Weak Muscles in Teen Years Linked...

1 in 4 in U.S. Starts Drinking Before Turning 21: Report

1 in 5 Americans Knows a Victim of Gun Violence: Poll

1 in 5 U.S. Kids Has a Mental Health Disorder: CDC

1 in 8 Americans Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes: Poll

11 Countries Now Restrict Indoor Tanning Before Age 18

16 Percent of U.S. High Schoolers Victims of Cyberbullying: Study

2 Common Blood Pressure Meds Fare Equally in Preventing Heart Woes

2 New Weight-Loss Drugs Won't Reverse U.S. Obesity Crisis

2 Tests May Improve Heart Patients' Care, Studies Suggest

2-Year Period After Parent's Suicide Try Most Risky for Children: Study

30 Percent of U.S. Teen Girls Meet Up With Online Strangers

300,000 People in U.S. Living With Chagas Disease: Report

4 Eating Habits May Help Older Women Maintain Weight Loss

40 Proven Strategies to Improve Public Health

5 Million 'Test Tube' Babies Born to Date

A Cheap, Old Heart Drug May Help Elderly Heart Failure Patients

A Few Extra Pounds May Harm Lung Function in Black, Hispanic Kids

A Parent's Grief Highlights Flu Shot's Importance

A Strong Marriage Can Shield Kids From Dad's Depression: Study

A Survivor's Story From the Job Loss Front

A Third of U.S. Seniors Die With Dementia, Study Finds

Abandoning PSA Screening Could Cost Lives: Study

Abdominal 'Chemo Bath' May Extend Survival in Ovarian Cancer Patients

Abused Black Girls More Likely to Develop Asthma: Study

Active Video Games Have Exercise-Like Effects in Kids: Study

Active Video Games May Boost Fitness in Younger Students

Active, Outdoor Teens Are Happier Teens: Study

Acute Kidney Injuries Up Sharply in U.S.

Adding Plavix to Aspirin Doesn't Help Guard Against Second Stroke: Study

ADHD Drugs Didn't Raise Heart Risks for Kids, Study Finds

ADHD in Childhood May Raise Risk for Obesity in Adulthood

ADHD May Raise Girls' Risk for Suicide as Young Adults

Adults See Some Teen Bullying as Less Serious: Survey

Advanced Heart Failure Still Kills 1 in 3 Within Three Years: Study

Advice From a Cancer Veteran: Do What's Best for You

Aerobic Exercise Cuts Kids' Diabetes Risk: Study

Aerobic Exercise Seems Best for Weight, Fat Loss

Age Amplifies Damage From Obesity, Study Finds

Age, Other Illnesses May Make Prostate Cancer Treatment Unnecessary

Aging Boomers' Mental Health Woes Will Swamp Health System: Report

Air Pollution May Speed Hardening of Arteries

Alcohol Blamed for 1 in Every 30 Cancer Deaths: Study

Alcoholism Linked to Poor Sense of Empathy, Irony in Men

Alcoholism Shortens Life More Than Smoking: Study

All That Txtng May B Hrtng Kids' Grammar

Almost Half of U.S. Kids With Autism Have Been Bullied

Alzheimer's Drugs May Benefit Heart, Study Finds

Alzheimer's May Progress Differently in Women, Men

American Cancer Society Celebrates 100 Years of Progress

American Indians at Heightened Risk for Suicide After Heavy Drinking

Americans Still Making Unhealthy Choices: CDC

Americans Suffer Worse Health Than Peers in Other Countries

And America's Fittest City Is...

Angioplasty Safe in Hospitals Without On-Site Heart Surgery Services

Annual Report on U.S. Kids' Health a Mixed Bag

Another Danger of Depression?

Another Meningitis Scare Emerges, Targeting NYC's Gay Men

Another Study Links 'Sexting' to Sexual Activity in Teens

Another Study Says Mediterranean Diet Good for the Heart

Antibiotic Azithromycin Won't Harm Healthy Hearts: Study

Antibiotic Linked to Heart Problems in COPD Patients

Antidepressants Celexa, Lexapro Tied to Irregular Heartbeat: Study

Antidepressants May Be Helpful for Some Heart Patients: Study

Antidepressants May Hasten Bypass Recovery, Study Finds

Anti-Gay Bullying Tied to Teen Depression, Suicide

Antioxidants in Tea, Fruit, Veggies Might Fight Prostate Cancer: Study

Antioxidants May Lower Risk of Heart Attack in Women: Study

Antipsychotic Drug Use Rising for Kids on Medicaid, Study Finds

Antipsychotic Meds Not That Helpful for Depression: Study

Anxiety Often Plagues Cancer Survivors and Their Loved Ones

Anxiety, Depression May Raise Stroke Risk

Anxiety, Depression May Triple Risk of Death for Heart Patients: Study

Approval Expanded for Sapien Artificial Heart Valve

Are Knee Injuries Tied to Menstrual Cycle?

Are Statins Less Helpful for Women?

Artificial Pancreas Worked Overnight on Kids With Type 1 Diabetes

As Armstrong Case Unfolds, Experts Describe Doping's Harms

Aspirin May Help Preserve Brain Function in Older Women With Heart Disease

Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Liver Cancer, Death From Liver Disease

Asthma Common Among Olympic Athletes

At-Home Moms Cook, Shop, Play More With Kids: Study

'Atkins'-Type Diets May Raise Risk of Heart Problems: Study

Avastin May Boost Survival in Advanced Cervical Cancer: Study

Avastin May Help Boost Survival With Aggressive Cervical Cancer: Study

Avastin Shows No Benefit for Earlier Colon Cancer: Study

Avastin Won't Extend Breast Cancer Survival: Study

Avoiding Scary Situations May Leave Kids More Anxious: Study

Babies Born to Obese Women Show Thicker Arteries: Study

Balance, Strength Training Reduce Falls for Elderly, Study Finds

Balding Men Could Face Higher Heart Risks, Study Finds

Bathroom Reminders May Prod Guys to Wash Their Hands

'Believing' Propels Cancer Survivors to Exercise, Study Finds

Belly Fat May Hit Your Heart the Hardest

Belly Fat May Raise Odds of Early Death for Thin Heart Patients

Benefits of Exercise on Prostate Cancer Risk May Vary by Race

Benefits Unclear of Screening Teens, Adults for Suicide Risk: Report

Berries May Cut Heart Attack Risk in Women, Study Says

Better Economic Status Tied to Peanut Allergy in Kids: Study

Better Health Screening Urged for Female College Athletes

Better School Lunches May Lead to Slimmer Students

Big, Rapid Gains Made in Human Lifespan: Study

'Bigorexics' Want to Boost Their Masculinity

Binge Drinking Common Among U.S. Women, Girls: CDC

Bipolar Disorder Drugs May 'Tweak' Genes Affecting Brain

Black Belts' Punching Power Linked to Their Brain Structure

Black Breast Cancer Patients May Have Higher Death Risk in First 3 Years

Black Men Often Face Delays in Prostate Cancer Care: Study

Black Patients With Kidney Cancer Fare Worse Than Whites: Study

Black Teens in Public Housing Twice As Likely to Smoke: Study

Black Women With Both HIV, Hep C Less Likely to Die From Liver Disease

Blacks Less Likely to Stick to High Blood Pressure Diet: Study

Blacks With Certain Gene Need Lower Doses of Warfarin: Study

Blacks With Kidney Disease Should Watch for Blood Pressure Shifts: Study

Blocked Heart Arteries May Be Key Risk Factor for Stroke

Blood or Bone Marrow Better for Stem Cell Transplants?

Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Lip Cancer in Study

Blood Test May Catch Deadly Fungal Infection Quickly

Blood Test May Spot Serious Health Risks in Women

Blood Test Plus Targeted Care May Stop Heart Failure Before It Starts

Blood Thinners May Boost Survival for Prostate Cancer Patients: Study

Body Language of Triumph Will Be on Display at Olympics

Body Temperature May Matter After Cardiac Arrest

Boomers' Health Fails to Measure Up to Parents'

Booze, Energy Drinks, Casual Sex Combo Common in College: Study

Boys Hit Puberty Sooner Now, Study Finds

Boys More Prone to OTC Drug Abuse Than Girls, Study Suggests

BPA in Food Packaging Tied to Child Obesity: Study

Brain Anatomy in Dyslexics Varies By Gender, Study Finds

Brain Bleeds More Common in Smokers, Research Shows

Brain Changes Continue After Child's Concussion: Study

Brain Differences Seen in Kids With Conduct Problems

Brain Scans May Spot Teens at Risk for Problem Drinking

Brain Wiring May Explain Unhealthy Obsession With Looks

Breast Cancer Death Rates Higher for Black Women: Study

Breast Cancer Drug May Harm the Heart More Than Thought

Breast Cancer Drug Might Help Men on Prostate Cancer Therapy

Breast Cancer Radiation Has Long-Term Heart Effects: Study

Breast Cancer Survival Varies by Race, Ethnicity, Study Shows

Breathing Problem Sometimes Misdiagnosed in Athletes

Brief Life Expectancy Should Rule Out Certain Cancer Screenings: Study

Brisk Walking Equals Running for Heart Health: Study

Bullied Kids More Likely to Self-Harm as Teens

Bullied Teens May Suffer Lingering Trauma

Bullying May Be Linked to Mental Disorders

Buying Testosterone Supplements Online Can Be Risky

Bypass Beats Stents for Diabetic Heart Patients: Study

Bypass Patients Fare Equally Well With or Without Heart-Lung Machine

Calcium Supplements May Raise Men's Death Risk From Heart Disease

Calcium Supplements May Raise Odds of Heart Death in Women

Calcium, Vitamin D Supplements May Pose Risks for Men With Prostate Cancer

Campaign Has Smokers Listening to Smoking's Victims

Can Green Tea, Coffee Reduce Stroke Risk?

Can Parents' Divorce Boost Son's Risk for Stroke?

Can Penis Size Sway Women's Choice of Mate?

Can Teens' Lack of Sleep Lead to Diabetes?

Can Tomatoes Lower Stroke Risk?

