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1 Million Americans Likely Stricken by Swine Flu: CDC

1 Million More Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine on Hand

1 Swine Flu Shot Enough for Older Kids

11 More Children Die From Swine Flu: CDC

11 More Children Die From Swine Flu: CDC

13% of Seniors Report Being Mistreated

17,000 Child Deaths Linked to Lack of Insurance

1918 Flu Closings May Provide Lessons for Today

1976 Italian Dioxin Release Damaged Babies' Thyroids

1976 Swine Flu Outbreak Offers Echoes, Lessons Today

1st Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine Set for Early October

2 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective

2 Checklists Aid Those Over 50 With Medical Decisions

2 Diabetes Drugs Double Fracture Risk in Women

2 Hours Glued to TV Doubles Kids' Asthma Risk

2 Markers Predict Survival Odds in Colon Cancer Patients

2 Million Cancer Cases Tied to Tobacco Use

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

22 Million Sickened by Swine Flu in 6 Months

228 People in 22 States Sickened in Ongoing Salmonella-Tomato Outbreak

24 Million Americans Had Diabetes in 2007

28 Pregnant Women Have Died From Swine Flu: CDC

2nd Generation Antidepressants Prove Effective

2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes

3 Steps Might Help Stop MRSA's Spread

3 Women Suffer Kidney Failure After Derriere Injections

3.4 Million Seniors Hit Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'

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

3M Injected Drug Users Worldwide Could Be HIV-Positive

4 More Deaths Reported Among Byetta Patients

40 Swine Flu Cases Now Reported in U.S.

5 Million People a Year Use Self-Help Addiction Programs

60 Million Worldwide Carry Heart Disease Mutation

76 Children Dead From Swine Flu: CDC

79 Million Americans Struggle to Pay Medical Bills

8.3 Million U.S. Adults Considered Suicide Last Year

9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma

9/11 Responders May Be At Raised Myeloma Risk

9/11 Workers Face Chronic Mental Impairment

9/11's Health Effects Lingered for Years

A Blood Marker Could Spot Diabetes Risk

A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery

A Fat That May Keep You Thin

A Third of Medicare Clients Unfamiliar With Benefits

Abdominal Fat Tied to High Risk for Coronary Trouble

Abnormal Heart Rhythm Boosts Death Risk for Diabetics

Abstinence-Only Programs Fall Short of Teens' Needs

Access Is Key to Kids' Decision to Smoke

ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug

Acne Cream Not Linked to Raised Death Risk

Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk

Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Lung Cancer Risk

Acrylamide Raises Kidney Cancer Risk

Active Social Life May Reduce Men's Alzheimer's Risk

Activity-Linked Heat Illness Needs Prompt Attention

Actress Helps Promote New Campaign for Meningitis Vaccine

Acupuncture May Help Relieve Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Acute Coronary Events Drop After Italy's Public Smoking Ban

Adapting Gait May Help Elderly Avoid Falls

Adequate Supply of Swine Flu Vaccine Uncertain

ADHD Medications Don't Pose Cancer Risk

Admissions for Prescription Painkiller Abuse on Rise

Adult Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Predicted in Childhood

Adults With Diabetes Doing Better Prevention Job

After Decades, Decreases in Heart Risk Factors Level Off

After Job Loss, People Report More Health Issues

Aggressive Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Treatment Shows Some Benefit

Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer

Aging Baby Boomers May Swamp Cardiac Care

Air Bags-Seat Belts Cut Injuries, Deaths, Costs

Air Pollution Exposure May Slow Fetal Growth

Air Pollution Can Damage Heart, Blood Vessels, Too

Air Pollution Harms Patients After Heart Attack

'Airport Malaria' Risk Rising With Global Warming

Alcohol in Early Pregnancy May Prompt Fetal Cell Death

Alcohol, Cigarettes and Diabetes Up Colorectal Cancer Risk

Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too

Alcoholism Gender Gap Is Closing

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

Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners

All Newborns Should Have Ears Screened, Task Force Says

All Products at Georgia Peanut Plant Recalled

Allergies Can Dig Into Gardening's Fun

Almost 6 Million U.S. Cases of Swine Flu in First Few Months

Almost Half of Kids Still Exposed to Secondhand Smoke

Almost Two-Thirds of Americans Meet Exercise Guidelines

Alzheimer's Drugs Also Treat Behavioral, Psych Problems

Alzheimer's Protein Tied to HIV Progression

Alzheimer's Treatment Trials May Have Special Challenges

Amateur Singers, Teachers Seldom Hear Sounds of Trouble

America Losing the Fight With Type 2 Diabetes

Americans Consuming More Sugary Beverages

Americans Get Failing Grade on Diabetes Awareness

Americans Losing Sight of Eye Health

America's Top Allergy Capitals

America's Top Hospitals Cut Patient Death Rate 27%

Among Obese Diabetics, Sleep Apnea May Be Common

Amount of Exercise Key to Lowering Kids' Blood Pressure

An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment

An Allergy Checklist for Holiday Gatherings

An Online Guide to Cope With Recession-Related Stress

Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients

Anemia Drugs May Raise Death Risk in Cancer Patients

Anemia Rates Down for U.S. Women and Children

Anesthesia in Youngest Kids May be Linked to Learning Disabilities

Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death

Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary

Another Report Finds Swine Flu Targeting the Young

Another Study Warns of Risk From Cardiac Surgery Drug

Anti-Aging Drug Closer to Reality

Antibiotic Resistance Still a Major Public Health Threat

Antibiotic-Resistant Meningitis Reported in U.S.

Antibiotics Bought Easily on the Internet

Antibiotics Largest Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Damage

Antidepressant Scripts Up 16 Million Over 3-Year Period

Anti-Drug TV Campaign Didn't Curb Teen Pot Use: Study

Antioxidant-Rich Diet May Protect Against Eye Disease

Antioxidants Blunt Exercise Benefit, Study Shows

Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes

Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings

Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly

Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients

Antiviral Drugs Should Be Used Cautiously to Fight Flu, U.S. Says

Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes

Are Hospital Mobile Phones Dialing Up Superbugs?

Are Internet-Addicted Kids More Violent?

Are You Getting Burned by Your Sunscreen?

Arsenic in Drinking Water Raises Diabetes Risk

Arthritis Hits More Than Half of Diabetics

As More Cyclists Hit the Road, Serious Injuries Rise

As Swine Flu Cases Mount, CDC Says U.S. Hasn't 'Dodged a Bullet'

Asian Kids Have Later Bedtimes, Less Total Sleep

Asians Seem to Suffer Less During Childbirth

Asleep or Awake, Brain Functions the Same

Aspirin Doesn't Guard Diabetics Against Heart Disease

Aspirin Doesn't Prevent First Heart Attack, Stroke

Asthma Associated With Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts

Asthma Drugs Get 'Precaution' Labeling for Possible Psychiatric Side Effects

Asthma's Course Differs by Gender

At Least 114 U.S. Kids Dead From Swine Flu

At Least 20 Dead, Hundreds Ill in Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico

At U.S. Colleges, Binge Drinking Is on the Rise

Australian Study Seeks Genetic Roots of Cerebral Palsy

Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis

Autumn Chores Often Hazardous

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

Avoid Holiday Injuries

Avoiding a Holiday Season of Discontent

Awareness of Alternative Therapies May Be Lacking

Babies Injured in Car Seats Used Outside of Cars

Backyard Raccoon 'Latrines' Harbor Hidden Dangers

Bacterial Infections May Be Overlooked in SIDS Cases

Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use

Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk

Barefoot Lifestyle Has Its Dangers

Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy Benefits Moms, Babies

Barriers to Good Asthma Care Detailed

Baseline Exam Is Key to Eye Health

Batted Balls Threaten High School Baseball Players

Bayer Marketing Two Unapproved Aspirin Products: FDA

Bed Bugs, Nearly Eradicated, Make a Comeback

Behavioral Management Plans Help Kids Lose Weight

Being Heart Smart Just Makes Sense

Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery

Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery

Better Sleepers Are 'Successful Agers'

Better-Educated Smokers More Likely to Quit After Seeing Ads

Beware of Dog Bites

Beware of Toxic Toys This Holiday Season

Big Tobacco Lures Young Smokers With Menthol Cigarettes: Study

Big, Well-Balanced Breakfast Aids Weight Loss

Binge Drinking Clogs Arteries With Plaque

Binge-Drinking Collegians at High Risk for Injuries

Biologists Discover How Dengue Virus Matures

Biomarker May Signal HIV Progression

Bird Flu Virus Can Survive Two Years in Landfill

Birth Size Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

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

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

Black Heart Patients Treated Less for Depression

Black Henna Tattoo Chemical Can Cause Skin Reaction

Black Male Children Face Highest Risk for Food Allergies

Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery

Black Rectal Cancer Patients Less Likely to Get Chemo, Radiation

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 Have Highest Obesity Rates in U.S.

Blacks Less Likely to Get Optimal Lung Cancer Treatment

Blacks More Likely to Die of Severe Sepsis

Blacks Wait Longer for Hospital Bed, Study Finds

Blacks With Lung Disease Face Increased Cancer Risk

Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes

Blood Pressure Drugs May Protect Against Alzheimer's

Blood Pressure on the Rise in America

Blood Pressure Pill Combo More Effective Than Diuretics

Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial

Blood Sugar Control Helps Diabetics Preserve Sight

Blood Sugar Test May Also Aid Diabetes Detection

Blood Test for 'Mad Cow' Disease May Be Near

Blood Test Narrows Down Need for Antibiotics

Blood-Sugar Spikes Send Testosterone Levels Down

Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant

Blue and Broke for the Holidays

Blueberry Drink Protects Mice From Obesity, Diabetes

Body Clock, Blood Sugar Control Seem Linked

Body Fat, Muscle Distribution Linked to RA Disability

Bogus Stem Cell Therapies Sold on Internet

Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

Bone Loss Stable on Restricted Calorie Diet

Boomers Should Add Muscle Before It's Too Late

Booze Taxes Lower Alcohol-Linked Deaths

Booze Taxes Lower Drinking Rates

Boston Trial to Test New HIV/AIDS Vaccine

Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men

Brain Activity May Predict Schizophrenia Behavior

Brain Disease Causes More Vision Loss in Blacks

Brain Slow to Judge Fast-Moving Objects Head-On

Breast Abnormality Follow-Up Often Later in Black Women

Breast Cancer Lymph Node Biopsy May Need Closer Look

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

Breast-Feeding Support Lacking at Many Hospitals, Birth Centers

Breathe Easier Knowing Spring's Pollen Triggers

'Bug Bombs' Causing Injury

Bullying Top Concern of Parents With Overweight Child

Bunk Beds Pose Dangers to Both Kids and Young Adults

Burn Rate in Kids Has Dropped, But Still Causes Concern

Businesses Need Swine Flu Action Plan, U.S. Says

Cadmium Exposure Tied to Lung Disease

Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk

Caffeine in Pregnancy Associated With Low Birth Weight Risk

Calcium Might Have Taste Humans Can Detect

Cancer Death Rates Decline Among Blacks, But Disparities Linger

Cancer Deaths Take Heavy Financial Toll

Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation

Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients

Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes

Cancer Patients Should Steer Clear of Antioxidants

Cancer Screenings for Medicaid Patients Miss Targets

Cancer Survival Depends on Where You Live

Cancer Survivors Say Costs Keep Them From Care

Car Cell Phone Use More Hazardous Than Chat With Passengers

Car Crashes, Falls Top List of Accidental Injuries for Kids

Car Key Device Jams Teens' Cell Phones

Car Seats Can Limit Kids' Oxygen Supplies

Car Surfing Kills Teens

Car-Crash Death Rates Depend on Where You Live in U.S.

Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Vary Widely

Caring for Aging Loved Ones Can Be a Catch-22

Casual Smokers at Greater Risk for Alcohol-Use Disorders

Cataracts World's Leading Cause of Vision Loss

Cats Can Trigger Eczema in Some Infants

CDC Campaign Targets MRSA Infections

CDC Finds U.S. 30th in Infant Mortality

CDC Has Candidate Viruses for Swine Flu Vaccine

CDC Monitors Shortage of Hib Vaccine

CDC Panel to Recommend Who Should Get Swine Flu Shot

CDC Shifts Swine Flu Focus to Likely Impact in the Fall

CDC Urges Patience As More Swine Flu Shots Arrive

CDC Warns of Rise in Childhood Infections Tied to Meningitis Germ

Cell Conversion Shows Promise for Diabetes Treatment

Cell Phone Study Suggests People Are Losing Their Wanderlust

Cell Phones, Traffic a Deadly Combo for Kids

Cellular Protein Yields Clues to Diabetes, Alzheimer's

Certain Diabetes Drugs May Pose Eye Risk

Cervical Cancer Screens Effective But More Can Be Done

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Seems Safe

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated

Chamomile Tea May Ward Off Diabetes Damage

Changes in Seniors' Sleep Patterns Need Attention

Cheerleading Causes Majority of Female Athlete Injuries

Child-Care Relationships Tied to Kids' Stress Levels

Childhood Beach Vacations May Boost Melanoma Risk

Childhood Dairy Intake Boosts Bone Health Later On

Childhood Obesity May Be Leveling Off

Childhood Stress Compromises Immune System

Children of Centenarians Face Lower Heart Risks

Children of U.S. Farmworkers Often Uninsured

Children's Neck Size Associated With Sleep Disorders

China Documents First Case of Tick-Borne Disease Spread

Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk

Chromosome Linked to Diabetics' Heart Risks

Chronic Exposure to Solvents Disturbs Brain's Wiring

Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally

Chronic Stomach Inflammation Boosts Cancer Risk

Chronically Ill U.S. Patients Often Skip Care Due to Costs

Church-Based Weight Plan Peels Off Pounds for Blacks

Circadian Rhythm Plays Role in Memory

Circumcision Rates Too Low

Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life

Cleaner Air May Threaten Amazon Rainforest

Cleaning Concoctions Best Left to Experts

Cleaning House May Be Risky for Women With Asthma

Cleaning Up the World's Sanitation

Climate Change Linked to Longer Pollen Seasons

Climate Change May Boost Contact With Pollutants

Clinical Guideline Backs Food, Drink During Labor

Clinical Symptoms Enough to Switch Drug Regimens for HIV Patients

Clinical Trial Volunteers Uneasy About Some Financial Ties

Clinics Less Likely to Refer Heart Patients to Cardiologists

Coated Stents Best for Heart Patients With Diabetes

Cold Meds Not Safe for Kids Under 2, FDA Warns

Cold Weather May Raise Blood Pressure in Elderly

College Night Owls Have Lower Grades

Colleges Move to Limit Swine Flu's Spread

Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low

Colorectal Cancer Racial Gap Still Growing

Colorectal Cancer Screens Detect Unrecognized Disease

Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely

Combat Vets Display Severe Sleep Disorders

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 Treatment Best for Anxiety Disorder in Kids

Comic Strip Aims to Educate Families About Diabetes

Common Chemicals May Delay Pregnancy

Common Diabetes Drug May Fight Cancer

Common Mechanisms May Contribute to Autism's Mutations

Commonly Used HIV Infectivity Rate Misses Risks

Community Exercise Programs Boost Seniors' Strength

Compound Tied to Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia

Computer Program Helps COPD Patients Monitor Breathing

Concerted Effort Needed to Fight Drug-Resistant Flu Strain

Concussion's Effects May Linger for Decades

Confirmed Swine Flu Cases in U.S. Near 2,300 Mark

Consumer Group Seeks FDA Ban on Avandia

Consumers Still Buying Risky Imported Drugs Online: FDA

Consumers Urged to Avoid Raw Milk and Raw Milk Products

Contact Lens Cases Often Contaminated

Continuous Doctor Care Key to Childhood Screenings

Controversial Chemical Lingers Longer in the Body: Study

Cost of Diabetes Care Has Doubled

Cost Savings Adds to Value of Preventing Chronic Disease

Could Plastics Chemicals 'Feminize' Boys' Play?

Could Swine Flu Panic Be Worse Than Outbreak Itself?

Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis

Course of West Nile Infection Charted

CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes

Creatine Has Negligible Effect on COPD Exercise Rehab

CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis

CT Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries

Curbing Obesity Epidemic Key to Health Care Reform: Experts

Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble

Cycloset Approved for Type 2 Diabetes

Dads' Substance Use Hurts Expectant Moms' Efforts to Quit

Daily Glass of Wine Cut Risk of Fatty Liver Disease

Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed

Day of Admission Dictates Length of Stay for Heart Failure

Daycare Infants Less Likely to Develop Asthma

Dealing Cervical Cancer a Knockout Blow

Dearth of Data on Capabilities May Be Hurting ER Care

Death Gap Widens Between Educated and Those Not

Death Rate 70% Lower at Top U.S. Hospitals

Death Rates for HIV Patients Decrease Dramatically

Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant

Deaths, Injuries Increase With Higher Speed Limits

Deciphering the Language of Intoxication

Decline in Cigarette Sales Offset by Use of Alternative Products

Declines in Foodborne Illness Have Plateaued, Report Says

Decoding Muscle Stem Cell Development

Decorative Halloween Eye Lenses May Pose Serious Risks

DEET in Bug Spray Tied to Neural Damage in Mice

DEET Works Because Mosquitoes Hate the Smell

Delays in Lung Cancer Care More Common in Public Hospitals

Dementia Underestimated in Developing Countries

Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals

Dental Plaque Buildup May Raise Heart Risk in Black Men

Deportation Tied to Higher HIV Risk for Men Injecting Drugs

Depression During Pregnancy May Cause Premature Birth

Depression Linked to Increase in Abdominal Fat

Depression, Anxiety Hinder Quality of Life After Stroke

Dermatologists Release Psoriasis Care Guidelines

Detecting, Diagnosing Breast Cancers

Diabetes and Depression Go Hand-in-Hand

Diabetes Boosts Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis, Cirrhosis Cases

Diabetes Drug Byetta May Aid Weight Loss in Obese Patients

Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients

Diabetes Drug May Prevent Early Puberty in Young Girls

Diabetes Drug May Slow Eye Disease

Diabetes Drug Slows Clogging of Arteries

Diabetes Epidemic Now Poses Challenges for Nursing Homes

Diabetes Keeps Rising Among U.S. Adults

Diabetes Linked to Cognitive Problems

Diabetes Linked to Depression During and After Pregnancy

Diabetes Medications Don't Lower Inflammation

Diabetes Might Help Spur Hearing Loss

Diabetes Onset, Severity Tied to Cognitive Problems

Diabetes Seems to Heighten Glaucoma Risk

Diabetes' Toll Continues to Grow

Diabetes, Hypertension Hasten Death in Alzheimer's Patients

Diabetes, Weight Tied to Male Infertility

Diabetic Eye Disease Rates Soaring

Diabetic Eye Problem Linked to Heart Failure

Diabetic Food Shopping That Won't Break a Budget

Diabetic Hispanics Missing Out on Eye Exams

Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass

Diabetics Face Doubled Risk of Heart Attack

Diabetics Less Likely to Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass

Diabetics May Soon Have Low-Sugar Vegetable Juice

Diabetics Spend Thousands More on Care

Dialysis Catheter Placement Makes Little Difference in Infection Risk

Dialysis' Drawbacks Outweigh Benefits for Some Older Patients

Diet Key to Diabetes Risk

Diet, Exercise Cuts Kids' Risk for Metabolic Syndrome

Diet, Exercise Thwart Diabetes: Study

Dietary Aid Helps Kidney Patients Stay Safe

Dietary Changes Shield Latino Teens From Diabetes

Dietary Oils May Help Some Fight Fat

Dietary Supplement May Prevent Breast Cancer

Dietary Supplements May Pose Risk to Older Cancer Survivors

Dieting History Tied to Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Diluted Seawater Boosts Nutritional Content of Tomatoes

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Have Little Effect on Sales: Study

Discharge Plan Cuts Hospital Readmissions, Patient Costs

Discovery May Boost Bird Flu Vaccine Potency

Discovery May Pave Way to Better Diabetes Care

Disease Prevention Programs Worth the Investment

Disinfectants Can Boost Bacteria's Resistance to Treatment

Disordered Eating Is Widespread Among U.S. Women

Disparities in Life Expectancy Increasing

DNA Coding May Make Bowel Prone to Cancer

DNA Fingerprinting Could ID Viable Embryos

DNA-Based HPV Tests More Accurate Than Pap Smears

Do Antidepressants Make Bones Brittle?

Doc-Patient Relationship May Be Key to Quality

Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings

Doctor Visits Are Getting Short Shrift in Tight Economy

Doctor-Patient Talk May Help Blacks With Hypertension

Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery

Doctors Could Play a Part in Preventing Suicides

Doctors Issue New Neuropathy Test Guidelines

Doctors Often Overestimate Patients' Health Literacy

Doctors Spending More Time Now With Patients

Doctors Urged to Look for Link Between Type 2 Diabetes, Sleep Apnea

Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea

Does Diabetes Slow Alzheimer's?

Dog Bite Risk for Kids Greatest in Summer

Dog Flu May Have Been Active as Early as 1999

Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants

Don't Lose Sight of Halloween Safety

Don't Take a Vacation From Healthy Eating

Drinking Before 15 Boosts Risk of Later Alcohol Abuse

Drinking May Trigger Genetic Marker for Depression

Drowsy Drivers Make Holiday Weekend Among the Most Dangerous

Drug Combinations Putting Seniors at Risk

Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth

Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions

Drug Fights Diabetic Eye Disease

Drug Helps Heroin Addicts Stay Clean

Drug Impedes Body's Deadly Reaction to Flu Virus

Drug May Cut Tremors Associated With Parkinson's

Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics

Drug May Not Help Diabetes-Related Eye Damage

Drug Proves Effective in Slowing Melanomas

Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes

Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis Patients Urged

Drug-Eluting Stents Show Promise for Leg Arteries

Drug-Resistant TB Declines in United States

Drugs Best First Defense Against Heart Disease for Diabetics

Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes

Drugs to Treat Lung Damage in Preemies May Harm Brain

Drugs With Marijuana Compounds Don't Boost Adverse Events

Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories

Dust Mites Trump Asthma Prevention Guidelines

Dying Wishes Followed More Often for Whites

Earlier Vaccination Could Cut Whooping Cough Deaths

Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies

Early Life Peanut Consumption Might Prevent Allergy

Early Screening Improves Outcomes for Kids With Amblyopia

Eating Fast Until Full Triples Overweight Risk

Eating in America Still Unhealthy: CDC

Eating Less May Hinder Immune System

Eating Strategies for Healthier Holiday Parties

E-Cigarettes Pose a Health Hazard, FDA Warns

Economic Bad Times Put Minorities at Higher Crime Risk

Economy Driving Women to Skimp on Health Care: Poll

Education Helps Women Make Safer Tanning Choices

Education Program Spurs Blacks to Take Blood Pressure Meds

Educational Drive Cut Death Rate From Sepsis

Effect of Strict Diabetes Control on Heart Still Unclear

Elbow Injuries on Rise Among Young Athletes

Elderly More Likely to Battle Sleep Disorders

Elective Early Deliveries Pose Risks for Babies

Electronic Pillbox Helps Seniors Stick to Drug Regimens

Electronic System Helps Track Diabetes Care

Employer-Sponsored Workouts Boost Workers' Health

Engineered Viruses Could Battle Superbugs

Enriched Cocoa Improves Blood Flow in Diabetics

Environment May Play Role in Racial Health Disparities

Environmental Chemicals May Affect Male Reproduction

EPA Alerts Seniors to Carbon Monoxide Dangers

Epilepsy Raises Drowning Risk

Epilepsy Receiving Inadequate Attention

ER Physicians Press for New Cardiac Arrest Strategies

ER Visit Leaves Many Confused

ER Visits Mostly by Medicare, Medicaid Recipients

ER, Doctor Visits Topped 1 Billion in 2006

Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes

Errors in Surgical Procedures Persist

Established EU Countries Healthier Than Newcomers

Estrogen May Have Preventive Role in Women's Schizophrenia

Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA

Ethnicity May Drive Response to Obesity, Insulin Resistance

Ethnicity Plays Role in Parents' Treatment of Childhood Fever

Europe Unlikely to Meet Measles Goals: Report

European Researchers Call for New Doping Standards

Even 9-Year-Olds Can Learn CPR

Even After Death, Heart Attack Treatment May Not End

Even Kids With Known Allergies Can Be Safely Vaccinated

Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids

Even Small Amounts of Lead Harmful to Kids

Excess Weight Gain During Pregnancy a Risk to Mother and Child

Exercise 30 Minutes a Day? Who Knew!

