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You May Be the Key to Cancer Prevention

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

11 New Cholesterol Genes Identified

2 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective

2 Markers Predict Survival Odds in Colon Cancer Patients

2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing

2nd Generation Antidepressants Prove Effective

2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes

3 NFL Stars to Donate Brain Tissue for Trauma Research

3-D Doppler Ultrasound Helps ID Breast Cancers

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

3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes

3-Drug Combo Reduces Nausea After Chemo

40 Years of Heart Transplants

5 Million People a Year Use Self-Help Addiction Programs

60 Million Worldwide Carry Heart Disease Mutation

9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma

A Better Blood Test for Heart Risk?

A Better Method of Kidney Storage

A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery

A Drop of Blood May Help Assess Cancer Therapy

A Health Gift for Men on Father's Day

A Month of Exercise Helps Ease Heart Failure

A One-Man History of Cardiac Advances

A Pre-Workout Meal to Help You Burn Fat

A Substitute for Those Who Can't Take Statins?

A Winning Strategy to Beat Spring Sporting Injuries

Abdominal Fat Boosts Dementia Risk

Abdominal Fat Tied to High Risk for Coronary Trouble

Abnormal Heart Function Reduces Exercise Capacity

Abnormal Heart Rhythm Boosts Death Risk for Diabetics

ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug

Acetaminophen, Cholesterol Drugs May Help Fight Stroke

Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage From Emphysema

Active Video Games Count as Exercise

Active Video Games Help Kids Exercise

Active Young Women Need Calcium, Vitamin D

Activity-Linked Heat Illness Needs Prompt Attention

Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments

Acupuncture May Help Relieve Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Acupuncture May Not Help Hot Flashes

Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure

Adding a Stent May Help Resolve Brain Aneurysm

Adult Fast-Food Diets Tied to Too Much TV as Teen

Advances Aid Treatment, Diagnosis of Celiac Disease

Aerobic Exercise Keeps You Young

Aerobics Can Reverse Mental Decline in Older Adults

After Decades, Decreases in Heart Risk Factors Level Off

After Job Loss, People Report More Health Issues

After-Effects of Chemotherapy May Include Memory Problems

Age No Bar to Aggressive Rx for Cardiogenic Shock

Agent Orange Linked to Parkinson's, Heart Disease

Aggressive Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Treatment Shows Some Benefit

Aggressive Therapy May Stem CF Progression in Infants

Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer

Aging Baby Boomers May Swamp Cardiac Care

AIDS Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer

Air Pollution Can Damage Heart, Blood Vessels, Too

Air Pollution Harms Patients After Heart Attack

Air Pollution Linked to Blood Clots in Legs

Air Pollution May Raise Blood Pressure

Air Travel Taxes Hearts of People With Sleep Apnea

Alcohol Use Frequently Overlooked Before Surgery

Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too

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

Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners

All Blood Pressure Drugs Lower Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death

All Newborns Should Have Ears Screened, Task Force Says

Allergies Can Dig Into Gardening's Fun

Almost Two-Thirds of Americans Meet Exercise Guidelines

Alternative to Warfarin May Cut Risk of Bleeding

Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims

Alzheimer's Drugs Also Treat Behavioral, Psych Problems

America Losing the Fight With Type 2 Diabetes

American Heart Association Guidelines Save Lives

Americans Are Urged to Cut Sugar Intake

Americans Score Low on Healthy Lifestyle

America's Top Hospitals Cut Patient Death Rate 27%

Among Cardiologists, Women Cite Discrimination

Amount of Exercise Key to Lowering Kids' Blood Pressure

An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment

An Allergy Checklist for Holiday Gatherings

An Oral Approach to Heart Disease

Anatomy Report Card: Public Gets an 'F'

Androgen Production Continues in Prostate Cancer Tumors

Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients

Anemia Drugs Linked to Stroke Study Deaths: FDA

Anemia Drugs May Cause Deadly Blood Clots

Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients

Anesthesia in Youngest Kids May be Linked to Learning Disabilities

Anesthesia Type Won't Influence Neck Artery Surgery Outcomes

Anesthesia, Exertional Heat Deaths May Be Linked

Aneurysms in 2nd Generation May Not Come Early

Angina More Common in Women Than Men

Angina Often Affects Quality of Life

Angina Strikes 1 in 5 Heart Attack Survivors

Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery

Angioplasty No Better Than Drug Treatment in Long Run

Angioplasty Not Always Worth the Price

Angioplasty Not Cost-Effective for Chronic Coronary Disease

Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death

Angioplasty Via Wrist May Be Safer

Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks

Ankle Circulation Could Warn of Future Strokes

Ankle-Arm Blood Pressure Test Predicts Heart Disease Risk

Anniversary of Parent's Passing Can Trigger Death

Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary

Another Blood Fat Fuels Heart Attack Risk

Antibiotic Combo Fights Resistant TB

Antibiotics Effective for Vaginal Injury After Childbirth

Antibiotics May Not Cause Diarrheal Bacteria

Anti-Cholesterol Drug May Ease Back Pain

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

Anticoagulant Drugs Had Similar Outcomes After Angioplasty

Antidepressant Use Tied to Cardiac Death in Women

Antidepressants Linked to Heart Defects in Newborns

Antidepressants May Prevent Depression After Stroke

Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes

Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk

Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly

Antipsychotic Drugs of Little Benefit to Alzheimer's Patients

Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients

Anxiety Helps Elderly Women Live Longer

Anxiety Linked to Heart Attack Can Raise Death Risk

Any Day OK for Heart Bypass Surgery

Any Exercise Good After a Heart Attack

Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting

Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor

Are We Exercising Pain Away? Not So Much.

Arterial Calcium Scans Can Predict Death Risk

Artery Plaque Boosts Hispanics' Odds for Stroke

Artery Plaque Rupture Can Occur Without Symptoms

Artery-Opening Method Works Well in Women

Artificial Cervical Disc Surgery Cheaper Than Fusion

As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise

Asleep or Awake, Brain Functions the Same

Aspirin at Bedtime Lowers Blood Pressure

Aspirin Doesn't Guard Diabetics Against Heart Disease

Aspirin Doesn't Prevent First Heart Attack, Stroke

Aspirin Linked to Brain Microbleeds

Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk in Peripheral Artery Disease

Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients

Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed

Assisted Breathing Eases Lung Symptoms for Heart Patients

Assisted Fertilization Risks May Be Due to Infertility

Atherosclerosis May Also Harm Vital Organs

Athletes Seeking Doping Agents Can Still Find Them Online

Athletes' Study Shows Pride, Shame Universal Behaviors

Atkins Diet Tougher on Heart After Weight Loss

Attention Training Might Help Stroke Victims

Autoimmune Disorder Linked to Stroke, Heart Attack in Women

Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery

Avandia Raises Heart Failure Risk More Than Actos

Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, Fractures

Avandia's Heart Risk Higher Than Others in Its Class

Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer

Avoiding a Holiday Season of Discontent

Awareness of Alternative Therapies May Be Lacking

B Vitamins Might Lower Stroke Risk

Bad Bosses Are Hard on the Heart

Bad Marriages Harder on Women's Health

Baking Soda May Be Key Ingredient for Kidney Patients

Balance in Old Age Tied to Brain Changes

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

Bariatric Surgery Centers Don't Deliver Better Outcomes

Barriers to Good Asthma Care Detailed

Baseball Teams Strike Out When Jet-Lagged

Bat Saliva-Based Stroke Drug Disappoints in Trial

Batted Balls Threaten High School Baseball Players

Beetroot Juice May Boost Stamina

Being Heart Smart Just Makes Sense

Belly Fat Puts the Pressure on Lungs

Benefits of Eating Fish May Depend on Preparation

Best Treatment for Vertigo Is Easiest One

Beta Blocker May Shrink Infant Hemangiomas

Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery

Beta Blockers Help Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients

Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery

Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery

Better Sleepers Are 'Successful Agers'

Big, Beefy Football Players May Face Heart Problems Later

Big, Well-Balanced Breakfast Aids Weight Loss

Bill Clinton, Health Groups to Tackle Childhood Obesity

Binge Drinking Clogs Arteries With Plaque

Bioartificial Kidney Cuts Death Risk, Improves Outcomes

Biologics Don't Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Biomarkers Predict Heart Deaths

Biotech Soybeans Good Source of Omega-3

Bipolar Disorder Might Be Overdiagnosed

Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse

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

Bisphosphonates Cause Rare Eye Inflammation

Black Athletes' Hearts May Differ From Those of Whites

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

Black Heart Patients Treated Less for Depression

Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery

Black Youths With High BP May Face Elevated Heart Risks

Blacks at Higher Risk for Brain Lesions Causing Stroke

Blacks Fare Worse After Cardiac Arrest

Blacks Wait Longer for Hospital Bed, Study Finds

Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses

Blood Cell Genes May Signal Heart Disease

Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes

Blood Pressure Drug Shows Promise for Marfan Syndrome

Blood Pressure Drugs May Protect Against Alzheimer's

Blood Pressure Pill Combo More Effective Than Diuretics

Blood Pressure Treatment Can Be Used Against Stroke

Blood Protein May Predict Heart Attack But Not Stroke

Blood Rush to the Brain When Angry Is a Good Sign

Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial

Blood Sugar Test May Also Aid Diabetes Detection

Blood Test Could Boost Clarity of Breast MRI Results for Some

Blood Test Helps Docs Assess Breast Cancer Treatment

Blood Thinner Linked to Increased Brain Bleeding

Blood Thinner May Prevent Chemo-Related Clots

Blood Thinner, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky After Heart Attack

Blood Transfusions Not Linked to Long-Term Problems

Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant

Blood-Thinner Plavix Works Harder in Smokers

Blows to the Chest Up Death Risk for Lacrosse Players

Body Fat, Muscle Distribution Linked to RA Disability

Bone Cement Eases Pain of Late-Stage Cancers

Bone Disease Test Shows Death Risk for Dialysis Patients

Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

Boomers Should Add Muscle Before It's Too Late

Boosting Brain Protein Quickly Cut Excessive Drinking

Botox Works on Muscle Disorders But Not Migraines

Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk

Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men

Boys' Team Sports May Encourage Bad Behavior

Brain Aneurysm Rupture Risk Tied to Location, Size

Brain Can 'See' Objects Through Touch

Brain Cancer Vaccine's Immune Response Key to Outcomes

Brain Scans Could Help Spot Schizophrenia Earlier

Brain Slow to Judge Fast-Moving Objects Head-On

Brain Stimulation May Ease Treatment-Resistant Depression

Brain's Olfactory Bulb Grows With Sense of Smell

Breast Cancer Lymph Node Biopsy May Need Closer Look

Breast Cancer Survivors Report High Quality of Life After Treatment

Breast Cancer Vaccine Works Against Deadlier Form of Disease

Breast Self-Exam Rates Go Up With Counseling

Breast-Feeding Support Lacking at Many Hospitals, Birth Centers

Brisk Walk Can Help Leave Common Cold Behind

Broad Screening of Blood Clots May Find Cancers Earlier

Bye, Bye Back Fat?

Caffeine Without Healthy Diet Linked to Heart Risk

Calcium Scan of Arteries Helps Spot Big Trouble

Calcium Scans Help Predict Coronary Risk

Calling All Heart Patients

Can a Bad Boss Make You Sick?

Can Physical Cues Signal Dementia?