Cancer Drug Doesn't Speed Up Tumor Growth, Researchers Say

Cancer Overtakes Heart Disease as Top Cause of Death Among U.S. Hispanics

Cancer Portrayed Too Grimly in Movies, Study Suggests

Cancer Rates Vary Widely by State, Race: CDC Report

Cancer Survivors Call in Sick to Work More Often, Study Finds

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazards Rise in Colder Weather

Cardiac Deaths May Lead to Shortage of Donor Livers

Cardiac Screening for All Young Athletes Carries Big Price Tag: Study

Caring Parents Less Likely to Raise a Bully, Study Finds

Cartilage Gives Early Warning of Arthritis, Study Finds

Cases of Rare But Deadly Encephalitis Rising Among Kids, Report Finds

CDC Launches New Graphic Antismoking Ads

Cell-Based 'Tracking Devices' Might Help Monitor Treatments

Certain COPD Meds Might Raise Heart Risks, Study Says

Certain Heart Meds May Give Chemo a Boost

Checklist for Winter Sports Safety

Cheerleading Needs Safety Guidelines, Pediatricians Say

Chemical in Household Products May Be Linked to Heart Disease: Study

Child Abuse Might Alter Onset of Menstruation in Girls

Childhood Abuse Linked to Diabetes, Heart Disease in Middle-Aged Women

Childhood Bullying Can Leave Lifelong Scars

Childhood Depression May Be Tied to Later Heart Risk: Study

Childhood Friendships May Be Key to Adult Happiness

Childhood Obesity Rates Drop in New York City, Los Angeles: Study

Childhood Trauma Linked to Later Stroke Risk

Childless People Die Sooner, Study Says

Children Born With Heart Defects Show Growth Lags 3 Years Later

Children Underrepresented in Clinical Drug Trials: Study

Children Who Have CT Scans May Face Higher Cancer Risk

Child's Scoliosis Stresses Patients, Parents: Study

Chocolate a Death Risk for Rover

Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Muscle, Joint Problems: Study

Cholesterol Drugs Might Boost Kidney Cancer Survival

Cholesterol Levels Dropping in U.S. Adults, Mostly From Statin Use

Cholesterol Levels Getting Better for U.S. Kids: CDC

Cholesterol Levels May Vary By Season

Cholesterol Screenings Up, But Certain Groups Still Lag: CDC

Chronic Pain Is Often a Family Affair, Study Finds

Chronic Pain Often Follows Stroke

Cleaner Air in U.S. Boosting Life Expectancy, Study Finds

Clenched Hand May Prevent 'Choking' Under Pressure

Close Relative's Early Death May Raise Your Heart Risk: Study

Clot Buster Safe for Stroke Patients on Blood Thinners: Study

'Clot-Buster' Drug May Still Be Best Stroke Treatment

Clot-Busting Stroke Drug Safe for Many Who Take Warfarin

Cocaine Raises Heart Risks for Fit, Young Adults: Study

Coffee May Lower Risk of Death From Mouth Cancer: Study

Coffee Might Actually Help Your Heart

Cold and Flu Sufferers Should Ease Back Into Fitness Routine

Colic May Be Linked to Childhood Migraine, Study Says

College Freshmen Urged to Keep Excess Pounds Away

College Kids Not So Smart About Flu Shots, Study Finds

College Kids Trend Toward Twitter, Adults Favor Facebook

College Sports Could Raise Players' Risk for Depression, Study Finds

College Students Who Binge Drink Say They're Happier

College-Bound Girls May Feel Pressure to 'Speak Properly'

Combo Therapy Helps Knock Out Fungal Meningitis

Common Antidepressants May Raise Stroke Risk a Bit, Study Finds

Common Antidepressants Tied to Higher Bleeding Risk in Warfarin Users: Study

Common Heart Drug Linked to Cancer Risk in Study

Common Heart Drug Might Dampen Some Autism Symptoms

Common Heart Drug Might Improve Lung Cancer Survival

Common Heart Medicine May Not Be Effective for Some: Study

Common Heart Meds May Boost Recovery From Non-Cardiac Surgeries

Common Painkillers Might Boost Odds for 2nd Heart Attack

Common Painkillers Tied to Kidney Risks for Children: Study

Community Gardening May Reap Body Weight Benefit

Comparison of Obesity Surgeries Turns Up Surprising Results

Competitive Cash-for-Weight-Loss Plans Work Best: Study

Compound in Red Meat, Energy Drinks May Have Heart Disease Link

Consensual Sex Typically Doesn't Begin Before Teen Years, Study Finds

Consider Weight When Choosing Blood Pressure Meds: Study

Consistent Criteria for Sports Concussion Might Aid Diagnosis

Continued Use of ADHD Drugs May Reduce Criminal Behavior, Study Says

Control of Heart Risks May Vary Among Outpatient Practices

Controversial Alternative Heart Treatment Shows Hint of Benefit

Cooking-Oil Combo May Improve Blood Pressure

Coordinated Care Boosts Cardiac Arrest Survival: Study

Cosmetic Procedures for Arms on the Rise, Plastic Surgeons Say

Cost of Treating Strokes in U.S. Could Soar to $180B Annually by 2030: Report

Costlier Heart Device May Not Be Worth It, Study Suggests

Costly, Repeat Medical Testing Common for Medicare Patients: Study

Couch-Potato Kids Are Top U.S. Child Health Problem: Poll

Could Herpes Virus Affect Memory in Older Adults?

Could an Aging Face Reflect an Unhealthy Heart?

Could Being a Little Overweight Help You Live Longer?

Could Chocolate's Antioxidants Boost Brain Function?

Could Cholesterol Treatment Fight Repeat Heart Attack?

Could Duration of Prostate Cancer Hormone Therapy Be Halved?

Could Facebook Assist Public Health Efforts to Track Obesity?

Could Facebook Be Making You Fat?

Could Gene Doping Be Part of Future Olympics?

Could Kids' Salt Intake Affect Their Weight?

Could Statins Raise Diabetes Risk?

Could the Naked Mole Rat Hold Secrets to Longevity?

Could Turtle Gene Findings Aid Human Health?

CPR Training Should Focus on High-Risk Neighborhoods: Experts

Craze for Hairless Genitals Accompanies Rise in Infections

Curbing Suicide Now a National Priority, U.S. Says

Cut Salt, Save 500,000 U.S. Lives Over a Decade, Study Finds

Cutting Unneeded CT Scans in Kids Could Lower Future Cancer Risk

'Cyberbullying' as Harmful as Physical Threats, Study Finds

Cyberbullying Rarely Single Factor in Teen Suicides: Study

Dad's Advice Could Be Key to Teens' Sexual Activity

Daily Aspirin May Bolster Aging Brain, Study Shows

Daily Aspirin May Cut Cancer Deaths, Another Study Finds

Dangerous Rage May Be Common Among U.S. Teens

Deadly Meningitis Cases Worry Gay Community

Decisions, Decisions: Work Out or Fix a Meal?

Deep Belly Fat Could Weaken Men's Bones, Study Suggests

Defibrillator Patients Who Lose Weight May Fare Worse

Delaying ADHD Meds Could Hurt Kids' Math Scores

Dense Breasts Not Linked to Cancer Deaths

Depressed Stroke Survivors May Face Higher Early Death Risk

Depression a Key Factor in Health of Parkinson's Patients: Study

Depression Common in Those With PTSD, Study Finds

Depression Could Shorten Cancer Survival, Study Suggests

Depression May Boost Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women, Too

Depression Stigma May Be Fading: Survey

Depression, DNA Linked to Higher Death Risk in Bladder Cancer Patients

Despite FDA Warning, Sports Supplements Still Available Online: Study

Device Offers Hope for Battery-Free Pacemakers

Diabetes Drug May Offer 'Modest' Weight Loss for Very Obese Teens: Study

Diabetes Patients Should Have More Voice in Treatment: Experts

Diabetes Prevention: Start Small, Experts Say

Diabetes Screening May Not Lower Overall Death Rates

Dialysis Catheters Tied to Higher Risk for Infection, Death, Study Finds

Did Schooling Method Spread Mumps in Orthodox Jewish Communities?

Diet, Exercise May Boost 'Good' Cholesterol, Study Suggests

Diet/Exercise Combo Best, 'Biggest Loser' Study Says

Disabled Kids 4 Times More Likely to Suffer Violence: Study

'Diverted' Medical Marijuana Use Common Among Teens: Study

DNA 'Telomere' Length Tied to Aging, Death Risk

Do More Gun Laws Mean Fewer Gun Deaths?

Do Teens Who Sleep In Stay Slimmer?

Do Teens With Happy Home Life Have Happier Marriages?

Do TV Liquor Ads Drive Kids to Drink?

Do Video Games Promote Reckless Driving in Certain Teens?

Docs Should Ask Heart Patients About Quality of Life

Docs, Families May Underestimate Patients' Odds After Some Strokes: Study

Docs: Heart Device Might Be Breakthrough for Muscular Dystrophy

Doctor Offers Hunting Safety Tips

'Doctor Shopping' Tied to Fatal Prescription Drug Overdoses

Doctors Don't Ask About End-of-Life Plans, Study Finds

Doctors' Intuition May Be Key to Spotting Infections in Kids

Doctors Spar Over Cholesterol Screening in Kids

Doctors to Parents: No Trampolines

Doctors Warn About High Levels of Caffeine in Some Energy Drinks

Does Neighborhood Income Affect Teens' Mental Health?

Does Sleep Apnea Offer Some Protection During Heart Attack?

Dog Study Raises Prospect of Biological Pacemaker for Humans

Dogs May Mourn as Deeply as Humans Do

'Do-It-Yourself' Projects May Boost White-Collar Males' Self-Image

Don't Blame Parents for Sins of the Child

Don't Cut School Recess, Pediatricians Say

Dramatic Rise in Kids Hospitalized With High Blood Pressure: Study

Drinking, Driving Drops by Half Among Teens: CDC

Drivers' Attitudes While Learning May Predict Future Road Performance

Drowning Prevention Measures to Keep Kids Safe in Water

Drug May Ease Angina in People With Type 2 Diabetes

Drug May Make Walking Easier for People With Artery Disease

Drug May Work Against Advanced Thyroid Cancer

Drug OK'd for Deadly Genetic Condition Tied to Cholesterol

Drug Shows Promise Against Fragile X Syndrome, Possibly Autism

Drug Used to Prevent Prostate Cancer Won't Lower Quality of Life

Drug, Alcohol Abuse More Likely Among High School Dropouts

Drug-Eluting Stent Approved for Peripheral Arterial Disease

Drugs May Help Relieve Restless Legs Syndrome

Drunk Driving Not the Only Way Alcohol Leads to Teen Deaths: Study

Dutch Euthanasia Rates Unchanged After Legalization

Early Exposure to Stress at Home Affects Girls' Brains, Study Says

Early Menopause May Double Heart Disease Risk, Study Says

Early Menstruation Tied to Factors That Raise Heart Disease Risk

Early Stenting Best for Some Heart Patients: Study

Early Surgery May Benefit Some With Heart Infection

Eat Fish, Live Longer?