Exercise During Pregnancy Has Baby Benefits, Too

Exercise Improves Stroke Outcome

Exercise May Help Prevent Age-Related Memory Loss

Exercise Plays Role in Recovery From Sports Injuries

Exercise Protects Black Women From Type 2 Diabetes

Exercise Testing for Cancer Fails to Follow Guidelines

Exercise Tips for Seniors to Start a Healthy 2009

Exhaust From Railroad Diesel Linked to Lung Ailments

Ex-NFL Players Hold Their Own Health-Wise

Experimental Blood Substitutes Unsafe, Study Finds

Experimental Vaginal Gel Doesn't Ward Off HIV

Experts Call for FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products

Experts Keep Wary Eye on Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu

Experts Say Blood Sugar Guidelines Remain Effective

Experts Say Panic Over Swine Flu Is Premature

Experts Urge One Test to Diagnose Diabetes

Experts Urge Research on Sleep Apnea-Heart Disease Link

Exposure Therapy Effective in Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress

Exposure to Common Pollutant in Womb Might Lower IQ

Extended Work Absences May Signal Risk of Death

Extreme Heat a Deadly Risk for Older Adults

Eye Test Could Spot Diabetes Vision Trouble Early

Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk

Fall Cleanup Is a Prime Time for Accidents

Fall Risk Higher in Older Women Who Sleep Less

Fall Sports Peak Time for Lower Leg Damage

Falls Are Leading Cause of Injury to Seniors

Falls Are Top Cause of Injury, Death Among Elderly

Families Urged to Have Wells Tested Yearly

Family Docs Do Colonoscopies Safely

Family Flu Shots Protect Babies Before Leaving Hospital

Family Halloween Safety Can Be Fiendishly Simple

Family History Key Player in Brain Cancer Risk

Family History May Add to Alzheimer's Puzzle

Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates

Family Income Impacts Children's Health

Family Study Associates Pesticide Use With Parkinson's Risk

Fast Heart Rate Warns of Obesity, Diabetes

Faster Test Detects Fake Tamiflu Drugs

'Fasting Signal' Offers Clues to Insulin Resistance in the Obese

Fat Cells in Obese People Are 'Sick'

Fat-Cell Protein May Reduce Diabetes Risk

Fatness Boosts Inflammation in Body

Fatty Fish May Cut Heart Failure Risk in Men

FDA Acknowledges Mistakes in Knee-Device Approval

FDA Adds New Label Warnings to Over-the-Counter Painkillers

FDA Approves 4 Swine Flu Vaccines

FDA Approves Seasonal Flu Vaccine for 2009-2010

FDA Bars Generic Drugs From Indian Company

FDA Calls for Stricter Controls on Mercury Fillings

FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs

FDA Expands Pepper Warning in Salmonella Outbreak

FDA Expands Tomato Warning Nationwide

FDA Expands Weight-Loss Products Safety Alert

FDA Faulted for Lack of Produce Oversight

FDA Faulted for Stance on Chemical in Plastics

FDA Faults Drug Information for Consumers

FDA Finds No Link So Far Between Asthma Drugs and Suicide Risk

FDA Goes After Unapproved Eye Washes, Skin Ointments

FDA Halts New Applications From Indian Drug Maker's Plant

FDA Identifies Contaminant in Blood-Thinning Drug

FDA Initiative Seeks to Reduce Accidental Overdoses

FDA Investigating Safety of Asthma Drug Xolair

FDA Investigating Weight-Loss Drug Over Reports of Liver Damage

FDA Issues Health Alert on Kids' Tamiflu Dosages

FDA Issues Warning for Diabetes Drug

FDA Mandates Black Box Warning for Some Antibiotics

FDA Mulls Changes to Allergy Labeling on Foods

FDA Narrowing Tainted Tomato Probe to One Cluster

FDA Orders Label Warning for Testosterone Gels

FDA Panel Calls for More Testing of Diabetes Drugs

FDA Panel Considers Toll-Free Number for TV Drug Ads

FDA Panel OKs Newer Antipsychotics for Children

FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients

FDA Panel Supports Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients

FDA Proposes Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals

FDA Puts Black-Box Warning on Bowel-Cleansing Drugs

FDA Recalls Dietary Supplements Tied to 1 Death, Liver Damage

FDA Report Urges Tougher Acetaminophen Warning

FDA Rules How Much Melamine Is Too Much

FDA Says It's Safe to Eat Tomatoes

FDA Seizes All Drugs From Generics Maker

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 to Require Faster Reporting of Food-Safety Problems

FDA Touts Efforts to Enhance Food Safety

FDA Wants New Diabetes Drugs Tested for Heart Risks

FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Peanut Butter Products

FDA Warns of Dangers of Mexican Vanilla

FDA Warns of Skin-Numbing Drug Dangers

FDA Warns Users on Psoriasis Drug

FDA: Company Knowingly Shipped Tainted Peanut Products

FDA: Contaminated Heparin Found in 11 Countries

Federal Health Plan for Children Still Leaves Needs Unmet

Fertilizer Ban Makes a Difference

Fetal Exposure to Substance Abuse Changes Brain Structure

Fetal Gene May Contribute to Diabetes Risk

Few Americans Know of Leg Artery Danger

Few Countries on Track to Curb Maternal, Child Mortality Rates

Few Young Adults Seek Treatment for Psych Disorders

Fewer College Kids Smoking, But Industry Tactics a Threat

Fewer Doses, Intramuscular Injection Cut Anthrax Shot Side Effects

Fewer Steps Per Day Send Disease Markers Up

Fewer Teens Sniffing Glue, Household Products

Fewer than 1 in 10 Nurses Now Smoke

Fighting a Fungus That Thrives on Tomatoes

Filling in the Alzheimer's 'Race Gap'

Final Rules Broaden Pool for Stem Cell Research

Findings Challenge Tight Glucose Control for Critically Ill Patients

Firefighters May Face Higher Risk of Bladder Cancer

Firm Parents Keep Teen Drivers Safe

Firm Says Low-Cost Genome Sequencing Is Possible

First Batch of Swine Flu Vaccine Already Here: Company

First Swine Flu Death Reported in U.S.

Fish Oil's Benefits Remain Elusive

Fish Twice a Week Cuts Diabetics' Kidney Risks

Fitness a Key Element in Determining Male Diabetic's Longevity

Five Hypertension Genes Found in Black Americans

Flavored Cigarette Ban Takes Effect

Flavoring Food May Promote Weight Loss

Fliers Can Keep Blood Clots at Bay

Florida Vision Test Law: Fewer Traffic Deaths Among Elderly

Flu Can Be Deadly for Young Victims

Flu Deaths Higher Among Seniors With Dementia

Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots

Flu Shots Worthwhile for College Students

Flu Vaccine Could Prevent 357,000 Deaths in Pandemic

Flu Vaccine Doesn't Protect Seniors From Pneumonia

Flu Vaccine Should Be More Effective: CDC

Flushing From Alcohol a Risk Factor for Esophageal Cancer

Focusing on CPR Improves Survival

Folate in Early Pregnancy May Boost Wheezing in Baby

Folic Acid Fortification Might Boost Cancer Risk

Food Allergens Show Up in Unexpected Places

Food Allergies Up 18% Among U.S. Children

Food Allergy Action Plan Can Keep Kids From Harm

Food Phosphates Might Spur Lung Cancer

Food Stamps Help Stave Off Hunger in Many U.S. Homes

Food-borne Illnesses From Leafy Greens on Rise in U.S.

Foodborne Illnesses Remain Constant in U.S.

Football Can Shrink Players

For Diabetics, On-Demand Care May Not Help

For Every Blow to the Head, Quick Action Is Urged

For Hispanics, a Unique Cancer Profile Emerges

For Primary Care, More Patients Are Seeing Specialists

For Some Animals, There's No Place at Home

For Some, Diabetes Care Worse Than Illness Itself

For the Obese, Holiday Tables Serve Platefuls of Doubt

Formula Puts Doctor, Patient Glucose Readings on Same Page

Formula Samples Hinder Breast-Feeding Efforts

Free Asthma Screenings Offered in May

Free Prescription Drug Samples Pose Risk to Kids

Free Web Site Lists Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

Freeze-Dried Formula May Block HIV Virus in Breast Milk

Frequent Snoring in Pregnancy Could Signal Blood Sugar Trouble

Fructose Boosts Blood Pressure, Studies Find

Fruits, Vegetables, Teas May Cut Smokers' Cancer Risk

Game, Not Gore, Keeps Video Players Playing

Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure

Gas Stove Emissions Boost Asthma in Inner-City Kids

Gasping Is Good When It Comes to Cardiac Arrest

Gastric Band Weight-Loss Surgery Can Boost Reflux

Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens

Gastric Bypass Success Sparks Debate

Gender Plays Role in Kidney Transplant Outcomes

Gender Plays Role in Post-Concussion Healing

Gene Explains How High-Fructose Diets Lead to Insulin Resistance

Gene Mutation Doubles Risk of Aggressive Colon Cancer in Blacks

Gene Mutation Puts Some Kids at Risk for Tobacco Addiction

Gene Predicts Breast Cancer Prognosis

Gene Test May ID Younger Women at Risk for Melanoma

Gene Therapy Improves Diabetic Neuropathy in Study

Gene Tied to Infants' Lung Maturation

Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix

Gene Variant Boosts Risk of Severe Diabetic Eye, Kidney Diseases

Gene Variant Protects Black Heart Failure Patients

Gene Variations May Predict Antidepressant Response

Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts

Genes Linked to 'Pot' Belly

Genes May Help Drive Rotator Cuff Injury

Genes Play Part in Prostate Cancer Among Races

Genetic Approach Boosts Yeast Infection Treatment

Genetic Disorder May Hold Key to Heat Stroke Cure

Genetic Factors Affect Codeine's Work as Painkiller

Genetic Testing No Real Help in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

Genetic Trait Boosts AIDS Risks in Blacks

Genetic Variation May Explain Preferences for Sugar

Genetically Engineered Mice Regenerate Beta Cells

Genetics, Social Factors Tied to Male Delinquency

Geographical Pattern Eyed in 1991 Gulf War Cases of ALS

Germicide Might Guard Against HIV Infection

Gestational Diabetes Risk Higher for Asian-White Couples

Get in Step With Summer Foot Care

Get Ready for Gruesome Cigarette Warnings

Get Smart About Swine Flu for Back-to-School

Get Your Vaccine for Seasonal Flu, Experts Urge

Girls From Poorer Areas More Likely to Have Sex Earlier

Girls Participating in Sports in Record Numbers

Give Yourself the Gift of Sleep for the Holidays

Glaucoma Associated With Reading Impairments in Elderly

Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks

Global Attention to Snakebites Is Unmet

Global Cooperation Urged to Control Species-Crossing Disease

Global Testing Shows No Variation in Swine Flu Virus

Glucose Challenge in Pregnancy Could Predict Heart Disease

Glucose Control Pays Long-Term Benefits for Diabetics

Golf Cart Injuries Give Rise to Calls for Regulation

Golf Course Insecticides Pose Little Danger to Players

Good Oral Hygiene May Protect Against Heart Infections

Good Sleepers More Likely to Eat Right

Government Launches Nursing Home Rating System

Grandparent Caregivers Cut Kids' Injury Risk in Half

Green Areas Lower Health Inequities Between Rich, Poor

Greener Neighborhoods Mean Slimmer Children

Group B Strep Down Among Newborns, Up Among Adults

Group Urges Depression Screening for Heart Patients

Group Urges Public to Take Free Asthma Tests in May

Guideline Urges HIV Tests for All Patients 13 and Older

Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure

Gum Care Helps Control Type 2 Diabetes and Its Complications

Gummy Bears Join Cavity Fight

Gut Bacteria Fights Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Gut Hormone Could be Key to Blood Sugar

Hair Beads Spurring Head Trauma in Kids

Hairspray Exposure Ups Risk for Birth Defect in Sons

Half of Black Teens May Be Vitamin D Deficient

Half of U.S. Adults Lack 20/20 Vision

Half of U.S. Kids Assaulted Each Year: Study

Half-Dose Flu Shot Works Well in Young Adults

Halloween Candy: It's Not How Much Kids Eat, It's When

Hallucinogen Gives Lasting Spiritual Boost

Halting Avandia Use Hikes Blood Sugar Levels

Hand Washing 10 Times a Day May Help Keep Flu Away

Hard, Cold Facts About Frostbite

Hardened Arteries Threaten Obese, Diabetic Youth

'Hazardous Drinking' More Common Than Thought

Head Injuries All Too Common in Summer Play

Health Care 'Gap' Continues for Minority, Poor Americans

Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade

Health Care Varies From State to State

Health Experts Plot Strategy for Swine Flu Vaccine

Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed

Health Tip: After Your Medical Appointment

Health Tip: Avoid Swimming Injury

Health Tip: Be Cautious at Christmas

Health Tip: Bike Safely

Health Tip: Biking Safely

Health Tip: Booster Seat Safety

Health Tip: Buy a Safe Bathtub for Baby

Health Tip: Buying Baby's First Bathtub

Health Tip: Caring for a Diabetic's Skin

Health Tip: Check Baby's Toys for Safety

Health Tip: Check Your Blood Glucose

Health Tip: Check Your Child's Car Seat

Health Tip: Choose a Safe Halloween Costume

Health Tip: Choosing a Child Safety Seat

Health Tip: Choosing a Crib

Health Tip: Choosing Baby's Changing Table

Health Tip: Choosing Baby's Playpen

Health Tip: Controlling Your Blood Sugar

Health Tip: Creating a Fire Escape Plan

Health Tip: Debunking Diabetes Myths

Health Tip: Diabetes and Dessert

Health Tip: Diabetes and Gum Disease

Health Tip: Diabetics and Drinking

Health Tip: Dispose of Syringes Safely

Health Tip: Don't Ignore Diabetes

Health Tip: Driving During Winter

Health Tip: Eating Out With a Diabetic Child

Health Tip: Enjoy Sledding Safely

Health Tip: Exercise for People With Diabetes

Health Tip: Eye Health for Diabetics

Health Tip: Facts About Fleas

Health Tip: Farm Safety for Children

Health Tip: Feeling Thirsty?

