With High BP

Hormone Replacement May Cut Risk for Age-Linked Eye Disease

Hormone Replacement May Raise Women's Gallbladder Risk

Hormone Rx May Protect Women With Breast Cancer Gene

Hormone Therapy Can Help Some With Prostate Cancer

Hormone Therapy for Early Prostate Cancer Not Always Best

Hormone Therapy Increases Odds of Ovarian Cancer

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

Hormone-Boosting Drug May Help Treat Frailty

Hormones Boost Frequency of Women's Migraine With Aura

Hormones May Affect Neurological Disease Risk

Hormones May Be to Blame for Women's Cavity Rates

Hormones May Help Shield Women from Parkinson's

Hospital Practices Influence Which Moms Will Breast-Feed

Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Skyrocketing

Hospitals Reduce Heart Attack Deaths

Hot Flashes Reduced by Neck Injection

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

Household Insecticides May Be Linked to Autoimmune Diseases

How Bad Feelings Can Harm Your Health

How Much Fish to Eat While Pregnant?

How Weight Loss Helps the Heart

HPV Data May Aid Vaccine's Effectiveness

HPV Vaccine Has Higher Allergic Reaction Rate

HRT After Menopause Reduces Symptoms

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 Shrinks the Brain

HRT Ups Death Risk for Women With Lung Cancer

HRT Users Who Get Breast Cancer Less Likely to Die

Human Growth Hormone Doesn't Improve Athletic Performance

Human Heart Can Make New Cells

Hunger Hormone Makes Food Look More Tasty

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

Immune Response May Speed AIDS Progression in Women

Implantable Defibrillators May Not Help Women With Heart Failure

Implanted Defibrillators Benefit Older People

Implanted Defibrillators Boost Long-Term Survival

In Elderly Women, Hip Fractures Often Follow Arm Breaks

In High-Stakes Stock Trading, Finger Length Matters

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

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

Injection May Heal Damaged Heart

Insulin Resistance Tied to Peripheral Artery Disease

Interventions to Promote Breast-Feeding Succeed

Investigational Drug May Help Avert Blood Clots

Iodine in Prenatal Vitamins Varies Widely

IPods Don't Interfere With Pacemakers, Study Shows

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 Human Growth Hormone a Key to Longevity?

Is Smoking Tougher on Women?

It Pays to Eat Less as You Age

It's Back to Basics to Save a Life

It's Time for More Moms to Breast-Feed, U.S. Officials Say

IV 'Ice Slurry' Quickly Cools Body for Surgeries

Jackson's Death Puts Spotlight on Sudden Cardiac Arrest

JFK's Health Problems More Complex Than Thought

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 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 More Apt to Smoke If Mom Did While Pregnant

Kids' Obesity May Lead to Epidemic of Adult Diabetes

Know the Warning Signs of Stroke

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

Know Your Odds for Heart Failure

Lab Study Makes Strides in Mending Hearts

Lack of Sleep Hurts Women's Hearts Most

Larger Men at Greater Risk for Atrial Fibrillation

Laser Therapy Disappoints in Stroke Trial

Late Use of Aromatase Inhibitor Still Effective Against Breast Cancer

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

Leg Clots May Not Travel to Lungs

Less Aggressive Care for More Severe Heart Disease

Less HRT, Fewer Cases of Possible Breast Cancer Precursor

Less Intensive Treatment Given Diabetic Women With Heart Disease

Less Sensitivity to Hormone May Play Role in Autism

Lidocaine Gel May Ease Mammography Discomfort

Lifelong Exercise Keeps Seniors Young at Heart

Lifestyle Counseling Reduces Heart Risk

Light Drinking Poses No Heart Risk for Women

Light Exercise Prevents Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly

Limited Value Found for First-Generation Heart Pumps

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

Long-Term Help Regimen Cut Heart Attack Recurrence

Long-Term Lead Exposure Linked to Heart Deaths

Love Hormone May Ease Discussion of Painful Topics

'Love Hormone' May Trigger Jealousy, Too

Low Birth Weight Tied to Rise in Infant Hemangiomas

Low Blood Pressure During Surgery Boosts Stroke Risk

Low Blood Sodium Predicts Mortality in PAH Patients

Low Levels of 2 Enzymes in Ovarian Cancer Cells Shortened Survival

Low Levels of Vitamin D Spell Trouble for Breast Cancer Patients

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 Raises Women's Hip Fracture Risk