Eating More Meals Linked to Less Student Overweight

Economic Conditions at Birth Linked to Behavior in Teen Years

Electrolyte Problem Raises Post-Op Death Risk: Study

Electronic Cigarettes Have Slight Impact on Heart: Study

Eliminating Mouth-to-Mouth Boosts CPR Results: Study

Eliquis Approved for People With Heart Rhythm Disorder

Energy Drinks Linked to Changes in Heart Rhythm

Energy Drinks Pose Risks to Teens, Study Finds

EPA Lowers Permissible Soot Levels in Air

ER Admissions Over Holidays Linked to Higher Death Rates

ER Study Shows Drop in Deaths After Trauma Injury

ER Workers Often Fail to Ask Suicidal Patients About Access to Guns

Erectile Dysfunction May Signal Hidden Heart Disease

Erectile Dysfunction Tied to Long-Term Narcotic Use in Men

Estrogen Levels Tied to Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in Study

Eunuchs Lived Longer Than Other Men: Study

Even a Little Exercise Boosts Self-Esteem in Overweight Teens

Even a Little Pot Use Ups College Dropout Risk

Even Brief Ozone Exposure May Raise Fatal Heart Risk: Study

Even 'Hands-Free' Devices Unsafe While Driving: Report

Even in Young Adults, Binge Drinking May Harm Circulation

Even Light Smoking Boosts Women's Risk of Sudden Heart Death: Study

Even Mild Depression, Anxiety Hurts the Heart: Study

Even Mild Weight Loss May Lower Diabetes Risk in Obese Teens

Even Moderate Exercise Might Cut Breast Cancer Risk: Study

Even Women Who Exercise Sit Too Much

Everyday Activities May Have Same Health Benefits as Going to Gym

Everyday Noise Levels May Affect the Heart

'Excellent' Survival Seen for Liver Transplant From Live Donor

Excess Salt a Factor in 2.3 Million Deaths Annually Worldwide

Exercise a Likely Tool for Parkinson's Patients

Exercise and Weight Loss Give Brain a Boost, Study Finds

Exercise Boosts School Performance for Kids With ADHD: Study

Exercise Can Shield the Aging Brain, Studies Show

Exercise Does Boost Teens' Health, Study Finds

Exercise Improves Effects of Stroke: Study

Exercise Leads to Better Sleep: Poll

Exercise May Beat Socializing at Staving Off Brain Shrinkage

Exercise May Blunt Heavy Drinking's Effect on Brain

Exercise May Delay Early Aging of People With Diabetes

Exercise May Ease Depression Tied to Heart Failure

Exercise May Ease Pain of Fibromyalgia, Study Suggests

Exercise May Help People With Alzheimer's Avoid Nursing Homes

Exercise May Lower Older Women's Risk for Kidney Stones

Exercise May Prevent Stress and Anxiety, Study Suggests

Exercise May Stave Off Depression in Severely Obese

Exercise Might Keep Menopausal Hot Flashes at Bay

Exercise Program Boosts Health After Lung Transplant: Study

Exercise Programs for Kids Seem to Have Little Impact: Study

Exercise Safety Tips for People With Heart Disease

Exercise Won't Affect Breast Milk, Baby's Growth: Study

Exercise, Alternative Therapies May Help Lower Blood Pressure

Exercise, Meditation Can Beat Back Cold, Flu, Study Finds

Exercising at Midlife May Stave Off Dementia Down the Road

'Exergames' Can Help Inactive Folks Get Moving: Study

Experimental Drug May Limit Stroke Damage

Experimental Drugs Show Promise Against Prostate Cancer

Expert Panel Suggests PSA Test May Benefit Some Men

Expert Pitches Safety Tips for Young Baseball Players

Expert Tips for Summer Sports Safety

Experts Challenge Americans to Reduce Salt Intake

Experts Dispute Value of Checking Kids' Blood Pressure

Experts Offer Tips to Cut Kids' Screen Time During Summer

Experts Offer Tips to Help Keep Fall Sports Injury Free

Experts Question Use of Ankle Blood Pressure to Gauge Heart Risks

Extra Pounds May Offer Protection to Heart Failure Patients

Extra Vitamin D May Ease Crohn's Symptoms, Study Finds

Extreme Cold Snap Brings Unexpected Health Risks

Extreme Heat Biggest Weather Killer, Expert Warns

Eye-Tracking Tool Might Quickly Spot Stroke

Fainting in Healthy People May Be First Sign of Heart Trouble

Faith May Complement Treatment for Mental Illness

Family Grapples With Kids' Tech Time

Family Meals Nourish Teens' Mental Health: Study

Fast Food Tied to Asthma, Eczema and Hay Fever in Kids

Fast-Food Breakfast Sandwiches May Slow Down Blood Flow: Study

Fatal Car Crashes Less Likely in Major Cities, CDC Study Finds

Fatal Crashes Involving Cellphone Use May Be Under-Reported

Fatigue Affects Baseball Players' Strike-Zone Judgment: Study

FDA Approves First New Weight-Loss Drug in More Than a Decade

FDA Approves New Drug to Fight Advanced Prostate Cancer

FDA OKs Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer

FDA OKs Expanded Use of Prostate Cancer Drug

FDA Panel Votes to Change Tight Restrictions on Diabetes Drug Avandia

FDA Proposes Tighter Regulation of Public Defibrillators

FDA Proposes Tougher Warnings for Tanning Beds

FDA Renews Heart-Risk Warning for Antibiotic

FDA Warns Against Use of Diarrhea Drug From El Salvador

FDA: Don't Use Pradaxa Blood Thinner in Patients With Artificial Heart Valves

Fetal Deaths Up Among Unvaccinated Moms in H1N1 Pandemic: Study

Fetal Heart May Develop Later in Pregnancy Than Thought

Few Doctors Discuss Exercise With Cancer Patients: Study

Fewer Kids Getting Hurt in Most Sports, Study Finds

Fewer U.S. Kids Dying of Diabetes: CDC

Fewer U.S. Teens Dying in Teen-Driver Crashes

Fine-Tuning Breast Cancer Treatments: What Works Better?

First-Ever Guidelines Issued for Treating Type 2 Diabetes in Kids

Fish Oil Pills Might Cut Diabetes Risk, Researchers Say

Fish Oil Supplements Don't Protect Against Heart Trouble: Study

Fish Oil Supplements Won't Prevent Irregular Heart Beat: Study

Fish Oil Won't Prevent Irregular Heartbeat After Cardiac Surgery: Study

Fish, But Not Fish Oil Supplements, May Shield Against Stroke

Fit Kids May Dodge Fractures in Old Age

Fitness Experts Dispel Common Exercise Myths

Fitness in Middle Age May Help Shield Men From Cancer Later

Fitter Kids May Make Better Grades: Study

Flesh-Eating Fungal Infection Can Follow Natural Disasters, Study Finds

Flu Season's Approaching So Roll Up Your Sleeve

Flu Vaccine Fell Short for Seniors This Season: CDC

Flu Vaccine May Protect Your Heart

Flu Widespread in 47 States, Vaccine 'Moderately' Effective: CDC

Focus on One Sport Raises Young Athletes' Injury Risk: Study

Follow-Up Care After Chest Pain Called Crucial

Foot Ulcers Tied to Increased Death Risk for People With Diabetes

Football Concussion Risk Highest During Games, Not Practice: Study

For Hospitals, Lowered Death Rates May Not Mean More Readmissions

For Married Men, Does More Housework Mean Less Sex?

For Most Bullied Gay Kids, Things Do 'Get Better,' Study Finds

For New Mom With Aphasia, 'Giving Up Was Not an Option'

For Older Women, Missed Mammograms Tied to Worse Breast Cancer Outcomes

For Psychiatric Patients, Cancer Is Often Spotted Too Late

Fractures Take High Toll on High School Athletes

'Fragile X Syndrome' Researchers Boost Social Skills in Mice

Free Birth Control May Curb Abortions: Study

Freezing Treatment May Help Destroy Lung Tumors: Study

Frequent Eating in Kids Tied to Less Weight Gain

Friday Is 'National Wear Red Day' for Women's Heart Health

Fried Foods May Boost Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Says

Gadget Givers Urged to Consider Ramifications

Gasoline Poisonings in Kids Spike During Summer: Study

Gauging Brain Cancer Survival Time May Get Easier: Study

Gay Men Who Marry Now Living Longer, Study Says

Gel Shows Promise as Future Male Contraceptive

Gene Disorder Screen Benefits Baby Boys, Girls Equally: Study

Gene Linked to Alzheimer's May Lose Power With Age

Gene May Boost Death Risk From Most Common Thyroid Cancer

Gene May Double Risk of Alzheimer's in Blacks

Gene Mutation's Benefit for Ovarian Cancer Patients May Not Last: Study

Gene Study Uncovers More Autism Clues

Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Rare Children's Brain Disorder

Gene Tied to Obesity, Depression, ADHD

Gene Ups Pancreatitis Risk in Men Who Drink Heavily

Genes Changes Seen in Alzheimer's Can Be Found in Infancy: Study

Genes Influence Whether Psych Drugs Lead to Weight Gain

Genes Linked to Retardation Not Inherited, Study Suggests

Genes May Dictate Teens' Susceptibility to Heavy Smoking

Genes May Influence Impotence After Prostate Radiation

Gene-Tweaked Tomatoes, Probiotics Aim to Lower Your Cholesterol

Genital Injuries Common But Preventable, Researchers Say

Germ in Cat Feces May Affect Human Brain, Behavior: Study

Germs Fly in Roller-Derby Games, Study Finds

Gestational Diabetes, Poverty Linked to ADHD

Get Fit in Middle Age to Cut Heart Failure Risk, Study Says

GI Bleeding Deaths Drop in U.S., Study Finds

Girls May Need Fewer Gardasil Shots, Study Suggests

Girls' Peers, Not Media, May Exert Most Pressure to Be Thin

Give Teens Access to Emergency Contraception, Pediatricians Say

Give Your Heart the Gift of a Stress-Free Holiday

Giving Plavix Before Angioplasty May Cut Heart Attack Risk: Study

Good Feelings About Ex-Employer May Boost Self-Esteem in Jobless

Google Search Trends Suggest Mental Woes Vary by Seasons

Got the Flu? Rest First, Exercise Later, Experts Say

Grateful Teens May Have Less Risk for Depression, Other Problems

Grueling X-Country Ski Race May Affect Heart Rhythm

Guidelines Issued for New Blood Thinner Brilinta

Guidelines Issued to Resolve Temporary Facial Paralysis

'Gut Reaction' May Predict Cardiovascular Risk

Hair Concerns May Discourage Exercise for Some Black Women

Half of Heart Patients Make Mistakes With Their Meds: Study

'Half-Match' Marrow Transplants Help Some With Sickle Cell

Hanging Suicides Up in United States

Hard Physical Labor May Boost Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke: Studies

Having Both Migraines, Depression May Mean Smaller Brain

Having Older Grandfather May Raise Child's Autism Risk: Study

Heading Soccer Balls Tied to Damaging Brain Changes

Health Benefits of Marriage Mostly Apply to Those Already Healthy

Health of Americans a Mixed Bag: CDC Report

Health Tip: Alcohol Can Affect Your Athletic Performance

Health Tip: At Risk for High Cholesterol?

Health Tip: Avoid Beginners' Workout Injuries

Health Tip: Balance Holiday Buffets With More Exercise

Health Tip: Beat Boredom

Health Tip: Care for Your Mouthguard

Health Tip: Considering Counseling?

Health Tip: Dealing With Grief

Health Tip: Diabetes Isn't a Ticket to Inactivity

Health Tip: Do I Need a Cardiac Stress Test?

Health Tip: Do You Have a Heart Murmur?

Health Tip: Do You Need a Day Off From Exercise?

Health Tip: Don't Ignore Pacemaker Issues

Health Tip: Don't Ignore Pain During Exercise

Health Tip: Ease the Pain of Muscle Cramps

Health Tip: Encourage Your Family to Exercise

Health Tip: Enjoy Safe Exercise During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Exercise for People Who Have Had Breast Cancer

Health Tip: Exercise Isn't Always Expensive

Health Tip: Exercise to Combat Stress

Health Tip: Exercise With Allergies and Asthma

Health Tip: Exercising After Baby is Born

Health Tip: Exercising in Cold Weather

Health Tip: Exercising With Diabetes

Health Tip: Fuel Your Body for Resistance Training

Health Tip: Get Fit During Your Commute

Health Tip: Get Fit This Fall

Health Tip: Get Heart Healthy

Health Tip: Get Ready for Cardiac Rehab

Health Tip: Have Heart Palpitations?