Health Tip: Fire Safety for Seniors

Health Tip: Hair Treatments During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Harmful Chemicals in Your Home

Health Tip: Have a Safe Fourth of July

Health Tip: Help Prevent Lawn Mowing Accidents

Health Tip: Help Prevent Metabolic Syndrome

Health Tip: Help Prevent Toy Injuries

Health Tip: Help Protect Young Athletes

Health Tip: Help Your Child Cope With Diabetes

Health Tip: Home Safe Home

Health Tip: If You Were Diabetic While Pregnant

Health Tip: If Your Diabetic Child Gets Sick

Health Tip: Improve Indoor Air After a Flood

Health Tip: Keep a Meal Schedule

Health Tip: Keep Baby Safe in the Crib

Health Tip: Keep Gestational Diabetes Under Control

Health Tip: Lawn Mowing Safety

Health Tip: Living With an Insulin Pump

Health Tip: Maintain Healthy Blood Sugar During Exercise

Health Tip: Managing Gestational Diabetes

Health Tip: Monitor the Mercury in Your Food

Health Tip: Monitoring Beach Safety

Health Tip: Painting During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Prepare a Fire Safety Plan

Health Tip: Prevent Falls From Windows

Health Tip: Prevent Mold in the Home

Health Tip: Prevent Night-Driving Dangers

Health Tip: Prevent Skateboarding Injuries

Health Tip: Prevent Your Children From Choking

Health Tip: Preventing Complications From Diabetes

Health Tip: Protect Yourself From Pesticides

Health Tip: Recognize the Signs of Drowsy Driving

Health Tip: Reduce Pesticide Exposure

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes

Health Tip: Safe Use of Candles

Health Tip: Skin Care for Diabetics

Health Tip: Smoking and Diabetes

Health Tip: Sports Safety for Kids

Health Tip: Stay Safe at the Amusement Park

Health Tip: Stay Safe on the School Bus

Health Tip: Staying Safe on the Playground

Health Tip: Storing Your Insulin

Health Tip: Stress and Diabetes

Health Tip: Swing Set Safety

Health Tip: Symptoms of Diabetes

Health Tip: Taking a Trip When You Have Diabetes

Health Tip: Taming a Sweet Tooth

Health Tip: The ABCs of School Bus Safety

Health Tip: Tornado Safety

Health Tip: Trick-or-Treating Safely

Health Tip: Understanding Gestational Diabetes

Health Tip: Understanding Hypoglycemia

Health Tip: Understanding Metabolic Syndrome

Health Tip: Understanding Pre-Diabetes

Health Tip: Understanding Various Types of Insulin

Health Tip: Use a Ladder Properly

Health Tip: Use Household Chemicals Safely

Health Tip: Use Tools Safely

Health Tip: Using a Carbon Monoxide Detector

Health Tip: Using Hair Dyes

Health Tip: Wear Your Seat Belt During Pregnancy

Health Tip: What's Ketoacidosis?

Health Tip: When a Loved One Has Diabetes

Health Tip: When Diabetics Get Sick

Health Tip: When Your Diabetic Child Takes a Trip

Health Tip: When You're Diabetic and Sick

Health Tip: Where to Keep a Fire Extinguisher

Health Tip: Your Child Must Wear a Bike Helmet

Health Tip: Your Diabetes Health-Care Team

Health-Care Reform Could Be Obama's Toughest Challenge

Healthier Lifestyle Can Cut COPD Symptoms

Healthier Neighborhoods Help Keep Diabetes at Bay

'Healthy Fat' Chemical Aids Body's Metabolism

Healthy Foods Harder to Find in Poor Neighborhoods

Healthy Heart Tips for a Bad Economy

Healthy Lunches Help Kids' Concentration in School

Healthy Sex Life Can Extend Into 80s

Hearing Loss May Be More Widespread Than Thought

Hearing Loss Tops Parents' Concern for Kids

Heart Attack Care Often Delayed for the Poor

Heart Disease Gender Gap Narrows

Heart Disease Starts Early in Life

Heart Docs Often Fail to Order Tests Before Angioplasty

Heart Failure Hospitalizations Up Sharply

Heat Exposure a Dangerous Summer Threat

Heavier People Have Heart Attacks Earlier

Heavy Metals Can Taint Wine

Helmets Can Save Lives in Winter Sports

Hepatitis B Vaccination Protects Against Liver Cancer

Hepatitis C Therapy Useless for Some

High Blood Fats Tied to Diabetic Nerve Loss

High Blood Pressure Still Slipping Past Doctors

High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Associated With Eye Disease

High Blood Sugar Tied to Pregnancy Complications

High Co-Pays Keeping Chronically Ill From Their Meds

High Fructose Diet Inhibits Appetite Hormone

High Insulin May Boost Odds of Breast Cancer

High Rate of Early Heart Failure Seen in Blacks

Higher Blood Sugar Could Impair Thinking

High-Risk Blacks Less Likely to Get Colonoscopies

High-Risk Kids, Diabetics Need Regular Blood Pressure Checks

Hispanic Children More Likely to Have Hearing Loss

Hispanic Workers Dying at Higher Rates Than Others

Hispanics Less Likely to Get Repeat Artery Surgery

Hispanics Respond Poorly to Standard Hepatitis C Therapy

HIV 'Atlas' Shows Virus Targeting Minorities

HIV Can Penetrate a Woman's Healthy Genital Skin

HIV Can Re-Emerge From a Single Cell

HIV Drug Might Spur Resistant Strains of Virus

HIV Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack

HIV Infection Rate for Young Black Men 'Alarming:' CDC

HIV Outbreak Began Decades Earlier Than Thought

Holiday Meals With a Calorie-Conscious Twist

Home Monitoring Program Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients

Home Renovations by Affluent Families Can Unleash Lead Threat

Home-Based Program Extends Seniors' Lives

Home-Based Programs Benefit Older Cancer Survivors

Homecoming Veterans Often Face Inner Challenge

Hopes for AIDS Vaccine Still Alive Despite Setbacks

Hormone Could Improve Diabetes Treatment

Hormone Drug May Help Drinkers Stay Sober

Hormone Lowers Glucose Levels in Mice

Hospital Fixes Cut Opiate Errors in Kids

Hospital Volume Imperfect Gauge of Cancer Surgery Outcomes

'Hot' Toys May Not Be the Best Present

Hot-Tub Injuries on the Rise

How Much Fish to Eat While Pregnant?

How to Avoid a Holiday Trip to the ER

How to Have Your Tomatoes, and Eat Them, Too

How to Stay Out of the ER This Summer

HPV Data May Aid Vaccine's Effectiveness

HRT Shrinks the Brain

HS Sports Shoulder Injuries More Likely in Boys

Human Nose Too Cold for Bird Flu Virus

Hurricane Threats: Time to Batten Down the Hatches

Hybrid Cars Pose Risk to Blind, Visually Impaired

Hydrogen Sulfide Key Player in Blood Pressure Regulation

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Extends Survival After Cardiac Arrest

Hypertension May Hit Black Males Earlier

Hypertension Triples Women's Diabetes Risk

ICU Docs Less Likely to Discuss End-of-Life Issues With Blacks

ICU Nutritional Program Failed to Boost Outcomes

Illness Presents Diabetics With Special Challenges

Immigrant Children Less Likely to Exercise

Immune Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection

Immune System Biomarkers May Predict Early Lung Cancer

Immune System Protein Predicts Toxic Shock Survival

Immunity to Swine Flu May Be Broader Than Thought

Immunoglobulin Can Predict Some Diabetic Complications

Improper Microwaving Led to Pot Pie-Salmonella Outbreak

Improved Fungicides May Be Easier on Environment

In Elderly Women, Hip Fractures Often Follow Arm Breaks

In New York City, Trans Fat Ban Is Working

In Some Cities, Spring Swine Flu May Be Easing Fall Outbreak

In Summertime, the Livin' Can Be Buggy

In the World of Germs, Man Bites Dog

In Time, Cream Might Prevent Herpes Transmission

In Toys and More, Are Chemicals Safe or Harmful?

Inactive Teens at Risk for More Behavioral Problems

Incidence of High Cholesterol Drops in U.S.

