Heart Health Worst in the South,...

1 in 8 Adults May Have Sensitive Teeth

1 in 8 Americans Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes: Poll

12 Ounces of Sugary Soda a Day Raises Diabetes Risk: Study

15 Million in U.S. Have COPD, a Lung Disease

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

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

4 Eating Habits May Help Older Women Maintain Weight Loss

40 Million Americans Addicted to Cigarettes, Alcohol or Drugs

40 Proven Strategies to Improve Public Health

42% of Americans Could Be Obese by 2030: CDC

7 Daily Servings of Fruits, Veggies Best for Happiness, Study Finds

9 in 10 Blacks With High Blood Pressure Have Early Heart Disease

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

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

A Pill So People With Celiac Disease Can Eat Freely?

A Survivor's Story From the Job Loss Front

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

Add Hurricane Menu to Your Storm Prep, Experts Say

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

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

Aerobic Exercise Cuts Kids' Diabetes Risk: Study

Aerobic Exercise Seems Best for Weight, Fat Loss

Air Pollution May Speed Hardening of Arteries

Airport Security X-Rays May Damage Diabetes Devices

Airport Smoking Areas Expose Travelers, Workers to Risk: CDC

Alcohol Poses Serious Risks for Those With Diabetes

Alcoholic Drinks Add 100 Calories a Day to Average Adult's Diet: Study

Alcoholism Treatment Saves Families Money

Allergies May Plague Renters More Than Homeowners

Allergy 'Rescue' Shots May Work Better in Lower Thigh of Overweight Kids

Almost Half of U.S. Adults Have Gum Disease

Alzheimer's May Progress Differently in Women, Men

Amazon Tribe Gives Clues to Heart-Healthy Lifestyles

American Heads Are Getting Bigger, Study Finds

Angioplasty May Be Risky for Those With Poor Leg Circulation

Angioplasty Safe in Hospitals Without On-Site Heart Surgery Services

Annual Beaches Report Finds Water Quality Lacking Along U.S. Shores

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

Another Danger of Depression?

Another New Weight-Loss Drug Approved

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

Antibiotic Use in Infants Tied to Overweight Later: Study

Antibiotics in Meat May Thwart Efforts to Make Sausage Safe

Antidepressants Celexa, Lexapro Tied to Irregular Heartbeat: Study

Antidepressants May Hasten Bypass Recovery, Study Finds

Antihistamines Adding to Drug Pollution in Streams

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

Antioxidants May Lower Risk of Heart Attack in Women: Study

Antioxidants Might Help Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk, Study Suggests

Anti-Smoking Ads Have Increased Quit Attempts: CDC

Anti-Smoking Progress Stalls Among U.S. Adults: Report

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 Post-Angioplasty Stress Tests Unnecessary?

Are Statins Less Helpful for Women?

Artery Stiffness May Predict High Blood Pressure

Artificial Pancreas Worked Overnight on Kids With Type 1 Diabetes

As Armstrong Case Unfolds, Experts Describe Doping's Harms

As Obesity Rates Rise, Cases of Kidney Stones Double: Study

As Vision Problems in U.S. Rise, Diabetes May Explain Why

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

Asthma Common Among Olympic Athletes

Asthma Meds May Be Linked to Irregular Heartbeat

Athletes Really Do Play Through the Pain

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

Atkins-Type Diets Look Kidney-Friendly: Study

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

Availability of Beds, Poverty Drive Costly Hospital Readmissions

Avoid Pregnancy for a Year After Weight-Loss Surgery: Review

Avoid Scary Calorie Counts This Halloween

Avoiding Alcohol May Cut Risk for Esophageal Cancer

B Vitamin Supplements Don't Affect Colon Cancer Risk: Study

Babies Born to Obese Mothers May Have Low Iron: Study

Babies Born to Obese Women Show Thicker Arteries: Study

Babies of Heavy Moms Grow Slower: Study

Baby's Healthy Diet Feeds IQ, Study Finds

Back Pain May Ease for Smokers Who Quit: Study

'Bad' Fat May Hurt Brain Function Over Time

Balance, Strength Training Reduce Falls for Elderly, Study Finds

Balding Men Could Face Higher Heart Risks, Study Finds

Beans a Boon for People With Diabetes, Study Finds

'Beige' Fat Joins Brown Fat as Potential Weight-Loss Target

Beijing's Olympic Smog Shows Pollution's Effect on Health

Being Obese May Make Job Search Tougher

'Believing' Propels Cancer Survivors to Exercise, Study Finds

Belly Fat Adds to Diabetes Risk in Obese Adults, Study Finds

Belly Fat May Be Tied to Kidney Damage

Belly Fat May Hit Your Heart the Hardest

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

Belly 'Membrane' May Regulate Immune System, Mouse Study Finds

Benefits of Exercise on Prostate Cancer Risk May Vary by Race

Benefits of Widespread Statin Use Outweigh Risks: Study

Berries May Cut Heart Attack Risk in Women, Study Says

Better Health Screening Urged for Female College Athletes

Better School Lunches May Lead to Slimmer Students

Better-Educated Blacks, Lower Odds of Hypertension: Study

Beware of the Potato Salad: Preventing Foodborne Illness in Summer

Bigger Waist Tied to Increased Risk of Diabetes

'Bigorexics' Want to Boost Their Masculinity

Birth Control That Uses Combined Hormones Raises Heart Risk: Study

Black Africans Less Apt to Develop Heart Rhythm Disorder Than Whites

Black Belts' Punching Power Linked to Their Brain Structure

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

Blacks Less Likely to Get Help on Scene After Cardiac Arrest: Study

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

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

Blocked Heart Arteries May Be Key Risk Factor for Stroke

Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Lip Cancer in Study

Blood Test May Spot Serious Health Risks in Women

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

Body Building, Diet Supplements Linked to Liver Damage: Study

Body Fat May Affect Death Risk Among Breast Cancer Patients

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'

Boughs of Christmas Trees Hold Many Insects, Bug Expert Says

BPA Exposure Impacts Pregnant Women's Thyroids, Study Suggests

BPA in Food Packaging Tied to Child Obesity: Study

BPA Substitute Lurks in Paper Money, Receipts

Brain Bleeds More Common in Smokers, Research Shows

Brain Scans Suggest Downside to Skipping Breakfast

Brain Surgery Eases Compulsive Eating in 10-Year-Old Girl

Brave New World of Genetics Requires Safeguards, Experts Say

Breast Cancer Drug May Harm the Heart More Than Thought

Breast Cancer Radiation Has Long-Term Heart Effects: Study

Breast Cancer Research Needs More Focus on Environment: Report

Breast Milk Contains More Than 700 Bacteria Types: Study

Breast-Feeding Won't Prevent Pre-Teen Obesity, Study Finds

Breath Test Might Predict Obesity Risk

Breathing Problem Sometimes Misdiagnosed in Athletes

Brisk Walking Equals Running for Heart Health: Study

Bypass Beats Stents for Diabetic Heart Patients: Study

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

Calcium Supplements May Be Bad for Your Heart: Study

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

Calcium Supplements May Raise Odds of Heart Death in Women

Campaign Has Smokers Listening to Smoking's Victims

Can a Parent's Job Raise Odds for Birth Defects in Baby?

Can Brightly Colored Fruits, Veggies Protect Against ALS?

Can Green Tea, Coffee Reduce Stroke Risk?

Can Nature Nurture the Mind as Well as the Soul?

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

Can Teens' Lack of Sleep Lead to Diabetes?

Can Testosterone Therapy Help Obese Men Lose Weight?

Can Tomatoes Lower Stroke Risk?

Can You Hear Me Now?

Cancer Cases Dropped After Nuke Plant Closed: Study

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

Cancer Society Suggests CT Lung Screening for Heavy Smokers

Can't Stop Eating M&Ms?