Health Tip: Help Keep Your Bones Healthy

Health Tip: Help Kids Have an Active Summer

Health Tip: Help Prevent Drowning

Health Tip: Help Prevent Exercise-Induced Asthma

Health Tip: Help Prevent Trampoline Injuries

Health Tip: Help Stay Healthy Mentally

Health Tip: Hiking or Running on a Trail

Health Tip: If You're Always Tired

Health Tip: Invest in Protective Eyewear for Sports

Health Tip: Jumping Rope for Exercise

Health Tip: Keep Kids Active During Summer Break

Health Tip: Keep Your Emotions in Check

Health Tip: Keep Your Family Fit

Health Tip: Kids Keeping You From Exercising?

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Health Tip: Resolve to Meet Your Exercise Goals

Health Tip: Seniors on the Move

Health Tip: Should I Be Screened for Prediabetes?

Health Tip: Signs of Heart Attack in Women

Health Tip: Stay Active After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: Stay Fit When Traveling

Health Tip: Straining a Hamstring

Health Tip: Stretch Before and After Exercise

Health Tip: Talk to Kids About Smoking

Health Tip: Use a Stability Ball

Health Tip: Using a Stability Ball

Health Tip: Warm Up Before You Exercise

Health Tip: Warm Up Before You Work Out

Health Tip: Will Cardiac Rehab Help?

Health Tip: Work Out at the Right Intensity

Health Tip: Work Out at the Right Speed for You

Health Tip: Work Out in Water

Healthy Diet May Prevent Additional Heart Trouble

Healthy Lifestyle Boosts Survival Odds for Older Women With Cancer

Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Job Stress, Study Finds

Healthy Lungs May Keep Brain Running Smoothly

Heart Attack Patients Do Better if They Had Chest Pain First

Heart Attack? Doctors Soon May Have an App for That

Heart Attacks, Strokes Jumped After Japan Earthquake, Study Finds

Heart Deaths Rise With Extreme Temperatures, Study Finds

Heart Defect at Birth Signals Need to Check for Other Disorders: AHA

Heart Device 'Shock' Anxiety May Hamper Sex Life

Heart Disease Deaths in Europe Dropping: Report

Heart Disease Risk Factors Also Tied to Death From Prostate Cancer

Heart Drug Digoxin Tied to Higher Death Risk for Some Patients

Heart Failure Drug May Only Help Heart's Function, Not Symptoms

Heart Failure Drugs Put to the Test

Heart Failure Patients May Be at Higher Risk for Cancer: Study

Heart Health Worst in the South, Best in Northeast

Heart Muscle Cells Regenerate in Kids, Research Shows

Heart Risks Last Beyond Hospital Discharge, Study Finds

Heart Risks May Also Point to Dementia Risk

Heart Scarring May Be More Dangerous Than Thought, Study Suggests

Heart-Healthy Habits in Childhood May Prevent Future Disease

Heart-Healthy Lifestyle May Also Prevent Lethal Blood Clots

HeartWare Device Approved for Heart Transplant Hopefuls

Heavy Drinking Linked to Earlier Stroke

Heavy Drinking, Pot Use Tied to Teen Brain Changes

Heavy Marijuana Use in Teen Years May Lower IQ Later

Heavy Smoking May Raise Odds for Lethal Bladder Cancer

Helmets Do Save Lives on the Slopes, Research Shows

Help Kids Breathe Easier on Halloween

Help Young Pitchers Avoid Overuse Injuries

'Hercules' Star Kevin Sorbo Knows Stroke Strikes the Young

'Hiding' Cigarettes in Stores Might Keep Kids From Smoking: Study

High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Tied to Later Heart Trouble

High Blood Pressure May Protect Some Frail Elderly: Study

High Blood Pressure Poses Bigger Stroke Risk for Blacks, Study Says

High BPA Levels in Kids Linked to Risk for Heart, Kidney Damage: Study

High Doses of Common Painkillers May Raise Risk for Heart Trouble

High Rates of Untreated Kidney Failure Seen in Elderly

High School Football Players Often Not Deterred by Head Injury

High-Antioxidant Diet May Not Prevent Stroke, Dementia, Study Finds

High-Carb Diet Linked to Colon Cancer Recurrence in Study

Higher Blood Pressure May Harm the Middle-Aged Brain, Study Finds

Higher Heart Rate Tied to Earlier Death, Even in Fit People

High-Fat Dairy Foods Linked to Worse Survival After Breast Cancer

High-Fiber Diet Helps Heart Too, Expert Says

High-Tech CT Scan May Get People With Chest Pain Home Faster

Hillary Clinton Has Blood Clot in Head, Full Recovery Expected

Hillary Clinton Plans to Return to Work Next Week

Hillary Clinton Released From NYC Hospital

Hillary Clinton Returns to Work

Hip Surgery Increases Stroke Risk in Older Patients: Study

HIV Deaths Declining for Most, But Not All, Americans

HIV Drugs May Help Protect Young Patients' Hearts: Study

HIV Exposure Before Birth May Raise Kids' Risk of Hearing Loss

HIV Infections Continue to Hit Young Americans Hard

HIV May Raise Risk of Heart Attack

Hockey Rule Changes Could Cut Player Aggression, Injuries

Hookah Effects as Harmful as Cigarettes, Study Finds

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Safe or Not?

Hormone Therapy in Early Menopause May Benefit Some Women: Study

Hospital Readmissions All Too Common, U.S. Studies Find

Hospital Type Linked to Racial Disparities in Kids With Appendicitis Complication

Hospitalization May Be 'Tipping Point' for Alzheimer's Decline

Hospitalization OK for Psych Patients Can Take Hours

Hospitals Often Not Alerted About Incoming Stroke Patients

Hospitals Should Test More Teen Girls for Pregnancy, Study Suggests

Hot Flashes Don't Signal Poor Heart Health for Most Women: Study

Household Chores May Ease Nighttime Menopausal Symptoms

How Long Should Men's Urinary Infections Be Treated?

How Many Calories in Your Fast-Food Meal? Guess Again

How Much Caffeine in That Supplement? Hard to Tell

How to Quell 9th-Grade Angst

How to Quickly Spot Signs of Stroke: Experts

How Well Do You Rise From Sitting on the Floor?

HPV Shot Doesn't Encourage Sexual Activity in Girls: Study

HPV Vaccination Sends Genital Wart Cases Plummeting: Study

HPV Vaccine Found Safe in Large Study

Humanitarian Work May Raise Risk of Anxiety, Depression

Humira Might Help Kids With Tough-to-Treat Crohn's Disease

Hungry Shoppers Pile High-Calorie Foods in Their Carts

Hysterectomy May Not Raise Heart Risks After All: Study

Identifying Teen Drivers Curbs Crashes in N.J., Study Finds

If Wife Earns More, Husband's Sexual Performance May Suffer: Study

Implantable Defibrillators Linked to Decline in Cardiac Arrests

Implanted Defibrillator Patients Prefer Device Off if Very Ill: Survey

Implanted Heart Devices Have Real-World Benefits: Study

Impotence Drug Cialis Might Have Other Sexual Benefits: Study

Improved HIV Care Boosts Life Expectancy at Clinic, Study Found

Impulsive College Women at Risk of Drinking Problems: Study

In Seriously Ill Kids, Obesity May Be Tied to Higher Death Risk: Study

Inactivity May Kill as Many Worldwide as Smoking: Report

Incoherent Text Messages May Signal Stroke, Doctors Say

Increasingly, More Education Linked to Longer Lifespan in U.S.

Indoor Tanners Rationalize Risky Behavior, Study Finds

Indoor Tanning Causes Common Skin Cancers, Study Finds

Injected 'Hydrogel' May Help Repair Failing Hearts

Injuries No Worse for Tasered Teens Than Adults: Study

Injuries Rising Among Young Dancers

Injuries Skyrocket From Inflatable Bounce Houses: Study

In-Person Bullying Still Bigger Problem Than Cyberbullying: Expert

Inserting Breathing Tube May Not Be Best for Victims of Cardiac Arrest

Insomnia May Raise Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Intensive Lifestyle Changes Keep Type 2 Diabetes at Bay

iPads Could Affect Implanted Heart Devices, Early Study Finds

Irregular Heartbeat May Pose Higher Stroke Risk for Women Than Men

Irregular Heartbeat May Speed Memory Loss in Seniors

Is Early Baldness in Blacks a Clue to Prostate Cancer?

Is 'Sex Addiction' Real? Some Experts Say So

Is the Mental Health System Failing Troubled Kids?

Isolation, Loneliness May Raise Death Risk for Elderly

It's Possible to Be Obese and Heart-Healthy: Studies

Japan Nuke Disaster Will Kill Up to 1,300 People Worldwide, Study Estimates

Joblessness Tied to Shortened Lifespans for Less-Educated Women

Joint Replacement Boosts Heart Attack Risk Right After Surgery: Study

Junk Food Hurts Your Arteries, But Healthy Meal Might Help

'Junk Food' May Significantly Hike Risk of Stroke, Researchers Say

Junk Food Taxes Pay Off, Study Finds

Just How Might Exercise Lower Breast Cancer Risk?

Just How Severe Is This Flu Season?

Juxtapid Approved for LDL Cholesterol Condition

Katrina, Other Crises Boost Heart Attacks: Studies

Kcentra Approved to Stop Severe Bleeding in Heart Patients

Keep Moving to Ease Pain of Knee Arthritis: Review

Keeping Cold-Weather Exercise Fresh, Not Frozen

Keeping Fit May Boost Survival With Endometrial Cancer

Keeping Sexuality Secret Takes Mental Toll on Bisexual Men

Keeping Up a Healthy Lifestyle Pays Off in Added Years: Study

Kick Off the Holiday Season With a Healthier Thanksgiving

Kidney Disease May Be as Harmful to Heart as Heart Attack: Study

Kids' Concussion Recovery Varies by Symptom Severity: Study

Kids' Sexual Behavior Influenced by Movie Scenes: Study

Kids' Smoking Influences May Change Over Time

Kids Still Swallowing Magnets Despite Warning Labels

Kids' Track Injuries Surge in US

Kids With Autism Common Users of ERs, Study Says

Kids With Hemophilia Should Be Active, But Avoid Risky Sports: Study

Kids With HIV at Risk of Heart Disease, Study Says

Kids With Knee ACL Injuries Require Special Care

Kids With Neurological Conditions at Higher Risk of Flu Death: CDC

Kids With Past Concussions Take Longer to Recover

Kids With Stressed-Out Parents Eat More Fast Food: Study

Knee, Hip Replacements Don't Help People Lose Weight: Study

Know What's in Your Child's Medications, FDA Warns

Knowing Time Needed to Walk Off Calories May Curb Appetite

Lab-Grown Blood Vessels May Improve Heart Bypass

Lack of Sleep May Trip Up Student Athletes

Lance Armstrong Resigns as Chairman of Cancer Foundation

Lance Armstrong Stripped of Tour de France Titles

Large Breasts Can Take Mental, Physical Toll on Teens

Late-Night Cramming May Hurt School Test Results

Later End-of-Life Discussions May Mean More Aggressive Treatment

Lawn Mower Injuries Often Caused by Distraction

Lax Parents, Dealers May Lead to ATV Crashes, Study Suggests

Least Aggressive Breast Cancer Still Poses Long-Term Risk, Study Finds

Less Bystander CPR Done in Poor, Black Neighborhoods, Study Shows

Less Invasive Surgery Safe for Harvesting Bypass Veins: Study

Less Is More With Exercise, Study Says

Less Salt, More Potassium = Millions of Lives Saved

Lifestyle Changes Key to Weight Loss in New Year

Lifestyle Might Curb Loss of Height That Comes With Age

Living in 'Stroke Belt' as Teen May Raise Future Risk

Living Long May Protect Against Early Alzheimer's, Study Finds

Living Near Fast-Food Outlets Might Boost Obesity Risk

Living Near Heavy Traffic May Harm Kidney Function

London Smog May Be Tough on Olympians

Loneliness, Living Alone Might Shorten Life

Long Waits in the ER May Raise PTSD Risk for Heart Patients

Longer Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest May Be Warranted, Study Suggests