Lower IQ Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Deaths

Lowered HRT Use May Have Cut Heart Attacks

Lowering Blood Pressure Improves Brain Hemorrhage Outcomes

Lowest Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Levels the Best

Low-Salt Diet May Not Be Best for Heart

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

Lying Still Raises Artificial Insemination Success

Magnesium May Lower Risk for Some Strokes in Male Smokers

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

Male Infertility Treatment Boosts Sperm Count

Male Partner Violence Hurts Women's Health Worldwide

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 Cancer Patients Turn to Complementary Medicine

Many Heart Attack Patients Not Referred to Cardiac Rehab

Many Ignore Symptoms of Bladder Trouble

Many Kids Suffer Medication Side Effects: Study

Many Miss Out on Stroke Treatment

Many Ob-Gyn Textbooks Lack Good Info on Breast-Feeding

Many Who Should Use Statins Don't

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

Many Women Struggle With Challenge of a Newborn

Many Women Struggle With Uncontrolled Blood Pressure

Marathoners Go the Distance on Heart Health

Marijuana Use May Raise Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Marital Distress May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery

Mastectomies on the Increase

Mastectomy Not First Choice for Most Breast Cancer Patients

Master Stem Cell for Human Heart Identified

Maternal Depression Has Negative Effect on Infants' Sleep

Meat, Dairy Won't Up Odds for Breast Cancer

Medication Review May Help With Heart Failure

Mediterranean Diet Aids the Aging Brain: Study

Mediterranean Diet Cuts Death From Chronic Diseases

Melanoma Rates Soar Among Younger Women

Melt-Away Stent Works Well in Trial

Memory Takes a Hit During Menopause

Men More Likely Than Women to Adopt Children

Men More Likely to Develop Cognitive Problems

Men With Angina Do Worse Than Women

Men With BRCA Gene Mutations Unaware of Cancer Risks

Men With Low Testosterone Not Receiving Treatment

Menopause Drug Tied to Breast Cancer Recurrence

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

Menstrual Bleeding Treatment Safer Than Thought

Menstruation Cessation in Female Teen Athletes May Be Caused by Hormone

Mental Barriers Block Obese Women From Exercise

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 Triggered by Overeating, Not Obesity

Method for Treating Cervical Lesions May Pose Pregnancy Risks

Micardis Given Wider Approval

'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

Migraine With Aura May Lead to Brain Lesions

Migraines' Frequency Influences Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

Migraines in Pregnancy Boost Vascular Risks

Migraines Linked to Reduced Breast Cancer Risk

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

Minimal Exercise Benefits Overweight Postmenopausal Women

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

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

Molecular Cause of Breast Cancer Metastasis Discovered

Mom and Baby Alike May Benefit From Exercise

Mom's Diet Can Alter Genes to Raise Babies' Asthma Risk

Mom's Low Cholesterol Tied to Preemie Births

Mom's Smoking During Pregnancy Ups Preemie's SIDS Risk

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

Mom's Vitamin D Levels Affect Baby's Dental Health

Moms Who Breast-Feed Less Likely to Neglect Child

Moms-to-Be Who Drink May Damage Fetus' White Matter

Monitoring Hormone May Improve Kidney Failure Outcomes

Monitoring Protein Didn't Improve Heart Failure Outcomes

Mood Disorders Put Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD

More 90-Plus Women Than Men Prone to Dementia

More Chest Compressions During CPR Improves Survival Odds

More Dairy, Calcium in Childhood Could Mean Longer Life

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 'Screen Time' Linked to Poor Fitness in Girls