Cancer Care Unaffected by Doctor Reimbursement Changes

Cancer Cells' Chromosomes Hint at New Treatments

Cancer Death Rates Decline Among Blacks, But Disparities Linger

Cancer Deaths Declining, Especially Among Young

Cancer Diagnosis May Tax Physical, Mental Health

Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS

Cancer Drug Gleevec Could Fight Stroke

Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation

Cancer Drug May Help With Kidney Transplants

Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients

Cancer Drug Trials Often Halted Early

Cancer Screenings for Medicaid Patients Miss Targets

Cancer Survivors Can Still Be Fit, Study Asserts

Cane Use May Cut Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis

Cannabis-Linked Cell Receptor Might Help Prevent Colon Cancer

Can't Sleep? Try Online Therapy

Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients

CARDIA Studies Open Window on Heart, Lung Diseases

Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Vary Widely

Cardiac Patients Admitted During Week More Likely to Survive

Cardiologists Spot Best Treatment for a Deadly Duo

Caring for Heart Patients Can Strain Hearts

Carotid Artery Sections React Differently to Plaque

Carpal Tunnel Relief in a Cup

Cars Are No Place for Kids to Be Alone

Casting Seems Best for Severe Ankle Sprains

Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation

CDC Campaign Targets MRSA Infections

Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker

Centenarians Offer Long-Life Secrets

Certain Diabetes Drugs May Pose Eye Risk

Certain Reflux Drugs Tied to Higher Post-Angioplasty Death Rate

Certified ER Docs in Short Supply to Meet Future Needs

Cervical Cancer Screens Effective But More Can Be Done

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated

Cheerleading Causes Majority of Female Athlete Injuries

Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors

Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits

Cherry-Enriched Diet Cut Heart Risks in Rats

Chest Pain May Signal Cocaine Use in Young Patients

Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed

Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble

Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment

Childhood Stroke More Common Than Thought

Children as Young as 4 Can Develop OCD

Children Move Less as They Get Older

Children of Centenarians Face Lower Heart Risks

Children's Neck Size Associated With Sleep Disorders

China Documents First Case of Tick-Borne Disease Spread

Chinese Ants Show Promise in Fighting Arthritis, Other Diseases

Chinese Red Yeast Rice May Prevent Heart Attack

Cholesterol Drug Controversy Continues

Cholesterol Drug Tied to Sleep Disturbances

Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Increased Fatigue

Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People

Cholesterol Drugs May Help in Cardiac Emergency

Cholesterol Drugs May Help Prevent Flu Deaths

Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk

Cholesterol Levels May Not Measure Cardiac Risk

Cholesterol Measurements May Be Made Easier

Cholesterol Screening Shouldn't Rely on Kids' Weight

Cholesterol Test Spots When HRT Raises Heart Risks

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Might Help Prevent Alzheimer's

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Won't Cause Cancer

Chromosome Linked to Diabetics' Heart Risks

Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally

Chronic Low Back Pain Is on the Rise

Church-Based Weight Plan Peels Off Pounds for Blacks

Cialis May Help Ease Pulmonary Hypertension

Circumcision Rates Too Low

Climate Change May Boost Contact With Pollutants

Clinics Less Likely to Refer Heart Patients to Cardiologists

Clot Dissolver Doesn't Boost Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients

Clot-Busting Therapy Under Review

Clot-Busting Treatment Improves Bleeding Stroke Outcomes

Clues to Hypertension in Kids May Be Seen in Bones

Coated Stents Best for Heart Patients With Diabetes

Cocaine Spurs Long-Term Change in Brain Chemistry

Cocoa in Chocolate May Be Good for the Heart

Coffee Beans May Be Newest Stress-Buster

Coffee Drinkers Might Live Longer

Coffee Drinking Lowers Women's Stroke Risk

Coffee or Tea Consumption May Lower Stroke Risk

Cognitive Behavior Therapy Eases Anxiety for Older People

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Best for Traumatized Youths

Collaborative Care Helps Ease Chronic Pain

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

Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low

Colorectal Cancer Screens Detect Unrecognized Disease

Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely

Combat Vets Display Severe Sleep Disorders

Combination Therapy Best for Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Combining Internet With Office Visits Cut Heart Attack Risks

Combo Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Boosts Survival in Diabetics

Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don't Work

Combo Therapy Knocks Out Melanoma Tumors

Combo Therapy Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible

Combo Treatment Best for Anxiety Disorder in Kids

Combo Treatment for Aggressive Brain Tumor May Lengthen Life

Combo Treatment May Ease Depression After Stroke

Comic Strip Aims to Educate Families About Diabetes

Coming Soon -- Stem-Cell Surgical Thread?

Common Drug Eases Leg Pain From Walking

Common Heart Drugs May Hamper Blood Thinner

Common Infections May Contribute to Strokes

Common Knee Pain May Improve With Therapy

Community Exercise Programs Boost Seniors' Strength

Compact Heart Assist Device Approved

Compound Could Reduce Heart Attack Damage

Compound Reverses Huntington's Symptoms in Mice

Compound Tied to Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia

Compression Stockings Offer Little Benefit After Stroke

Compression Stockings Often Incorrectly Used

Computer Program Helps COPD Patients Monitor Breathing

Computer Program Helps Drug Abusers Stay Clean

Computerized Scan Detects Heart Disease

Concussion's Effects May Linger for Decades

Conflicts of Interest Still Exist in Cancer Research

Consider TIAs an Emergency, Groups Urge

Consumer Group Seeks FDA Ban on Avandia

Contact Lenses Boost Kids' Self-Image

Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring Predicts Risks

Continuous Doctor Care Key to Childhood Screenings

Control Your Anger, Help Your Heart

Cornflakes, White Bread Could Boost Heart Risk

Coronary Calcium Scans Can Raise Cancer Risks

Coronary Disease Dulls Cognitive Skills

Coronary Heart Disease Not a Cheery Condition

Cosmetic Skin Fillers May Cause Delayed Side Effects

Cost of Hospital Cardiac Care on the Rise

Could the Recession Be Good for Your Health?

Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis

Course of West Nile Infection Charted

CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes

CPR Can Save Young Lives, Too

CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged

Cranberries May Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

Creatine Has Negligible Effect on COPD Exercise Rehab

Crop Workers Have Highest Heat-Related Death Rate

Crowded Households Raise Women's Heart Risk

CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis

CT Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries

CT Screens for Lung Cancer Not a Cure-All

Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble

Cyclosporine Eye Drops a Good Deal for Dry Eye

Daily Exercise at School Yields Rewards

Daily Naps May Raise Older Women's Death Risk

Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed

Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research

Danon Disease Can Be Quickly Fatal, Study Finds

Day of Admission Dictates Length of Stay for Heart Failure

Dearth of Data on Capabilities May Be Hurting ER Care

Death From Febrile Seizure Rare in Children

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

Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant

Deaths From Heart Disease, Stroke Down 30%

Decongestant Exposure Needs Closer Look

Deep Brain Stimulation Aids Those With Rare Headache Condition

Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Severely Depressed

Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson's

Defect in Gene Tied to Atrial Fibrillation

Defibrillator May Not Help Many With Heart Failure

Defibrillators Don't Diminish Quality of Life

Dementia Risk Higher for NFL Players

Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals

Dental Plaque Buildup May Raise Heart Risk in Black Men

Depression After Stroke Can Be Debilitating

Depression Linked to Increase in Abdominal Fat

Depression Often Goes Untreated in Working Moms

Depression, Anxiety Bad for the Heart

Depression, Anxiety Hinder Quality of Life After Stroke

Depression's Behavior Changes Linked to Heart Risks

Dermatitis Can Have Many Causes

Dermatologists Release Psoriasis Care Guidelines

Despite More Tests, Some Aren't Getting Results

Detecting, Diagnosing Breast Cancers

Device Approved for Child Heart Operations

Device Approved to Assess Arterial Plaque

Device May Offer Alternative to Warfarin for Arrhythmia

Device Offers Hope for Patients With Leaky Heart Valve

Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients

Diabetes Drug May Slow Eye Disease

Diabetes Drug Slows Clogging of Arteries

Diabetes Medications Don't Lower Inflammation

Diabetes Onset, Severity Tied to Cognitive Problems

Diabetes' Toll Continues to Grow

Diabetic Eye Problem Linked to Heart Failure

Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass

Diabetics Face Doubled Risk of Heart Attack

Diabetics Less Likely to Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass

Diagnosing Strep Key to Curbing Rheumatic Heart Disease

Dialysis Catheter Placement Makes Little Difference in Infection Risk

Dialysis' Drawbacks Outweigh Benefits for Some Older Patients

Dialysis Patients Do Better at Higher Altitudes

Dialysis Via Fistulas May Help Young or Old

Diet, Cognitive Ability May Play Role in Heart Disease

Diet, Exercise Cuts Kids' Risk for Metabolic Syndrome

Diet, Exercise May Modify Breast Cancer Risks

Diet, Exercise Thwart Diabetes: Study

Diluted Bleach Baths Ease Kids' Eczema

Diluted Seawater Boosts Nutritional Content of Tomatoes

Discharge Plan Cuts Hospital Readmissions, Patient Costs

Discharge Time After Angioplasty Varies

Disease Prevention Programs Worth the Investment

Diuretics Still Best Treatment for High Blood Pressure

DNA-Based HPV Tests More Accurate Than Pap Smears

Doc-Patient Relationship May Be Key to Quality

Docs Issue Guideline on Screening for Osteoporosis in Men

Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings

Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery

Doctors Could Play a Part in Preventing Suicides

Doctors Describe First U.S. Face Transplant

Doctors' Groups Collaborate on Care for Heart Patients

Doctors Issue New Neuropathy Test Guidelines

Doctors Lack Smoking Cessation Training

Doctors Often Overestimate Patients' Health Literacy

Doctors Often Prescribe Placebo Treatments

Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes

Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea

Does Location Affect Kids' Weight?

Dogs Helping to Advance Cancer Research

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

Don't Let Injury Spoil Outdoor Summer Fun

Don't Rely on Diet to Prevent Weight Regain

Drink a Little Wine, Live a Little Longer

Drinkers May Exercise More Than Teetotalers

Drinking Your Way to Health? Perhaps Not

Drug Boosts Natural Growth Hormone in Seniors

Drug Can Slow Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer Patients

Drug Coated Stents Better After Heart Attack

Drug Combo Cuts COPD Lung Function Loss

Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth

Drug Combo Improves Remission of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Drug Combo Keeps Kidney Artery-Vein Grafts Viable

Drug Combo May Offer Best Relief for Nerve Pain

Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes

Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors

Drug Could Make Melanoma More Vulnerable to Chemo

Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions

Drug Effective Against Heart-Lung Disorder

Drug Failed to Reduce Heart Attack Risk After Bypass

Drug Fails to Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis

Drug Fights Diabetic Eye Disease

Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue

Drug Helps Heroin Addicts Stay Clean

Drug Impedes Body's Deadly Reaction to Flu Virus

Drug Improves Mobility in Some MS Patients

Drug Improves Outcomes for Gout Patients

Drug Improves Survival in Mice With Brain Tumors

Drug Inhibits Colon Cancer in Mice

Drug May Cut Aneurysm Risk for Heart Defect Patients

Drug May Ease Symptoms of Juvenile Arthritis

Drug May Help Against Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Drug May Help Colitis Patients Avoid Surgery

Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics

Drug May Lower Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Hypertension

Drug Offers Hope Against Tough-to-Treat Hypertension

Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions

Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment

Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes

Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo

Drug Therapy Boosting Heart-Attack Survival Rates

Drug to Prevent Preterm Labor Shows Little Benefit

Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis Patients Urged

Drug Works Well for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis

Drug-Coated Stents Better at Keeping Arteries Open

Drug-Coated Stents Reduce Repeat Artery Procedures

Drug-Coated Stents Still Spark Debate

Drug-Eluting Stents Safe After Heart Attack

Drug-Eluting Stents Show Promise for Leg Arteries

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

Drugs Before Stents for Stable Heart Disease, Study Says

Drugs Best First Defense Against Heart Disease for Diabetics

Drugs From Vegetables May Target Melanoma Tumors

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

Earlier HIV Treatment Could Save Lives Worldwide

Earlier Vaccination Could Cut Whooping Cough Deaths

Early Alzheimer's Hinders Brain's Effort to Sort Information

Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off

Early Drug Treatment May Cut Multiple Sclerosis Risk

Early Exercise Boosts Outcomes for ICU Patients

Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies

Early Menopause Doubles Stroke Risk

Early Mobility Best for ICU Patients

Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder

Eating in America Still Unhealthy: CDC

Eating Strategies for Healthier Holiday Parties

ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk

ED an Indicator of Men's Health

ED Drug Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Education, Income Affect Heart Attack Survival Rates