Cardiac Deaths May Lead to Shortage of Donor Livers

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

Cartilage Gives Early Warning of Arthritis, Study Finds

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

Cash Incentives, Penalties May Spur People to Shed More Pounds

Cash, Coaching May Boost Healthy Living

CDC Launches New Graphic Antismoking Ads

CDC Warns of Another Emerging Tick-Borne Threat

CDC: 1 in 50 Poor, Straight Urban Americans Infected With HIV

Cell-Based 'Tracking Devices' Might Help Monitor Treatments

Certain Diabetes Medications May Lower Heart Failure Risk

Certain Diets May Help Body Burn More Calories: Study

Certain Heart Meds May Give Chemo a Boost

Certain Lifestyle Factors Linked to Arthritis in Study Patients

Certain Parents Less Likely to Follow Doctors' Advice: Poll

Changes in Intestinal Bacteria Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Checklist for Winter Sports Safety

Cheerleading Needs Safety Guidelines, Pediatricians Say

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

Chemicals From Soaps, Cleansers Found in Minnesota Waterways

Chemicals From Antibacterial Products Found in Minnesota Lakes

Chemicals in Cookware, Carpets May Raise Arthritis Risk in Women

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

Childhood Depression May Be Tied to Later Heart Risk: Study

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

Childhood Trauma Linked to Later Stroke Risk

Children Born With Heart Defects Show Growth Lags 3 Years Later

Chips, Sodas Out, Healthier Fare In With New School Snack Rules

Chocolate a Death Risk for Rover

Cholesterol Drug Boosts Wound Healing in Diabetic Mice: Study

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 'Butter Flavoring' Exposure Linked to Harmful Brain Process

Chronic Pain Often Follows Stroke

Cigarette 'Relighting' on Rise in Still-Tight Economy

City Kids Exposed to More Lead From Contaminated Dust in Summer

City Kids More Prone to Food Allergies Than Rural Peers: Study

'Clean Your Plate' Orders From Parents May Backfire for Kids

Clenched Hand May Prevent 'Choking' Under Pressure

Climate Change May Bring Another Mosquito-Borne Illness to U.S.

Climate Change May Cut Cows' Milk Production in South

Climate Change May Threaten Worker Health, Productivity, Study Says

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

Closed Windows in Hospital Rooms May Raise Infection Risk

Clot Buster Safe for Stroke Patients on Blood Thinners: Study

Clot Buster Seems to Help Up to 6 Hours After Stroke

Clot-Buster Doesn't Raise Bleeding Risk in Warfarin Patients: 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

College Freshmen Urged to Keep Excess Pounds Away

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

Color of Your Cup Might Influence Drink's Taste

Colorful Fruits, Vegetables May Be Key to Cancer-Fighting Diet

Common Antidepressants May Raise Stroke Risk a Bit, Study Finds

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

Common Asphalt Sealant May Raise Cancer Risks

Common Blood Pressure Drugs Might Lower Dementia Risk

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 Pesticide Linked to Birth Defect, Study Suggests

Community Gardening May Reap Body Weight Benefit

Comparison of Obesity Surgeries Turns Up Surprising Results

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

Competitive Sports May Boost Heart Function After Breast Cancer

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

Confusion Over Diabetes Types Adds to Patients' Woes

Consider Weight When Choosing Blood Pressure Meds: Study

Consistent Criteria for Sports Concussion Might Aid Diagnosis

Consumers View Foods With Green Labeling as Healthier: Study

Controversial Alternative Heart Treatment Shows Hint of Benefit

Cooking-Oil Combo May Improve Blood Pressure

Coordinated Care Boosts Cardiac Arrest Survival: Study

COPD Deaths Highest in Rural, Poor Areas: CDC

COPD May Contribute to a Bad Night's Sleep

Cosmetic Procedures for Arms on the Rise, Plastic Surgeons Say

Cost of Diabetes Care in U.S. Keeps Climbing

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 Baby's Tummy Bacteria Help Spur Colic?

Could Being a Little Overweight Help You Live Longer?

Could Bloodletting Ease Heart Risks for the Obese?

Could Chocolate's Antioxidants Boost Brain Function?

Could Cholesterol Treatment Fight Repeat Heart Attack?

Could Coffee Bean Extract Help Control Blood Sugar?

Could Compound in Artificial Sweeteners Worsen Crohn's Disease?

Could Eating Fast Increase Diabetes Risk?

Could Facebook Assist Public Health Efforts to Track Obesity?

Could Facebook Be Making You Fat?

Could Food Flavors Act Like Mood-Stabilizing Drugs?

Could Gene Doping Be Part of Future Olympics?

Could Green Tea Help Fight Prostate Cancer?

Could Hypertension in Pregnancy Harm Child's Thinking Skills for Decades?

Could Kids' Salt Intake Affect Their Weight?

Could Lightning Spur Headaches and Migraines?

Could Psoriasis Increase Odds for Type 2 Diabetes?

Could Slow Walking Foreshadow Early Dementia?

Could Turtle Gene Findings Aid Human Health?

Countries With More Sugar in Food Supply Have More Diabetes

CPR Training Should Focus on High-Risk Neighborhoods: Experts

Cut Back on Sugar to Lose Some Weight

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

Cutting Out Mealtime Distractions May Help Manage Weight

Daily Aspirin May Bolster Aging Brain, Study Shows

Daily Coffee May Help Keep Grim Reaper Away

Daily 'Dose' of Dark Chocolate Might Shield the Heart

Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Risks Seem to Outweigh Gains for Many: Study

Damage to Tiny Blood Vessels in Brain May Raise Alzheimer's Risk

Deadly Black Widow Spider Edged Aside in California

Decisions, Decisions: Work Out or Fix a Meal?

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

Dense Breasts Not Linked to Cancer Deaths

Depressed Stroke Survivors May Face Higher Early Death Risk

Despite Big Progress, Many Kids Have High Lead Levels in Blood

Despite FDA Warning, Sports Supplements Still Available Online: Study

Despite More 'Healthy' Options, Little Change in Fast-Food Calorie Counts

'Dessert' With Breakfast Boosts Weight Loss: Study

Device Offers Hope for Battery-Free Pacemakers

Diabetes Can Make a Comeback After Weight-Loss Surgery: Study

Diabetes Can Take a Toll on Your Emotions

Diabetes Doesn't Seem to Raise Risks After Knee Replacement

Diabetes Drug Actos May Increase Bladder Cancer Odds

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

Diabetes May Hasten Mental Decline

Diabetes Patients Should Have More Voice in Treatment: Experts

Diabetes Prevention: Start Small, Experts Say

Diabetes Rates Higher in Countries Using Lots of High Fructose Corn Syrup: Study

Diabetes Rising Rapidly Among U.S. Kids

Diabetes Screening May Not Lower Overall Death Rates

Diabetes Self-Care Improves Slowly, U.S. Report Finds

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

Diet Drinks As Mixers May Make for More Potent Cocktails

Diet Drinks Tied to Depression Risk in Older Adults: Study

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

Diet, Weight Loss Ease Menopause Symptoms: Study

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

Dieting May Lower Hormone Levels Tied to Breast Cancer

Diets High in Fructose May Harm Liver in Some, Scientists Warn

Diners Eat Less When Restaurant Has Soft Lighting, Music

Discount Supermarkets Tied to Rising Obesity Rates

Disney to Curtail Junk Food Ads Aimed at Kids

DNA 'Telomere' Length Tied to Aging, Death Risk

Do Teens Who Sleep In Stay Slimmer?

Docs Aren't Coaching Overweight Kids on How to Slim Down: Study

Docs' Theories on Obesity May Affect Their Weight-Loss Advice

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

Docs: Heart Device Might Be Breakthrough for Muscular Dystrophy

Doctor Offers Hunting Safety Tips

Doctors Feel Less Connected to Obese Patients, Study Suggests

Doctors Spar Over Cholesterol Screening in Kids

Doctors to Parents: No Trampolines

Doctors Warn About High Levels of Caffeine in Some Energy Drinks

Does Eating Fish During Infancy Cut Asthma Risk?

Does Sleep Apnea Offer Some Protection During Heart Attack?

Does Weight-Loss Surgery Work for Teens? Yes, Study Says

Dog Study Raises Prospect of Biological Pacemaker for Humans

Dog Treats Can Pack on the Pounds, Vets Say

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

Don't Cut School Recess, Pediatricians Say

Don't Overlook Eating Issues Tied to Autism, Study Warns

Don't Turn to Holiday Food as a Way to Deal With Stress: Expert

Dramatic Rise in Kids Hospitalized With High Blood Pressure: Study

Drinking Iced Tea Raises Kidney Stone Risk: Study

Drug May Ease Angina in People With Type 2 Diabetes

Drug May Help Women Who Quit Smoking Avoid Weight Gain

Drug May Make Walking Easier for People With Artery Disease

Drug OK'd for Deadly Genetic Condition Tied to Cholesterol

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

Drug-Eluting Stent Approved for Peripheral Arterial Disease

Early Exposure to Gluten May Help Babies Avoid Celiac Risk: Study

Early Humans Commonly Consumed Meat, Researchers Say

Early Menopause May Double Heart Disease Risk, Study Says

Early Menopause May Raise Risk for Brain Aneurysm

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?