Incidence of Mantle Cell Lymphoma on Rise

Income Inequality Affects Quality of Life for All

Increase in Diagnostic Imaging Fueled by Self-Referring Doctors

Independent Audit of Global Child Immunizations Urged

Individual Genome Changes Over a Lifetime

Indoor Lightning Injuries On the Rise

Inexpensive Compound Could Treat Severe Diarrhea

Inflammation May Play Role in Sleep Duration

Inflammation, Coagulation Tied to Non-AIDS Deaths in HIV Cases

Infliximab-Based Treatment Effective for Crohn's Patients

Inhaled Corticosteroids Boost Pneumonia Risk in COPD

Injectable Vaccines More Effective for Adult Flu Than Nasal Sprays

Injected Medication Errors a Major Problem

Insomnia Costs Billions in Lost Productivity

Insulin May Protect Against Alzheimer's

Insulin Resistance Tied to Peripheral Artery Disease

Intensive Insulin Therapy Reduces Mortality in Sick Kids

Internal Clock and Metabolism May Be Linked

International Consortium Will Hunt Down Genetics of Cancer

International Travel Health Guidebook Gets Updated

Internet Can Help Curb Drinking Among College Students

Interrupted Night Sleep Worse for Cognitive Function

Interventions to Promote Breast-Feeding Succeed

Intestinal Gluten Receptor Is Gateway for Celiac Disease

Irradiation Almost Erases Risk of Food Poisoning

Irregular Heartbeat Risk Higher in Women With Type 2 Diabetes

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

Just Like Skin, Eyes Can 'Burn' in Strong Sun

Keep Your Flu Shots Straight This Fall

Kellogg Halts Sales of Peanut Butter Crackers

Key Protein May Link Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Woes

Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows No Boost in Survival

Kidney Disease in Blacks Undetected Until Late Stages

Kidney Dysfunction Puts Women at Risk of Sudden Death

Kidney Function Test May Not Be Cost-Effective

Kidney Trouble Short-Lived in Most Liver Transplant Patients

Kidneys Donated After Cardiac Death Cut Racial Disparities

Kids' Eye Injuries From Golf Clubs Rare But Severe

Kids' Fever Time Cut Using Ibuprofen First

Kids' Flu Shot Largely Ineffective Over Past Few Years

Kids Given Photos of Sunburn Damage Covered Up Better

Kids Living With Relatives Have Fewer Problems Than Those in Foster Homes

Kids' Obesity May Lead to Epidemic of Adult Diabetes

Kids Think Glasses Make Others Look Smart, Honest

Kids Who Sleep Poorly at Risk for Being Overweight

Kids Who Wheeze With Rhinovirus at Higher Asthma Risk

Kids With Parent in War Zone Face Behavior Risks

Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Often Overweight

Knee Injuries Main Cause of HS Sports Surgeries

Know Your Odds for Heart Failure

Labels on OTC Painkillers Need Improvement

Lack of Insurance Raises Abused Babies' Death Risk

Lack of Potassium Linked to High Blood Pressure

Ladders, Swings and More Can Cause Peril

Laser Therapy as Good as Drugs for Diabetic Eye Problems

Later School Start Time Cuts Teens' Car Crash Risk

Latest Breast Imaging Techniques Offer New Views

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

Laws Governing Indoor Tanning by Teens Don't Work

LDL Cholesterol Tied to Increased Cancer Risk in Diabetics

Lead Exposure in Childhood Linked to Criminal Behavior Later

Leading COPD Drugs Tied to Stroke, Heart Attack

Leafy Greens Top Risky Food List

Leave That Ear Wax Alone

Less Education May Mean Poorer Health

Less Intensive Treatment Given Diabetic Women With Heart Disease

Letter Warns About Tricky Dosing With Liquid Tamiflu for Kids

Life Expectancy in U.S. Hits a New High

Lifestyle Changes Boost Enzyme Regulating Cell Aging

Lifestyle Changes Can Keep Diabetes at Bay for 14 Years

Lifestyle Factors Tied to Older Adults' Diabetes Risk

Light Stretching Improves Range of Joint Motion

Light-Activated Therapy Seems to Rejuvenate Aging Skin

Limited Value Found for First-Generation Heart Pumps

Limiting Work Hours for Medical Residents Could Be Costly

Link Between Vaccine and MS Unproven

Lip Balms and Glosses May Boost Skin Cancer Risks

Live Chickens on Trucks Could Transmit Dangerous Germs

Liver Transplant Patients at Higher Cancer Risk

Living Near Major Road May Boost Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

Local Health Officials Recognize Threat of Global Warming

Long-Acting Insulin Works Best for Many Diabetics

Long-Term Erythromycin Cut COPD Complications

Long-Term Antibiotic Use Affects 'Good' Gut Bacteria

Long-Term Exposure to Incense Raises Cancer Risk

Long-Term Help Regimen Cut Heart Attack Recurrence

Low Blood Sugar in Hospital Tied to Higher Death Risk for Diabetics

Low Childhood IQ Tied to Risk of Later Mental Disorders

Low Doses of Melamine Won't Harm Kids' Kidneys

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

Low Vitamin D Levels May Initiate Cancer Development

Low-Birth-Weight Babies at Risk for Salt Sensitivity

Low-Cost Strategies to Maintain Health in Hard Times

Lower Drinking Age Linked to Later-Life Problems

Lower IQ Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Deaths

Lung Association Urges Back-to-School Asthma Checklist

Lung Cancer Genetics Different in Black Patients: Study

Lung Cancer Rates Among Nonsmokers Not on the Rise

Lung Capacity Declines Faster With Diabetes

Lung Disease Tied to Increased Risk for Cardiac Events

Lung Infections Cost Hospitals More Than $10B in 2006

Lung Problems Persist for 9/11 Responders

Lung Transplant Outcomes Better at High-Volume Hospitals

Lupus Worse in Blacks, Hispanics Than in Whites, Study Finds

Magnets in Kids' Toys Pose Broad Dangers

Main Ingredients in Household Dust Come From Outdoors

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

Majority of College Students Report Backpack-Related Pain

Making Obese Mice Slim, Without Diet or Exercise

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?

Many Alzheimer's Caregivers Admit to Abusive Behavior

Many Americans Fall Short on Their Vitamin D

Many Americans Fear Being Diagnosed With Diabetes

Many Americans Share Prescription Meds

Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments

Many Cancer Patients Turn to Complementary Medicine

Many Diabetics Don't Get Necessary Blood Pressure Treatment

Many Doctors Don't Know Blood Pressure Guidelines

Many Health-Care Workers May Shun Swine Flu Shot

Many Hispanics Shut Out of U.S. Health Care System

Many Hospital Patients Can't ID Their Doctors

Many Hospitalized With Swine Flu Had Been Healthy

Many Ignore Symptoms of Bladder Trouble

Many in U.S. Prisons Lack Good Health Care

Many Kids Feel Threatened in the Classroom

Many Seniors Not Selecting Lowest Cost Medicare Drug Plans

Many Teens Don't Keep Virginity Pledges

Many Turn Blind Eye to Racism

Many Unlicensed Teen Drivers Put Safety Last

Many Women Unclear About Breast Cancer Treatments

Many Young Adults Uninformed About Vaccines

Marathoners Go the Distance on Heart Health

Marinades Help Keep Grilled Meat Safe

Mature Mouse Cells Reprogrammed to Stem Cell-Like State

Measles Cases Highest Since 1996

Measles Outbreak Rises to 64 Cases, Most Since 2001

Measurements Poor for Assessing Clinical Trials With Children

Med School Diversity May Help Whites Care Better for Minorities

Med Students Posting Unprofessional Messages: Survey

Media Affects Public Perception of Infectious Diseases

Medical Bills Driving Most Middle-Class Bankruptcies

Medical Blogs May Threaten Patient Privacy

Medical Needs of 6.2 Million U.S. Kids Go Unmet

Medical Scans a Significant Source of Radiation

Medical Tests Hit Heart Patients With High Doses of Radiation

Medicare Advantage Plans Get Lion's Share of Insurers' Ad Dollars

Medicare Drug Plan 'Doughnut Hole' Could Impact Seniors' Health

Medicare Faces Challenges Caring for Chronically Ill

Medicare's Monthly Premium Won't Rise in 2009

Medication Errors Could Be Cut: Experts

Medicines Top Source of Kids' Poisonings

Mediterranean Diet Enriched With Nuts Cuts Heart Risks

Mediterranean Diet May Be Best for Type 2 Diabetes

Mediterranean Diet May Ward Off Type 2 Diabetes

'Mediterranean'-Style Diet Best for Blood Sugar Control

Men More Likely Than Women to Adopt Children

Men Who Get Active in Midlife Live Longer

Meningitis Vaccine Seems to Work Like a Charm

Mental Exhaustion Impedes Physical Performance

Mental Illness Costs U.S. Billions in Lost Earnings

Menthol Cigarettes the Most Addictive

Metabolic Syndrome Foretells Diabetes in Elderly

Metabolic Syndrome May Be in the Genes

Metabolic Syndrome Raises Colon Cancer Risk 75%

Metabolic Syndrome Triggered by Overeating, Not Obesity

Metformin May Lower Diabetics' Odds for Pancreatic Cancer

Methamphetamine Abuse Costs U.S. $23.4 Billion

Mexican Peppers ID'd as Salmonella Culprits

Middle Class Uninsured Kids' Health Risk Almost as High as Poor Children's

Midlife Heart Risk Factors Linked to Later Dementia

Migraines More Frequent, Intense in Overweight Kids

Millions of Americans Don't Get Enough Sleep

Millions of Americans With Chronic Ills Put Off Health Care

Mineral May Reduce High-Risk Bladder Disease

Minn. Confirms Tainted Peanut Butter Link to Salmonella Outbreak

Minnesota Pig Infected With H1N1 Flu

Minorities Distrust Medical System More

Minorities Less Likely to Have Blood Pressure Under Control

Minorities More Likely to Die in ER

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

Minorities With Disabilities Report Poorer Health

Minority Clinics Tougher on Doctors

Mistaken Beliefs About Cancer Abound

Mixed Marks for Swine Flu Updates

Moderate Aerobic Exercise Lowers Diabetics' Liver Fat

Molecule Keeps Bacteria Like Salmonella in Check

Mom and Baby Alike May Benefit From Exercise

Mom Was Right: Eat Your Broccoli

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

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

Money May Matter, Health-Wise, in Old Age

More Americans Urged to Get Cancer Screenings

More Evidence Healthy Living Brings Long Life

More Kids Becoming Severely Obese

More Kids Being Hurt by Falling Furniture

More Peanut Butter Products Join Recall List

More Peanut Butter Recalled in Salmonella Outbreak

More Seniors Falling Victim to Escalator Injuries

More Swine Flu Vaccine Coming Soon

More Teen Boys Are Using Smokeless Tobacco, Survey Finds

More Than 100,000 Americans May Have Swine Flu: CDC

More Than 60,000 Patients Risked Hepatitis Infections

More Than Half of Americans Living with Dirty Air

More Than Temperature Puts Elderly at Risk in Heat

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

More Vitamin D in Childhood Cuts Later Diabetes Risk

Most Youths Tried as Adults Had Psychiatric Disorders

Most Fatalities in Teen Crashes Are Not the Drivers

Most Fit Have Less Brain Atrophy From Alzheimer's

Most HIV-Infected Prisoners Go Untreated After Release

Most Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Lack Vitamin D

Most Off-Label Cancer Drug Use for Palliative Care

Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose

Most Single Adults Not Using Condoms

Most Sports-Related Eye Injuries Are Preventable

Most U.S. Kids Getting Recommended Vaccinations

Most Who Want Swine Flu Shot Can't Get It

Most Young, Black Females Are Not Getting HPV Vaccine

MP3 Player Headphones May Throw Off Cardiac Devices

MRI Can Spot Presymptomatic MS

MRSA Cases Dropping in Hospital ICUs

MRSA Infections Can Bug Fitness Buffs

MRSA Infections Spreading to Kids in Community

MRSA May Succumb to Honey

MRSA Rates Tied to Hospital Understaffing

Mud Harnessed to Fight Infections

Multiple ICD Replacements Can Predict Complications

Multiple Screening Strategy Boosts Cervical Cancer Detection

Mumps Outbreak in Midwest Could Have Been Worse

Muscle Mass May Not Explain High Creatinine in Black Kidney Patients

Mussel-Based Glue May Make Surgery Safer

My 10-Day Ordeal With the Swine Flu

Napping Habits Tied to Sleep Disorders

Nasal Insulin Won't Shield At-Risk Kids From Diabetes

Nasal Irrigation Can Help Fight Spring Allergies

Nasal Surgery Helps Ease Sleep Apnea Symptoms

Nationwide Cell Phone Ban for Drivers Urged

Nature's Fury Makes South Most Dangerous Area in U.S.

Needed: Blood Donations

Negative Cancer Messages Backfire With Blacks

Neighborhood Alcohol Outlets Tied to Kids' Injury Risk

Neighborhood Influences Exercise Levels

Neighborhood Safety Is Linked to Disability

Nestlé Recalls Cookie Dough Products

'Net, Video Tools Successful in Lung Disease Management

Networking May Aid Blacks Who Need Kidney Transplant

New Antioxidant Drug Shows Promise Against Diabetes

New Avian Flu Vaccine Strategy Proposed

New Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promise

New Class of Drugs Might Cause Congenital Heart Defects

New Clues to Race Gap in Breast Cancer Outcomes

New Compound Slows HIV Replication

New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates

New Diabetes Drug Shows Promise in Trial

New Diabetes Drug Works Well in Trial

New DNA Stool Testing Spots More Colon Cancers

New Drug Fights Anthrax Toxin

New Factors Join Kids' Sleep Disorders, Cognition

New Guidelines for Treating Heart Failure

New Guidelines Make It Easy to Get Fit

New Guidelines Rule Out Prostate Screening for Men Over 75

New Guidelines Urged for Young Athletes' Neck Injuries

New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers

New Migraine Drug Shows Promise

New Molecular Trigger Described for Hypertension, Diabetes

New Network Connects the Dots Between Diseases

New Noninvasive Device Could Control Diabetes

New Rule Seeks to Protect Kids From Lead Paint

New Scan Spots Beginning of Bone Problems in Anorexics

New Scheduler Helps Track Kids' Shots

New Standards Set for Heparin and Glycerin

New Statistical Model Could Cut Needless Breast Biopsies

New Swine Flu Strain Found in Brazil: Report

New System Improves Distribution of Donated Livers

New Targets Found That Stop Tumor Growth

New Technique Removes Gallbladder Without External Incisions

New Test Diagnoses Anemia in Chronic Disease

New Test Identifies Heavy Drinkers

New Test Scans Beef for Mad Cow Disease

New Tests Assess Kids' Sense of Smell, Taste

New Therapy Could Transform Arthritis Treatment

New Treatment Shows Promise for Excessive Drinking

New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered

New Vaccine May Help Type 1 Diabetics in Future

New Worries Over Blockbuster Meds Avandia, Fosamax

Newborn Hospital Deaths Highest for Those Without Insurance

Newer Blood Pressure Drug Better for Some Heart Patients, Diabetics

Nick Jonas: Livin' the Dream Despite Diabetes

Nicotine May Help Spur 'Prediabetes'

Night Shift Work Hard on the Heart

No Evidence Breast Self-Exams Cut Cancer Deaths

'No Flu Shots for My Kids'

No Matter the Doctor, Black Diabetics Fare Worse Than White Counterparts

No Place Safe From Allergies

Non-AIDS Cancer Risk Higher for Those With HIV

Non-Hospital Baby Abductions a New Concern

Normal Weight Doesn't Always Equal Healthy Weight

Not All Dementia Is Called Alzheimer's

Number of U.S. General Surgeons in Decline

Number of Uninsured Americans Drops

Nurses Often Left Out of Medical Error Talks

Nursing Homes Unprepared for Pandemic Flu Fallout

Nutrient-Rich Diet Lowers Risk of Age-Related Eye Disease

Ob/Gyn Group Urges Routine HIV Tests for All Women

Obama Administration Might Recommend Three Flu Shots for Americans This Fall

Obama Backs Health Care Reform

Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency

Obama Lifts Ban on Stem Cell Research

Obama Orders Review of FDA in Salmonella Outbreak

Obama Signs Tough New Anti-Smoking Law

Obama Taps Alabama Doctor to Be Surgeon General

Obama to End Stem Cell Ban Monday

Obese Poor Shut Out From Weight-Loss Surgeries

Obesity Just as Risky for Teens as Heavy Smoking

Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S.