More Single Women Are Having Babies

More Stroke Victims Get Clot-Busting Therapy

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

More U.S. Women Getting Birth Control Services

More Women Having Other Breast Removed

Most Adult Americans at Some Risk for Heart Disease

Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose

Most Women Struggle With Rising Health Care Costs

Most Women With Osteoporosis Unaware of Raised Fracture Risk

Most Young, Black Females Are Not Getting HPV Vaccine

Mothers of Multiples May Face Higher Depression Risk

Mothers, Newborns at High Risk in Developing World

Mouse Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Act Like Embryonic Stem Cells

Mouse Study Finds Molecule That Tells Hair to Grow

Mouse Study May Offer Better Diagnosis for Preeclampsia

MP3 Player Headphones May Throw Off Cardiac Devices

MRI May Help Find Deep Endometriosis

MRI Scans Reveal Post-Heart Attack Bleeding

MRIs Don't Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome

MS Need Not Preclude Pregnancy

Multaq Sanctioned for Heart Rhythm Disorders

Multiple Doses of Steroids Don't Help Preemies

Multiple ICD Replacements Can Predict Complications

Multiple Screening Strategy Boosts Cervical Cancer Detection

Multivitamins Might Prolong Life

Muscle Mass Won't Grow in Women Over 80

Music Can Help Restore Stroke Patients' Sight

Music Can Make the Heart Beat Faster

Natural Childbirth Moms More Attuned to Babies' Cry

Neck Fat a Measure of Heart Risk

Neighborhood Influences Exercise Levels

'Net, Video Tools Successful in Lung Disease Management

New Calcium Measure Better Predictor of Heart Risks

New Advances May Treat Stroke Faster, Better

New Anti-Clotting Drug Beats Plavix

New Anticoagulant Pill Works Well in Trial

New Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Improves Results

New Benefits From Old Heart Measures

New Brain Hemorrhage Guidelines Stress Quick Action

New Chemo Regimen May Benefit Ovarian Cancer Patients

New Device 'Fingers' Heart Risk

New Device Treats Common Heart Rhythm Disorder

New Drug May Strengthen Women's Bones

New Drug Shows Promise Against Heartbeat Abnormality

New Drug Shows Promise in Use With Coronary Stents

New Drug-Coated Stent Approved

New Drug-Coated Stent Does Well in Early Trial

New Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins

New Genetic Analysis Might Boost Breast Cancer Care

New Genetic Links to Baldness Discovered

New Guidelines for Treating Heart Failure

New Guidelines Issued for Implanted Heart Devices

New Guidelines on Infant Stroke Released

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 HPV Vaccine Might Stop Vulvar Cancer in its Tracks

New Insights, Inroads Against Breast, Ovarian 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 MRI Puts Cervical Cancer Into Focus

New Pap Test Guidelines: Start Later, Have Fewer

New Scan Spots Beginning of Bone Problems in Anorexics

New Source of Heart Stem Cells Found

New Statistical Model Could Cut Needless Breast Biopsies

New Surgery for Heart Failure Proves Ineffective

New System Improves Distribution of Donated Livers

New Technique May Improve Early Cervical Cancer Treatment

New Test Assesses Individual Breast Cancer Risk

New Test Diagnoses Anemia in Chronic Disease

New Test May Mean Faster Breast Cancer Treatment

New Test Seems to Spot Deadly Heart Condition

New Treatment Lessens Heart Attack Damage

New Type of Stent Appears Safe, Effective

New Type of Stent Shows Promise

New Way Found to Diagnose Endometriosis

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 Drug Beats Tamoxifen for Older Breast Cancer Patients

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

Night Shift Work Hard on the Heart

No Definitive Link Seen Between Vytorin and Cancer

No Gender Gap Found for Clot-Busting Drug

No Increase in Clots With Drug-Eluting Stents

No Osteoarthritis Seen in Obese Mice Without Leptin

Noise in Artery Could Warn of Heart Risk

Non-Hormonal Therapies Aid Breast Cancer Patients

Normal Weight Doesn't Always Equal Healthy Weight

Not All Caregivers Are Stressed and Depressed

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 Middle-Aged Women Face Unhealthy Future