Eat Too Much While Watching TV? Try Taking Smaller Bites

Eating Meat May Raise Breast Cancer Risk in Whites: Study

Eating More Fruits, Veggies May Help Kidney Patients

Eating More Meals Linked to Less Student Overweight

Eating Out Can Hurt Heart Health, Expert Warns

Eating Vegetables May Protect Pancreas, Study Suggests

Economic Conditions at Birth Linked to Behavior in Teen Years

Education Is Key to Health: Report

Effects of High Blood Pressure Drug May Mimic Celiac Disease

Efficient Disease Risk Prediction a Long Way Off, Experts Say

Electrolyte Problem Raises Post-Op Death Risk: Study

Electronic Cigarettes Have Slight Impact on Heart: Study

Electronic Health Records Aid Diabetes Control

Elevated Antibody Levels May Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

Eliminating Mouth-to-Mouth Boosts CPR Results: Study

Eliquis Approved for People With Heart Rhythm Disorder

Energy Drinks Disrupting U.S. Soldiers' Sleep: CDC

Energy Drinks Linked to Changes in Heart Rhythm

Energy Drinks Pose Risks to Teens, Study Finds

Environmental Chemicals May Hurt Chances of Pregnancy

Environmental 'Gene-Swapping' May Play Part in Antibiotic Resistance

EPA Lowers Permissible Soot Levels in Air

EPA Proposes Cleaner Fuel, Car Standards

EPA Proposes New Cuts on Levels of Soot in Air

Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise as Weight-Loss Aid, Study Says

Erectile Dysfunction May Signal Hidden Heart Disease

Even a Little Exercise Boosts Self-Esteem in Overweight Teens

Even Brief Ozone Exposure May Raise Fatal Heart Risk: Study

Even 'High-Normal' Blood Sugar Tied to Brain Shrinkage

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 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

Evolution May Explain 'Runner's High,' Study Says

Evolution May Keep Birds From Becoming Roadkill

Excess Pounds Raise Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence, Death: Study

Excess Salt a Factor in 2.3 Million Deaths Annually Worldwide

Ex-Convicts From Tobacco-Free Prisons Need Help to Stay Off Smokes

Exercise a Likely Tool for Parkinson's Patients

Exercise and Weight Loss Give Brain a Boost, Study Finds

Exercise Appears to Ease Nerve-Damage Pain in Rat Study

Exercise Boosts School Performance for Kids With ADHD: Study

Exercise Can Help Fight Heart Failure

Exercise Can Shield the Aging Brain, Studies Show

Exercise Controls Weight in White Girls Better Than in Black Girls: Study

Exercise Does Boost Teens' Health, Study Finds

Exercise Helps Older Adults Stay Fit

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 Boost Survival in Breast, Colon Cancer Patients

Exercise May Delay Early Aging of People With Diabetes

Exercise May Ease Depression Tied to Heart Failure

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 Vaccine Seems to Stop Nicotine Addiction in Mice

Expert Pitches Safety Tips for Young Baseball Players

Expert Tips for Summer Sports Safety

Expert Tips May Help Kids Avoid Allergens at School

Experts Challenge Americans to Reduce Salt Intake

Experts Dispute Value of Checking Kids' Blood Pressure

Experts Offer Tips to Help Keep Fall Sports Injury Free

Experts Question Use of Ankle Blood Pressure to Gauge Heart Risks

Explorers on Ill-Fated 1910 Polar Expedition Died of Starvation

Exposure to Smog in Early Pregnancy Linked to Complications

Extra Pounds Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk in Women

Extra Pounds May Offer Protection to Heart Failure Patients

Extreme Cold Snap Brings Unexpected Health Risks

Extreme Heat Biggest Weather Killer, Expert Warns

Eye Changes May Predict Heart Disease in Blacks With Diabetes

Eye-Tracking Tool Might Quickly Spot Stroke

Fainting in Healthy People May Be First Sign of Heart Trouble

Fainting Might Run in Families, Twin Study Finds

Family Meals Encourage Kids to Eat More Veggies, Fruit: Study

Fast Food Makes Up 11 Percent of Calories in U.S. Diet: CDC

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

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

Fat Stats: 30% of Adults in 12 States Now Obese

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

FDA Approves 1st in New Class of Type 2 Diabetes Drugs

FDA Approves 2nd New Weight-Loss Drug

FDA Approves 3 New Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes

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

FDA Approves Generic Versions of Actos

FDA Approves Generic Versions of Plavix

FDA Bans BPA From Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups

FDA Clears First Weight-Loss Pill in 13 Years

FDA Gives Nod to First Drug for Diabetic Eye Disease

FDA Gives Nod to Longer Use of Nicotine Patch, Gum

FDA Issues Multiple Sclerosis Drug Alert

FDA Panel Gives Blessing to New Weight-Loss Drug

FDA Panel Votes Against New Use for Blood Thinner Xarelto

FDA Proposes Tighter Regulation of Public Defibrillators

FDA Renews Heart-Risk Warning for Antibiotic

FDA Should Work to Cut Sugar Levels in Sodas, Experts Say

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

Feces-Linked Bacteria Found at Lake Erie Beaches

Fees Lead Some Kids to Skip After-School Sports: Survey

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. Patients Getting Weight Counseling From Doctors

Fewer Young Americans Smoking, Survey Finds

First Stem Cell Vein Implant Helps Young Girl

First-Born May Be at Greater Risk for Diabetes, Hypertension

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

Fish Like Grouper, Barracuda May Pose Food-Poisoning Risk

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

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

Fish Oil Won't Save Diabetics' Hearts, Research Suggests

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 Fights High Blood Pressure, Even With Family History

Fitness in Middle Age Lowers Medical Costs Later: Study

Fitness May Boost Survival for Women With Breast Cancer

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 May Protect Your Heart

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

Folic Acid in Pregnancy May Lower Autism Risk

Folic Acid Supplements Don't Affect Cancer Risk, Review Finds

Follow-Up Care After Chest Pain Called Crucial

Food Allergies Tied to Impaired Growth in Kids

Food Safety Tips For a Worry-Free Tailgating Party

Food-Assistance Program Sees $2 Billion Spent on Sweet Drinks: Study

Foods Might Serve Up High Levels of Chemicals Found in Plastics

Foot Ulcers Tied to Increased Death Risk for People With Diabetes

For Healthier Eating, Keep Fruits, Veggies Within Reach

For Hospitals, Lowered Death Rates May Not Mean More Readmissions

For Kids, Eating Out = More Calories

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

For Restaurants, Healthier Menus May Mean Healthier Bottom Line

For Texas Man, Bariatric Surgery Led to Diabetes-Free Life

Fossilized Teeth Hold Clues to Early Human Species' Diet

Four in 10 Babies Given Solid Foods Too Early, Study Finds

Fractures Take High Toll on High School Athletes

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

Fruit Flies Use Detection System to Avoid Spoiled Food

Fruits, Veggies May Help Smokers Quit

Full Pantry Plus Too Little Sleep Is Recipe for Weight Gain

Funding Meals on Wheels Keeps Seniors Independent: Study

Gene Boosts Tomato's Color, But May Make It Less Tasty

Gene Linked to Alzheimer's May Lose Power With Age

Gene May Be Tied to Both Smoking and ADHD, Study Suggests

Gene May Double Risk of Alzheimer's in Blacks

Gene Tied to Obesity, Depression, ADHD

Generic Versions of Blood-Thinning Plavix Approved

Genes Influence Whether Psych Drugs Lead to Weight Gain

Genes May Dictate Teens' Susceptibility to Heavy Smoking

Genes May Influence Effectiveness of Anti-Smoking Policies

Genes Might Help Some Smokers Kick the Habit

Gene-Tweaked Tomatoes, Probiotics Aim to Lower Your Cholesterol

Germs Fly in Roller-Derby Games, Study Finds

Give Your Heart the Gift of a Stress-Free Holiday

Giving Plavix Before Angioplasty May Cut Heart Attack Risk: Study

Global Tobacco Use Remains High, Survey Finds

Gorging at the Buffet Table? Tactics May Help You Eat Less

Got Nobel? Milk-Guzzling Countries Win More of the Esteemed Prizes

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

Gout Flare-ups Rise Sharply With Certain Foods: Study

Graphic Cig Pack Labels Make Smokers Think, Study Finds

Great American Smokeout Is Thursday

Greater L.A. Heating Up, Climate Experts Predict

Group Programs for Weight Loss May Work Best

Gruesome Cigarette Pack Images Sway Smokers, Study Finds

Guidelines Issued for New Blood Thinner Brilinta

Gulp! Study Suggests Super-Size Soda Ban Could Fizzle

Gut Bugs Might Influence Child's Odds for Obesity

Gut Microbes Might Reflect Health, Diet of Older Adults

'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

Halloween Means Gobbling Candy

Happier Childhoods Tied to More Wealth as Adults: Study

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

Having a Blast on the Fourth? Keep Fido Safe

Head Injury Plus Herbicide Exposure May Triple Parkinson's Risk

Health Issues Add to Risk of Vitamin D Deficiency, Study Says

Health of Americans a Mixed Bag: CDC Report

Health Tip: Eat a Nutritious Breakfast

Health Tip: Worried About Lead Exposure?