Long-Term Aspirin Use Linked With Vision Loss: Study

Longtime Smokers Lose a Decade of Life

Losing Weight May Improve Sleep Quality

Losing Weight May Lower Cardiac Risks

Low Breast-Feeding Rate Linked to Early Deaths, Illnesses: Study

Low Testosterone Linked to Later Arthritis in Study

Low Vitamin D Levels May Raise Death Risk in Older Adults: Study

Low-Cal Diets Kept Monkeys Healthier, But Didn't Lengthen Lives

Lung Transplant Hazard May Rise With Obese Recipients, Smoking Donors

Mailed Kits May Prompt Parents to Protect Kids From Sun

Maintain Heart Health During Summer

Major Bleeds After Heart Procedures May Raise Death Risk: Study

Male Diners Tip Better When Waitress Wears Red: Study

Males Struck by Cars Die More Often Than Females: Study

Mammograms Have 'Limited or No Effect' on Breast Cancer Deaths: Study

Mammography Doesn't Reduce Breast Cancer Death Rates: U.K. Study

Man Dies After Parasitic Worms Invade Lungs

Many Americans Drive While Drowsy: Report

Many Americans Not Prepared for Disasters: Poll

Many Cocaine Deaths Determined by Genes, Study Says

Many Heart Attacks May Go Unrecognized in Seniors

Many Medicaid Patients Skip Drugs That Could Prevent Heart Trouble

Many Mistakenly Think Radiation Might Cure Terminal Lung Cancer

Many Older Heart Attack Survivors Don't Stick With Meds

Many Parents Unaware of Teens' Abuse of ADHD Drugs

Many Public Pools Contaminated With Human Waste: CDC

Many Seniors Suffer Mental Decline in Silence: CDC

Many Skiers Who Tear ACLs Can Avoid Surgery, Expert Says

Many Stroke Patients Don't Call 911, Study Finds

Many Suicidal Kids Have Access to Guns at Home: Study

Many Surgical Complications Occur After Patients Go Home

Many Teens Afraid to Intervene in Sexual Assault, Survey Finds

Many Teens Drinking, Taking Drugs During School: Survey

Many Teens With High Blood Pressure Don't Get Needed Tests

Many Terminal Cancer Patients Put False Hope in Chemo, Study Finds

Many U.S. Doctors Have Symptoms of Burnout: Survey

Many U.S. Hispanics Have Heart Disease Risk Factors

Many U.S. Kids Victims of Violence, Abuse: Survey

Many U.S. Teens at Risk for Suicide Despite Treatment: Study

Many U.S. Teens Have Poor Health Habits

Many U.S. Teens Struggle With Extreme Fatigue: Survey

Many Young Americans Plan to Own a Gun, Survey Finds

Marathons Safe for Aging Boomers, Study Finds

Marijuana Extract May Help Ease Muscle Stiffness in MS: Study

Marijuana Use Rising Among High School Seniors: Report

Marriage May Cut Heart Attack Risk for Both Spouses

Marriage Might Lengthen Life

Massage Right After Muscle Injury May Boost Healing

Maternal Depression, Violence at Home May Raise Child's ADHD Risk

Math Anxiety Takes Bigger Toll on Girls: Study

Mechanical Blood Clot 'Retrievers' May Aid Stroke Patients

Mechanical Device Helps Kids Waiting for Heart Transplant

Medicaid Expansion Enhances Financial and Mental Well-Being, Study Says

Medicare Gaps Leave Many With Big Bill at End of Life, Study Finds

Meditation Might Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke in Blacks

Mediterranean Diet Benefits Heart, Even Without Weight Loss: Study

Melanoma Odds Doubled for Transplant, Lymphoma Patients: Study

Melanoma Rates Rising in U.S. Children

Men Biologically Programmed to Steer Clear of Friends' Wives

Men Face Higher Risk of Infections Related to Health Care

Men Have a Greater Lifetime Risk for Kidney Failure: Study

Men in Red: Higher Testosterone Levels, Study Finds

Men May Benefit From Osteoporosis Drug, Too: Study

Men More Prone to Depression After Stroke: Study

Men Who Are Obese While Young Can Pay a Price Later

Men, Women Do See Things Differently: Study

Meningitis Outbreak Throws Spotlight on 'Compounding' Pharmacies

Menopause Won't Spur Weight Gain, But May Boost Belly Fat: Review

Mental Exercise May Help Keep Seniors Sharp

Mental Health Care Lacking for Kids, Advocates Say

Mental Health of Dads-to-Be May Influence Toddler's Behavior

Mental Illness a Frequent Cell Mate for Those Behind Bars

Mental Illness Affects 1 in 5 U.S. Adults, Survey Finds

Mental Illness May Not Impede Healthy Weight Loss, Study Says

Mental Illness May Raise Risk of Being Murdered

Mental Ills in Kids With Epilepsy May Depend on Seizure Location

Mental, Physical Challenges May Help Seniors Stay Sharp, Study Says

Metformin Outperforms Common Class of Diabetes Drugs in Study

Metformin Won't Aid Breast Cancer Survival in Diabetics

Meth Addiction May Be Harder to Treat in Teen Girls

Methadone for Pain Relief Leading Cause of Fatal Overdoses: CDC

'Microbeads' May Boost Survival in Advanced Colon Cancer Patients

Midlife Fitness May Mean Healthier Old Age, Study Finds

Migraine With Aura May Raise Risk of Heart Trouble

Migraine, Chronic Back Pain Tied to Higher Suicide Risk

Migraines May Hurt Kids' Grades Too

Mild Hyperthyroidism Tied to Higher Death Risk

Mild Hyperthyroidism Won't Raise Heart Risk: Study

Military Families May Need Help With Mental Health

Millions May Be Taking Vitamin D Unnecessarily, Analysis Suggests

Millions of Americans Have Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: CDC

Millions of Healthy Years of Life Lost to Cancer Worldwide

'Mini-Strokes' May Be More Damaging Than Thought

Minorities Harmed Most By Fast-Food Outlets Near School: Study

Minorities Less Likely to Use Hospice Care: Study

Miscarriages Tied to Elevated Risk for Heart Conditions

'Misdiagnosis' Leading Cause of U.S. Malpractice Payouts: Study

Missed Diagnoses in ICU Often Have Deadly Results: Review

Moderate Drinking May Increase Risk of Heart Rhythm Disorder: Study

Moderate Drinking May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival: Study

Modern Technology Adds to Worldwide Obesity Woes: Report

Modest Cardiac Benefit From Chelation Therapy Not Enough to OK Use: Experts

Modest Weight Loss Can Reap Prolonged Health Benefits

Monday Best Time for Hospitalization With Heart Failure, Study Says

Money Motivates Weight Loss -- One Step at a Time

More Americans Have at Least 2 Chronic Health Issues: CDC

More Americans Successfully Managing Diabetes

More Americans Walking, But Still Not Enough, CDC Says

More Antibiotic Use Tied to Rise in Diarrheal Infections in Hospitals: Study

More Booze in Movies for Kids, Study Finds

More Child Gun Injuries in States With Self-Defense Laws

More College Women Smoking Hookahs

More Dietary Fiber Might Help Thwart Stroke: Study

More Doctors Starting to Favor 'Wrist Route' to Heart: Study

More Drug Trials Needed for Conditions Affecting Kids: Review

More Evidence Linking Creativity, Mental Illness

More Evidence Links Bullying, Abuse to Suicidal Thoughts in Youth

More Evidence That Exercise Helps Fight Diabetes

More Evidence That Exercise in Middle Age Boosts Health

More Evidence That Shift Work Might Raise Heart Risks

More Evidence That Violent Video Games Help Spur Aggression

More Evidence Ties Heart Disease to Mental Decline

More Evidence Whooping Cough Protection Wanes

More Gene Variants Linked to Heart Trouble

More Infants Surviving With Serious Heart Defects, Study Finds

More Kids Diagnosed With Mental Health Disabilities, Study Finds

More Kids Getting Donor Organs, But Gaps Persist, Study Finds

More Kids Taking Antipsychotics for ADHD: Study

More Mental Health Woes in College Kids Who Abuse Prescription Drugs

More New Drugs a Bad Fit With Grapefruit, Study Finds

More Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Recognize Stroke Risk: Survey

More Proof Healthy Living, Not Smoking Pay Off

More Than 4 in 10 U.S. Teens Text While Driving: Survey

More Than a Third of Births 'Unintended': CDC

More Than Half of Severe Mental Disability Cases Not Inherited: Study

More Time in Gym Class Equals Stronger Kids

More U.S. Couples Living Together Instead of Marrying, CDC Finds

More U.S. Kids Prescribed Off-Label Antipsychotics: Study

Most Men Don't Need PSA Tests, Doctors' Group Says

Most Men With Erectile Dysfunction Don't Seem to Get Treatment

Most of World's Adults Consume Too Much Salt, Study Finds

Most Prostate Cancer Patients Don't Die From the Disease: Study

Most Teens Support Tough Smoking Bans: Survey

Mother's Drinking Increases Risk of Infant's Death: Study

Mothers' Weight-Loss Surgery Linked to Kids' Heart Health

Motorcycle Deaths Continue to Climb: Report

Move Over, Mean Girls

Multiple Brain Tumors Even More Malignant: Study

Multiple Head Injuries Raise Soldiers' Suicide Risk, Study Finds

Multivitamins Won't Help Men Ward Off Heart Disease: Study

Muscle Mass Linked to Bone Health in Some Parts of Body

Muscle-Building Teens May Go to Extremes, Study Finds

Nationwide Study Examines Common Heart Procedures

Nearly 14 Million Cancer Survivors in U.S.: Report

Nearly Half of Children With Autism Wander From Safety: Survey

Nearly Half of High Schoolers Text While Driving: Survey

Need to Get Walking More? Clip on a Pedometer

Nerve Stimulation May Restore Hand Function After Spinal Injury

Neurology Group Lists Procedures That May Be Unneeded

New Anti-Clotting Drug Bests Warfarin, Study Says

New Bird Flu No Immediate Threat: U.S. Experts

New Blood Thinner Effient No Better Than Plavix at Preventing Heart Trouble: Study