Obesity Takes Years Off Your Life

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

Officials Still Seek Source of Salmonella Outbreak

Officials Stress Safety as Swine Flu Vaccine Arrives

Oh-So-Cold Temperatures Plague Older People

Older Adults Get Drunk Faster Than Younger Drinkers

Older Adults May Have Some Immunity to Swine Flu

Older Americans May Lack Adequate Nutrition

Older Caregivers Prone to Worse Sleep Patterns

Older Diabetics' Risk of Cardiac Ischemia Lower Than Thought

Older Diabetics Should Avoid Dementia Meds

Older Diabetics With Depression Face Higher Death Rate

Older Drug Effective in Treating Pediatric Nerve Cancer

Older Drugs Better at Fighting Depression in Parkinson's Patients

Older Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men

On Independence Day, Think Fireworks Safety First

Once-Daily Insulin Shot Proves Effective in Study

Once-Weekly Diabetes Drug Boosts Blood Sugar Control

One Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Offers Protection: Studies

One Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Works for Pregnant Women

One in 5 Young Men Had Prostate Screen in Past Year

One-Fifth of British Childhood Cancer Survivors Smoke

One-Quarter of Biologic Drugs Have Had Safety Issues

One-Third of Schools Built in Air Pollution Danger Zones

One-Third of Diabetics Have Sleep Apnea

One-Third of Uninsured Are Chronically Ill

Onglyza Sanctioned for Type 2 Diabetes

Optimal Treatment Boosts Blacks' Lung Cancer Survival

Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement

Ordinary Chores Cause Half of All Eye Injuries

Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law May Overlook Depressed Patients

Orthopedic Surgeons Weigh in on Pool Safety

Other Health Problems Can Delay MS Diagnosis

Outbreak Investigation Highlights Drug Safety Issues

Outcomes Improve for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients

Out-of-Control Blood Sugar May Affect Memory

Outside Workers Least Likely to Get Skin Exams

Overtime Work Tied to Anxiety, Depression

Overuse of Opioids, Barbiturates Boosts Chronic Migraine Risk

Oxidized LDL Cholesterol Linked to Metabolic Syndrome

Ozone-Depleting Inhalers Being Phased Out

Pack Safety Should Be on Back-to-School Lists

Paclitaxel Plus Chemo Improves Outcomes in Early Breast Cancer

Paid Family Leave Program Goes Mostly Unused

Painkiller May Prevent Diabetes-Related Retinal Damage

Pancreatic Cells Turned Into Insulin-Producing Beta Cells

Panel Calls for Better Diabetes Screening

Parent Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Kids' Heart Risks

Parental Distrust May Explain Lack of Black Children in Clinical Trials

Parental Involvement in School Has Its Limits

Parents Worry About Tweens Left Alone

Parkinson's Drugs Can Trigger Unhealthy Behaviors

Partnerships Effective Communicators of Cancer Advances

Patch 'Shots' May Someday Replace Injections

Patient Harm From Problem 'Handoffs' Is Common: Report

Patient Navigators Boost Colon Screens in Urban Minorities

Patient-Centered 'Medical Home' Models Lag in Key Areas

Patient-Controlled Health Records Could Change Future of Research

Patients' Bill of Rights Too Tough to Read

Patients Often Not Told About Abnormal Test Results

Patients' Photos Help Boost Radiologists' Accuracy

Patient's Race Doesn't Affect Emergency Room Care

Patients With Medicaid Co-Pay Cut Out Certain Drugs

Peanut Butter Product Recalls Mount

Peanut Butter Recalled as Salmonella Search Continues

Pediatricians Could Help Screen for Alcohol Abuse in Home

Pelvic Inflammation Puts Girls at Risk for Repeat STIs

Pennsylvania Injuries Rise After Repeal of Helmet Law

Peppers Picked as Salmonella Culprit

Pesticide Residue Common on Kitchen Floors

Pfizer to Pay Record Fine in Fraud Probe

Phenols in Quality Olive Oil Suppress Breast Cancer Gene

Photos of Smokers Trigger Brain Reaction in Those Trying to Quit

Plain-Language Guides Detail Insulin Treatments

Plastic Chemical Tied to Heart Disease and Diabetes

Pneumonia Vaccine Lowers Chances of Heart Attack

Poison Prevention Requires Diligence

Poison Prevention Tips to Protect the Most Vulnerable

Poll Shows Strong Support for Obama Health Care Reforms

Pollution Particles Impair Blood Vessel Function

Poor Coordination in Childhood Tied to Adult Obesity

Poor Mental Health May Boost Asthma Risk

Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis

Popular Colonoscopy Prep Solution May Pose Kidney Risks

Population-Based Strategy Urged to Cut U.S. Obesity Rate

Possible Return of Swine Flu in Fall Has U.S. Health Officials on Alert

Pot Plus Alcohol Kills Young Rats' Brain Cells

Pot-Smoking Drivers Tied to Range of Road Accidents

Poverty Raises Mortality Risk With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Preeclampsia in Pregnancy Boosts Future Health Risks

Preemies Exposed to Toxins in Liquid Meds

Pregnant Rural Women More at Risk

Pregnant Women Should Take Flu Drugs Promptly

Pregnant Women, Health-Care Workers Top Swine Flu Vaccine Candidates

Premixed Insulin May Offer Better Blood Sugar Control

Prenatal Exposure to Traffic Pollution May Lead to Asthma

Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster

Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes Boosts Risk for Birth Defects

Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes Rates Have Doubled

Preschool Intervention Curbed Trend Toward Obesity

Preschool Lunch Doesn't Always Pack Nutritious Punch

Prescription Training Puts Docs in Shoes of Older Patients

Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome

Prioritize Pregnant Women to Get Swine Flu Shot, Experts Say

Private Health Care Info Needs Better Safeguards

Pro Baseball Helps Keep Skin Cancer From Scoring

Probable Case of Human-to-Human Bird Flu Transmission Reported

Problems Tied to Obesity Also Seem to Affect Sleep

Production Problems Plague Delivery of Swine Flu Vaccine

Productivity Takes a Hit From Obesity, Diabetes

Program Aids Hospital Compliance With Stroke Guidelines

Program Helps Homeless Cut Use of Emergency Services

Program Helps Kids Switch Over to Healthy Behaviors

Program Seeks to Reduce ICU Infections

Prolonged Fasting Boosts Risk of Rare Stroke

Prostate Meds Not Tied to Increased Hip Fracture Risk

Protective Eyewear Key to Sports Safety

Protein Gives Doctors New Tool to Detect Melanoma

PSA Testing: What Should Men Do?

Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Pulled From U.S. Market

PTSD High Among Witnesses to 9/11

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

Put Safety First on the 4th

Quality Lags at Safety-Net Hospitals

Quarter of Disabled Seniors Use Risky Medications

Questions to Pharmacists Rise After Michael Jackson's Death

Quick Orthopedic Repair Can Save Young Shoulders

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 Disparities Widespread in Kidney Patient Outcomes

Racial Disparity in Death Rate May Be Avoidable

Racial Disparity Seen in Angioplasty Outcomes

Radiation From CT Scans Not Always the Same

Radiation From Medical Scans Soaring

Radio-Frequency Tags Cut Specimen Bottle Errors

Radio-Wave Devices May Play Havoc With Medical Equipment

Radon: The Silent Home Invader That Can Kill

Rap Music Glorifying Drug Use

Rate of Diabetes Cases Doubles in 10 Years: CDC

Rates of Mild Cognitive Impairment Higher Than Expected

Recession Scrambling Health Spending in U.S.

Red Wine Compound Helps Heart, May Slow Aging

Red Wine Compound May Slow Drinking-Linked Liver Condition

Red-Grape Compound May Improve Diabetes

Refusing Shots Puts Kids at Higher Risk for Whooping Cough

Regular Church Attendance May Lower Suicide Risk

Regular Hand-Washing Can Prevent Against Colds, Flu

Repeat Colonoscopies Underused in High-Risk Patients

Repeat Teen Self-Cutters Likely to Engage in Risky Sex

Report Claims Clinical Trials Miss Many Populations

Report Confirms Source of Contaminated Heparin

Report Finds Big Disparities in Well-Being of U.S. Kids

Report Finds Fault With U.S. Health Services for Teens

Report Gives U.S. Good Grades for Swine Flu Response

Report Slams U.S. Food Safety System

Report Urges Broader Effort to Stem Emotional Disorders in Youth

Researcher IDs Narcolepsy as Autoimmune Disease

Researchers Develop Stem Line With Sickle Cell Mutation

Researchers Find Genes That Influence West Nile Virus

Researchers ID Ovarian Cancer Biomarker

Researchers Identify Contaminant in Tainted Heparin

Researchers Identify New Genetic Links to Psoriasis

Researchers Map America's Deadliest Roads

Researchers Profile the 'Light' Smoker

Researchers Pursuing Nasal Anthrax Vaccine

Researchers Push Aggressive Cholesterol Control in Kids

Researchers Suppress 'Hunger Hormone'

Researchers Update Risk-of-Death Charts

Researchers Use Gene to End High Blood Sugar in Mice

Resistance to Tamiflu Growing

Rest Easy. When It Comes to Swine Flu, Your Pet Is Safe

Restless Legs May Vary by Race and Gender

Restrictive Prescription Drug Policies Hurt Schizophrenics

Retail Clinics Attracting Those Without Regular Doctors

Retired NFL Players Don't Face Greater Heart Risk

Returning to the Road Tricky After Injury

Reuse of Antibacterial Wipes Can Spread Bacteria

Review Urges Aggressive MRSA Screening for Health Workers

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Boosts Melanoma Incidence

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated

Rising Blood Sugar May Harm the Aging Brain

Risk Factor for Stroke More Common Among Whites

Risk Factors for Eating Disorders Vary by Gender

Risky Sexual Behaviors Decreasing Among U.S. Teens

Robots May Come to Aging Boomers' Rescue

Role of Circumcision in Reducing HIV Risk Still Unclear

Rotigotine Skin Patch May Ease Restless Legs Symptoms

Rules Change Could Increase Hospice Use

Rural Areas Able to Increase Colon Cancer Screenings

Safety Gear a Must to Prevent Kids' Sports Injuries

Safety of Labor-Delaying Drugs Questioned

Safety of Swine Flu Vaccine to Face Tough Scrutiny

Safety Tips That Will Earn Barbecuers a 'Well Done'