Obese People Seem to Do Better With Heart Disease

Obese Women Less Likely to Be Tested for Some Cancers

Obesity Drug Shows Mixed Success Against Atherosclerosis

Obesity Linked to Heart Failure Risk

Obesity Linked to Ovarian Cancer

Obesity May Worsen Impact of Asthma

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, Diabetes and Heart Disease May Speed Dementia

Obesity, Lack of Insurance Take Toll on Young Americans

Obesity-Related Hormone Tied to Psoriasis

Obesity-Related Inflammation Boosts Heart Risks

Occasional Smoking Still Does Damage

Off-Hours Heart Patients Less Likely to Get Angioplasty

Old, New Pap Methods Equally Good, Dutch Study Finds

Older Diabetics' Risk of Cardiac Ischemia Lower Than Thought

Older Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men

Older Women Have Harder Time Preserving Muscle Than Men

Oldest Heart Patients May Get Most From Warfarin

Omega-3 Fatty Acid May Help 'Preemie' Girls' Brains

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Might Curb Depression in Heart Patients

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 Pill Might Prevent Heart Disease

One-Third of Uninsured Are Chronically Ill

Opening Arteries With Drug-Coated Stents OK Over 70

Opening Clogged Arteries Helps Women After Heart Attack

Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control

Optimism About Heart Risk Pays Off

Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals

Osteoporosis Drug Seems to Shrink Breast Tumors

Osteoporosis Meds Linked to Heart Problem

Ovary Removal May Not Be Needed in Endometrial Cancer

Ovary Removal May Play a Role in Lung Cancer

Over-the-Phone Weight Loss Counseling Works

Overweight Moms More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids

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

Panic Disorder Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Disease

Parent Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Kids' Heart Risks

Patch Form of HRT Poses Less Clotting Risks Than Pill Does

Patch Helps Mend Damaged Hearts

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

Pelvic Inflammation Puts Girls at Risk for Repeat STIs

People Over 60 at Risk for 'Silent Stroke'

Periodic Dieting May Cut Breast Cancer Risk

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

Pituitary Hormone May Boost Women's Heart Risk

Plan Hopes to ID Early Halt in Reproductive Function

Plastics Chemical Tied to Aggression in Young Girls

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 Mental Health May Boost Asthma Risk

Poor Sleep, Hypertension a Dangerous Combination

Poor Women Seem to Be Skipping Breast Cancer Drugs

Poorer Outcomes After 'Off-Pump' Bypass Surgery

Popular Tilapia Might Not Help Heart

Possible Cause of Postpartum Depression Pinpointed

Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer Face Joint Issues

Postmenopausal Women's Sexual Dissatisfaction Not Linked to Heart Troubles

Postpartum Anxiety May Delay Puberty in Kids

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

Predicting Postpartum Depression May Be Possible

Preeclampsia in Pregnancy Boosts Future Health Risks

Preeclampsia Linked to Cardiovascular Problems After Pregnancy

Preeclampsia May Stem From Malformed Proteins

Preeclampsia Might Protect Against Testicular Cancer

Preemie Delivery Tied to Later Heart Woes for Women

Pregnancy Alone Not A Risk for Mental Health Problems

Pregnancy Boosts Heart Attack Risk

Pregnancy May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival

Pregnant Rural Women More at Risk

Pregnant Women With Epilepsy Should Avoid Valproate

Premature Delivery Linked to High Cholesterol in Moms Later

Prenatal Nutrition, Postnatal Allergy Protection

Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes Boosts Risk for Birth Defects