Health Tip: Alcohol Can Affect Your Athletic Performance

Health Tip: All Fats Aren't Bad

Health Tip: At Risk for High Cholesterol?

Health Tip: Avoid Beginners' Workout Injuries

Health Tip: Avoid Emotional Eating

Health Tip: Avoid Fighting With the Kids Over Food

Health Tip: Avoid Overtraining

Health Tip: Avoid the Same Old Grain

Health Tip: Avoiding Gluten

Health Tip: Balance Holiday Buffets With More Exercise

Health Tip: Beat Boredom

Health Tip: Calming a Fussy Baby

Health Tip: Care for Your Mouthguard

Health Tip: Choose Low-Sodium Foods

Health Tip: Choosing Healthy Frozen Produce

Health Tip: Curb Late-Night Snacking

Health Tip: Diabetes Isn't a Ticket to Inactivity

Health Tip: Diabetes Often Triggers Foot Problems

Health Tip: Dieticians Can Help Diabetics

Health Tip: Dine on Seafood

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: Don't Overeat When Dining Out

Health Tip: Don't Overfeed Your Toddler

Health Tip: Eat Enough Legumes

Health Tip: Eat Healthier During the Holidays

Health Tip: Eat More Fruits and Veggies

Health Tip: Eat Right During Menopause

Health Tip: Eat Right on Vacation

Health Tip: Eat Right to Help Protect Your Vision

Health Tip: Eat Well While Traveling

Health Tip: Eating Because You're Bored?

Health Tip: Eating for Healthier Teeth

Health Tip: Encourage Kids to Snack on Fruits and Veggies

Health Tip: Encourage Your Family to Exercise

Health Tip: Encouraging a Picky Eater

Health Tip: Enjoy a Healthier Halloween

Health Tip: Enjoy a Healthier Pizza

Health Tip: Enjoy More Herbs and Seasonings

Health Tip: Enjoy Safe Exercise During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Enlist a Dietician

Health Tip: Exercise Can Help Manage Menopause

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: Exercising After Baby is Born

Health Tip: Exercising in Cold Weather

Health Tip: Exercising in the Heat

Health Tip: Exercising With Diabetes

Health Tip: Finding Protein in Foods

Health Tip: Flavor Food Without the Fat

Health Tip: Fuel Your Body for Resistance Training

Health Tip: Get Enough Calcium

Health Tip: Get Fit During Your Commute

Health Tip: Get Fit This Fall

Health Tip: Get Heart Healthy

Health Tip: Get More Iron

Health Tip: Get Ready for Cardiac Rehab

Health Tip: Get Regular Care to Manage Diabetes

Health Tip: Grill Healthier

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 Foot Ulcers

Health Tip: Help Prevent Heart Disease

Health Tip: Help Prevent Low Blood Sugar

Health Tip: Help Prevent Malnutrition in Seniors

Health Tip: Help Prevent Trampoline Injuries

Health Tip: Hiking or Running on a Trail

Health Tip: How Radon Can Get in Your Home

Health Tip: How to Safely Store Eggs

Health Tip: If You Smoke at Home...

Health Tip: If You're Always Tired

Health Tip: Invest in Protective Eyewear for Sports

Health Tip: Is My Blood Glucose Too Low?

Health Tip: Is Organic Better?

Health Tip: Jumping Rope for Exercise

Health Tip: Keep a Daily Food Diary

Health Tip: Keep Active by Walking

Health Tip: Keep Food Cravings at Bay at the Office

Health Tip: Keep Kidney Stones Away

Health Tip: Keep Off the Weight You've Lost

Health Tip: Keep Your Family Fit

Health Tip: Keep Your Salad Healthy

Health Tip: Kids Keeping You From Exercising?

Health Tip: Learn About the A1C Test

Health Tip: Living With a Pacemaker

Health Tip: Lower Cholesterol

Health Tip: Make Exercise a Social Activity

Health Tip: Make Healthier Fast Food Choices

Health Tip: Make Your Recipes Healthier

Health Tip: Manage Diabetes During Pregnancy

Health Tip: Managing Fructose Intolerance

Health Tip: Monitor Your Blood Glucose

Health Tip: On the Go With Diabetes

Health Tip: Pack Healthier Tailgating Snacks

Health Tip: Poor Sleep Can Hurt Your Heart...

Health Tip: Popeye Wasn't Wrong About Spinach

Health Tip: Practice Winter Sports Safety

Health Tip: Prevent Low Blood Sugar

Health Tip: Quench Your Thirst Without Extra Calories

Health Tip: Resolve to Meet Your Exercise Goals

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

Health Tip: Safely Dispose of Medications

Health Tip: Savor a Healthier Sandwich

Health Tip: Secondhand Smoke is Dangerous

Health Tip: Seniors on the Move

Health Tip: Serve Up a Healthy After-School Snack

Health Tip: Should I Be Screened for Prediabetes?

Health Tip: Signs of Heart Attack in Women

Health Tip: Slumping Iron?

Health Tip: Smokeless Tobacco Isn't Safe Either

Health Tip: Snack Smartly

Health Tip: Some Fats Are Healthier

Health Tip: Starting Baby on Solid Foods

Health Tip: Stay Active After a Heart Attack

Health Tip: Stay Busy When Quitting Smoking

Health Tip: Stay Fit When Traveling

Health Tip: Straining a Hamstring

Health Tip: Stretch Before and After Exercise

Health Tip: Tackling Family Dinners

Health Tip: Take a Walk!

Health Tip: Taking Medication to Manage Diabetes

Health Tip: Talk to Kids About Smoking

Health Tip: Talking to Your Doctor About Weight

Health Tip: Tame Your Food Cravings

Health Tip: Taming Your Sweet Tooth

Health Tip: Teach Kids About Smart Snacking

Health Tip: Think Before You Eat

Health Tip: Treat a Toddler to a Picnic

Health Tip: Understanding Adult Dehydration

Health Tip: Use a Stability Ball

Health Tip: Using a Stability Ball

Health Tip: Walk at Work

Health Tip: Warm Up Before You Exercise

Health Tip: Warm Up Before You Work Out

Health Tip: Watch Your Cholesterol When Dining Out

Health Tip: What's a Heart-Healthy Diet?

Health Tip: When Physical Therapy Ends

Health Tip: Why Did I Faint?

Health Tip: Why Eat Lean Meats?

Health Tip: Why Quit Smoking?

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

Health, Social Life Improve After Weight-Loss Surgery: Study

Healthy Diet May Prevent Additional Heart Trouble

Healthy Diet, Exercise Extend Life for Women in Their 70s: Study

Healthy Dieting in Pregnancy May Be Helpful

Healthy Lifestyle Boosts Survival Odds for Older Women With Cancer

Healthy Lungs May Keep Brain Running Smoothly

Hearing Loss Tied to Diabetes in Study

Heart Attack Patients Do Better if They Had Chest Pain First

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 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 Rhythm Disorder May Raise Older Women's Stroke Risk

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

Heavier Friends Might Widen Your Waistline: Study

Heavier Pregnant Women May Face Higher C-Section Risk

Heavy Drinking Linked to Earlier Stroke

Heavy Drinking, Smoking Won't Harm Men's Sperm: Study

Heavy Smokers Cut Back the Most When Cigarette Taxes Rise: Study

Heavy Smokers, Drinkers May Face Pancreatic Cancer Earlier in Life

Heavy Smoking May Raise Odds for Lethal Bladder Cancer

Helmets Do Save Lives on the Slopes, Research Shows

Help Young Pitchers Avoid Overuse Injuries

Helping Sleeping Moms-to-Be Breathe Easier May Benefit Baby

Hemorrhoids Are Common, Preventable and Treatable

'Hercules' Star Kevin Sorbo Knows Stroke Strikes the Young

Here's What Keeps Rudolph's 'Nose So Bright'

High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Tied to Later Heart Trouble

High Blood Pressure in Kids May Be Less Common Than Thought

High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy May Predict Later Ills, Study Says

High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy May Threaten Kids' Heart Health

High Blood Pressure May Add to Alzheimer's Risk, Study Finds

High Blood Pressure May Protect Some Frail Elderly: Study

High Blood Pressure Often Missed in Young Adults: Study

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

High Blood Sugar May Make Pneumonia Deadlier

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

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

High-Carb Diet in Old Age Linked to Mental Decline

High-Carb Diet Linked to Colon Cancer Recurrence in Study

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

Higher Fruit, Veggie Intake Tied to Lower Risk of a Tough-to-Treat Breast Cancer

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

Hispanics May Face Higher Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: Study

Hi-Tech Advances May Improve Diabetics' Lives

HIV Diagnoses Among U.S. Hispanics Vary By Region: CDC

HIV Drugs May Help Protect Young Patients' Hearts: Study

HIV May Raise Risk of Heart Attack

Hockey Rule Changes Could Cut Player Aggression, Injuries

Holidays Spell Trouble for Folks Unaware They're Diabetic

Home Birth Poses Danger for Higher-Risk Pregnancies: Study

Homegrown Strain of Dengue Fever Virus Pinpointed in Florida

Hookah Effects as Harmful as Cigarettes, Study Finds

Hops, Key to Flavor in Beer, May Prove Useful in New Drugs

Hormone 'Ratio' May Show Which Dieters Will Keep Weight Off

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Safe or Not?