Safety Triggers, Training Cut Nail Gun Injuries

Saliva Test Could Monitor Type 2 Diabetes

Salmonella Common in U.S. Poultry

Salmonella Illnesses Now Top 1,000

Salmonella Infection Numbers Still Rising; Recalls Rise Also

Salmonella Outbreak Over, U.S. Says

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Dog Food

Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Dry Dog Food Continues

Salmonella Sickness Toll Climbs to 1,148

Salt Boosts Blood Pressure in High-Risk Patients

School Closures May Not Be Necessary When Swine Flu Strikes

School Environment Can Curb Kids' Weight Gain

School Meals Need to Get Healthier: Report

School Program Helps Cut Asthma Risks

School Soda Ban Has Limited Effect

School Violence Drops With Federal Program

School, Church Activities May Help Curb Youth Smoking

School-Based Efforts Boost Kids' Fruit, Vegetable Intake

School-Based Program Can Change Kids' Lives

Scientists Break Into HIV 'Hideout'

Scientists Capture HIV Transfer Among T-Cells on Video

Scientists Heartened at Prospect of End to Stem Cell Ban

Scientists Hot on Trail of New Antibiotics

Scientists ID 2 New Genes for Bowel Disease in Kids

Scientists ID Gene Pathway Triggering Melanoma Spread

Scientists ID Gene Regulating Blood Glucose Levels

Scientists ID New Genes Tied to Crohn's Disease

Scientists ID New Genetic Markers for Bowel Disease

Scientists Isolate Organism That Causes Disfiguring Tropical Disease

Scientists Provide First Map of Complete Human Epigenome

Scorpion Anti-Venom Speeds Children's Recovery

Scratched Surfaces May Trap Bacteria During Food Processing

Screening Athletes Could Cut Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

Seasons Arriving 2 Days Earlier, Study Says

Sebelius Urges Americans to Get Swine Flu Vaccine

Sebelius: There Will Be Swine Flu Vaccine for All Who Want It

Secondhand Smoke Worse for Children

Secondhand Smoke Boosts Asthmatic Boys' Behavior Woes

Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels

Seizure Meds Can Be Safely Withdrawn From Kids With Epilepsy

Seizures Likely Sign of Brain Injury After Stroke

Self-Dosing Pain Medication Errors Too Common: Study

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 No Strangers to Happiness

Seniors Who Exercise Help Their Health

Serotonin Transporter Levels May Explain Winter Blues

Seventh Salmonella Death Linked to Peanut Products

Severe Swine Flu Can Kill Young, Old Alike

Sex Hormone Protein May Predict Type 2 Diabetes

Sex Partners Get STD Alerts by E-mail

Sexually Charged TV Might Raise Risk of Teen Pregnancy

Shared Race, Social Group Seem to Help People Relate

Sharing Prescriptions Can Bring Harm, Not Healing

Sharp Rise in U.S. Hepatitis C-Related Deaths

Shootings Linked to Alcohol-to-Go Outlets, Study Finds

Shovel Snow Safely

Sicker People More Vulnerable to Swine Flu: CDC

'Sideline' Rage Triggers Mirror Those of Angry Drivers

Silicone Breast Implants Might Raise Risk of Rare Lymphoma

Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tubes Cut Down on Infections

Silver-Coated Ventilator Tubes Cut Risk of Pneumonia

Simple Case Management Cuts Pulmonary Disease Admissions

Simple Exercise Keeps Brain at Top of Its Game

Simple Steps Get Walkers Moving

Single Men Less Likely to Get Prostate Screens

Single Rooms Becoming the Norm in New Hospitals

Sleep Apnea Linked to Heart Risks in Children

Sleep Apnea Linked to Memory Loss

Sleep Apnea Screening Cuts Surgical Complications

Sleep: A Necessity, Not a Luxury

Sleep-Deprived Brains Show Lapse in Visual Processing

Sleeping Through Dialysis May Be the Way to Go

Sleepy Driving Prevalent Among Collegians

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

Small Businesses Urged to Prepare for Swine Flu

Small Doses of Carbon Monoxide Might Help Stroke Victims

Small Firms Shoulder Burden of Increasing Health Costs

Small Intestine Senses Bitter Toxins in Food

Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective

Smokeless Tobacco May Not Help Smokers Quit

Smokers' Cars Loaded With Nicotine

Smokers Quit in Droves, Not Isolation

Smokers Will Stop for Their Pet's Sake

Smoking Bans Bring a Drop in Heart Attacks

Smoking Coupled With Obesity Raises Death Risk

Smoking Makes You Old Before Your Time

Smoking May Harm the Egg, Embryo

Smoking Ups Colon Cancer Risk

Smoking-Low Birth Weight Link Explained in Part

Snowblower Hand Injuries Often Extensive, Study Finds

Social, Health Care Factors Drive Colon Screen Disparities

'Soda Tax' Wins Health Experts' Support

Soda Taxes Not Making a Dent in U.S. Waistlines

Sodium, Potassium Intake Tied to Heart Disease

Solostar Injection Pen Approved for Diabetes

Some Cancer Trials Overstate Findings, Analysis Claims

Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk

Some Sweeteners Inhibit Enzyme Tied to Type 2 Diabetes

Spanish Speakers Have Difficulty Accessing Health Care in U.S.

Specialized Stroke Care Improves Outcomes

Speedy Care After Heart Attack Key to Survival

Spending Doesn't Improve Patients' Perception of Care

Spices, Herbs Boost Health for Diabetics

Spider Venom -- The Next Way to Treat Impotence?

Spine Injuries a Common Result of Car Crashes

Spiriva Safe, Effective for COPD Patients

Splints as Good as Plaster Casts for Minor Fractures

Sports Eye Injuries Leading Cause of Blindness in Youths

Spring and Pollen Are in the Air

Spring Forward? Plan Ahead

SSRI Antidepressants May Lower Adult Suicide Risk

St. Louis Ranked America's 'Asthma Capital'

Staff Training Reduces Postpartum Bleeding, Episiotomies

'Standard' Glucose Test May Be Wrong One for Obese Children

Standard Hepatitis C Treatment Cost-Effective for Prisoners

Staph Infection May Follow People Home From Hospital

Start Packing for Great American Backyard Campout

States Asleep at the Wheel in Fighting Drowsy Driving

Stay Upbeat, Healthy to Thrive in Senior Years

Stem Cell Decision Opens New Doors, May Spur More Research

Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance

Steroid Inhalers Raise Pneumonia Risk for Lung Disease Patients

Stool-Based Colon Cancer Tests Vary Widely in Accuracy

Stored Ovarian Tissue Needs Testing Before Re-Implantation

Stress Disorder Affects 20% of Intensive Care Patients

Stress May Raise Diabetes Risk for Obese Black Women

Stretch That Grocery List in Lean Times

Strict Blood Sugar Control Lowers Heart Risks in Diabetics

Strict Blood Sugar Lowering Won't Ease Diabetes Heart Risk

Stroke Prevalence Higher, Deadlier Among American Indians

Studies Differ on Benefits of Aggressive Blood Sugar Control

Studies Report More Harmful Effects From BPA

Study Details Look at Immune Cells in Type 1 Diabetes

Study Calls for Greater Scrutiny of 'Off-Label' Drug Use

Study Casts Doubt on Influential Hospital Safety Survey

Study Cites Gains in Gall Bladder Cancer Treatment

Study Details Swine Flu Transmission Rates

Study Evaluates Laser Therapies for Hair Removal

Study Finds Gender Disparity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury

Study Finds Millions More May Benefit From Statins

Study Forecasts More Young Doctors in Future

Study IDs Variations in Black, White Genomes

Study Links Agent Orange to Prostate Cancer in Vietnam Vets

Study Links Spanking to Physical Abuse

Study Probes Internet Health-Related Search Patterns

Study Probes Why Smokers Find It Hard to Quit

Study Questions Flu Shot's Mortality Protection for Elderly

Study Shows 1% of Americans Have Been Infected With West Nile

Study Shows Hispanics Prefer Beer

Study Singles Out Beachgoers' Skin Cancer Risk

Study Supports Swine Flu's Pandemic Potential

Study Ties Herpes Virus to Emerging Form of Diabetes

Study Upholds Stopping Plavix Use Before Surgery

Study Urges Low-Tech Solutions for Medical Errors

Study Urges Treatment for Even Mild Gestational Diabetes

Stunts Raise Injury Risks for Cheerleaders

Substance Abuse Hinders TB Treatment

Substitutions Make Holiday Fare Healthier

Sudden Cardiac Death Much More Likely to Strike Men

Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke

Suicide Rates Rise Among Baby Boomers

Summer Fun Need Not Be Hazardous

Summer Is Peak Time for Lightning Strikes

Sun Savvy Sadly Lacking Among Americans

Sunken, Unexploded Bombs Pose Cancer Risk

Sunlight, Vitamin D May Cut Kids' Diabetes Risk

Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery

Supplement Hampers Thyroid Cancer Treatment

Supply of Key Children's Vaccine Almost Back to Normal

Supportive Weigh-In Program Keeps Pounds Off

Supreme Court Rejects Limits on Drug-Injury Lawsuits

Surgeon's Checklist Saves Lives

Surgery Only Works for Some Kids with Sleep Apnea

Surgical Masks Help Ward Off Flu, Maybe

Surgical Outcomes Depend on a Host of Variables

Survival Rate Little Changed With Aortic Valve Disorder

Survival Rates Improve for Kids With Blood Cancers

Surviving Daylight Saving Switch

Swimming Lessons Don't Increase Drowning Risk, Study Says

Swine Flu Can Move Quickly to Severe Illness

Swine Flu Cases Now Total 7: CDC

Swine Flu Cases Still Up, But U.S. Officials Are Guardedly Optimistic

Swine Flu Continues to Flare Up, CDC Says

Swine Flu Continues to Spread Across U.S.

Swine Flu Declining in Some Parts of U.S.

Swine Flu Fatality Rate a 'Little Bit' Higher Than That of Seasonal Flu

Swine Flu Infections Now Top 140 in U.S.

Swine Flu Infections Surpass 100 in U.S.

Swine Flu Loves a Crowd

Swine Flu May Be Less Dangerous Than Predicted: Study

Swine Flu May Bring Surge in Hospitalizations

Swine Flu May Have Infected More Than 100,000 Americans

Swine Flu May Not Be Any Deadlier This Fall: Experts

Swine Flu May Not Close College Classrooms: CDC

Swine Flu May Pose Problems for Pregnant Women

Swine Flu Now a Pandemic

Swine Flu Now Reported in All 50 States

Swine Flu Now Reported in All 50 States

Swine Flu on Campuses Boosts Call for Vaccinations

Swine Flu Outbreak May Be Subsiding, CDC Says

Swine Flu Outbreak Not a Pandemic at This Point

Swine Flu Parties? Send Your Regrets, Experts Say

Swine Flu Poses Risk to Kids With Neurological Conditions

Swine Flu Shots May Come Too Late to Stem Fall Outbreak: Study

Swine Flu Shots Safe for People With Weak Immune Systems: Experts

Swine Flu Still Strikes Younger People Hardest

Swine Flu Summit Focuses on Preparedness

Swine Flu Tests Could Swamp Diagnostic Labs

Swine Flu Trials Continue to Point to 1-Dose Vaccine

Swine Flu Vaccine Delay Manageable, Experts Say

Swine Flu Vaccine on Track for Fall: CDC

Swine Flu Vaccine Seems Safe in Early Trials

Swine Flu Vaccine Seems Safe: Experts

Swine Flu Vaccine Still in Short Supply

Swine Flu Vaccine Still Months Away

Swine Flu Vaccine Taking Longer Than Expected

Swine Flu Vaccine Won't Be Ready Until October: CDC

Swine Flu Vaccine Won't Be Ready Until October: CDC

Swine Flu Virus Dominant Strain Worldwide: WHO

Swine Flu Virus Not Mutating, Making Vaccine a Good Match

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Swine Flu: A Primer

Synthetic HDL Could Fight Heart Disease

Tainted China Formula Caused High Rate of Kidney Stones in Kids

Tainted Tomato Cases Jump to 383 People in 30 States, D.C.

Tainted Tomato Toll Now 552

Tainted Tomatoes Likely From Florida or Mexico: FDA

Takes a Pro to Make Offices Pain-Free

Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Found in Canadian Father

Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Passed Person-to-Person in U.S.