Educational Drive Cut Death Rate From Sepsis

Effient Sanctioned for Angioplasty Patients

Effort Could Lead to Blood Tests for Heart Problems

Egg Consumption Poses Risks for Diabetic Men: Study

EKG Not Strong Predictor of Heart Risk

Elbow Injuries on Rise Among Young Athletes

Elderly More Likely to Battle Sleep Disorders

Elderly Treated Less Aggressively for Heart Attack

Elective Early Deliveries Pose Risks for Babies

Electrical Brain Stimulation May Boost Dexterity

Electrocardiogram Blip Signals Heart Trouble

Electrode Placement Key to Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Patients

Elevated Albumin Levels in Urine Raise Hypertension Risk

Elevated Urate Levels May Slow Parkinson's in Men

ELS Plus CPR Boosts Blood Flow After Cardiac Arrest

E-Mailing Your Way to Healthier Habits

Embryonic Heart Shows Strong Capacity to Regenerate

Embryonic Stem Cells Turned Into Three Types of Heart Cells

Emergency Medical Transport By Air Carries Risks

Employer-Sponsored Workouts Boost Workers' Health

Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Relieves Chronic Inflammation

Epilepsy Drug May Prevent, Treat Alzheimer's

Epilepsy Raises Drowning Risk

Epilepsy Receiving Inadequate Attention

ER Less Likely to Diagnose Stroke in Younger Folks

ER Physicians Press for New Cardiac Arrest Strategies

ER Visit Leaves Many Confused

ER, Doctor Visits Topped 1 Billion in 2006

Eradicating Gut Bacteria Improves Stomach Cancer Outcomes

Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes

Erbitux Works Well for Two-Thirds of Colon Cancer Patients

Erectile Dysfunction a Strong Harbinger of Heart Trouble

Estrogen May Have Preventive Role in Women's Schizophrenia

Estrogen May Help Men's Hearts

Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA

Europe Unlikely to Meet Measles Goals: Report

European Researchers Call for New Doping Standards

Even a Little Overweight, Inactivity Hurts the Heart

Even After Death, Heart Attack Treatment May Not End

Even Kids With Known Allergies Can Be Safely Vaccinated

Even Light Smoking Affects Young Adults' Arteries

Even Mild Sleep Apnea Hikes Heart Risk

Even Mild Strokes Can Do Harm

Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids

Excess Drinking Boosts Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Excess Weight Gain During Pregnancy a Risk to Mother and Child

Excess Weight Speeds Up Osteoarthritis

Excessive Drinking Boosts Risk for Metabolic Syndrome

Exercise 30 Minutes a Day? Who Knew!

Exercise Benefits Even the Oldest Old

Exercise Boosts Bone Density in Breast-Feeding Moms

Exercise Boosts Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women

Exercise Combats Cancer Fatigue

Exercise Could Cut Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment

Exercise Cuts Women's Risk of Heart Disease

Exercise During Pregnancy Has Baby Benefits, Too

Exercise During Pregnancy Keeps Newborn Size Normal

Exercise Eases Obesity and Anger in Kids

Exercise Extends Life of Kidney Patients

Exercise Improves Stroke Outcome

Exercise in Adolescence May Cut Risk of Deadly Brain Tumor

Exercise Keeps the Brain Young

Exercise Key Player in Knee Replacement Recovery

Exercise Lowers Risk of Colon Cancer

Exercise May Help in Leukemia Recovery

Exercise May Help Prevent Age-Related Memory Loss

Exercise May Prevent Prostate Cancer: Study

Exercise Might Benefit Some With Heart Failure

Exercise Might Slow Brain Shrinkage in Alzheimer's Patients

Exercise Plays Role in Recovery From Sports Injuries

Exercise Protects Black Women From Type 2 Diabetes

Exercise Reduces Blood Pressure...

Exercise Testing for Cancer Fails to Follow Guidelines

Exercise Tips for Seniors to Start a Healthy 2009

Exercise Tips to Keep Boomers on Their Feet

Exercise, Counseling Benefits Depressed Heart Failure Patients

Exercise, Education Keep You Sharp in Old Age

Exercising Throat Muscles May Relieve Sleep Apnea

Ex-NFL Players Hold Their Own Health-Wise

Experience Brings Better Angioplasty Outcomes

Experimental Blood Substitutes Unsafe, Study Finds

Experimental Drug Eases Symptoms of Mild Alzheimer's

Experimental Drug Fights Multiple Sclerosis Activity

Experimental Drug May Prevent Plaque Buildup

Experimental Vaginal Gel Doesn't Ward Off HIV

Experts Release Guidelines on Use of Breast MRI

Experts Revise Guidelines on Daily Aspirin for Heart

Experts Say Blood Sugar Guidelines Remain Effective

Experts Urge Limits on Use of Cardiac CT Scans

Experts Urge Research on Sleep Apnea-Heart Disease Link

Experts Urge School Screening of Athletes' Hearts

Exploring Genetic Link Between Migraines, Cardiovascular Trouble

Exposure Therapy Effective in Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress

Extended Therapy Helps Drug-Addicted Teens

Extreme Heat a Deadly Risk for Older Adults

Face Transplants Show Promising Results

Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy

Factors in Cancer Death Rates Stay Stagnant

Fall Cleanup Is a Prime Time for Accidents

Fall Sports Peak Time for Lower Leg Damage

Familial Breast Cancer Risk Lasts a Lifetime for Sisters

Families Could Benefit From Gene Tests in Sudden Cardiac Death Victims

Family Docs Do Colonoscopies Safely

Family History of Aneurysm Raises Stroke Risk for Smokers

Family History Plays Key Role in Blood Clot Risk

Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates

Fast Arrival at Hospital After Stroke Pays Off

Fast Heart Rate Warns of Obesity, Diabetes

Faster Detection of TB May Be on the Horizon

Fasting on Alternate Days May Make Dieting Easier

Fat Cell Protein Boosts Heart Attack Risk in Elderly

Fat Cells in Obese People Are 'Sick'

Fat Deposits Boost Heart Attack Risk

Fatness Boosts Inflammation in Body

Fatty Fish May Cut Heart Failure Risk in Men

Fatty Liver Disease Ups Heart Risks for Obese Kids

Faulty Household Wiring Can Trigger a Heart Defibrillator

FDA Approves Genetic Test for Breast Cancer

FDA Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin

FDA Bars Generic Drugs From Indian Company

FDA Investigates Possible Vytorin-Cancer Link

FDA Investigating Safety of Asthma Drug Xolair

FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics

FDA Panel Calls for More Testing of Diabetes Drugs

FDA Panel Snubs Seroquel as 1st Choice Depression Treatment

FDA Panel Urges Stronger Warnings for LASIK Surgery

FDA Proposes Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals

FDA Recalls Dietary Supplements Tied to 1 Death, Liver Damage

FDA Wants New Diabetes Drugs Tested for Heart Risks

FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures

FDA Warns of Skin-Numbing Drug Dangers

Fertility Drugs Do Not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk

Fertility Treatment Twins More at Risk for Hospitalizations

Fetal Surgery May Treat Heart Defect

Few Americans Know of Leg Artery Danger

Few Stroke Patients Get Clot-Busting Drug

Few Student-Athletes Survive Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Fewer Deaths Occurring From Brain Bleeds

Fewer Doses, Intramuscular Injection Cut Anthrax Shot Side Effects

Fewer Dying Now From Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves

Fewer Steps Per Day Send Disease Markers Up

Fighting Cancer With a Pen

Finding Fitness on the Dance Floor

Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners

Finding Out How Flavonoids Protect the Heart

Findings Challenge Tight Glucose Control for Critically Ill Patients

Firefighters Have Narrower-Than-Normal Arteries, Study Finds

First Ablation Catheters Approved for Atrial Fibrillation

First-Time Shoulder Dislocations Helped by Surgery

Fish Oil Supplements Don't Help Depressed Heart Patients

Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure

Fish Oil's Benefits Remain Elusive

Fish Oils May Prevent and Treat Heart Disease

Fitness a Key Element in Determining Male Diabetic's Longevity

Fitness Fades Fast After 45

Fitness Might Limit Stroke's Impact

Flu Can Raise Chances of Heart Attack

Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots

Flu Vaccine Could Prevent 357,000 Deaths in Pandemic

Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer

Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients' Brain Function

Focusing on CPR Improves Survival

Folic Acid Doesn't Help the Heart

Fondness for Fish Keeps Japanese Hearts Healthy

Food as Medicine?

Football Can Shrink Players

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

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

For Older Walkers, Faster Is Better

For Preschoolers, Even 'Play' Tends to Be Sedentary

For Primary Care, More Patients Are Seeing Specialists

For Some, Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Just As Good

For Young Adults, Borderline High Blood Pressure a Threat

For Young Ballplayers, Support and Caution Are Key

Form IDs Spinal Patients Likely to Stick With Therapy

Formula Puts Doctor, Patient Glucose Readings on Same Page

Formula Samples Hinder Breast-Feeding Efforts

Framingham Score May Not Spot Lifetime Heart Risk

Frankincense Provides Relief for Osteoarthritis

Frequent Prostate Screens Fail to Improve Aggressive Cancer Diagnoses

Freshman Weight Gain Has Many Culprits

Fructose Boosts Blood Pressure, Studies Find

Fructose May Raise Blood Pressure

Gains Against Heart Failure Reported

Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure

Gasping Is Good When It Comes to Cardiac Arrest

Gastric Band Weight-Loss Surgery Can Boost Reflux

Gastric Bypass May Also Relieve Low Back Pain

Gel Enables Severed Spinal Cord Fibers to Regrow

Gender Bias at Play in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Gender Disparities Persist in Treatment of Stroke

Gender Matches Benefit Heart Transplants

Gender May Influence Heart Failure Treatment

Gender Plays Role in Kidney Transplant Outcomes

Gender Plays Role in Post-Concussion Healing

Gene Behind Childhood Anemias Found

Gene Can Dampen Chemo Drug Effectiveness

Gene Could Boost Stroke Risk for Migraine Sufferers

Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Might Boost Heart Health

Gene Mutation Is Linked to Heart Muscle Disease

Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Atrial Fibrillation

Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease

Gene Mutations for Rare Heart Disease Also Found in Kids

Gene Signature for Liver Cancer Recurrence Found

Gene Test Could Catch Deadly Heart Problem

Gene Test Could Predict Colon Cancer's Return

Gene Therapy in Rats Reduces Cocaine Use

Gene Therapy May Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis

Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Severe Hereditary Eye Disease

Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix

Gene Variant Boosts Risk for Stress-Related Ischemia

Gene Variant Boosts Risk of Severe Diabetic Eye, Kidney Diseases

Gene Variant Protects Black Heart Failure Patients

Gene Variants Can Predict Threat of Heart Disease

Gene Variations May Predict Antidepressant Response

Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts

Genes Linked to Cholesterol in Cells Are Identified

Genes Linked to 'Pot' Belly

Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery

Genes May Determine Obesity After Weight Surgery

Genes May Help Drive Rotator Cuff Injury

Genes May Link Hip Fractures and Heart Disease

Genes May Predict Lymphoma Treatment Outcome

Genes Play Part in Prostate Cancer Among Races

Genes That Control Body's Salt Levels Are Identified

Genetic Approach Boosts Yeast Infection Treatment

Genetic Cause of Statin-Related Muscle Pain Found

Genetic Clues May Lead to New Skin Cancer Therapies

Genetic Data May Not Boost Heart Disease Predictions

Genetic Disorder Drug Helps Reverse Heart Muscle Enlargement

Genetic Disorder May Hold Key to Heat Stroke Cure

Genetic Markers May Predict Lung Cancer Recurrence

Genetic Medicine Making Inroads Against Disease

Genetic Test for Heart Disease Risk in the Works

Genetic Testing No Real Help in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