Hormone Shows Potential as Diabetes Treatment in Mice

Hormone Therapy in Early Menopause May Benefit Some Women: Study

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

Hospitals Often Not Alerted About Incoming Stroke Patients

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

House Dust Ingredient Linked to Allergic Asthma: Study

Household Chores May Ease Nighttime Menopausal Symptoms

How Healthy Is Your County?

How Much Caffeine in That Supplement? Hard to Tell

How Weight-Loss Surgery Improves Diabetes Control

How Well Do You Rise From Sitting on the Floor?

HRT Update: Therapy May Reduce Fractures, Boost Some Risks

Human Culture May Date Back 44,000 Years

Human Teeth Healthier in the Stone Age Than Today: Study

Immune-Boosting Foods May Add to Flu Defense

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

Importance of Family Meals Questioned

In Diabetes, Any Protein in Urine May Signal Heart Risk

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

In Short Term, Weight-Loss Surgery Doesn't Raise Fracture Risk

Inactivity May Kill as Many Worldwide as Smoking: Report

Incoherent Text Messages May Signal Stroke, Doctors Say

Injected 'Hydrogel' May Help Repair Failing Hearts

Injuries Skyrocket From Inflatable Bounce Houses: Study

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

Iron-Rich Diet Might Ease PMS Misery

Irregular Heartbeat May Pose Higher Stroke Risk for Women Than Men

Irregular Heartbeat Poses Greater Stroke Risk for Women Than Men

Is Fructose Making People Fat?

It's Not Just What You Eat, It's When You Eat, Mouse Study Finds

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

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

Japanese-American Men With Low Vitamin-D Diet Face Higher Stroke Risk

Job Worries for Parents May Mean Poorer Nutrition for Kids

Joint Replacement Boosts Heart Attack Risk Right After Surgery: Study

Junk Food Hurts Your Arteries, But Healthy Meal Might Help

Junk Food Laws in Schools May Mean Healthier Kids: Study

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

Junk Food More Appealing When You're Sleepy: Study

Junk Food Taxes Pay Off, Study Finds

Just Lowering Fat Intake Can Shed Pounds, Study Finds

Juxtapid Approved for LDL Cholesterol Condition

Katrina, Other Crises Boost Heart Attacks: Studies

Kcentra Approved to Stop Severe Bleeding in Heart Patients

Keep Food Safety in Mind This Memorial Day Weekend

Keep Kitchen Utensils Clean While Preparing Holiday Meal

Keep Moving to Ease Pain of Knee Arthritis: Review

Keep Tots' Milk to 2 Cups a Day: Study

Keeping Cold-Weather Exercise Fresh, Not Frozen

Keeping Fit May Boost Survival With Endometrial Cancer

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

Key to More Active, Slimmer Kids: Friends

Kick Off the Holiday Season With a Healthier Thanksgiving

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

Kids and Healthy Eating Can Go Together

Kids' Concussion Recovery Varies by Symptom Severity: Study

Kids Given Big Plates Help Themselves to More Food

Kids in Daycare More Prone to Be Overweight

Kids of Better-Educated Parents Have Healthier Diets: Study

Kids' Smoking Influences May Change Over Time

Kids' Track Injuries Surge in US

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

Kids With HIV at Risk of Heart Disease, Study Says

Kids With Psoriasis More Likely to Be Overweight: Study

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

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

Knowing Time Needed to Walk Off Calories May Curb Appetite

Lab-Grown Blood Vessels May Improve Heart Bypass

Lack of Sleep May Lead to Junk-Food Bingeing

Lack of Sleep May Trip Up Student Athletes

Late Lunch May Mean Less Weight Loss

Lead Levels Down in U.S. Kids, But Asthma Cases Rising: EPA

Learning How to Keep Pounds Off Before Dieting May Work Best

Leaves Decay Faster in Warmer Temperatures, Scientists Say

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 Mental Decline Seen in Older Blacks Who Went Hungry as Kids

Less Salt, More Potassium = Millions of Lives Saved

Lettuce: Buy Bagged or Not?

Lifesaving Defibrillators Often Not Nearby When Needed

Lifespan Gap Shrinks Between Whites, Blacks

Lifestyle Affects Outcome of Peripheral Artery Procedure: Study

Lifestyle Changes Key to Weight Loss in New Year

Lifestyle Might Curb Loss of Height That Comes With Age

Limited Use of Antibiotics OK for Dental Patients: Study

Liposuction Might Have 'Boomerang' Effect

Little Evidence Organic Food Better in Long Run: Report

Living in Smoggy Areas May Reduce Seniors' Brainpower

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

Living Near Major Roads May Shorten Heart Attack Survival

London Smog May Be Tough on Olympians

Lone Star Tick Bite Might Trigger Red Meat Allergy: Study

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

Long-Term Salty Diets Tied Again to High Blood Pressure

Longtime Smokers Lose a Decade of Life

Losing Weight May Improve Sleep Quality

Losing Weight May Lower Cardiac Risks

Lots of TV May Harm Kids' Diet

Low Calcium Linked to Hormone Condition in Women

Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Weight Gain in Older Women

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

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

Low-Fiber Diet May Raise Teens' Risk for Heart Disease, Diabetes

Lucentis Approved for Diabetic Macular Edema

Lung Cancer Deaths Rise Among 'Boomer' Women in South

Lung Transplant Hazard May Rise With Obese Recipients, Smoking Donors

Maintain Heart Health During Summer

Major Bleeds After Heart Procedures May Raise Death Risk: Study

Major Medical Groups Back Sweeteners as Diet Aid

Majority of Biggest U.S. Cities Now Smoke-Free

Make Holiday Meals Safe for Kids With Food Allergies

Malaria, Typhoid Pose Biggest Threat to Travelers in Tropics

Many Americans Back Nicotine Restrictions in Cigarettes: Survey

Many Americans in Denial Over Weight Gain: Study

Many Americans Not Prepared for Disasters: Poll

Many Heart Attacks May Go Unrecognized in Seniors

Many Medicaid Patients Skip Drugs That Could Prevent Heart Trouble

Many Obese Americans Struggle With Stigma, Discrimination, Poll Finds

Many Older Heart Attack Survivors Don't Stick With Meds

Many People With Type 1 Diabetes Missing Treatment Goals: Study

Many Primary-Care Doctors Want Help Treating Obesity

Many Skiers Who Tear ACLs Can Avoid Surgery, Expert Says

Many Smokers Light Up With Kids in Car: Study

Many Stroke Patients Don't Call 911, Study Finds

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

Many U.S. Hispanics Have Heart Disease Risk Factors

Many U.S. Teens Have Poor Health Habits

Many Women Still Smoke During Pregnancy

Marathons Safe for Aging Boomers, Study Finds

Marriage May Cut Heart Attack Risk for Both Spouses

Massage Right After Muscle Injury May Boost Healing

Mealworms: The Next High-Protein Food Source?