Tanning Beds Get Highest Carcinogen Rating

Taser Stun Guns Can Cause Brain Injury

Task Force Member Defends Mammography Guidelines

TB Patient Has Less Dangerous Strain: CDC

TB Strain Called a Growing Public Threat

Teaching Hospitals' Post-Op Gains Not Extended to Blacks

Team Sniffs Out Process That Could Make 'Artificial Nose'

Ted Kennedy Has a Brain Tumor

Ted Kennedy Released From Hospital

Teen Girls at Higher Risk for STDs: Report

Teen Pregnancies, Abortions Drop From 1990 to 2004: CDC

Teens' Lung Health Is Linked to Their Diet

Teens May Be Missing Out on Needed Vaccines

Teens Sleep Longer With Delayed School Starts

Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits

Terror Fears Tougher on Minorities, Disabled

Tests Gauge Alzheimer's Patients' Ability to Drive

Texting After Fainting a Good Sign

Text-Messaging Injuries Blamed on Distraction

Thalidomide Continues to Show Benefits Against Myeloma

The Best Holiday Toys Are Safe Holiday Toys

The Nuts and Bolts of Reform Proposals

The Truth About 'Bio-identical' Hormone Therapy

Therapy, Meds Best for Lumbar Low Back Pain

Things to Know If You're Contemplating a Pet

Think You Are Lead-Free? Check Your Soil

Third of EMS Stethoscopes Carry MRSA Virus

Third U.S. Swine Flu Death Reported

Those Who Feel Rejected Direct Hostility Toward Others

Threat From Infectious Diseases Growing

Tight Backpack Straps Cut Blood to Shoulders, Arms

Tight Blood Sugar Control Helps Diabetics Long-Term

Tight Blood Sugar Control May Raise Risks in the ICU

Tight Management of Type 1 Diabetes Worth the Effort

Tips to Avoid Spring Cleaning Mishaps

Tips to Ease an Aching Back

To Protect Yourself, Wash Those Germs Away

Tobacco Companies Targeting Teens, Study Says

Tobacco Control Bill Heads to White House as Health Groups Cheer

Tobacco Control Program Saved Billions in Health Costs

Tobacco Marketing Promotes Youth Cigarette Use

Today's Smokers More Addicted to Nicotine

Tomatoes May Not Be Only Source of Salmonella Outbreak

Too Few Americans Aware of 'Pre-Diabetes'

Too Few Americans Get HIV Test Early Enough

Too Few Older Adults Get Recommended Screenings

Too Few People Know Symptoms of Heart Trouble

Too Few Understand Diabetes' Dangers

Too Little Sleep May Raise Diabetes Risk

Too Many High-Risk Teens Not Getting Flu Shots

Too Much Cell Phone Time Takes Toll on Teen Sleep

Too Much Cola Can Cause Muscle Problems

Too Much Red Meat May Shorten Life Span

Too Much Sun, Too Few Antioxidants Spell Eye Trouble

Top 10 Heart-Stroke Advances for 2008

Tough Laws, Higher Prices Mean Fewer Kids Smoke

Toxic Chemicals Blamed for Gulf War Illness

Toxic Poinsettias? Hangover Cures? It May Be All Fiction

Traces of Corn Found in Almost All Fast Food

Tracking Down a Salmonella Outbreak

Traffic Deaths Near Peak in September

Traffic Jams Harm the Heart

Traffic Pollution Puts Kids at Higher Allergy Risk

Training Student Leaders Cuts Peers' Smoking Rates

Transfusing Anemic Cancer Patients Boosts Clot Risk

Trauma Center Counseling Reduces Kids' Repeat Injuries

Traumatic Brain Injuries Linked to Long-Term Health Issues for Iraq Vets

Travel Was as Dangerous 500 Years Ago as Today: Study

Travel Tips for Seniors

Traveling for Treatment

Treat Kids to a Safe Halloween

Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Updated

Tree-Lined Streets Associated With Lower Childhood Asthma Rates

Trial Data on Anti-Seizure Drug Might Have Been Manipulated: Report

Trial Vaccine May Protect Against Serious Viral Infection

TV Coverage of Tragedies Often Lacks Prevention Messages

TV in the Bedroom Is Not a Teen's Best Friend

TV, Internet Causing Kids Harm: Report

Tweaking Insulin Might Help Fight Aging

Two More Human Genomes Mapped

Two Preemie Treatments May Not Help

Two Ways to Tackle Tuberculosis

Two-Drug Combo Reduces Diabetic Kidney Damage

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

Twofold Action Urged for Pre-Diabetes

Two-Thirds of Hispanic Women Discover Breast Cancer Themselves

Type 1 Diabetes Rates Rising Among European Children

Type 2 Diabetes Drug May Increase Fracture Risk

Typical Binge Drinker Is Young White Male

U.N. Seeks to Curb World's Traffic Deaths

U.S. Abortion Rate at 30-Year Low

U.S. Air Pollution Standards Don't Protect Asthmatic Kids

U.S. Asked to Do More for Kids' Mental Health

U.S. Chlamydia Infections Hit All-Time High

U.S. Closer to Viable Swine Flu Shot

U.S. Considers Massive Swine Flu Vaccination Program

U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency in Response to Swine Flu

U.S. Diet Needs Heart-Felt Overhaul

U.S. Expects 160 Million Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine by October

U.S. Experts Still Unsure of Allergy Relief by Mouth

U.S. Flu Season Off to Slow Start

U.S. Flunks on Tobacco Control Report Card

U.S. Gets a 'D' for Preterm Birth Rates

U.S. Health Costs Will Continue to Cause Financial Pain

U.S. Health Officials Announce New Heparin Formula

U.S. Health Officials Back Off Preference for New MMRV Vaccine

U.S. Health Officials Closer to Origin of Salmonella Outbreak

U.S. Hospitals Lag in Patient Satisfaction

U.S. Hospitals Underutilize Proven Heart Failure Therapy

U.S. Lags on HIV Testing Goals

U.S. Launches Criminal Probe Into Salmonella Outbreak

U.S. May Soon Face Shortage of General Surgeons

U.S. Mental Health Spending Rises, But Many Still Left Out

U.S. Obesity Epidemic Continues to Grow

U.S. Officials Stymied in Salmonella Search

U.S. Prepares for Possible Return of Swine Flu in Fall

U.S. Progressing on Swine Flu Vaccine

U.S. Public Lacks Confidence in FDA: Poll

U.S. Ranks 29th in Infant Mortality

U.S. Relaxes Opposition to Medical Marijuana

U.S. Response to Swine Flu Called Good

U.S. Swine Flu Cases Surpass 60

U.S. Swine Flu Count Nears 1,900; Person-to-Person Transmission Now Common

U.S. Syphilis Rate Grows for 7th Year in Row

U.S. Turns Spotlight on Medicine's Most Puzzling Cases

U.S. Unlikely to Meet Target for TB Elimination

U.S. Unveils Stricter Food-Safety Standards

U.S. Urged to Renew the War on Cancer

U.S. Urged to Start 'Fixing the Problem' of Food Safety

U.S. Web Site Helps Consumers Compare Hospitals

Under-the-Skin Blood Sugar Monitor Boosts Diabetes Control

Undocumented Hispanics Face Health Care Roadblocks in U.S.

Undoing the 'Big Baby' Trend

Unhealthy Meals Dull Older Diabetics' Memory

Unhooking the Obesity-Diabetes Connection

Uninsured Face Worse Outcomes After Diverticulitis

Unique Bone Marrow Transplant Said to Cure Sickle Cell

Universal Screening for MRSA in Hospitals Made Little Difference

Universal Testing, Prompt Treatment Could Slash HIV

Unraveling the 'Mad Cow' Mystery

Uric Acid May Help Spot Diabetic Kidney Disease Early

Use of Kids' Meds on the Increase

User Registry May Help Docs Stem Painkiller Abuse

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

Uterus Size May Predict Risk for Premature Twins After IVF

UV Lights, Fans May Curb TB Spread in Hospitals

VA Faces Questions Over Tainted Colonoscopies

Varicose, Spider Veins May Be Inevitable for Some

Veggies in Pregnancy Lowers Child's Diabetes Risk

Vending Machines Found in Most Middle Schools

Vest Monitors 'Individual' Air Pollution

Vets Often Forgo Medication When Co-Pays Rise

Viable Swine Flu Shot Closer to Reality

Vicks VapoRub Linked to Infant Breathing Problems

Viewing Adult-Themed TV Tied to Earlier Sex for Teens

Vioxx's Heart Risk Lingered Long After Use Ended

Virus May Affect Survival in Head and Neck Cancer

Vision Test for Young Children Called Unreliable

Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer

Vitamin D Deficit Could Lead to Heart Woes

Vitamin D Deficit in Pregnancy Tied to Caesarean Risk

Vitamin D Supplementation Guidelines for Youngsters Doubled

Vitamin K Slows Insulin Resistance in Older Men

Vulnerability to Shingles May Hinge on Family

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

Walkable Neighborhoods Keep the Pounds Off

Walking Golf Course Affects Swing, Performance

Walking Is Good for Blocked Leg Arteries

Want to Stop Cancer? You Can, Experts Say

War Vets With Headaches Could Have Brain Problems

Warfarin Underused in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

Waterpipe Smoking in Colleges Could Become Public Health Problem

Weak Evidence Backs Most Heart Guidelines, Report Finds

Wealthy More Likely to Have Breast Reconstruction

Web Giants Urge FDA to Update Ad Guidelines

Web Site Demystifies Lab Tests

Web Site on Medical Research in Kids Launched

Weekend Admission May Be Riskier for GI Bleeding

Weekly Drug Helps Type 2 Diabetics

Weight Loss After Diabetes Diagnosis Offers Big Benefits: Study

Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Is Key to Easing Diabetes

Weight-Loss Aids Bought on Internet Might Harm Your Heart

Weight-Loss Surgery Safe, Effective Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

Weight-Loss Surgery Weighed as Diabetes Rx

Western Diet Boosts Global Heart Attack Risk 30%

What to Expect From a Colonoscopy

What's in a Name? When It Comes to Drugs, Plenty

Wheat Consumption May Contribute to Diabetes

When Corks Fly, Watch the Eyes

When It Comes to Flu, the More Who Get Vaccine, the Better

When It Comes to Lifting, the Pros Have Your Back

When It's Cold Outside, Be Careful Inside With Heaters

Where You Live May Affect Your Cancer Diagnosis

White Men With Chest Pains Treated Fastest in ERs

WHO Close to Declaring Swine Flu Pandemic

WHO Declaration of Swine Flu Pandemic Looks Imminent

WHO Warns of Possible Pandemic as Mexico Seeks to Contain Swine Flu

WHO Warns of Possible Pandemic as Mexico Seeks to Contain Swine Flu

Whole Grains, Bran May Fight Hypertension in Men

Why Some Kids Are Bullied From the Start

Why Swine Flu Differs From Seasonal Flu

Wine Color Won't Change Breast Cancer Risk

Wine Compound May Protect Against Radiation Exposure

'Wired' Hospitals Post Lower Death, Complication Rates

Wireless Device Approved for Diabetics

With Age Comes Greater Risk of Hypothermia

With Depression, Vets Face Higher Suicide Risk

With Heart Attacks, Fast Treatment Matters

With Spring Here, Use Sun Sense to Enjoy It

With Summer Comes Snake Bites

Without Reform, U.S. Health Costs Expected to Rise

Women in Coastal Areas Have Higher Mercury Levels

Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span

Women Smokers Prone to Dangerous Blood Vessel Condition

Women, Mexican Americans at Higher Risk for Certain Stroke

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

Women's Peripheral Artery Disease Tied to Secondhand Smoke

Women's Testosterone Patch May Not Work

Working Out in the Garden

Workplace Health Programs Effective Interventions

Workplace Wellness Seems to Really Work

Workshop Helps Parents, Kids Talk About Sex

World's 1st Swine Flu Vaccine Trials Start in Australia

Worldwide Measles Deaths Drop Dramatically

Worldwide Surgery Rates Tied to Economic Status

Worldwide Vaccine Availability Reaches All-Time High: Report

Wrinkle Fillers Need Better Label Warnings: FDA Panel

Written Instructions Cut Bleeding Risk for Blood Thinner Use

You Own It, You'll Eat It

Young Adults Using Alcohol, Drugs for Better Sex

Young Black, Hispanic Women Tend to Develop 'Love Handles'

Young Gymnasts Facing Broad Range of New Injuries

Young Women's Breast Tissue Offers Clues to Cancer Risk

Younger Age of More Severe Swine Flu Cases Worries Experts

Youth and Driving Don't Always Mix Safely

Youth Suicides Continue to Rise in U.S.

Zoloft, Lexapro the Best of Newer Antidepressants

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