Pre-Pregnancy Weight Linked to Babies' Heart Problems

Preterm Births Linked to Infection of Amniotic Fluid

Preventing Second Stroke May Stave Off Dementia

Prior Cervical Dysplasia May Boost Cancer's Return

Prioritize Pregnant Women to Get Swine Flu Shot, Experts Say

Program Aids Hospital Compliance With Stroke Guidelines

Progress Made in Predicting Breast Cancer Risk

Prolonged Fasting Boosts Risk of Rare Stroke

Proper Sleep May Help Clear Arteries

Prostate Meds Not Tied to Increased Hip Fracture Risk

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

Pursuit of Females Dates Way, Way Back

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

Quitting Smoking Tougher on Women

Race Not a Factor if Breast Cancer Chemo Succeeds

Race, Insurance May Affect Testing of Kids in ER

Racial Disparity Seen in Angioplasty Outcomes

Radiation From CT Scans Not Always the Same

Radiation May Raise Stroke Risk After Hodgkin's

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

Raloxifene Safe for Women With Decreased Kidney Function

Rapid Cooling Might Help Heart Attack Patients

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

Rate of Diabetes Cases Doubles in 10 Years: CDC

Reaching the Heart Through the Wrist

Recent Genetic Discoveries Don't Improve Prediction of Breast Cancer

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

Report Claims Clinical Trials Miss Many Populations

Research Explains Benefit of 'Mini Heart Attack'

Research Links Low HDL Levels With Memory Loss

Research May Help Predict Preeclampsia

Research Reveals Clues to Breast Cancer's Spread

Research Reveals Why Tamoxifen Doesn't Always Work

Researcher Finds Link Between Pregnancy and Tooth Loss

Researcher IDs Narcolepsy as Autoimmune Disease

Researchers ID Ovarian Cancer Biomarker

Researchers Perfect the View of Heart Disease

Researchers Propose Improved Cervical Cancer Screening

Researchers Push Aggressive Cholesterol Control in Kids

Researchers Update Risk-of-Death Charts

Response Times Vary for In-Hospital Heart Attacks

Restless Legs May Vary by Race and Gender

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 Hits Women Harder

Rheumatoid Arthritis May Harm Gums

Rheumatoid Arthritis Rising Among U.S. Women

Risk Factor for Stroke More Common Among Whites

Risk Info for Breast Cancer Patients Too Confusing

Risk of Breast Cancer Relapse Can Linger

Risk Score May Predict Abnormal Heart Rhythm

Risk to Baby Rises With Repeat C-Sections

Risks and Benefits of Egg Donation Reported

Robotic Device Could Help Stroke Patients

Safety of Labor-Delaying Drugs Questioned

Salt Boosts Blood Pressure in High-Risk Patients

'Scaffold' Could One Day Repair Damaged Hearts

Science Finds Healing in Halloween Horrors

Scientists Discover How Chemo Can Make Women Infertile

Scientists Discover Protein Involved in Fat Production

Scientists Heartened at Prospect of End to Stem Cell Ban

Scientists ID Biomarkers for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Scientists ID New Proteins in Programmed Cell Death

Scientists ID Protein Aiding Breast Cancer Spread

Scientists ID Uterine Muscle Switch for Contractions

Scientists Identify More Breast Cancer Genes

Scientists Spot Possible Treatment for Rett Syndrome

Scientists Unravel Mystery of Tamoxifen Resistance

Screening Athletes Could Cut Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

Screening Lowers Stroke Risk for Sickle Cell Kids

Screening May Not Lessen Domestic Violence

Second Stroke Prevention Efforts Found Wanting

Second-Generation Female Condom Approved

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

Seizures Likely Sign of Brain Injury After Stroke

Selenium Supplements May Pose Heart Risk

Semi-Annual Time Changes May Affect the Heart

Sen. Edward Kennedy Hospitalized After Seizure

Sen. Kennedy Up and Walking After Brain Tumor Surgery

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

Seniors Often Misstate Stroke History

Serotonin Transporter Levels May Explain Winter Blues

Severe Menopause Symptoms Raise Heart Risks

Severe Obstetric Complications on the Increase

Severe, Lasting Depression Tied to Heart Patient Deaths

Sex Ed Can Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Sex Hormone Levels Linked to Fractures in Men