Genetics May Help Fine-Tune Warfarin Dosage

Genetics Should Decide Warfarin Dose, Study Reiterates

Genomic Profiling of Breast Cancers a Better Treatment Tool

Gestational Diabetes Risk Higher for Asian-White Couples

Get Healthy: Your Middle-Aged Heart Will Thank You

Get in Step With Summer Foot Care

Get the Most Out of Your Run

GI Bleeding After Stroke Raises Death Risk

Ginger Eases Nausea From Chemo

Ginkgo Prevented Stroke Damage in Mice

Girls Participating in Sports in Record Numbers

Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks

Gleevec Pushes Advanced Melanoma Into Remission

Global Efforts to Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol Working

Glowing Substance Lights Up Cancer in Mice

Glucose Challenge in Pregnancy Could Predict Heart Disease

Glucose Control Pays Long-Term Benefits for Diabetics

Gold Nanospheres Show Promise in 'Boiling' Out Cancer

Golf Cart Injuries Give Rise to Calls for Regulation

Golf Course Insecticides Pose Little Danger to Players

Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms

Good Oral Hygiene May Protect Against Heart Infections

Good Warm-Ups Could Halve Sports Injuries

Gradual Exercise Best After Joint Replacement

Grapefruit Compound Inhibits Hepatitis C Virus

Green Areas Lower Health Inequities Between Rich, Poor

Greener Neighborhoods Mean Slimmer Children

Group Urges Depression Screening for Heart Patients

Group Works to Streamline Cancer Therapy Approvals

Growth Hormone May Build Muscle in Older Men

Guideline Urges HIV Tests for All Patients 13 and Older

Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants

Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries

Gum Chewing May Speed Colon Surgery Recovery

Gum Disease, Heart Disease Share Genetic Link

Gym Class Injuries Up 150 Percent

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

Halting Avandia Use Hikes Blood Sugar Levels

Hands-Only Resuscitation OK for Cardiac Arrest

Happy Marriage, Happy Heart

Hard, Cold Facts About Frostbite

Hardened Arteries Threaten Obese, Diabetic Youth

Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified

Harm Begins With a Few Cigarettes, a Little Smog

Have Fun -- But Be Safe -- This Summer

'Hazardous Drinking' More Common Than Thought

Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag

Head Injuries All Too Common in Summer Play

Head, Neck Cancer Treatment Often Not Completed

Head-First Slide a Heads-Up Play

Headphones May Threaten Heart-Device Performance

Health Insurance Rules Affect Medical Outcomes

Health Secrets of Red Wine Uncovered

Health Tip: After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: About Heart Arrhythmia

Health Tip: Aerobic Exercise

Health Tip: Asthmatics Don't Have to Stop Exercising

Health Tip: At Risk for Another Heart Attack?

Health Tip: Beat by the Summer Heat

Health Tip: Breathing Polluted Air

Health Tip: Can You Quit Smoking Without Weight Gain?

Health Tip: Cardiac Rehabilitation

Health Tip: Children Need Exercise, Too

Health Tip: Choosing Exercise Equipment

Health Tip: Choosing Your Child's Therapist

Health Tip: Control Risk Factors for Stroke

Health Tip: Dealing With Exercise-Induced Asthma

Health Tip: Dealing With Peripheral Artery Disease

Health Tip: Eat a Heart-Healthy Diet

Health Tip: Exercise During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Exercise for Bone Health

Health Tip: Exercise for People With Diabetes

Health Tip: Exercise to Beat Arthritis Pain

Health Tip: Exercising During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Exercising During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Exercising If You Have Rosacea

Health Tip: Exercising in Hot Weather

Health Tip: Exercising With Back Pain

Health Tip: Get Fit After Baby is Born

Health Tip: Having Another Heart Attack

Health Tip: Having High Blood Pressure

Health Tip: Healing Mentally After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: Health Tip: Wine Could Benefit the Heart

Health Tip: Heart-Healthy Diet Should Start in Infancy

Health Tip: Help Prevent Metabolic Syndrome

Health Tip: Help Prevent Stroke

Health Tip: Help Protect Young Athletes

Health Tip: How a Pacemaker Helps the Heart

Health Tip: If You Have High Cholesterol

Health Tip: If You're Tired of Walking

Health Tip: Jump Rope for Fitness

Health Tip: Keep Cholesterol Under Control

Health Tip: Keeping the Caregiver Healthy

Health Tip: Keeping Workouts Fun

Health Tip: Life After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: Living With a Pacemaker

Health Tip: Log Your Exercise

Health Tip: Maintain Healthy Blood Sugar During Exercise

Health Tip: Make Exercise a Daily Habit

Health Tip: Managing a Chronic Illness

Health Tip: Monitoring What You Drink

Health Tip: Nutrition for Athletic Performance

Health Tip: Oh, Those Aching Muscles

Health Tip: Preparing for a Stress Test

Health Tip: Protect Your Muscles

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Health Tip: Risk Factors for High Cholesterol?

Health Tip: Some Medications Can Help Trigger Heat-Related Illness

Health Tip: Sports Safety for Kids

Health Tip: Sticking With Exercise

Health Tip: Straining the Hamstring

Health Tip: Strengthen Your Shoulders

Health Tip: Stretch Your Hamstrings

Health Tip: Taking a Daily Aspirin

Health Tip: Too Much Exercise Isn't Good Either

Health Tip: Try Cross Training

Health Tip: Try Kickboxing

Health Tip: Understanding Metabolic Syndrome

Health Tip: Walking for Exercise

Health Tip: Warm Up Before Exercise

Health Tip: Water Safety

Health Tip: Wear a Helmet

Health Tip: Weight-Bearing Exercises Strengthen Bones

Health Tip: What's Behind High Cholesterol?

Health Tip: Who's at Risk for Heat Illness?

Health Tip: Why Don't You Exercise?

Healthier Lifestyle Can Cut COPD Symptoms

Healthier Lifestyles Would Lengthen American Lives

Healthy Behaviors Slow Functional Decline After Cancer

Healthy Diet Lowers Death Risk for Women

Healthy Diet, Exercise Keeps Mind Sharp As You Age

Healthy Heart Tips for a Bad Economy

Healthy Lifestyle Boosts Women's Longevity

Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese

Heart Attack Care Often Delayed for the Poor

Heart Attacks Less Often Fatal Today

Heart Attacks Peak During the Holidays

Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab

Heart Damage After Vascular Surgery Raises Death Risks

Heart Defect Spotted During Surgery May Not Need Repair

Heart Device Recipients Often Not Aware of Recalls

Heart Disease and Depression Up Heart Failure Risk

Heart Disease Gender Gap Narrows

Heart Disease Risks Hit Boys in Teens

Heart Disease Starts Early in Life

Heart Docs Often Fail to Order Tests Before Angioplasty

Heart Drug Combos Raise Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Heart Drug May Be a Cancer Fighter

Heart Drug Used in Ambulance Boosts Survival

Heart Failure Accounts for 37% of Medicare Spending

Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses

Heart Failure Drugs Linked to Hip Bone Loss in Older Men

Heart Failure Hospitalizations Up Sharply

Heart Failure Patients Overestimate Their Life Expectancy

Heart Failure Raises Risk of Fractures

Heart Failure Raises Risks After Non-Cardiac Surgeries

Heart Failure Treatment Underused

Heart Patients Benefit From At-Home Care, Study Finds

Heart Pump Helps Children Waiting for Transplant

Heart Risk Can Be Predicted Without Lab Tests

Heart Risks Emerging in People With HIV

Heart Risks Rise With Smokeless Tobacco

Heart Surgeon Shortage Predicted

Heart Test Deemed OK Before Kidney Transplant

Heart Transplant Failures More Likely in Poor, Minority Kids

Heart Valves Fashioned From Stem Cells in Umbilical Cord Blood

Heart, Bone Problems May Follow Prostate Cancer Treatment

Heartbeat Might One Day Power Pacemakers

Heartburn Drugs Can Thwart Popular Blood Thinner

Heart-Pacing Devices Hold Promise for Heart Failure

Heart's Stem Cells Not Created Equally

Heat Exposure a Dangerous Summer Threat

Heavier People Have Heart Attacks Earlier

Heavy Traffic Can Be Heartbreaking

Helmets Can Save Lives in Winter Sports

Hepatitis C Therapy Useless for Some

Hidden Salt in Diet Haunts Many With Heart Failure

High Blood Fat Levels Common in Americans

High Blood Fat Levels Tied to Ischemic Stroke Risk

High Blood Fats Tied to Diabetic Nerve Loss

High Blood Pressure Stalks Many Americans

High Blood Pressure Still Slipping Past Doctors

High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Associated With Eye Disease

High Co-Pays Keeping Chronically Ill From Their Meds

High Rate of Early Heart Failure Seen in Blacks

High Resting Heart Rate Spells Trouble for Women

High Salt Levels Common in Many Foods

High School Sports Put Players at Risk for Severe Injuries

High-Dose Chemo Fails Against Small Cell Lung Cancers

Higher Chemo Drug Dose Prolongs Lives of Leukemia Patients

Higher Fitness Levels Tied to Lower Heart, Death Risks

Higher Wealth Linked to Lower Risk of Early Stroke

High-Impact Activity May Be Good for Old Bones

High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs

Hip Osteoarthritis Therapy No Better Than Placebo

Hip Replacement Boosts Mobility at Any Age

Hispanics Less Likely to Get Repeat Artery Surgery

Hispanics Respond Poorly to Standard Hepatitis C Therapy

HIV Can Penetrate a Woman's Healthy Genital Skin

HIV Can Re-Emerge From a Single Cell

HIV Drug a Double-Edged Sword for Infants

HIV Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack

HIV Patients May Have Stiffer Arteries

Hodgkin's Survivors Prone to Breast Cancer Later

Holiday Meals With a Calorie-Conscious Twist

Holidays Don't Have to Make You Heavier

Home Blood-Pressure Monitoring Recommended

Home Defibrillators Fail to Boost Survival Rates

Home Dialysis a Good Option for Kidney Disease Patients

Home Monitoring Program Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients

Home-Based Programs Benefit Older Cancer Survivors

Hope for Damaged Heart Muscle

Hormone Drug May Help Drinkers Stay Sober

Hormone Reduces Mortality in Heart Patients With High BP

Hormone Replacement May Cut Risk for Age-Linked Eye Disease

Hormone Therapy for Early Prostate Cancer Not Always Best

Hormone Therapy Not Best for Older Prostate Cancer Patients

Hormone Therapy Shows Little Benefit Against Prostate Cancer

Hormone-Boosting Drug May Help Treat Frailty

Hospital Fixes Cut Opiate Errors in Kids

Hospital Practices Influence Which Moms Will Breast-Feed

Hospital Volume Imperfect Gauge of Cancer Surgery Outcomes

Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Skyrocketing

Hospitals Reduce Heart Attack Deaths

'Hot' Toys May Not Be the Best Present

How Bad Feelings Can Harm Your Health

How to Stay Out of the ER This Summer

How Weight Loss Helps the Heart

HPV Tied to Better Tongue, Tonsil Cancer Outcomes

HRT Dosing May Determine Risks, Benefits

HRT Drug Boosts Stroke Risk in Older Women

HRT Increases Stroke Risk

HS Sports Shoulder Injuries More Likely in Boys

Human Growth Hormone Doesn't Improve Athletic Performance

Human Heart Can Make New Cells

Human Stem Cell Transplant Helps Brain-Impaired Mice

Hydrating Kidney Patients With Sodium Bicarb Has Little Effect

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Extends Survival After Cardiac Arrest

Hypertension Takes Huge Toll in Developing Countries

Hypertension Triples Women's Diabetes Risk

Hypnosis Cuts Hot Flashes for Breast Cancer Survivors

ICU Nutritional Program Failed to Boost Outcomes

Imaging Advance Tracks Prostate Cancer in Lymph Nodes

Imaging Advances Map Brain Areas Affecting Mood

Imaging of Low Back Pain Fails to Change Outcomes

Imaging Sheds Light on How Acupuncture Works

Imaging Shows Why Injured Brains 'Work Harder'

Imaging System Lets Doctors 'See' Cancer During Surgery

Immigrant Children Less Likely to Exercise

Immune Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection

Immune Response May Speed AIDS Progression in Women

Immune System Biomarkers May Predict Early Lung Cancer

Immune Therapy May Aid Kids With Neuroblastoma

Immunotherapy Boosts Treatment of Kids' High-Risk Sarcomas

Implantable Defibrillators May Not Help Women With Heart Failure

Implanted Defibrillators Benefit Older People

Implanted Defibrillators Boost Long-Term Survival

In Time, Cream Might Prevent Herpes Transmission

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

Inactive Teens at Risk for More Behavioral Problems

Increase in Diagnostic Imaging Fueled by Self-Referring Doctors

Increased Heart Risk Seen for Retired NFL Players

Increasing Alcohol Use Tied to More Hospitalization

Incubators Affect Newborns' Heart Rates

Indigo Ointment Benefits Psoriasis Patients

Infection, Cardiac Woes Send Heart Failure Patients to the Hospital

Inflammation Markers May Help Predict Stroke Risk

Inflammation May Play Role in Sleep Duration

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

Injected Medication Errors a Major Problem

Injection May Heal Damaged Heart

Injury Patterns Similar for 'Circus' Artists, Elite Athletes

Insulin Resistance Tied to Peripheral Artery Disease

Intense Daily Workout May Keep Cancer at Bay

Intensive Insulin Therapy Reduces Mortality in Sick Kids

Interactive Video Games Offer Exercise Benefits

International Blood Doping Tests May Miss Cheaters

Internet Program Helps Problem Drinkers

Intestinal 'Sleeve' Mimics Effects of Gastric Bypass

Investigational Drug May Help Avert Blood Clots

IPods Don't Interfere With Pacemakers, Study Shows

Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer

Irregular Heartbeat During Angioplasty Could Raise Death Risk

Irregular Heartbeat Risk Higher in Women With Type 2 Diabetes

Irregular Heartbeat Tied to Alzheimer's Disease

Is Bypass Truly Better than Stenting?