New Blood Thinner May Help Prevent Leg Clots, Study Finds

New China Bird Flu May Be Resistant to Tamiflu

New Clues to How Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

New Defibrillator Implanted Just Under the Skin

New Drug May Help Those Who Can't Take Statins

New Drugs Might Give Heart Patients an Edge

New Gene Mutations Tied to Schizophrenia

New Guidelines Say Doctors Should Screen All Adults for 'Risky' Drinking

New Guidelines Say No to Screening EKGs for Low-Risk Patients

New Guidelines Seek to Streamline Care for Worst Heart Attacks

New Guidelines Suggest HIV Screening for All Adults

New HIV Infections Highest Among Urban Gay, Bisexual Men: CDC

New Method May Help Pinpoint Woman's Final Menstrual Period

New Method Quickly Spots Kidney Damage After Surgery

New MRI Might Help Spot Heart Disease Early: Study

New Procedure May Shrink Enlarged Prostate Without Surgery

New Research Suggests HRT May Lower Heart Risks

New Soccer Goal: Lowering Blood Pressure

New Stroke Guidelines Stress Treatment Within One Hour of Arrival in ER

New Study Debunks Virus Theory for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

New Symptoms Tied to Death Risk in Severe Kidney Disease

New Treatments May Help Restore Speech Lost to Aphasia

New York's Trans-Fat Ban Is Working: Study

Newer Drug-Releasing Stent Cuts Chances of Cardiac Events: Study

Newer Psoriasis Drugs May Lower Heart Attack Risk for Patients

Newer, Pricier Prostate Cancer Radiation No Better Than Old: Study

NFL's Seau Had Brain Trauma at Time of Suicide, Report Finds

Niacin Won't Help, May Harm Heart Patients: Study

Niacin-Statin Combo May Cause Side Effects for Heart Patients

'Nightmare' Bacteria Spreading in U.S. Hospitals, Nursing Homes: CDC

No Benefit Seen in Extending Herceptin for Breast Cancer

No Drop in Teens' Use of 'Smokeless' Tobacco

No Health Risk When Jehovah's Witnesses Refuse Blood: Study

No Need to Fast Before Cholesterol Blood Test: Study

No Proof Drugs Ease Kids' Migraines: Study

No Proof That 'Doping' With EPO Gives Athletes an Edge: Review

Noise, Dirty Air May Be Double Whammy for the Heart

Nonalcoholic Red Wine Might Help Lower Blood Pressure

Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers Tied to Risk for Other Cancers

North American Shark Attacks Hit Decade High

Number of U.S. Kids With Diabetes Could Skyrocket: Study

Nutrient Therapy Won't Help ICU Patients: Study

Obese Black Kids More Susceptible to Hypertension, Study Finds

Obese Boys, Impotent Men?

Obese Children Struggle With Joint Pain: Study

Obese Drivers May Be More Likely to Die in Car Crashes

Obese Kids May Be at Higher Risk for Heart Disease

Obese Kids May Face Immediate Health Woes, Study Finds

Obese Kids May Have Dulled Taste Buds

Obese New Mothers May Have Higher Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

Obese Patients Urged to Lose Weight Before Kidney Transplant

Obese Teens Face Higher Risk for Kidney Disease: Study

Obese Women With Diabetes May Need Different Workouts Than Men

Obesity Crisis May Be Fueling Big Jump in Sleep Apnea Cases

Obesity Does Slow People Down, Study Confirms

Obesity in Middle Age Tied to More Rapid Mental Decline: Study

Obesity Linked to Prostate Cancer, Study Finds

Obesity Might Lower Teens' Thinking Skills, Study Suggests

Obesity Now Puts Kids' Hearts at Risk Later

Obesity Surgery Seems to Reduce Heart Risks, Study Says

Obesity, Exercise May Affect Risk for Key Type of Colon Cancer

Official: Pharmacy Tied to Meningitis Outbreak May Have Broken State Law

'Off-Label' Use of Meds Routine in Pediatric ICU

Olympic Medalists May Also Claim 'Survival Advantage'

Olympic-Class Athletes Abound in Animal Kingdom

Omega-3s May Not Help Your Heart After All, Study Says

One in 10 U.S. Kids Diagnosed With ADHD: Report

One in 600 Flights Involves Medical Emergency, Study Says

One in Every 12 Stroke Survivors Contemplates Suicide, Study Finds

One Man's Harrowing Battle With Hepatitis C

One Path to Fitter Kids: More P.E. at School

One-Third of Men With Anal Cancer Have HIV, Study Finds

Only 1 in 5 Americans Gets Enough Exercise: CDC

Only 5 Percent of Restroom Patrons Wash Hands Properly, Study Finds

Over 50? Checklist May Predict If You'll Be Alive in 10 Years

Overactive Thyroid May Raise Risk for Common Irregular Heartbeat

Overweight Kids More Prone to Gallstones: Study

Oxygen Therapy Spurs Recovery in Some Stroke Patients

Pandemic H1N1 Flu Killed Far More Than Reported: Study

Panel Rules Against HRT for Preventing Chronic Disease

Pan-Fried Red Meat May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk: Study

Parents Can Adapt, Thrive After 'Empty Nest'

Parents Key to Whether Kids Get Enough Exercise, Studies Find

Parents' Military Deployment Takes Toll on Kids, Study Finds

Parents Not Too Worried About Kids' Use of Pain Meds: Poll

Parents' Religious Beliefs Can Complicate Kids' End-of-Life Care

Parents' Social Anxiety May Raise Kids' Risk for Anxiety Disorder

Parents Underestimate Influence Over Teens' Substance Abuse: Survey

Patient Education Helps Prevent Overuse of Antibiotics for Cough, Study Finds

Patient Survival Rises When Drugs Suppress Hepatitis C in Blood: Study

Patient Wishes Should Guide End-of-Life Care, Researchers Say

Patients' Health Care Costs Unaffected by Doctors' Sex: Study

Patients More Likely to Survive In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Today: Study