Sex Hormone Protein May Predict Type 2 Diabetes

Sexual Dysfunction Common a Year After Major Trauma

Shop 'Til You Drop: You May Feel Better

Shorter Menopause May Speed Risk of Heart Disease

Shorter-Course Radiation for Breast Cancer Safe, Effective

Side Effects in Statin Users Linked to Gene Mutation

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 Might Detect 'Silent' Heart Disease

Simpler Test May Be Best for Diagnosing Blood Clots in Leg

Singing in Pregnancy May Be Harder Work

Single-Sex Cardiac Rehab Helps Depressed Women

Skin Cells Turned Into Working Heart Muscle

Skin Test Spots Heart Risks in Healthy People

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

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 Victories in the War Against Ovarian Cancer

Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective

Smokeless Tobacco May Not Help Smokers Quit

Smokeout '08: The Perfect Time to Quit

Smokers at Increased Risk of Aneurysm Recurrence

Smoking Bans Bring a Drop in Heart Attacks

Smoking Bans Good for Non-Smokers' Hearts: Study

Smoking May Harm the Egg, Embryo

Smoking Packs a Tougher Wallop for Women

Smoking, Gender Affect Pain Treatment Effectiveness

Smoking-Low Birth Weight Link Explained in Part

Snoozing May Help Women Shed Baby Weight

So Much to Do, So Little Sleep

Soccer's a Winner for Building Bone Health in Girls

Social Class, Gender Won't Shield Smokers from Harm

Social Stress Sends Body Fat to the Stomach

'Soda Tax' Wins Health Experts' Support

Sodium, Potassium Intake Tied to Heart Disease

Some Antidepressants May Thwart Tamoxifen's Effect on Breast Cancer

Some Arteries Opened Safely Without Heparin

Some Breast Cancers May Regress on Their Own

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

Some Heart Failure Meds May Raise Fracture Risk in Women

Some Imperfect Hearts OK for Transplant

Sometimes Angioplasty Can Wait

Soothing Songs Please the Heart

Sorafenib Shows Promise for Heart-Lung Disease

Soy Protein Doesn't Lower Cholesterol

Soybean Chemicals May Reduce Effects of Menopause

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

Spiriva Safe, Effective for COPD Patients

Spleen May Help Heart Recover From Disease

Sporadic Spikes in Blood Pressure Hike Chances of Hypertension

Staff Training Reduces Postpartum Bleeding, Episiotomies

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

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

Stem Cell Injections Seem to Reduce Angina Pain

Stem Cell Marker Controls Pair of Key Cancer Pathways

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

Steps Prior to Pregnancy Can Protect Baby

Still Too Few Women in Cancer Trials

Stopping Antidepressants Boosts Risk of PMS Relapse

Stress May Raise Diabetes Risk for Obese Black Women

Stress May Speed Melanoma Progression

Stress Triggers Heart-Damaging Behavior

Stretching Exercises May Protect Against Preeclampsia

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

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 Evaluate Thyroid Treatment During Pregnancy

Studies Refine Obesity's Risk for Heart Troubles

Studies Report More Harmful Effects From BPA

Studies Show Genetic Activity of Antioxidants

Studies Support Testosterone Supplements for Older Men

Study Brings Value of Echocardiography Into Focus

Study Compares Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Methods

Study Evaluates Laser Therapies for Hair Removal

Study Finds Fish Won't Prevent Heart Failure

Study Finds Gender Disparity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Study Finds Millions More May Benefit From Statins

Study IDs Gene Variants Tied to Sudden Cardiac Death

Study Links Cancerous Tumors With Depression

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 Screening for Leg Vessel Blockages

Study Raises New Questions About Cholesterol Drug Zetia

Study Sheds Light on Painkillers' Heart Risk

Study Shows Exercise Shields Against Osteoporosis

Study Shows Hospital Report Cards Unlikely to Spur Improvement

Study Suggests a Wider Use for Statins

Study Supports Wider Use of Statins

Study Ties Mini-Strokes to Memory Loss

Study Touts Success With 'Female Viagra' Drug

Study Upholds Stopping Plavix Use Before Surgery

Study Urges Treatment for Even Mild Gestational Diabetes

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

Suckling Infant Triggers 'Trust' Hormone in Moms

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 Rates Rise Among Baby Boomers