Mechanical Blood Clot 'Retrievers' May Aid Stroke Patients

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

Medicare Coverage Gap May Cause Seniors to Forgo Antidepressants

Meditation Might Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke in Blacks

Mediterranean Diet Benefits Heart, Even Without Weight Loss: Study

Mediterranean Diet Might Help Stave Off Dementia

Melatonin May Improve Sleep for People on Blood-Pressure Meds

Men Have a Greater Lifetime Risk for Kidney Failure: Study

Men More Prone to Depression After Stroke: Study

Men Who Are Obese While Young Can Pay a Price Later

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

Menstrual Cycles May Affect Women's Shopping Patterns

Mental Exercise May Help Keep Seniors Sharp

Mental Illness May Not Impede Healthy Weight Loss, Study Says

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

Mercury Exposure Linked to Raised Diabetes Risk

Metformin Outperforms Common Class of Diabetes Drugs in Study

Meth in Pregnancy May Blunt Child's Reaction to Stress: Study

Middle-Aged Diabetics May Need Earlier Colon Checks

Midlife Fitness May Mean Healthier Old Age, Study Finds

Migraine With Aura May Raise Risk of Heart Trouble

Mild Hyperthyroidism Tied to Higher Death Risk

Mild Hyperthyroidism Won't Raise Heart Risk: Study

Millions of Americans Have Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: CDC

Millions of Nonsmokers Exposed to Smoke From Neighbors' Apartments: Report

Millions on Verge of Diabetes Don't Know It: CDC

Mini-Organ Would Mimic Pancreas to Treat Type 1 Diabetes

'Mini-Strokes' May Be More Damaging Than Thought

Minorities Less Likely to Use Hospice Care: Study

Miscarriages Tied to Elevated Risk for Heart Conditions

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

'Moderate' Red Tide Expected in New England This Summer

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

Moms May Use TV to Calm Fussy Infants: Study

Mom's Pot Use Doubles Risk of 'Preemie' Birth: Study

Mom's Smoking Tied to Dangerous Gut Illness in Preemies

More Americans Have at Least 2 Chronic Health Issues: CDC

More Americans Have High Blood Pressure Under Control: Survey

More Americans Successfully Managing Diabetes

More Americans Walking, But Still Not Enough, CDC Says

More College Women Smoking Hookahs

More Dietary Fiber Might Help Thwart Stroke: Study

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 Smoking Raises Breast Cancer Risk

More Evidence Ties Heart Disease to Mental Decline

More Gene Variants Linked to Heart Trouble

More Infants Surviving With Serious Heart Defects, Study Finds

More New Drugs a Bad Fit With Grapefruit, Study Finds

More Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Recognize Stroke Risk: Survey

More Pregnant Women on Blood Pressure Drugs: Study

More Progress Made on Artificial Pancreas for Diabetes Patients

More Proof Cranberry Juice Thwarts Infection

More Proof That Healthy Habits Fight Disease

More Time at Family Dinners Might Curb Obesity in Kids

More Vitamin D Might Help Older People Stay Active

Most Accurate Climate Models Point to More Global Warming

Most Americans Oppose Soda, Candy Taxes

Most Americans With Celiac Disease Don't Realize It: Study

Most Doctors Don't Help Lung Cancer Patients Quit Smoking: Survey

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

Most Teens Support Tough Smoking Bans: Survey

Motherhood, Breast-Feeding May Affect Long-Term Weight

Mothers' Pre-Pregnancy Weight Tied to Kids' IQ, Study Says

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

Mother-to-Be's Pollen Exposure May Boost Asthma Risk in Baby

Mouse Study Offers Clues to Obesity-Diabetes Link

Mouse Study Sheds Light on How Diet May Affect Epilepsy

Mouse Study Suggests Certain Fats Could Trigger Crohn's, Colitis

'Mouth Feel' Makes Wine Go Well With Meat, Study Finds

Moveable Magnets Used to Forge Gastric Bypass in Pigs

Multiple Abortions May Raise Risk of Preemie Birth Later

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

Muscle-Building Teens May Go to Extremes, Study Finds

N.Y. Woman Balances Thyroid Disease and Diabetes

Nationwide Study Examines Common Heart Procedures

Nearly 30 Percent of Americans Have High Blood Pressure: CDC

Nearly 50 Million Couples Worldwide Report Infertility

Need to Get Walking More? Clip on a Pedometer

Neurology Group Lists Procedures That May Be Unneeded

New Anti-Clotting Drug Bests Warfarin, Study Says

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

New Blood Thinner May Help Prevent Leg Clots, Study Finds

New Blood Thinner May Lower Chances of Clots in High-Risk Heart Patients: FDA

New Clues to How Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

New Defibrillator Implanted Just Under the Skin

New Diabetes Guidelines May Lower Patient Medical Bills

New Drug May Help Those Who Can't Take Statins

New Drugs May Offer Hope to Parkinson's Patients

New Drugs Might Give Heart Patients an Edge

New Gene Test Predicts Whose Mouth Lesions Might Be Cancerous

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

New Guidelines Seek to Streamline Care for Worst Heart Attacks

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 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 Survey Examines States' Investments in Dealing With Diabetes

New Symptoms Tied to Death Risk in Severe Kidney Disease

New Treatment Aids Weight Loss, Improves Diabetes in Monkeys

New Treatments May Help Restore Speech Lost to Aphasia

New Weight-Loss Drug Shows Promise in Trial

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 'Second-Line' Diabetes Drug May Outperform Older Meds

Newest Diabetes Drugs Linked to Higher Pancreatitis Risk

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

Niacin-Statin Combo May Cause Side Effects for Heart Patients

Night Shift Might Boost Women's Breast Cancer Risk: Study

No Cancer Risk From Long-Acting Insulin: Studies

No Need to Fast Before Cholesterol Blood Test: Study

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

Noisy Wards Could Threaten Hospital Patients' Health

Nonalcoholic Red Wine Might Help Lower Blood Pressure

'Nordic Walking' a Winner for Heart Failure Patients, Study Says

Normal-Weight People With Type 2 Diabetes Have Higher Death Risk: Study

Not All Whole Grain Products Are Created Equal, Study Claims

Not Enough Data to Support Kidney Disease Screening, Task Force Says

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

Nutrients in Fruits, Vegetables May Help Prevent Breast Cancer: Study

NYC Ban on Super-Sized Sodas Would Cut Consumers' Calories: Study

NYC Effort Put Rats on the Run

NYC OKs Ban on Big Sugary Drinks

NYC 'Soda Ban' Decision Expected Thursday

Obese Black Kids More Susceptible to Hypertension, Study Finds

Obese Black Women at Higher Risk for Having Very Large Babies

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' Label May Not Apply to Heavy Ex-NFL Players

Obese More Likely to Be Diagnosed With Advanced Thyroid Cancer

Obese New Mothers May Have Higher Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

Obese Patients May Have Less Success With Back Surgery

Obese Patients Urged to Lose Weight Before Kidney Transplant

Obese Pregnant Women With Sleep Apnea May Have More Delivery Complications

Obese Teens Can Have Heart Damage Without Showing Signs

Obese Teens Face Higher Risk for Kidney Disease: Study

Obese Women With Diabetes May Need Different Workouts Than Men

Obesity Alone May Not Hurt Kids' Classroom Performance

Obesity Biggest Risk Factor for Diabetes Among Poor: Study

Obesity Complicates Lung Cancer Surgery: Study

Obesity Does Slow People Down, Study Confirms

Obesity Helps Spur Cancer's Growth, Mouse Study Suggests

Obesity Hits Rural Areas Harder Than Cities

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

Obesity Linked to Prostate Cancer, Study Finds

Obesity May Be Linked to MS Risk in Children

Obesity May Raise Odds for Painful Leg Condition

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, Depression Blamed for Daytime Sleepiness 'Epidemic'

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

Olympic Medalists May Also Claim 'Survival Advantage'

Olympic-Class Athletes Abound in Animal Kingdom

Omega-3s in Formula Can Help Baby's Eyesight: Review

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

Omega-3s No Help Against Age-Linked Eye Trouble: Study

Once-Obese Women Still Face Stigma, Study Finds

One in Every 12 Stroke Survivors Contemplates Suicide, Study Finds

One in Five U.S. Smokers Has Tried an 'E-Cigarette'

One in Six Cases of Adult Asthma May Be Linked to Workplace

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

One-Third of U.S. Homeless Population Is Obese: Study

Only 1 in 5 Americans Gets Enough Exercise: CDC

Open Windows, Lower Risk for Preterm Birth: Study

Organic Foods Not Healthier or More Nutritious, Study Says

Outdoor Fast-Food Ads Linked to Obesity, Study Suggests

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

Overactive Thyroid May Raise Risk for Common Irregular Heartbeat

Overweight Kids May Do Worse in Math: Study

Overweight Kids More Prone to Gallstones: Study

Overweight Moms More Apt to Have Large Babies, Study Says

Overweight Teens Report High Rates of Bullying, Teasing

Overweight Teens Typically Eat Less Than Normal-Weight Peers

Overweight While Younger Ups Kidney Risk Later

Overweight? You Can Scale Back Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Oxygen Therapy Slows Type 1 Diabetes in Mice, Study Says