It's Back to Basics to Save a Life

IV 'Ice Slurry' Quickly Cools Body for Surgeries

IVF Treatments Often Work for Women Under 35

Jackson's Death Puts Spotlight on Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Joyful Music in Tune With Heart Health

Kennedy Faced Brain Surgeon's Knife While Awake

Key Blood Test Protein May Not Cause Heart Disease

Key Factors Define 'Prolonged Grief'

Key Protein Limits Damage of Heart Attack

Key Protein May Link Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Woes

Kickoff, Punting Take a Toll

Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows No Boost in Survival

Kidney Damage Another Consequence of Anabolic Steroids

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 Injury While Hospitalized May Lead to Future Dialysis

Kidney Nerve Deactivation Could Ease Hypertension

Kidney Patients Less Likely to Get Heart Attack Meds

Kidney Patients More Susceptible to Sudden Cardiac Death

Kidney Transplant, Sleep Disorder May Add Up to Trouble

Kidney, Heart Problems May Be Linked

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 Kept Indoors Due to Poor Clothing Choices

Kids' Obesity May Lead to Epidemic of Adult Diabetes

Kids of Parents Who Value Exercise Are More Active

Kids Who Live Near Green Spaces Seem to Walk More

Kids Who Spend More Time Outdoors Have Better Vision

Knee Injuries Main Cause of HS Sports Surgeries

Know the Warning Signs of Stroke

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

Know Your Odds for Heart Failure

Lab Study Makes Strides in Mending Hearts

Lack of Sleep Hurts Women's Hearts Most

Laparoscopic Surgery on Pancreas Has Fewer Complications

Larger Men at Greater Risk for Atrial Fibrillation

Larger Skin Lesions More Likely to Be Melanoma

Laser Resurfacing Produces Long-Term Results

Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers

Laser Therapy as Good as Drugs for Diabetic Eye Problems

Laser Therapy Disappoints in Stroke Trial

Late Preterm Birth Poses Developmental Risks

Later Use of Clot-Buster After Stroke Possible: Study

Latest Breast Imaging Techniques Offer New Views

Laughter Can Boost Heart Health

Leading COPD Drugs Tied to Stroke, Heart Attack

Leave That Ear Wax Alone

Leg Clots May Not Travel to Lungs

Leprosy Drug Holds Promise for Autoimmune Diseases

Less Aggressive Care for More Severe Heart Disease

Less Intensive Treatment Given Diabetic Women With Heart Disease

Less Sensitivity to Hormone May Play Role in Autism

Levels of Circulating Tumor Cells Could Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome

Lifelong Exercise Keeps Seniors Young at Heart

Lifestyle Changes Boost Enzyme Regulating Cell Aging

Lifestyle Changes Can Keep Diabetes at Bay for 14 Years

Lifestyle Counseling Reduces Heart Risk

Lifestyle Factors Tied to Older Adults' Diabetes Risk

Light Drinking Poses No Heart Risk for Women

Light Exercise Prevents Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly

Light Stretching Improves Range of Joint Motion

Light-Activated Therapy Seems to Rejuvenate Aging Skin

Limited Value Found for First-Generation Heart Pumps

Lipoprotein Levels May Predict Women's Hypertension Risk

Little Steps Add Up to Major Reductions in Blood Pressure

Little-Known Fat Can Be a Heartbreaker

Living Healthily on Less

Living With Less TV, More Sweat Boosts Weight Loss

Long-Term Erythromycin Cut COPD Complications

Long-Term Antibiotic Use Affects 'Good' Gut Bacteria

Long-Term Help Regimen Cut Heart Attack Recurrence

Long-Term Lead Exposure Linked to Heart Deaths

Love Hormone May Ease Discussion of Painful Topics

Low Blood Pressure During Surgery Boosts Stroke Risk

Low Blood Sodium Predicts Mortality in PAH Patients

Low Iron Levels Cut Cancer Risk in Men With PAD

Low Levels of 2 Enzymes in Ovarian Cancer Cells Shortened Survival

Low Thyroid Function Linked to Heart Failure Risk

Low Vitamin D Could Raise Death Risk

Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Heart Disease

Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Leg Artery Blockages

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

Low-Cost Strategies to Maintain Health in Hard Times

Low-Dose Acitretin May Reduce Nail Psoriasis

Lower IQ Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Deaths

Lowered HRT Use May Have Cut Heart Attacks

Lowering Blood Pressure Improves Brain Hemorrhage Outcomes

Lowering BP in Dialysis Cases Cuts Heart Risks

Lowering Dietary Fat May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

Lowest Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Levels the Best

Low-Salt Diet May Not Be Best for Heart

Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease

Lung Disease Tied to Increased Risk for Cardiac Events

Lung Infections Cost Hospitals More Than $10B in 2006

Lymph Node Shots Tested for Grass Pollen Allergy

Maggots as Good as Gel in Leg Ulcer Treatments

Magnesium May Lower Risk for Some Strokes in Male Smokers

Magnesium Sulfate Reduces Threat of Cerebral Palsy

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

Making Obese Mice Slim, Without Diet or Exercise

Malaria Drug Doesn't Boost Survival Odds With Prion Diseases

Male Infertility Treatment Boosts Sperm Count

'Male Lumpectomy' May Help Some With Prostate Cancer

Mammograms Remain Best Way to Spot Breast Cancer

Managing Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Cuts Stroke Risk

Managing Stress Can Lower Heart Death Risk

Many Americans Fear Being Diagnosed With Diabetes

Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments

Many Cancer Survivors Are Overweight and Sedentary: Study

Many Cancer Survivors Don't Adopt Healthy Lifestyle

Many Doctors Don't Know Blood Pressure Guidelines

Many Heart Attack Patients Not Referred to Cardiac Rehab

Many Miss Out on Stroke Treatment

Many Who Should Use Statins Don't

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

Many Women Struggle With Uncontrolled Blood Pressure

Marathoners Go the Distance on Heart Health

Marijuana Use May Raise Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Master Stem Cell for Human Heart Identified

Measurements Poor for Assessing Clinical Trials With Children

Medical Errors Costing U.S. Billions

Medical Pot Ineffective as Acute Pain Treatment

Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment Soar

Medication May Improve Scar Healing

Medication Reduces Violence in Some Schizophrenics

Medication Review May Help With Heart Failure

Medicinal Marijuana Eases Neuropathic Pain in HIV

Mediterranean Diet Aids the Aging Brain: Study

Mediterranean Diet Cuts Death From Chronic Diseases

Melanoma Drug Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival

Melt-Away Stent Works Well in Trial

Men Who Get Active in Midlife Live Longer

Men With Angina Do Worse Than Women

Men With Low Testosterone Not Receiving Treatment

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

Menstruation Cessation in Female Teen Athletes May Be Caused by Hormone

Mental Barriers Block Obese Women From Exercise

Mental Exhaustion Impedes Physical Performance

Mercury in Fish Linked to High Blood Pressure

Metabolic Syndrome Foretells Diabetes in Elderly

Metabolic Syndrome May Be in the Genes

Metabolic Syndrome May Make Breast Cancer More Likely

Metabolic Syndrome May Raise Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease

Metabolic Syndrome Triggered by Overeating, Not Obesity

Methadone Kills Resistant Leukemia Cells

Micardis Given Wider Approval

Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Their Skin

Micro Molecules May Be Cancer Biomarker

'Micromagnets' May One Day Enhance MRI Technology

Middle-Age Heart Risk Factors Shorten Men's Lives

Migraine Frequency Tied to Stroke, Heart Attack Risk

Migraine Increases Likelihood of Stroke

Migraine Sufferers Face Greater Blood Clot Risk

Migraine With Aura Can Double Stroke Risk

Migraines' Frequency Influences Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

Migraines in Pregnancy Boost Vascular Risks

Millions More Americans Might Be Placed on Statins

Millions of Americans With Chronic Ills Put Off Health Care

Mineral May Reduce High-Risk Bladder Disease

Minimal Exercise Benefits Overweight Postmenopausal Women

Mini-Stroke Can Mean Major One Within Hours

Mini-Stroke Found to Precede 1 in 8 Strokes

Mini-Strokes May Cause Vision Loss

Minneapolis Tops List of Heart-Friendly Cities for Women

Mixed Results for Anti-Clotting Drugs in Heart Attacks

Moderate Aerobic Exercise Lowers Diabetics' Liver Fat

Moderate Aerobics May Ease Insomnia Symptoms

Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Protect Against Disabilities

Moderate Drinking Guards the Heart

Moderate-Fat Diet May Be Better at Reducing Heart Risks

Modern Athletes Keep Getting Taller, Bigger

Modified MRI Spots Early Osteoarthritis

Molecule Uses Cellular Recycling to Treat Kidney Cancer

Mom and Baby Alike May Benefit From Exercise

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

Monitoring Hormone May Improve Kidney Failure Outcomes

Monitoring Protein Didn't Improve Heart Failure Outcomes

Mood Disorders Put Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD

More Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed at Specialty Centers

More Chest Compressions During CPR Improves Survival Odds

More Dairy, Calcium in Childhood Could Mean Longer Life

More Evidence Healthy Living Brings Long Life

More Fast-Food Joints in Neighborhoods Mean More Strokes

More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer

More Kids Becoming Severely Obese

More 'Screen Time' Linked to Poor Fitness in Girls

More Stroke Victims Get Clot-Busting Therapy

More Sweat Equals Lower Risk of Exercise-Induced Asthma

More Than 60,000 Patients Risked Hepatitis Infections

More Than Temperature Puts Elderly at Risk in Heat

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

Most Adult Americans at Some Risk for Heart Disease

Most Cancer Survivors Say Chemo Fears Unfounded

Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies

Most Fit Have Less Brain Atrophy From Alzheimer's

Most Mt. Everest Deaths Occur Near Summit During Descent

Most Not Worried by Delayed Prostate Cancer Therapy

Most Off-Label Cancer Drug Use for Palliative Care

Most Older Americans Living Longer and Better

Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose

Most Sports-Related Eye Injuries Are Preventable

Mouse Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Act Like Embryonic Stem Cells