Sunlight May Cause Rash in Autoimmune Disease

Super Bowl Loss Can 'Kill' Some Fans

Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery

Support Network May Play Role in Benefits of Drinking

Supportive Weigh-In Program Keeps Pounds Off

Surgery Better Than Angioplasty for Narrowed Neck Artery

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

Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost Ovarian Cancer Detection

Synthetic HDL Could Fight Heart Disease

Taking Depression to Heart

Taking Statins Faithfully Lengthens Life

Tamoxifen Cuts Fracture Risk: Study

Tamoxifen May Up Risk of Second, More Aggressive Breast Cancer

Tamoxifen Speeds Diagnosis of ER-Negative Breast Cancer

Task Force Member Defends Mammography Guidelines

Technique May Let More Women Use Tamoxifen

Technique Preserves Future Fertility in Girls With Cancer

Ted Kennedy Has a Brain Tumor

Ted Kennedy Released From Hospital

Teen Obesity Ups MS Risk in Women

Teens May Not Benefit from Pap Tests

Telemedicine Helps Experts Treat Stroke From Afar

Telling Heartburn From Heart Attack Can Be Tricky

Testing Young Athletes for Heart Defects May Save Lives

Testosterone Associated With Disease Transmission

Testosterone Influences Women's Career Moves

Testosterone Injections Offer Hope for Male Contraceptive

Testosterone Levels Among Financial Traders Affect Performance

Testosterone Patch Restores Libido in Postmenopausal Women

Testosterone Spray Improves Sexual Satisfaction in Women

Testosterone Therapy May Help Men With Heart Failure

Testosterone Therapy May Reduce Bone Loss in Older Men

The Elderly Can Be Candidates for Angioplasty, Stenting

The Gender Divide Starts Over Dinner

The Mummies' Curse: Heart Disease

The Pill May Limit Muscle Gains in Women

'The Pill' May Reduce Asthma Symptoms

The Revolving Door of Heart Failure Hospitalization

The Truth About 'Bio-identical' Hormone Therapy

Thin Thighs Might Be Harbinger of Heart Disease

Thumbs Down on Beta Blockers for High Blood Pressure

Thyroid Hormone Could One Day Treat Osteoporosis

Thyroid Hormone May Boost Women's Alzheimer's Risk

Thyroid Problems Boost Glaucoma Risk

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

Timing, Type of HRT May Determine Breast Cancer Risk

Tobacco Use Kills 6 Million People Annually: Report

Toddlers, Obese Kids Suffer Most From Smoke

Too Few Americans Aware of 'Pre-Diabetes'

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, 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 Sewer Gas Induces Suspended Metabolism in Mice

Tracking Top Number in Blood Pressure May Be Enough

Traffic Jams Harm the Heart

Transplant Patients Should Be Monitored for Ear Infection

Treadmill Workouts Help Stroke Survivors

Trial Shows Heart Attack Education Makes Little Difference

Trial Vaccine May Protect Against Serious Viral Infection

TriLipix Approved to Help Lower Cholesterol

Turbulence Predicts Death Risk for Heart Failure Patients

TV Commercials Color Gender Choices for Careers

Tweaking Hormones Might Ease Chronic Stress

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 Treatments Equally Effective for Chronic Pelvic Pain

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

Two-Thirds of Hispanic Women Discover Breast Cancer Themselves

U.S. Abortion Rate at 30-Year Low

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

U.S. Chlamydia Infections Hit All-Time High

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. 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. Syphilis Rate Grows for 7th Year in Row