Oxygen Therapy Spurs Recovery in Some Stroke Patients

Pack School Lunches That Are Healthy and Fun

Pain Reported by Nearly Half With Type 2 Diabetes

Palpitations May Signal Future Heart Rhythm Problem

Panel Rules Against HRT for Preventing Chronic Disease

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

Paralyzed Patients Use Mind to Move Robotic Arm

Parents' Divorce May Up Kids' Odds for Smoking as Adults

Parents Key to Whether Kids Get Enough Exercise, Studies Find

Parents: Revealing Your Past Smoking, Pot Use May Not Help Your Kids

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

Patients Often Ill-Informed on Impact of Heart Device

People Can Emit Flu Germs in Air Up to 6 Feet Away, Study Finds

People May Eat More When Headlines Bear Bad News

People Seem More Accepting of Food Addiction Than Other Vices

People With HIV at Higher Odds of Sudden Cardiac Death

People With Implantable Defibrillators May Need More Mental Health Support

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

People With Type 1 Diabetes at Risk of Thyroid Disease

Personalized Blood Pressure Therapy May Help Diabetics

Phys Ed Requirements Disappearing at 4-Year Colleges

Physical Activity in Old Age May Protect Brain

Physical Education Is Good for Kids' Grades, Study Finds

Physically Fit Docs More Likely to Prescribe Exercise, Study Finds

Picky Eating in Youngsters Might Be Largely Caused by Genes

Pictures of Fatty, Sugary Foods May Spur Cravings

Pictures Speak Louder Than Words on Cigarette Labeling

Piling on Pounds When Younger May Lead to Enlarged Heart Later

Plague Rare in U.S., Surfacing in More Affluent Areas

Plastics Chemical Linked to Obesity in Kids

Plavix's New Generic Status Could Be Boon for Patients

Playing Several Sports Keeps Kids Slimmer: Study

Police Work Takes Heavy Health Toll: Study

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

Pollen Increasing at Feverish Pace, Study Finds

Poor 'Health Literacy' Keeps Patients From Taking Meds

Poor Neighborhoods Home to More Obese Kids: Study

Poor Nutrition Can Bite Into Your Sleep, Experts Say

Poor Sleep in Teen Years Linked to Heart Risks in Adulthood

Poor Sleep May Make High Blood Pressure Worse

Poorer Neighborhoods Often Have Less Safe Playgrounds

Popular Characters Can Help Kids Eat Healthy Foods Too

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

Postpartum Depression May Lead to Shorter Kids: Study

Pot Belly Boosts Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death: Study

Prediabetes Linked to Higher Stroke Risk in Study

Pregnancy Hormone Shows Promise as Heart Failure Drug

Prenatal Exposure to Common Household Chemical Linked to Eczema

Prenatal Mercury Exposure Tied to ADHD Symptoms in Kids

Preordered School Lunches May Be Healthier, Study Finds

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

Prescription Drug Abuse Drops Among U.S. Young Adults

Pre-Season Fitness Not a Factor in Collegiate Sports Injury Risk

Preteen Food Choices May Help Predict Eating Disorders Later

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

Primary Care Doctors Meet Needs of Diabetics, Study Says

Probiotic Products May Prevent Antibiotic-Linked Diarrhea

Procedure Lowers 'Hunger Hormone' to Help Obese Lose Weight

Processed Meat May Play a Part in Early Death: Study

Programming Change in Defibrillator Implants May Lower Death Risk: Study

PTSD Can Hamper Drug Treatment for Stroke Survivors: Study

PTSD Symptoms Common After Heart Attack: Study

Public Smoking Bans Cut Risk of Preterm Births, Study Finds

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 Does Mean Weight Gain for Many: Study

Quitting Smoking Just as Hard for Teens: Study

Quitting Smoking No Harder for Women Than Men, Study Says

Race Might Play Role in Success of Weight-Loss Surgery

Race-Day Diet Can Make or Break a Competitive Cyclist

Racial Disparities Still Seen in Use of Breast Cancer Treatments

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

Radiation for Childhood Cancer Might Raise Diabetes Risk

Radiation Therapy May Raise Future Death Risk From Heart Surgery

Rate of Hospitalizations for Stroke Has Declined in U.S.

Ready-to-Eat Foods for Toddlers Often Too Salty: Study

Re-Analysis Refutes Diet Guidelines Favoring Vegetable Fats

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

Reduced Kidney Function Tied to Mental Decline

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

Regional Systems to Treat Severe Heart Attack Increasing

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

Report Details Start of Steroid Meningitis Outbreak

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

Research May Point to New Obesity Treatments

Resilient Personality May Bring Better Aerobic Health

Rich/Poor Divide Linked to Hospital Readmissions in Study

Right Amount of Exercise Can Boost Mental Health: Study

Rising Cigarette Prices May Be Incentive to Quit

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

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

Safe Composting Tips for People With Food Allergies

Salty Diet Might Help Trigger MS, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Saving Carbs for Dinnertime Might Help Control Weight

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 Sports May Cut Rates of Violence, Bullying Among Teens

Science Reveals How Owls Avoid Stroke While Rotating Heads

Scientists Explore How Zinc Fights Off Infection

Scientists Find Gene Differences in Nonsmokers With Lung Cancer

Scientists ID Gene for Insulin Sensitivity

Scientists ID New Gene Regions Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Scientists Map Genetic 'Blueprint' of Heart

Scientists Map the Tomato's Genome

Score Points for Hosting a Healthy Super Bowl Party

Screen All Adults for Obesity: U.S. Panel

Screening for Lung Cancer Might Benefit Those at Highest Risk

Secondhand Smoke in Pregnancy Seems to Harm Baby, Too

Secondhand Smoke in Pregnancy Tied to Behavior Woes in Kids

Secondhand Smoke Linked to Early Heart Disease, Study Finds

Secondhand Smoke Linked to Memory Problems

Secondhand Smoke Linked to Raised Diabetes Risk

Secondhand Smoke May Harm Heart Function

Secondhand Smoke May Impair Children's Cough Reflex

Secondhand Smoke Puts Children at Risk for Meningitis

Secondhand Smoke Takes Big Illness, Expense Toll

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

Secondhand Smoke Ups Babies' Risk of Asthma, Study Says

Secondhand Smoke: All It Takes Is 20 Minutes

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

Selflessness Can Threaten Clergy Members' Health

'Self-Managing' COPD Might Pose Risks, Study Suggests

Seniors Who Fell Recently May Fare Worse After Surgery

Serious Exercise May Benefit Middle-Aged Arteries

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

Seriously Stressed? Hair Analysis Tells All, Study Finds

Severe Anemia Linked to Higher Death Risk After Heart Surgery

Severely Obese Americans on the Rise

Severely Obese Donors Raise Risks for Kids With Liver Transplant

Severely Obese Have More Complications With Spinal Surgery

Severely Obese Women Attempting IVF May Have Lower Egg Quality

Sex After Heart Attack? Doc's OK May Be Key

Sex Life of Diabetic Women May Suffer

Shape Up, Safely, for Summer

Shoppers Who Read Food Labels Are Thinner, Study Says

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

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

Simple Formula May Predict Obesity Risk at Birth

Simple Measures May Curb Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Sitting Can Harm Health, Even for Those Who Exercise

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

Skipping Aspirin Before Artery Procedure May Boost Death Rates

Sleep Apnea 'Mask' Might Also Help the Heart

Sleep Apnea May Be Linked to Nerve Damage in Diabetics

Sleep Apnea May Spur Carb Cravings in Diabetics

Sleepless Nights Might Raise Odds for Diabetes

Small Babies Can Be Sign of Heart Problems in Mother

Smaller Aortic Aneurysms May Require Less Frequent Monitoring

Smaller Snack Portions Just as Satisfying

Smallest, Largest Fetuses at Higher Risk of Stillbirth

'Smarter Lunchroom' May Lead to Healthier Choices

Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies

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 Drop Pricey Cigarettes for Cheaper Alternatives: CDC

Smokers Have Higher Surgical Costs, More Complications: Study

Smoking After Stroke Triples Risk of Death Within Year: Study

Smoking Bans in Public Housing Could Save Dollars, Lives: CDC

Smoking Bans Reduce Hospitalizations: Study

Smoking Deadlier For HIV Patients Than Virus Itself: Study

Smoking During Pregnancy May Cause Asthma, Wheezing in Kids

Smoking During Pregnancy Tied to Extra Weight in Kids

Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Poor Reading Skills in Kids: Study