Patients Often Ill-Informed on Impact of Heart Device

Pay Attention in Preschool, Graduate From College: Study

Pediatricians Say No to Expulsions, Suspensions at Schools

Pedometers Can Keep You Moving

Pent-Up Stress Could Harm Health of Middle-Aged Women

People With Darker Skin Still at Risk for Melanoma

People With Implantable Defibrillators May Need More Mental Health Support

People With Mental Illness Make Up Large Share of U.S Smokers

Pets a Boon for the Human Heart, Cardiologists Say

Phys Ed Requirements Disappearing at 4-Year Colleges

Physical Activity in Old Age May Protect Brain

Physical, Sexual Assault May Raise Soldiers' Suicide Risk

Physically Active Jobs Tied to Unusual Amounts of Sleep

Physically Fit Docs More Likely to Prescribe Exercise, Study Finds

Physician-Assisted Suicide Program Rarely Used, Study Finds

Piling on Pounds When Younger May Lead to Enlarged Heart Later

Pinball Analogy May Help Grief-Stricken Move Forward

Playing Several Sports Keeps Kids Slimmer: Study

'Plugged-In' Teens Vulnerable in Traffic: Study

Police Work Takes Heavy Health Toll: Study

Poll: Many Americans Don't See Their Kids as Overweight

Poor Reading Skills Linked to Teen Pregnancy Risk

Poor Sense of Smell Linked to Personality Disorder

Poor Sleep in Teen Years Linked to Heart Risks in Adulthood

Poor Sleep May Worsen Heart Woes in Women, Study Finds

Popular Cinnamon Stunt Can Have Serious Lung Effects

Popular Diabetes Meds Put to the Test

Positive Outlook Boosts Likelihood of Healthier Lifestyle

Post-Flight Fainting May Signal Dangerous Blood Clot: Study

Post-Op Delirium's Toll on Mental Function May Linger: Study

Post-Op Radiation May Boost Results for Prostate Cancer Patients: Study

Pot Psychosis May Be Gene-Related

Pre-College Parental Chat May Reduce Freshman Drinking

'Predrinking' Nearly Doubles Booze Consumption: Study

Pregnancy Adds Challenge for Teens Treated for Drug Abuse, Report Says

Pregnancy Hormone Shows Promise as Heart Failure Drug

Pregnant Women Under Stress May Be at Higher Risk for Stillbirth

Pregnant Women With Bipolar Disorder May Have Higher Risk of Premature Birth

Prenatal Antidepressants Don't Raise Fetal, Infant Death Risk: Study

Preschool TV Habits Linked to 4th-Grade Waist Size, Fitness

Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey

Preventing Kidney Disease May Cut Diabetes Deaths, Study Says

Preventive Measures Pay Off for Those at Risk of Stroke

Pricey Cigarettes, Strict Schools Help Curb Teen Smoking

Processed Meat May Play a Part in Early Death: Study

Program to Spot Painkiller ODs Saves Lives: Study

Programming Change in Defibrillator Implants May Lower Death Risk: Study

Programming Implanted Defibrillators to React More Slowly Might Be Safer: Study

Prolonged CPR May Boost Chances for Cardiac Arrest Victims

Proscar Won't Boost Prostate Cancer Survival, Study Finds

Prostate Cancer May Be Deadlier for the Uninsured

PSA Testing Linked to Improved Prostate Cancer Survival

Psychopaths May Lack Capacity for Empathy

PTSD After Heart Attack Linked to Poor Sleep

PTSD Can Hamper Drug Treatment for Stroke Survivors: Study

PTSD Symptoms Common After Heart Attack: Study

Put Traffic Safety on Back-to-School 'To-Do' List: Experts

Quality of Life After Cancer May Depend on Tumor Type

Quality of Life Can Suffer for Kids With Heart Devices

Quick-Reversal Method May Be at Hand for New Blood Thinner

Quitting Cigarettes Cuts Heart Risks, Even If You Gain Weight

Quitting Smoking Just as Hard for Teens: Study

Race May Affect Quality of Prostate Cancer Surgical Care

Race, Income Tied to Breast Cancer Treatment Delays, Reduced Survival

Race-Day Diet Can Make or Break a Competitive Cyclist

Racial Gap in Kids' Dental Care Vanishing: Study

Racial Gap Persists in Women's Heart Health Knowledge: Survey

Racial Gap Seen in Survival Among Kidney Dialysis Patients

Radiation for Childhood Cancer Might Raise Diabetes Risk

Radiation Therapy May Raise Future Death Risk From Heart Surgery

Re-Analysis Refutes Diet Guidelines Favoring Vegetable Fats

Recent Ex-Smokers May Fare Worse After Heart Bypass: Study

Reducing Ozone Limits Would Save Lives, Report States

Reductions in U.S. Teen Smoking Stalled: CDC

Reductions in Wood-Burning Stoves Tied to Lower Death Rates

Regular Exercise May Add Years to Life, Study Finds

Regular Exercise May Help Seniors Stave Off Heart Failure

Relatives Who Witness Loved One's CPR Fare Better: Study

Repeat Births by Teen Girls Still Too High: CDC

Report Details Start of Steroid Meningitis Outbreak

Report Details Steps to Boost Patient Safety

Report: 39 States on Pace for Obesity Rates Above 50%

Resilient Personality May Bring Better Aerobic Health

Restless Legs Syndrome Tied to Earlier Death Risk

Rich/Poor Divide Linked to Hospital Readmissions in Study

Right Amount of Exercise Can Boost Mental Health: Study

Rosie O'Donnell's Heart Attack a Lesson for Women

Routine Checkups Don't Cut Cancer, Heart Deaths: Study

Safety Eyewear Can Prevent Sports Injuries in Kids

Same-Sex Relationships Pose Abuse Risks, Too

Scans That Gauge Heart Scarring May Spot High-Risk Patients

Scarring May Raise Death Risk From Fatty Liver Disease

Schizophrenia Patients Who Take Antipsychotics Live Longer, Study Says

School Bullies Often Popular, Survey Finds

School Programs Do Keep Some Kids From Smoking

School Sports May Cut Rates of Violence, Bullying Among Teens

Science Reveals How Owls Avoid Stroke While Rotating Heads

Scientists Discover More Genetic Clues to Testicular Cancer

Scientists Map Genetic 'Blueprint' of Heart

Scientists Map Genomes of One Man's Sperm

Scientists Use Stem Cells to Mimic Huntington's Disease

Screen All Adults for Obesity: U.S. Panel

Screen Time Near Bedtime Means Less Sleep for Kids

Screening Debate Typifies Prostate Cancer Uncertainties

Secondhand Smoke Linked to Early Heart Disease, Study Finds

Secondhand Smoke Takes Big Illness, Expense Toll

Secondhand Smoke Tied to Lower 'Good' Cholesterol in Teen Girls

Self-Esteem, Optimism Help When Caring for Spouse After Stroke

Self-Harm Associated With Premature Death in Study

Seniors Who Fell Recently May Fare Worse After Surgery

Serious Mental Illness Tied to Higher Cancer, Injury Risk: Studies

Seriously Stressed? Hair Analysis Tells All, Study Finds

Service That Speeds Up Breast Cancer Diagnosis Pays Off: Study

Severe Anemia Linked to Higher Death Risk After Heart Surgery

Severe Gum Disease May Be Linked to Impotence

Severely Obese Donors Raise Risks for Kids With Liver Transplant

'Sex With an Ex' Common Among Teens, Young Adults

'Sexting' May Go Hand-in-Hand With Unprotected Sex Among Teens

Shift to Hospice Care Often Comes Too Late, Study Finds

Shootings at Hospitals a Rarity, Study Finds

Short Bursts of Intense Exercise Can Fight Weight Gain: Study

Shorter Hospital Stays Don't Compromise Care, Study Finds

Short-Term Exercise Might Boost Young People's Self-Control

Short-Term, Early HRT May Cut Women's Alzheimer's Risk: Study

Shots Should Be on College Kids' Back-to-School List

Sibling's Death May Boost Your Own Risk of Dying From Heart Attack: Study

Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatments Similar in Long Run: Study

Signs of Brain Damage Show Up in Scans of Living, Retired NFL Players

Simple Measures May Curb Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Single-Embryo IVF Cuts Risk to Baby: Study

Sitting Can Harm Health, Even for Those Who Exercise

Sitting for Hours Daily Might Boost Your Kidney Disease Risk: Study

Skinny Genes: Could Heredity Raise Your Vulnerability to 'Be-Thin' Pressure?

Skipping Aspirin Before Artery Procedure May Boost Death Rates

Sleep Apnea May Boost Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death

Sleep Duration Linked to Suicidal Thoughts in People With Insomnia

Sleep Positioners Linked to Infant Suffocation: CDC

Sleep Trumps All-Night Cramming for College Exams

Sleep Woes Tied to Prostate Cancer Risk in Study

Slow-Growing Babies Nearly Catch Up With Peers by Teens

Small Babies Can Be Sign of Heart Problems in Mother

Smaller Aortic Aneurysms May Require Less Frequent Monitoring

Smartphone Apps Can Make Workouts More Fun

Smartphones Linked to Sexual Activity in Teens: Study

Smog May Boost Death Risk for Heart Attack Survivors

Smoggy Air Tied to Heart Attacks: Study

Smokers Are Still High School's 'Cool Kids,' Study Finds

Smokers at Higher Risk of Another Stroke: Study

Smokers, Nonsmokers Alike Urged to Learn About Lung Cancer

Smoking After Stroke Triples Risk of Death Within Year: Study

Smoking Bans Reduce Hospitalizations: Study

Smoking Deadlier For HIV Patients Than Virus Itself: Study

Smoking in Youth-Rated Movies Doubles: Report

Smoking Pot May Raise Stroke Risk in Young Adults

Smoking, Diabetes Are Risk Factors for Poor Leg Circulation: Study

Snowboarding Tops List of Winter-Sports Injuries

Soccer Kicks Up Activity Level of Overweight Kids: Study

Solo Rock Stars Die Sooner Than Those in Bands

Some Antidepressants Linked to Bleeding Risk With Surgery

Some Complain of Shorter Penis After Prostate Cancer Treatment: Study

Some Diabetics May Not Benefit From Daily Aspirin

Some HPV-Linked Cancers Rising in U.S.: Report

Some Improvement in Heart Risk Factors for Americans: CDC

Some Kids Abusing Common Baking Ingredients

Some Slightly Obese May Gain From Weight-Loss Surgery, Guidelines Say

Some Whooping Cough Strains Now Outsmarting Vaccine

Some Women's Brains Contain Male DNA: Study

Sons of Absent or Abusive Fathers May Pick More Bar Fights: Survey

Son's Real-Life Drama Leads Comedy Queen to Medical Role

Sound Sleep Helps the Heart, Expert Says

Southern Diet Might Explain the 'Stroke Belt'

Space Heater Safety Tips Can Help Prevent Burns, Fires

Spanking Batters Kids' Mental Health: Study

Special-Ed Students at Greater Risk of Bullying, Being Bullied: Study

Sperm Counts Dropping for French Men: Study

Sperms' Length Linked to Men's Fertility

Sports Gamblers Wrongly Bet on Their Sense of Control: Study

Sports Help Dads, Daughters Bond, Study Says

Sports May Be OK With Defibrillator, Study Says

Spouses of Heart Attack Victims May Face Heightened Depression Risk

Standard Dose of Blood Thinner May Not Be Best for All Patients

Stars Strut in Red to Bring Awareness to Women's Heart Health

State Regulations Tied to Drop in Common Heart Procedure

Statin Side Effects Often Manageable: Study

Statins' Heart Benefits Outweigh Diabetes Risk: Study

Statins May Cut Risk of Death From Cancer, Study Suggests

Statins May Hamper Workout Results

Statins Plus Exercise Best at Lowering Cholesterol, Study Finds

Statins Won't Hurt, Might Even Help, Your Pancreas: Study

Steady Rise in Heart Valve Infections Noted in U.S.

Steep Rise in Suicides Among Middle-Aged Americans, CDC Says

Stem Cell Therapy Reversed Chemo-Linked Infertility in Male Monkeys

Stem Cell Transplant May Spur Heart Disease Risk: Study

Stem Cells From Donor May Help Heal Heart

Steroid Shots for Tennis Elbow Miss the Mark: Study

Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix May Carry Heart Risks, FDA Warns

Strategy May Help ER Docs Spot Heart Attacks Within an Hour

Stress Adds to Salt Load of Some Blacks, Study Says

Stress During Pregnancy May Raise Heart Defect Risk for Baby

Stress, a 'Type A' Personality May Boost Stroke Risk

Stress, Depression Linked to Raised Stroke Risk in Seniors

Stressful Job Might Be Tough on the Heart

Stressful Jobs Linked to Heart Woes in Women

Strides Made in Preventing Cancer, But Challenges Remain: Report

Stroke Before Age 50 Linked to Raised Risk of Early Death

Stroke During Childhood May Raise Risk for Epilepsy, Study Says

Stroke Patients Hospitalized on Weekends Don't Seem to Do As Well

Stroke Prevention: More Sweet News for Chocolate Lovers

Stroke Risk Higher After Bypass Than Angioplasty: Analysis

Stroke Risk Rises in Seniors With COPD: Study

Strong Social Support Seems to Boost Breast Cancer Survival

Student Suicide May Spur Similar Thoughts in Teens

Study Assesses Blood Thinner Use After Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Study Claims Marijuana Tied to Lower Bladder Cancer Risk

Study Examines Link Between Breast Cancer and Diabetes

Study IDs 4 Key Habits of Successful Aging

Study Links Another Gene Variant to Male Breast Cancer

Study Links Long-Term Aspirin Use With Vision Loss

Study Links Stillbirth to Genes Tied to Dangerous Heart Rhythm

Study Links Timing of ER Visit to Prostate Cancer Survival Odds

Study of Retired NFL Players Finds Evidence of Brain Damage

Study Probes Use of Filter Device to Stop Deadly Blood Clots

Study Questions Advice Given to Obese Pregnant Women

Study Questions Value of PSA Test for Older Men

Study Reveals Gender Gap in Spotting Depression

Study Sees Link Between Mom's Flu, Bipolar Risk for Children

Study Shows Bicycle Helmets Save Lives

Study Supports Link Between Obesity, Cavities in Homeless Kids

Study Supports Use of 'Brain Stents' for Certain Stroke Patients

Study Tallies Economic Fallout From Workers' Heart Attacks

Study Ties Gene to Dangerous Heart Valve Deposits

Study Ties Kids' Allergy Risks to Antibacterials, Preservatives

Study: Blood Tests for Inflammation Could Help Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke

Study: Cystic Fibrosis Patients Struggle to Exercise

Study: Low Blood Pressure May Weaken Brains of Some Heart Patients

Study: Mega Vitamins Won't Help After Heart Attack, Chelation Treatment Might

Study: No Long-Term Heart Risks From Breast Radiation

Study: Rheumatoid Arthritis Plus Depression May Be Deadly

Study: Treating Sleep Disorder May Thwart Heart Disease

Sugary Drinks Not Replacing Milk as Kids Age: Study

Sugary Drinks Tied to 25,000 U.S. Deaths a Year

Sugary Sports Drinks Plentiful at U.S. Schools: Study

Suicidal Thoughts More Common in Kids With Autism: Study

Suicide Now Kills More Americans Than Car Crashes: Study

Suicides Up in Sagging U.S. Economy

Summer Camp Health Tips for Parents

Summer Deadliest Time of Year for Teen Drivers

Summer Is Peak Time for Teens to Try Drugs, Alcohol: Report

Sunless Tanners Still a Tough Sell, Survey Finds

Supplement of Red Wine Ingredient Won't Help Healthy Women: Study

Supplements of Red Wine Antioxidant Don't Help Obese Men

Surgery May Spur Rise in Heart Deaths After Cancer Diagnosis: Study

Surgical Delivery of Drug Shows Promise Against 'Bleeding' Stroke

Survey Finds Big Drop in Sexual Activity Among Black Teens

Survival After General Anesthesia Vastly Improved: Study

Survival Equal in 2 Types of Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: Study