Mouse Study May Offer Better Diagnosis for Preeclampsia

MP3 Player Headphones May Throw Off Cardiac Devices

MRI Can Be Predictor of Post-Treatment Prostate Cancer Spread

MRI Can Spot Presymptomatic MS

MRI Captures Alzheimer's Lesions

MRI Detects Soft Tissue Damage Affecting Kids' Hearing

MRI Scans Reveal Post-Heart Attack Bleeding

MRIs Don't Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome

MRSA Infections Can Bug Fitness Buffs

MRSA Rates Tied to Hospital Understaffing

Multaq Sanctioned for Heart Rhythm Disorders

Multiple Doses of Steroids Don't Help Preemies

Multiple ICD Replacements Can Predict Complications

Multiple Screening Strategy Boosts Cervical Cancer Detection

Muscle Mass Won't Grow in Women Over 80

Music Can Help Restore Stroke Patients' Sight

Music Can Make the Heart Beat Faster

Musicians' Brains Tuned to Emotions in Sound

Mussel-Based Glue May Make Surgery Safer

Nanoparticle Stops Cancer From Spreading

Nanoparticles May Help Attack Cancer More Directly

Naprapathy: A Hands-On Approach to Pain Management

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

Nasal Surgery Helps Ease Sleep Apnea Symptoms

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

Neck Fat a Measure of Heart Risk

Need a Walking Partner? Try a Dog

Neighborhood Influences Exercise Levels

'Net, Video Tools Successful in Lung Disease Management

New Calcium Measure Better Predictor of Heart Risks

New Advances Could Battle Cancer Cell by Cell

New Advances May Treat Stroke Faster, Better

New Anal Cancer Therapy Fails to Improve Outcomes

New Antibiotic Could Shorten TB Treatment

New Antibiotics May Target Cancer-Causing Proteins

New Anti-Clotting Drug Beats Plavix

New Anti-Clotting Treatment Urged for Cancer Patients

New Anticoagulant Pill Works Well in Trial

New Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Improves Results

New Benefits From Old Heart Measures

New Brain Hemorrhage Guidelines Stress Quick Action

New Chemo Regimen May Benefit Ovarian Cancer Patients

New Chemotherapy Combo Holds Promise for Lung Cancer

New Compound Might Be Improvement Over Allergy Shots

New Compound Slows HIV Replication

New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates

New Device 'Fingers' Heart Risk

New Device Treats Common Heart Rhythm Disorder

New Diabetes Drug Works Well in Trial

New DNA Stool Testing Spots More Colon Cancers

New Drug Helps Relieve Gout

New Drug Shows Promise Against Heartbeat Abnormality

New Drug Shows Promise in Use With Coronary Stents

New Drug Slows Thyroid Cancer

New Drug-Coated Stent Approved

New Drug-Coated Stent Does Well in Early Trial

New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster

New FDA Study Seeks Feedback on Lasik Surgery

New Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins

New Guidelines for Treating Heart Failure

New Guidelines Issued for Implanted Heart Devices

New Guidelines Issued for Management of IBS

New Guidelines Make It Easy to Get Fit

New Guidelines on Infant Stroke Released

New Guidelines Rule Out Prostate Screening for Men Over 75

New Guidelines Tackle Treatment of Resistant Hypertension

New Guidelines Urged for Young Athletes' Neck Injuries

New Heart Attack Treatment Guidelines Stress Coordination

New Heart Disease Markers Discovered

New Heart Valve Repair System Tested for Safety

New HIV Drug May Help Those Resistant to Therapy

New Hope for Parkinson's Patients

New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers

New Imaging Identifies Types of Liver Disease

New Imaging Technique Could Spot Early Cancers

New Laser Combo Therapy Zaps Acne

New Latent TB Drug Saves Lives, Money

New Method Better Predictor of In Vitro Fertilization Success

New Method Boosts Cardiac Arrest Survival

New Migraine Drug Shows Promise

New Molecular Trigger Described for Hypertension, Diabetes

New MRI Technique Detects Subtle Brain Injuries

New MS Therapies Show Promise

New Noninvasive Device Could Control Diabetes

New Options Offered for Sleep Apnea

New Source of Heart Stem Cells Found

New Statistical Model Could Cut Needless Breast Biopsies

New Surgery for Heart Failure Proves Ineffective

New Surgical Technology Holds Promise of Painless, Scarless Procedures

New Technique Activates Brain Neurons to Move Paralyzed Limb

New Technique Removes Gallbladder Without External Incisions

New Technology May Boost Artificial Arms

New Technology Speeds GI Disease Diagnosis

New Test Identifies Heavy Drinkers

New Test May Mean Faster Breast Cancer Treatment

New Test Predicts Risk of Post-Surgery Kidney Injury

New Test Scans Beef for Mad Cow Disease

New Test Seems to Spot Deadly Heart Condition

New Tests Assess Kids' Sense of Smell, Taste

New Therapy Could Transform Arthritis Treatment

New Therapy Freezes Out Esophageal Cancers

New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice

New Therapy Spares Organ in Early Esophageal Cancer

New Treatment Lessens Heart Attack Damage

New Treatment Shows Promise for Excessive Drinking

New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered

New Type of Stent Appears Safe, Effective

New Type of Stent Shows Promise

New Wiring Adds Risk When Replacing Pacemaker

New Worries Over Blockbuster Meds Avandia, Fosamax

Newborns in Intensive Care Often Exposed to Pain

Newer Antipsychotics Pose Cardiac Risk: Study

Newer Blood Pressure Drug Better for Some Heart Patients, Diabetics

Newer Blood Pressure Drug No Better Than Placebo in Preventing Stroke

Newer Blood Tests May Not Improve Heart Risk Assessment

Newer Blood Thinners May Outperform Old Standbys

Newer Contraceptives Don't Increase Heart Risk

Newer Sedative May Reduce Delirium in ICU Patients

Newer, Better Tests for Heart Attacks

Newest Coated Stent Does Well in Real-World Trial

NFL Players Not at Increased Heart Risk

Niacin Adds No Benefit for Statin Patients: Study

Night Shift Work Hard on the Heart

Nitric Oxide Monitoring of Little Benefit for Kids' Asthma

No Definitive Link Seen Between Vytorin and Cancer

No Evidence Breast Self-Exams Cut Cancer Deaths

No Gender Gap Found for Clot-Busting Drug

No Increase in Clots With Drug-Eluting Stents

Noise in Artery Could Warn of Heart Risk

Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Growing Among HIV Patients

Noninvasive Procedures Show Promise for Esophageal Bleeding

Noninvasive Surgery Effective for Acid Reflux Disease

Non-Surgical Approach Can Treat Lung Cancers

Nonsurgical Treatment May Ease Rotator Cuff Injury

Normal Weight Doesn't Always Equal Healthy Weight

Not All Caregivers Are Stressed and Depressed

Not Many U.S. Kids Need Statins

Nurses Often Left Out of Medical Error Talks

Nutrition Still Not 'A' Grade in U.S. Schools: Studies

Obama Lifts Ban on Stem Cell Research

Obama to End Stem Cell Ban Monday

Obese Kids Have Old Arteries

Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement

Obese People Seem to Do Better With Heart Disease

Obesity Drug Shows Mixed Success Against Atherosclerosis

Obesity is a Family Affair

Obesity Linked to Heart Failure Risk

Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S.

Obesity Rates Up in 37 States: Report

Obesity Rolling Back Gains in Heart Health

Obesity Seems to Alter Heart Structure

Obesity Takes Years Off Your Life

Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Outcomes

Obesity, Diabetes and Heart Disease May Speed Dementia

Obesity, 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

Old Tech Helps Soldiers With New Wound Infection

Older Adults Reluctant to Question Surgical Treatment

Older Adults Who Exercise Boost Blood Flow in Brain

Older Diabetics' Risk of Cardiac Ischemia Lower Than Thought

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

Older Women Have Harder Time Preserving Muscle Than Men

Oldest Heart Patients May Get Most From Warfarin

Omega-3 Benefits for Bipolar Disorder Remain Unclear

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Might Curb Depression in Heart Patients

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

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

Omega-6 Fatty Acids Can Be Good for You

On Memory, Older Americans Outsmart the English

Once-Daily Combo Works for New HIV Patients

One in 5 Young Men Had Prostate Screen in Past Year

One Pill Might Prevent Heart Disease

One-Third of Uninsured Are Chronically Ill

Online System Could Cut Referrals to Dermatologists

Opening Arteries With Drug-Coated Stents OK Over 70

Opening Clogged Arteries Helps Women After Heart Attack

Optimal Treatment Boosts Blacks' Lung Cancer Survival

Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control

Optimism About Heart Risk Pays Off

Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement

Oral Yogurt 'Vaccine' Could Blunt Ouch Factor

Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals

Orthopedic Surgeons Weigh in on Pool Safety

Osteoporosis Meds Linked to Heart Problem

Outcomes Improve for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients

Outcomes Similar for Laparoscopic, Open Colon Cancer Surgeries

Outpatient Procedures on Rise, CDC Says

Overweight Preschoolers Raise Their Heart Disease Risk

Oxidized LDL Cholesterol Linked to Metabolic Syndrome

Oxycodone May Reduce Shingles Pain

Ozone Pollution Taking Toll on American Lives

Ozone/Oxygen Shot Helps Heal Herniated Disk

Pacemakers Change Biology of the Heart

Paclitaxel Plus Chemo Improves Outcomes in Early Breast Cancer

Pain Relief for Osteoporosis Patients With Fractures

Pain Robs Years From Folks at Mid-Life

Palliative Care Programs Could Boost Hospitals' Bottom Line

Panel Calls for Better Diabetes Screening

Panel Finds Evidence Murky on Full-Body Skin Exams

Panic Disorder Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Disease

Parent Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Kids' Heart Risks

Parkinson's Disrupts Stem Cell Therapy Transplants

Parkinson's Treatment Drugs Even Out Over Long Term

Partner's Support Helps Men Adhere to Apnea Treatment

Partnerships Effective Communicators of Cancer Advances

Patch Form of HRT Poses Less Clotting Risks Than Pill Does

Patch Helps Mend Damaged Hearts

Patient Harm From Problem 'Handoffs' Is Common: Report

Patient Navigators Boost Colon Screens in Urban Minorities

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

Patients Do Better at Hospitals With Clinical Trials

Patients in Minimally Conscious State May Still Feel Pain

Patient's Own Stem Cells Might Treat Heart Attack

Patients' Photos Help Boost Radiologists' Accuracy

Patients Pleased With Laparoscopic GERD Surgery

Pediatric Heart Surgeons May Be Best Choice for Adults

Pediatricians Recommend Cholesterol Drugs for Some Kids

People Over 60 at Risk for 'Silent Stroke'

Personality May Not Predict Parkinson's

Phone Counseling for Depression Rings With Promise

Phosphorus Levels May Predict Heart Disease

Physical Exam as Good as High Tech in Assessing Heart Failure

Pill Could Boost Sports Performance

Pitching Prowess May Start With the Pelvis

Pituitary Hormone May Boost Women's Heart Risk

Placebo Acupuncture Tied to Higher IVF Pregnancies

Plain-Language Guides Detail Insulin Treatments

Plavix Plus Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk

Plavix Plus Heartburn Drugs May Hike Heart Risk

Plavix, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky Combination

Playing It Safe With High School Sports

Pneumonia Vaccine Lowers Chances of Heart Attack

Poor Blood Sugar Control After Heart Surgery Impacts Outcomes

Poor Night Vision May Predict Age-Related Eye Disease

Poor Sleep, Hypertension a Dangerous Combination

Poorer Outcomes After 'Off-Pump' Bypass Surgery

Popular Tilapia Might Not Help Heart

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

Portion Distortion

Post-Exercise 'Glow' May Last 12 Hours

Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer Face Joint Issues

Postmenopausal Women's Sexual Dissatisfaction Not Linked to Heart Troubles

Post-Op Chemo Fails to Boost Survival in Stomach Cancers

Post-Workout Snack May Hamper Weight Loss

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

Preeclampsia in Pregnancy Boosts Future Health Risks

Preeclampsia Linked to Cardiovascular Problems After Pregnancy

Preemie Delivery Tied to Later Heart Woes for Women

Preemies Exposed to Toxins in Liquid Meds

Pregnancy Boosts Heart Attack Risk

Pregnancy May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival

Pre-Pregnancy Weight Linked to Babies' Heart Problems

Prescribed Meds Still Best Treatment for Alcoholism

Prescription Training Puts Docs in Shoes of Older Patients

Preventing Second Stroke May Stave Off Dementia

Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome

Pro Baseball Helps Keep Skin Cancer From Scoring

Probiotics Help Adult Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery

Problems Tied to Obesity Also Seem to Affect Sleep

Program Aids Hospital Compliance With Stroke Guidelines

Program Helps Kids Switch Over to Healthy Behaviors

Program Seeks to Reduce ICU Infections

Prolonged Fasting Boosts Risk of Rare Stroke

Promising Cancer Treatment Ready for Human Trial

Proper Sleep May Help Clear Arteries

Prostate Cancer Treatment Could Impair Men's Thinking

Prostate Meds Not Tied to Increased Hip Fracture Risk

Prosthetic Ears Boost Hearing After Injury

Protective Eyewear Key to Sports Safety

Protein Gives Doctors New Tool to Detect Melanoma

Protein Helps ID Thyroid Cancer Nodules

Prozac Reduces Disease Activity in MS Patients

PSA Testing: What Should Men Do?