Ultrasound Can Help Break Up DVTs

Ultrasound Used to Predict Heart Attack Risk

Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Chemotherapy

Undoing the 'Big Baby' Trend

Urine Samples Could Reveal Breast Cancer Risk

Urine Test for Heart Disease Shows Promise

Urine Test Predicts Vein Clot Risk

Using C-Section Scars to Predict Future Deliveries

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

Uterus Size May Predict Risk for Premature Twins After IVF

Vaginal Microbicides Might Help More Men Than Women

Value of Taking Aspirin to Cut Heart Risk Varies

Varicose, Spider Veins May Be Inevitable for Some

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 Boost Female Libido in Some Cases

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

Vigorous Treadmill Workout Curbs Appetite Hormones

Vioxx's Heart Risk Lingered Long After Use Ended

Vitamin B, Folate Supplements Won't Help Heart

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Heart Risk Factors in Kids

Vitamin D Deficit Could Lead to Heart Woes

Vitamin D Deficit in Pregnancy Tied to Caesarean Risk

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

Warfarin Safer Than Heparin for Some Strokes

Warfarin Underused in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

Warm-Up Reduces ACL Injury in Female Soccer Players

Weak Evidence Backs Most Heart Guidelines, Report Finds

Web Site Helps Cancer Patients With Fertility Preservation

Weekly Doses of Taxol Prolonged Lives of Breast Cancer Patients

Weight Boosts Older Women's Breast Cancer Risk

Weight Lifting Can Ease Arm Swelling in Breast Cancer Survivors

Weight Loss Helps Incontinence

Weight-Loss Aids Bought on Internet Might Harm Your Heart

Western Diet Boosts Global Heart Attack Risk 30%

What Causes Mystery Heart Condition?

What Moms Learned May Be Passed to Offspring

When Breast Cancer Recurs, Finding Pre-Symptoms Is Key

When Chest Pain Requires Quick Action in ER

When Communication Is Lost

When It Comes to Casual Sex, Men Aren't So Picky

When the Heart Stops Beating

Where You Put on Pounds May Influence Clot Risk

White Men With Chest Pains Treated Fastest in ERs

Whole Grains Lower Risk of Heart Failure

Why Cancer in One Breast May Affect the Other

Why Saying No to Foods May Be Harder for Women

Why Watching TV Sports Increases Heart Attacks

Wider Waist Boosts Asthma Risk

Will New Anemia Drug Top Current Treatments?

Window for Stroke Treatment Opens Wider

Wine Color Won't Change Breast Cancer Risk

Wine May Shield Breast Cancer Patients From Radiation Side Effects

Winter's Cold, Summer's Heat Take a Toll

With Angioplasty, More Is Better

With Heart Attacks, Fast Treatment Matters

With Hormone Therapy, Tender Breasts May Signal Cancer Risk

Wives Often Head Home When Husband's Workload Grows

Women at Higher Risk for Pulmonary Hypertension

Women Don't Notice 40% of Their Hot Flashes

Women Get Lung Cancer From Smoking at Same Rates as Men

Women in Coastal Areas Have Higher Mercury Levels

Women Less Apt to Get Clot-Buster, Study Finds

Women More Prone to Die in Month After Heart Attack

Women Risk Bone Loss After Knee Surgery

Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span

Women Smokers Prone to Dangerous Blood Vessel Condition

Women Veterinarians Face Higher Miscarriage Risk

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 Breast Cancer Gene Favor Preventive Mastectomy

Women With Heart Attack Symptoms See Delays in Care

Women, Mexican Americans at Higher Risk for Certain Stroke

Women's Alcohol Use Tied to Delayed Childbearing

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

Women's Death Rate Higher From Severe Heart Attack

Women's Exercise Priorities Vary With Life Stages

Women's Peripheral Artery Disease Tied to Secondhand Smoke

Women's Risk for a Certain Skin Cancer Varies by Geography

Women's Testosterone Patch May Not Work

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

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 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 Men Fare Best After Hip Joint Resurfacing

Younger Women Often Miss Signs of Heart Attack

Younger Women With Breast Cancer Face Added Peril

Younger Women With Colon Cancer Outlive Men

Zoledronic Acid Protects Bones of Women Getting Breast Cancer Treatment

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