Survival More Likely With Exercise-Related Cardiac Arrest: Study

Survival Tripled for Hospitalized U.S. Kids With Cardiac Arrest

Swallowing Magnets Can Be Fatal for Children

Sweet Drinks Tied to Higher Calorie Consumption in Kids

Swimming Pools May Pose Hazard for People With Heart Devices

'Synthetic Pot' Sending Thousands of Young People to ER: Report

Tackling Diet, Exercise Together Produces Best Results: Study

Tai Chi Might Help Stroke Survivors Avoid Falls

Tap-Water Chemical May Be Linked to Food Allergy

Targeted Prostate Cancer Biopsies Might Improve Care: Study

Teach Prescribers About Dangers of Long-Acting Pain Meds: FDA

Teen Behavior Problems, Not Depression, Tied to Lower Grades

Teen Births May Increase Risk of Obesity Later in Life

Teen Bullies May Turn to Crime as Adults

Teen Drinkers May Feel Like Social Outcasts: Study

Teen Fighting Declines in U.S., Europe

Teen Girls Need Bone Health Advice to Stave Off Osteoporosis

Teen Moms More Likely to Have Been Neglected, Abused

Teen Obesity Linked to Mom's Smoking in Pregnancy: Study

Teen Pregnancy-Prevention Program Works, Study Says

Teen Smoking Has Fallen Across Most of U.S.: Report

Teens Benefit by Spending More Time With Parents

Teen's Death From Chickenpox Highlights Need for Vaccination, CDC Reports

Teens Don't Really Like Taking Risks, Study Finds

Teens' Friends Can Influence Their School Performance

Teens' Lifestyle Choices Affect Their Blood Pressure

Teens Want Voice in End-of-Life Decisions

Teens Who Drink, Smoke More Likely to Abuse Painkillers: Study

Teens Who Self-Harm Need Adult Influences, Professional Help: Expert

Teens With ADHD May Need Help Making Transition to College

Telling Patients When They're Unfit to Drive Cuts Crashes: Study

Temporary Tattoos May Leave Permanent Damage

Testicular Cancer on Rise in U.S., Especially Among Hispanic Men

Testing Lung Cancer Patients for Gene May Aid Treatment, Study Finds

Testosterone Gel Fails to Boost Viagra's Effects

Testosterone Supplements May Hurt Male Fertility, Study Finds

Texas-Mexico Border Violence May Harm Kids' Mental Health

Texting Could Help Spread the Word on Teen Health

Texting Doesn't Replace the Feel-Good Effects of Talking, Study Says

The Care and Feeding of Olympic Athletes

The Health Benefits, and Risks, of Alcohol

Thigh Fat May Slow Down Seniors

Thin Placenta Might Be Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death Later in Life

Tight Blood Sugar Control Won't Help Babies After Heart Surgery

Time Change Means Turning Clocks Back on Sunday

Tips on Coping With Grief During Holidays

To Get More Fit, Find a Stronger Workout Partner

To Improve School Nutrition, Involve Teachers and Parents

To Stop Smoking, Teens Should Start Moving

Tobacco Ads Spark Teen Smoking, Study Finds

Today's U.S. Soldiers Fitter Than Decades Ago: Report

'Toe-Walking' More Common in Kids With Mental Woes: Study

Too Few Americans Pass Last Days in Hospice Care: CDC

Too Few Girls Get HPV Vaccine Against Cancer: CDC

Too Few Kids Use Fast-Food Calorie Info, Study Finds

Too Little Known on How Primary Care Docs Can Prevent Child Abuse

Too Much Drinking, Weight May Harm Liver

Too Much or Too Little Activity Can Spur Knee Problems

Too Much Sitting Could Court Diabetes, Study Finds

Too Much Sitting Linked to Chronic Health Problems

Too Much Sitting Linked to Fat Buildup Around the Heart

Too Much Sitting May Lower Odds of Surviving Colon Cancer

Too Much Texting, Facebook Time May Lower College Women's Grades

Too Much Travel May Be Tough on Olympians

Too Much TV Tied to Lower Sperm Count in Young Men

Tooth Loss Associated With Higher Risk for Heart Disease

Tornadoes Don't Have to Be Deadly, Experts Say

Traffic May Keep City Dwellers Awake, Harming Health

Transfusions With Heart Surgery Might Raise Infection Risk

Treating Sperm With Missing Protein Might Help Male Fertility

Treatment for New, Deadly Coronavirus Shows Promise

Treatment for Painful Curved Penis Shows Promise

Turning Off the Tube Linked to Healthier Weight in Teens

TV Ads for Statins May Drive Overtreatment

Tweaking Dietary Fat Mix Might Boost Prostate Cancer Survival

Two Years On, Stem Cells Still Healing Damaged Hearts

Tying the Knot Ups Women's Drinking Rate, Lowers Mens'

Type 1 Diabetes Up 70 Percent in Kids, Study Finds

Type 2 Diabetes Progresses Faster in Kids, Study Finds

U.S. Adults Face Substantial Heart Disease Risk: Study

U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall: Report

U.S. Expands SIDS Prevention Effort

U.S. High Schools Lax in Preventing Dating Abuse: Study

U.S. Infant Mortality Rates Finally Dropping Again: Report

U.S. Kids Consuming Fewer Calories, Report Finds

U.S. Kids Getting Enough Sleep After All: Survey

U.S. Kids Might Not Be Over-Medicated After All

U.S. Launches Extensive Alzheimer's Studies

U.S. Lifestyles Thwarting Heart Health Progress: Report

U.S. Lung Cancer Deaths Highest for Blacks in Segregated Areas: Study

U.S. Military Seeks to Reduce Humvee Crash Injuries

U.S. School Kids Should Get Hour of Exercise Daily: Report

U.S. Spends More on Dementia Care Than Heart Disease or Cancer: Study

U.S. Stroke Patients Are Getting Younger

U.S. Task Force Urges Docs to Counsel Kids Against Smoking

U.S. Teen Birth Rate Plummets: Report

U.S. Teen Birth Rates Highest in Rural Areas, Research Shows

U.S. Teen Pregnancy Rate Continues to Fall

Ultrasound Allows Early Detection of Fluid in Dialysis Patients' Lungs

Uncontrolled Risk Factors Put Stroke Survivors in Danger

Under Right Conditions, Fertility Treatment Can Equal Natural Conception Rates: Study

Under Similar Stress, Rich Live Longer Than Poor: Study

Underactive Thyroid and Heart Failure a Bad Combination: Study

Underinsured Heart Disease Patients Die Sooner, Study Finds

Unemployed at Higher Risk for Heart Attack?

Unemployment's Toll Can Be Heartbreaking

Upbeat View on Old Age May Help Seniors Bounce Back From Disability

Urologists' Group Issues Updated Guidelines on PSA Test

Use Caution When Exercising in Hot Weather

Use of Medicare Skilled Nursing Benefit Is High at End of Life: Study

Use Social Media to Fight Childhood Obesity, Heart Experts Say

Vegetarianism May Cut Heart Disease Risk By Third: Study

Very Obese Teens See Heart Gains From Weight-Loss Surgery: Study

Viagra Can Help Prostate Cancer Patients Maintain Sex Lives: Study

Video Game 'Teams' Tied to Cooperative Behavior in Players

Vitamin D May Delay Deterioration of Smokers' Lungs: Study

Vitamin D Supplements Won't Help Cholesterol Levels: Study

Vitamins, Minerals May Help Older Men's Sperm Stay Healthy

Volunteering May Boost Teen Heart Health

Walk Your Way to a Longer Life, Study Says

Walking for Heart Health? Speed It Up, Study Suggests

Walking Program Helps Stroke Survivors Get On With Life

Want to Live Longer? Turn Off That TV and Stand Up

Want to Lose Weight? Then Run, Don't Walk: Study

Was Heart Disease the Mummies' Real Curse?

Water or Sports Drink?

Water Workouts a Great Alternative: Study

Water-Tubing Injuries on the Rise

Weather Worries Can Threaten a Child's Mental Health

Weekend 'Catch-Up' Sleep May Cut Young Drivers' Crash Risk

Weekends More Fatal for Older Patients With Head Injury: Study

Weight Control Can Cut Women's Diabetes Risk, Study Shows

Weight-Lifting May Boost Heart Health in Black Men: Study

Weight-Loss Surgery Cuts Heart Risk 7 Years Later: Study

Weight-Loss Surgery May Help Moderately Obese, Too

Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Drop in Heart Risk Factors

What Makes the End-of-Life Experience Peaceful?

What to Do When Lightning Strikes

'What's Bad for the Heart Also Bad for the Brain'

What's Good for the Heart May Also Prevent Cancer

When Breast Cancer Spreads to Lungs, Surgery May Increase Survival

When Kids Exercise More, Their Grades Might Rise Too

When Parents Get Active, So Do Kids: Study

When Partner Has Breast Cancer, Men Find Their Own Ways to Cope

When Teen Dating Turns Abusive and Violent

When Teens Focus on TV, Obesity Risk Rises

When Trees Die Off, Human Health May Also Suffer

Who Says the Sexes Are Planets Apart?

Why Johnny Can't Run

Why Some Stroke Survivors Struggle With Communication

Why Women Outlive Men: Fruit Flies Give Clues

Wider Waistlines Put Damper on Men's Sex Lives: Study

Winter Brings Rise in Heart-Related Deaths, Study Finds

Winter Holds Many Hazards for Seniors, Expert Warns

Winter Sports Safety: Preparation Is Key

Winter Weather, Snow Shoveling Pose Heart Risks

Wireless Pacemaker Shows Promise in Early Study

With Acne, Bacteria Strain on Your Skin May Be Culprit

With Benefits Unproven, Why Do Millions of Americans Take Multivitamins?

With Bullying, What's a Parent to Do?

With Certain Strokes, Effects Can Persist a Decade Later

With Diabetes, Boosting Exercise Should Be Done Safely

With Testicular Cancer, CT Scan Benefit May Beat Risks

Without Laws, Many Tanning Salons Would Allow Kids: Study

Women Don't Fare as Well as Men With Implanted Defibrillators: Study

Women Far More Likely to Live to 100 Than Men: U.S. Census

Women May Fare Worse Than Men After Stroke

Women Who Quit Smoking May Gain Up to 10 Years of Life: Study

Women, Young Adults Misinterpret Chest Pain: Study

Women's Brains React Differently Than Men's to Alcoholism, Study Finds

Workers Counseled on Back Pain Return to Job Sooner

Working Out Cuts Women's Appetite, Study Finds

Work-Linked Sleep Loss May Harm Police Officers' Health

Workplace Bullying Takes Toll on Witnesses Too, Study Finds

Writing Using the Eyes Might Help Paralyzed Communicate

Year of Taking Risky Blood Thinners May Be Unnecessary After Stent Surgery

Yoga May Help Ease High Blood Pressure, Study Finds

Yoga May Help With Common Heart Rhythm Disorder

Yoga Might Help With Stroke Rehab

You Can Help Reduce Your Colon Cancer Risk: Expert

Young Athletes Face Unhealthy Food Choices, Parents Say

Young Binge Eaters Prone to Illicit Drug Use: Study

Young Cancer Patients Often Lack Support: Study

Young Cancer Survivors Say Costs Hinder Follow-Up Care

Young Girl's Plea For Contact Lenses Pays Off

Young Men Taking HIV Meds May Be at Risk for Bone Loss

Young Women Less Healthy Than Men Before Heart Attack: Study

Younger Kids Likelier to Gain Weight After Tonsillectomy

Your Blood Type May Boost Your Heart Risk, Study Finds

Your Genetic Secrets May Not Be as Safe as You Think

Your New Weight-Loss Resolution: Drive Less

Your Stroke Risk Can Shrink With 7 Lifestyle Changes

Your Voice Carries Sexual Cues, Study Finds

Youth Smoking, Obesity May Lead to Early Death

Yo-Yo Dieting Can Hurt the Heart, Study Finds

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