Psoriasis Poses Danger for More Serious Complications

Psoriasis Raises Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Death

Psychiatric Drugs Might Raise Cardiac Death Risk

Psychological Counseling Boosts Breast Cancer Outcomes

Psychotherapy Can Ease Post-Surgical Depression

Public Lacks Confidence to Help in Cardiac Emergencies

Public Smoking Bans Work Across the Board

Put Defibrillators in High-Traffic Spots, Studies Urge

Put Your Best Foot Forward Next Year

Quality Care, Not Number of Procedures, Determines Bypass Results

Questions Continue About Using Beta Blockers Before Surgery

Quick Angioplasty Best After Heart Attacks

Quick Decompression Aids Spinal Injury Recovery

Quick Orthopedic Repair Can Save Young Shoulders

Quick Stroke Treatment Improves Outcomes

Race Not a Factor if Breast Cancer Chemo Succeeds

Race, Insurance May Affect Testing of Kids in ER

Racial Clusters Seem to Affect Access to Colon Care

Racial Disparities Exist in Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes

Racial Disparity Seen in Angioplasty Outcomes

Radiation From CT Scans Not Always the Same

Radiation May Raise Stroke Risk After Hodgkin's

Radiation Plus Chemo a Good Option in Lung Cancer

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

Radio-Frequency Tags Cut Specimen Bottle Errors

Radioimmunotherapy After Chemo Safe for Common Lymphoma

Radiosurgery Proves Viable for Some Pancreatic Cancers

Ranibizumab Injections Reduce Retinal Swelling

Rapid Cooling Might Help Heart Attack Patients

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

Rate of Diabetes Cases Doubles in 10 Years: CDC

Reaching the Heart Through the Wrist

Recess Makes for Better Students

Rectal Cancer Outcomes Best With Short-Course Radiation

Reduced-Radiation Heart Scans Don't Compromise on Quality

Reflux Drugs OK With Blood Thinners

Refs May Be Blinded by Red Uniforms

Registry Created for Broken Heart Syndrome

Regular Yoga May Improve Eating Habits

Relaxation Tapes or Mozart Lower Blood Pressure

Religion May Help Extend Your Life

Repair ACL Injuries in Young Athletes Quickly

Replacement Bladder Grown From Body's Own Cells

Research Explains Benefit of 'Mini Heart Attack'

Research Links Low HDL Levels With Memory Loss

Research Reveals Why Tamoxifen Doesn't Always Work

Researchers Define Mechanism of Methamphetamine Addiction

Researchers Find Link Between Organ Transplants, Cancer

Researchers ID Biomarker for Fatal Prostate Cancer

Researchers Perfect the View of Heart Disease

Researchers Propose Improved Cervical Cancer Screening

Researchers Push Aggressive Cholesterol Control in Kids

Researchers Successfully Test Ebola Vaccines

Researchers Update Risk-of-Death Charts

Resistance Training Boosts Mobility in Knee Arthritis Patients

Response Times Vary for In-Hospital Heart Attacks

Retail Clinics Attracting Those Without Regular Doctors

Rethinking Prostate Cancer in Older Men

Retired NFL Players Don't Face Greater Heart Risk

Returning to the Road Tricky After Injury

Review Confirms Links Between Diet, Heart Health

Review Urges Aggressive MRSA Screening for Health Workers

Rheumatoid Arthritis a Threat to the Heart

Rheumatoid Arthritis May Harm Gums

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated

Rising Blood Sugar May Harm the Aging Brain

Risk Factor for Stroke More Common Among Whites

Risk Score May Predict Abnormal Heart Rhythm

Rituximab Promotes Healing in Common Kidney Disease

Robot Playmates Help Autistic Kids With Social Skills

Robotic Device Could Help Stroke Patients

Rotigotine Skin Patch May Ease Restless Legs Symptoms

Routine Testing Would Improve Herceptin Use in Breast Cancer

Run for Your Life

Rural Areas Able to Increase Colon Cancer Screenings

Rx for Fall Foot Injuries

'Safe' Ozone Levels May Not Be for Some

Safety Gear a Must to Prevent Kids' Sports Injuries

Safety Should Be the Goal for Football Players

Saliva Proteins May Help Spot Oral Cancer

Salt Boosts Blood Pressure in High-Risk Patients

'Scaffold' Could One Day Repair Damaged Hearts

School Environment Can Curb Kids' Weight Gain

School PE Programs Don't Lower Child Obesity

School Program Helps Cut Asthma Risks

School Sports May Spell Trouble for Ankles

Science Finds Healing in Halloween Horrors

Scientists Break Into HIV 'Hideout'

Scientists Discover Protein Involved in Fat Production

Scientists Heartened at Prospect of End to Stem Cell Ban

Scientists ID Brain Pathway That Stops Seizures

Scientists ID New Proteins in Programmed Cell Death

Scientists ID Protein Aiding Breast Cancer Spread

Scientists ID Virus That Infects Cancer Cells

Scientists Uncover How HIV Hides Inside Cells

Scorpion Anti-Venom Speeds Children's Recovery

Screening Athletes Could Cut Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

Screening Lowers Stroke Risk for Sickle Cell Kids

Sea Buckthorn Leaves May Hold Benefit for the Liver

Second Stroke Prevention Efforts Found Wanting

Secondhand Smoke Blocks Artery Repair

Secondhand Smoke Hikes Tots' Risk of Heart Disease

Secondhand Smoke Linked to Dementia

Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels

Secondhand Smoke Raises Stroke Risk for Spouses

Sedentary Kids May Take Longer to Fall Asleep

Seizure Meds Can Be Safely Withdrawn From Kids With Epilepsy

Seizures Likely Sign of Brain Injury After Stroke

Selenium Supplements May Pose Heart Risk

Self-Dosing Pain Medication Errors Too Common: Study

Semi-Annual Time Changes May Affect the Heart

Sen. Edward Kennedy Hospitalized After Seizure

Sen. Kennedy Up and Walking After Brain Tumor Surgery

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

Seniors Often Misstate Stroke History

Seniors Who Exercise Help Their Health

Sepsis Therapy in Preemies Fails to Boost Survival

Several Therapies Show Promise for Vascular Depression

Severe Menopause Symptoms Raise Heart Risks

Severe Obstetric Complications on the Increase

Severe, Lasting Depression Tied to Heart Patient Deaths

Shockwave Treatment May Not Be Best for Shoulder Pain

Shorter Menopause May Speed Risk of Heart Disease

Shorter-Course Radiation for Breast Cancer Safe, Effective

Shoulder Surgery Helps Athletes Get Back in the Game

Sickle Cell Drug Underused by Physicians

Side Effects in Statin Users Linked to Gene Mutation

'Sideline' Rage Triggers Mirror Those of Angry Drivers

Signaling Protein Could Be Target for Leukemia Chemo

Silent Strokes More Common in Younger People Than Thought

'Silent Strokes' Strike One in 10 Healthy People

Silicone Breast Implants Might Raise Risk of Rare Lymphoma

Silver-Coated Ventilator Tubes Cut Risk of Pneumonia

Simple Blood Test Could Spot Alzheimer's Risk

Simple Case Management Cuts Pulmonary Disease Admissions

Simple Exercise Keeps Brain at Top of Its Game

Simple Steps Get Walkers Moving

Simple Steps Lead to Better Blood Pressure Control

Simple Steps to Maintaining Memory

Simple Test Might Detect 'Silent' Heart Disease

Simpler Sleep Apnea Treatment Seems Effective, Affordable

Simpler Test May Be Best for Diagnosing Blood Clots in Leg

Single Men Less Likely to Get Prostate Screens

Single-Sex Cardiac Rehab Helps Depressed Women

Skin Cells Turned Into Working Heart Muscle

Skin Test Spots Heart Risks in Healthy People

Skin Woes Take Toll on U.S. Combat Troops

Sleep Apnea Boosts Death Risk

Sleep Apnea Episodes May Trigger Irregular Heartbeat

Sleep Apnea Linked to Heart Risks in Children

Sleep Apnea Linked to Night Heart Attacks

Sleep Apnea May Cause Erectile Dysfunction

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

Sleep Apnea Screening Cuts Surgical Complications

Sleep Apnea Seems to Wear Down the Brain

Sleep Disorders Linked to Arrhythmias

Sleep Disorders Put Stroke, Blood Pressure Patients at Risk

Sleep Therapy Restores Brain Function in Insomniacs

Sleep Training Helps Ease Insomnia Tied to Arthritis

Sleeping Through Dialysis May Be the Way to Go

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

Slow Decline Often Follows Stroke Recovery

Small Doses of Carbon Monoxide Might Help Stroke Victims

Small Steps May Speed Recovery in ICU Patients

Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective

Smokeout '08: The Perfect Time to Quit

Smokers at Increased Risk of Aneurysm Recurrence

Smokers More Likely to Bleed After Throat Surgery

Smoking Bans Bring a Drop in Heart Attacks

Smoking Bans Good for Non-Smokers' Hearts: Study

Smoking, Gender Affect Pain Treatment Effectiveness

Smoking, Hypertension Each Account for 1 in 5 U.S. Deaths

Soccer Injuries Differ by Gender

Soccer's a Winner for Building Bone Health in Girls

Social Stress Sends Body Fat to the Stomach

Social, Health Care Factors Drive Colon Screen Disparities

'Soda Tax' Wins Health Experts' Support

Sodium, Potassium Intake Tied to Heart Disease

Some Arteries Opened Safely Without Heparin

Some Breast Cancers May Regress on Their Own

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

Some Heart Failure Meds May Raise Fracture Risk in Women

Some Imperfect Hearts OK for Transplant

Sometimes Angioplasty Can Wait

Soothing Imagery May Help Rid Some Kids of Stomach Pain

Soothing Songs Please the Heart

Sorafenib Shows Promise for Heart-Lung Disease

Soy Protein Doesn't Lower Cholesterol

Special Dyes and Lighting Kill MRSA, Research Shows

Special Mouth Rinse Spots, Tracks Human Papillomavirus Infection

Special Stem Cells Build 'Biological Bypass'

Special Treadmill Helps Stroke Patients Regain Normal Gait

Specialized Care for Ovarian Cancer Improves Outcomes

Specialized Stroke Care Improves Outcomes

Speed Not Always of the Essence With Heart Cases in ER

Speedy Care After Heart Attack Key to Survival

Spending Doesn't Improve Patients' Perception of Care

Spiriva Safe, Effective for COPD Patients

Spleen May Help Heart Recover From Disease

Splints as Good as Plaster Casts for Minor Fractures

Sporadic Spikes in Blood Pressure Hike Chances of Hypertension

Sport Supplement May Help Shield Seniors From Falls

Sports Doping's Effect May Be in the Mind

Sports Drinks May Be Tough on Teeth

Sprinters Closest to Starter's Pistol Have Edge

Staff Training Reduces Postpartum Bleeding, Episiotomies

Standard Hepatitis C Treatment Cost-Effective for Prisoners

Stars Strut Catwalk for Women's Heart Health

Start Packing for Great American Backyard Campout

Statin Might Help Fight Blood Clots in Veins

Statin Might Help Fight Blood Clots in Veins

Statin Might Help More People Fight Heart Disease Than Thought

Statin Use Doesn't Inhibit Lymphoma Drug Therapy

Statins Before Vascular Surgery Cut Deaths, Complications

Statins Can Help Prevent Second Stroke

Statins Can Hinder Muscle Repair

Statins Don't Cut Cancer Risk

Statins Guard Against Prostate Cancer

Statins Help Obese People After Bypass Surgery

Statins Help Prevent Delirium After Heart Surgery

Statins Lower Blood Marker for Prostate Cancer

Statins Lower Risk of Clots in Cancer Patients

Statins May Prevent Some Miscarriages

Statins May Cause Muscle Damage in Some Patients

Statins May Help Before Artery-Opening Surgery

Statins May Help Older Women Control Irregular Heartbeat

Statins May Worsen Fatigue in Heart Failure Patients

Statins Might Reverse ED in Some Men

Statins Reduced Death Risk From Pneumonia

Statins Show Little Benefit for Kids With Learning Disorder

Stay Upbeat, Active to Keep the Mind Young

Stay Upbeat, Exercise to Help Prevent Cancer in Old Age

Steady Improvements Seen for Young Blood Cancer Patients

Stem Cell Injections Seem to Reduce Angina Pain

Stem Cell Research Offers Hope for Colon Cancer Vaccine

Stem Cells Being Tested to Fight Pancreatic Cancer

Stem Cells Ease Stroke-Like Brain Damage in Mice

Stem Cells Grow Heart Tissue in Lab

Stem Cells May Improve Heart Bypass Results

Stem Cells May Offer New Way to Treat Blocked Arteries

Stem Cells Used for 'Biological Pacemaker'

Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance

Stent Studies Tied to Rapid Changes in Use

Stenting a Good Option for Left Main Heart Artery

Stenting as Good as Surgery for Stroke Prevention

Steroid Inhalers Raise Pneumonia Risk for Lung Disease Patients

Stool-Based Colon Cancer Tests Vary Widely in Accuracy

Stopping Antidepressants Boosts Risk of PMS Relapse

Stopping Cancer From Rebounding After Treatment

Stored Ovarian Tissue Needs Testing Before Re-Implantation

Stray Breast Cancer Cells Yield to Post-Op Chemo

Strength Testing Could Reduce Pitching Injuries

Stress Disorder Affects 20% of Intensive Care Patients

Stress Management Battles Prostate Cancer Anxiety

Stress Triggers Heart-Damaging Behavior

Stress, Bad Bedtime Habits Cause Insomnia

Stretching Exercises May Protect Against Preeclampsia

Stretching Test May Reveal Arterial Stiffness

Strict Blood Sugar Control Lowers Heart Risks in Diabetics

Strict Blood Sugar Lowering Won't Ease Diabetes Heart Risk

Stroke Centers May Offer Best Shot at Recovery

Stroke Damage Is Less in Rats Given Opioids

Stroke Doubles Risk of Hip, Thigh Fractures

Stroke Drug Might Be a Memory-Booster

Stroke in Children Rare But Costly

Stroke May Be Striking at a Younger Age

Stroke Patients at High Risk for Falls

Stroke Prevalence Higher, Deadlier Among American Indians

Stroke Puts Stress on Spousal Relationship

Stroke Risk in Women Smokers Goes Up by Each Cigarette

Stroke Risk Plummets With Healthy Lifestyle

Stroke Survivors Walk Better With Human Help

Stroke Treatment Window May Allow a Bit More Time

Strokes Can Strike the Youngest

Strong Thighs May Mean Less Knee Pain for Women

Studies Affirm Value of Healthy Lifestyle

Studies Challenge Framingham Risk Score

Studies Differ on Benefits of Aggressive Blood Sugar Control

Studies Refine Obesity's Risk for Heart Troubles

Studies Report More Harmful Effects From BPA

Studies Show Genetic Activity of Antioxidants

Studies Support Testosterone Supplements for Older Men

Study Brings Value of Echocardiography Into Focus

Study Cites Gains in Gall Bladder Cancer Treatment

Study Compares Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Methods

Study Disproves Belief That Hepatitis C Blunts HIV Drugs

Study Evaluates Laser Therapies for Hair Removal

Study Finds Fish Won't Prevent Heart Failure

Study Finds Gender Disparity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Study Finds Less Toxic Treatment for Myeloma

Study Finds Millions More May Benefit From Statins

Study Finds Older Corneas Suitable for Transplantation

Study IDs Gene Variants Tied to Sudden Cardiac Death

Study Lets Teens Sound Off on Acne Therapies

Study of Everest Climbers Questions Oxygen Use

Study Offers Clues to Link Between Arrhythmia, Sudden Death

Study Pinpoints Risk Factors for Death in Young Stroke Victims

Study Questions Screening Heart Attack Patients for Depression

Study Questions Screening for Leg Vessel Blockages

Study Raises New Questions About Cholesterol Drug Zetia

Study Sheds Light on Painkillers' Heart Risk

Study Shows Exercise Shields Against Osteoporosis

Study Shows Hospital Report Cards Unlikely to Spur Improvement

Study Suggests a Wider Use for Statins

Study Supports Wider Use of Statins

Study Ties Mini-Strokes to Memory Loss

Study Upholds Stopping Plavix Use Before Surgery

Study Urges Low-Tech Solutions for Medical Errors

Study Urges Treatment for Even Mild Gestational Diabetes

Study Weighs Cost, Benefit of Gene Tests Before Warfarin Rx

'Stun Gun' Deaths Rarely Caused by Ventricular Fibrillation

Substance Abuse Hinders TB Treatment

Subtle Nervous System Problems Signal Stroke Risk

Subway Defibrillators Save Lives

Sucking Out Clot Debris Helps Heart Attack Patients

Sudden Cardiac Death Much More Likely to Strike Men

Sudden Cardiac Death Rare in Young Athletes

Sudden Death Risk Highest 30 Days After Heart Attack

Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke

Suffering of Heart Failure Similar to Cancer

Super Bowl Loss Can 'Kill' Some Fans

Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery

Supervised Exercise May Relieve Fatigue During Chemotherapy

Support Network May Play Role in Benefits of Drinking

Supportive Weigh-In Program Keeps Pounds Off

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Faces Tough Battle Against Pancreatic Cancer

Surgery Better Than Angioplasty for Narrowed Neck Artery

Surgery for Knee Osteoarthritis No Better Than Therapy, Meds

Surgery May Not Help Most People With Narrowed Brain Artery

Surgery Unneeded in Most Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Cases

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

Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost Ovarian Cancer Detection

Synthetic HDL Could Fight Heart Disease

Synthetic Vitamin A-Like Molecule Blocks Early MS

Tai Chi May Help Ward Off Knee Pain in Seniors

Tailored Treatment Boosts Kidney Cancer Survival

Tailored Treatments Effective for Depression Due to Pain

Taking Depression to Heart

Taking Statins Faithfully Lengthens Life

Talk Therapy Proves Effective for Terminal Cancer Patients

TB Outbreaks May Be Predicted by First 2 Cases

T-Cell Infusion Therapy Boosts Melanoma Survival

Teaching Hospitals' Post-Op Gains Not Extended to Blacks

Team Designs Gold Nanoparticles to Deliver Multiple Drugs

Team Sports Can't Compete With Films to Keep Kids From Smoking

Technique Might Prevent Some Bladder Removals

Ted Kennedy Has a Brain Tumor

Ted Kennedy Released From Hospital

Teen Athletes Sleep Better Than Couch Potatoes

Teens Likely to Trade Team Sports for Individual Exercise

Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits

Telemedicine Helps Experts Treat Stroke From Afar

Telling Heartburn From Heart Attack Can Be Tricky

Tennis Players Ace Perception of Speed, Motion

Testing Young Athletes for Heart Defects May Save Lives

Testosterone Patch Restores Libido in Postmenopausal Women

Testosterone Spray Improves Sexual Satisfaction in Women

Testosterone Therapy May Help Men With Heart Failure

The Elderly Can Be Candidates for Angioplasty, Stenting

The Mummies' Curse: Heart Disease

The Pill May Limit Muscle Gains in Women

The Revolving Door of Heart Failure Hospitalization

The Ups and Downs of 'Yo-Yo' Dieting

Therapy Could Save Limbs After Frostbite

Therapy, Meds Best for Lumbar Low Back Pain

Thin Thighs Might Be Harbinger of Heart Disease

Third of EMS Stethoscopes Carry MRSA Virus

Thumbs Down on Beta Blockers for High Blood Pressure

Tight Backpack Straps Cut Blood to Shoulders, Arms

Tight Blood Sugar Control May Raise Risks in the ICU

Timing May Matter in Organ Donation Decisions

Timing of HRT May Influence Heart Risks

Timing of Oxygen After a Stroke May Matter

Timing, Dosage of HRT Affect Chances of Heart Trouble

Tiny Chemo Beads Boost Liver Cancer Outcomes

Tips to Ease an Aching Back

Tired Doctors More Prone to Errors

Tobacco Use Kills 6 Million People Annually: Report

Toddlers, Obese Kids Suffer Most From Smoke

Too Few Americans Aware of 'Pre-Diabetes'

Too Few Cancer Survivors Pursue Healthy Lifestyles

Too Few Older Adults Get Recommended Screenings

Too Few People Know Symptoms of Heart Trouble

Too Much Red Meat May Shorten Life Span

Too Much Salt Boosts Blood Pressure

Too Much, Too Little Sleep Linked to Stroke Risk

Too-Low Blood Pressure Can Also Bring Danger

Top 10 Heart-Stroke Advances for 2008

Topical Treatment May Ease Erectile Dysfunction

Toxic Poinsettias? Hangover Cures? It May Be All Fiction

Toxic Sewer Gas Induces Suspended Metabolism in Mice

Tracking Cancer Drug's Effectiveness

Tracking Top Number in Blood Pressure May Be Enough

Traditional Chinese Therapy May Help Ease Eczema

Traffic Jams Harm the Heart

Training Student Leaders Cuts Peers' Smoking Rates

Transfusing Anemic Cancer Patients Boosts Clot Risk

Transplant Patients Should Be Monitored for Ear Infection

Trauma Center Counseling Reduces Kids' Repeat Injuries

Traveling for Treatment

Treadmill Workouts Help Stroke Survivors

Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Updated

Tree-Lined Streets Associated With Lower Childhood Asthma Rates

Trial Shows Heart Attack Education Makes Little Difference

TriLipix Approved to Help Lower Cholesterol

Trouble Sleeping? Try These Tips

Turbulence Predicts Death Risk for Heart Failure Patients

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

Two Drugs Better Than One for High Blood Pressure

Two Drugs for Heart Failure Show Mixed Results

Two Liver Cancer Treatments Better Than One

Two Preemie Treatments May Not Help

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

Twofold Action Urged for Pre-Diabetes

Type of Knee Surgery Makes Difference in Football Career

Tysabri May Treat Myelin Sheath Damage From MS

U.S. Diet Needs Heart-Felt Overhaul

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

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

U.S. Faces Shortage of Heart Surgeons

U.S. Heart Attacks Becoming Less Severe

U.S. Hospitals Underutilize Proven Heart Failure Therapy

U.S. Hospitals Vary Widely in Caring for Women

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

U.S. Obesity Epidemic Continues to Grow

U.S. Web Site Helps Consumers Compare Hospitals

Ultrasound Can Help Break Up DVTs

Ultrasound Used to Predict Heart Attack Risk

Unique Bone Marrow Transplant Said to Cure Sickle Cell

Universal Testing, Prompt Treatment Could Slash HIV

Urine Test for Chlamydia Shown Effective in Men

Urine Test for Heart Disease Shows Promise

Urine Test May One Day Predict Prostate Cancer