Smoking in Youth-Rated Movies Doubles: Report

Smoking Might Make Hangovers Worse

Smoking Pot May Raise Stroke Risk in Young Adults

Smoking Raises Asbestos Workers' Cancer Risk, Study Says

Smoking Scenes on Rise in Top-Grossing Youth-Rated Movies: CDC

Smoking Still Takes a Heavy Toll in U.S., CDC Finds

Smoking Tied to Risk for Hepatitis Return After Liver Transplant

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

Snoring Toddlers May Have More Behavior Problems

Snowboarding Tops List of Winter-Sports Injuries

Soccer Kicks Up Activity Level of Overweight Kids: Study

Some Blood Pressure Drugs Might Help Slow Alzheimer's: Study

Some Diabetics May Not Benefit From Daily Aspirin

Some Genes Seem to Raise Risk of Obesity: Study

Some Heavy Kids at Risk of Blindness, Study Says

Some Improvement in Heart Risk Factors for Americans: CDC

Some May Drink More After Weight-Loss Surgery: Study

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

Some Smokers Light Up Even When in the Hospital

Sooner Is Better for Controlling Obese Kids' Weight: Study

Sound Sleep Helps the Heart, Expert Says

Southern Diet Might Explain the 'Stroke Belt'

Soy-Rich Diets May Not Prevent Hot Flashes in Most Menopausal Women

Sports Gamblers Wrongly Bet on Their Sense of Control: Study

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

States Lagging in Emergency Preparedness: Report

States Use Only Fraction of Tobacco Revenues to Fight Smoking, Study Finds

Statewide Program Improved Heart-Attack Survival: Study

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 Help Prevent Enlarged Prostate: Study

Statins May Help Prevent Irregular Heartbeat in Elderly

Statins May Leave Patients With Less Energy: Study

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 Cigarette Tax Hike Could Save Lives, Money: Report

Stem Cell Study Shows Promising Results Against Heart Failure

Stem Cell Transplant May Spur Heart Disease Risk: Study

Stem Cells Behind Clogged Arteries, Mouse Study Reveals

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 Linked to Greater Weight Gain in Black Girls, Study Finds

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

Stress, Depression Linked to Raised Stroke Risk in Seniors

Stressed-Out Men May Prefer Heavier Women

Stressful Job Might Be Tough on the Heart

Stressful Jobs Linked to Heart Woes in Women

Strides Made in Diagnosing, Treating Lupus

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

Strokes More Common in Southern States: CDC

Study Assesses Blood Thinner Use After Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Study Examines Link Between Breast Cancer and Diabetes

Study Finds Soy Supplements Don't Boost Thinking Skills

Study Hints of Links Between HPV and Lung Cancer

Study IDs 4 Key Habits of Successful Aging

Study Links Antibiotic to Slight Rise in Heart Patients' Death Risk

Study Links Long-Term Aspirin Use With Vision Loss

Study Links Stillbirth to Genes Tied to Dangerous Heart Rhythm

Study Locates More Obesity Genes

Study Pinpoints Women at Risk for Blood Clots From Pregnancy

Study Probes Use of Filter Device to Stop Deadly Blood Clots

Study Questions Advice Given to Obese Pregnant Women

Study Sees Link Between Prolonged Formula Feeding, Leukemia Risk

Study Sees Possible Link Between Air Pollution and Autism Risk

Study Sheds Light on Evolution of Tree-Dwelling Humans

Study Shines Light on Harmless Bacteria on Fruits, Veggies

Study Shows Bicycle Helmets Save Lives

Study Shows Weight-Loss Myths Abound

Study Spots Early Warning Signal for Sudden Cardiac Death

Study Suggests Link Between Hormone Melatonin and Type 2 Diabetes

Study Supports Broader Access to Lap-Band Weight-Loss Surgery

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 Chemicals in Beauty Products to Women's Diabetes Risk

Study Ties Gene to Dangerous Heart Valve Deposits

Study Ties Obesity-Related Gene to Weaker Memory

Study Ties Secondhand Smoke to Bladder Irritation in Kids

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

Study: Cystic Fibrosis Patients Struggle to Exercise

Study: Kids Who Sleep in Parents' Bed Less Likely to Be Overweight

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

Study: No Long-Term Heart Risks From Breast Radiation

Study: Treating Sleep Disorder May Thwart Heart Disease

Sugar 'n' Spice Not Always Nice

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

Sunshine Might Help Love Bloom, Study Suggests

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

Supplements of Red Wine Antioxidant Don't Help Obese Men

Surgical Delivery of Drug Shows Promise Against 'Bleeding' Stroke

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

Sweet Drinks Tied to Higher Calorie Consumption in Kids

Switch to Skim Milk Won't Prevent Toddler's Obesity: Study

Tackling Diet, Exercise Together Produces Best Results: Study

Tai Chi Might Help Stroke Survivors Avoid Falls

Tapeworm-Linked Seizures May Be Rising in U.S., Doctors Say

Tap-Water Chemical May Be Linked to Food Allergy

TB Vaccine Promising as New Way to Fight Type 1 Diabetes

'Teaching Gardens' Nurture Kids' Interest in Healthy Foods

Teen Births May Increase Risk of Obesity Later in Life

Teen Boys With Enlarged Breasts Show Emotional Effects

Teen Girls Who Smoke May Up Risk for Future Bone Disease

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

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

Teens' Lifestyle Choices Affect Their Blood Pressure

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

Teens Whose Moms Smoked While Pregnant May Have Worse Asthma

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

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

Texting Could Help Spread the Word on Teen Health

That Long Commute May Be Harming Your Health

That May Not Be a Cold, Could Be Fall Allergies

'The Biggest Loser' May Sour Viewers on Exercise, Study Finds

The Care and Feeding of Olympic Athletes

The Health Benefits, and Risks, of Alcohol

The Science of Tasty Tomatoes Lies in the Chemicals

Thigh Fat May Slow Down Seniors

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

Thinking You Ate a Lot May Help You Feel Full

Three New Drugs Approved for Type 2 Diabetes

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

Tight Blood-Sugar Control Shows Mixed Results for Health of Kidneys: Study

Timed Traffic Crosswalks Too Fast for Many Elderly: Study

Tips on Coping With Daylight Saving Time

Tips on Coping With Grief During Holidays

Tips on Keeping Food Safe When the Power Goes Out

To Get More Fit, Find a Stronger Workout Partner

To Improve School Nutrition, Involve Teachers and Parents

To Stop Smoking, Teens Should Start Moving

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

Tofu-Rich Diet May Help Women With Lung Cancer Live Longer

Too Little Sleep Tied to Stroke Risk

Too Much Coffee in Pregnancy Tied to Smaller, Later Newborns, Study Says

Too Much Drinking, Weight May Harm Liver

Too Much or Too Little Activity Can Spur Knee Problems

Too Much Salt Might Harm Kids' Health: Study

Too Much Screen Time May Harm Kids' Fitness

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 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

Tornado Survivors Surprisingly Optimistic, Study Finds

Toxic Chemicals in Many Couches Sold in U.S.: Report

Traffic May Keep City Dwellers Awake, Harming Health

Traffic Smog Tied to Serious Birth Defects

Treating Kidneys With Radio Waves May Ease Tough-to-Control Hypertension

Treating Prediabetes Might Prevent Full-Blown Disease

Trees Plus Man-Made Pollution Creates Smog, Study Suggests

Turning Off the Tube Linked to Healthier Weight in Teens

TV Ads for Statins May Drive Overtreatment

Two Languages Better Than One for Kids' Brains: Study

Two Years On, Stem Cells Still Healing Damaged Hearts

Type 1 Diabetes Up 70 Percent in Kids, Study Finds

U.S. Schools Throwing the Book at Unhealthy Drinks

U.S. Abandons Effort to Place Graphic Labeling on Cigarettes

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

U.S. Agency Puts Poison Prevention in Spotlight

U.S. Appeals Court Backs Ruling Against Graphic Images on Cigarette Packs

U.S. Diabetes Rates Soaring: CDC

U.S. Heart Failure Costs Could Skyrocket: Report

U.S. Kids Consuming Fewer Calories, Report Finds

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. Med Students May Be Undereducated on Obesity

U.S. Obesity Rate Set to Soar, Costing Billions: CDC

U.S. Preterm Birth Rate Continues to Drop: Report

U.S. Quit-Smoking Policies Need Improving, Experts Say

U.S. Report Outlines Strategies to Prevent Obesity

U.S. Sees a Run on New Knees Since 1990s

U.S. Sees Drop in Deaths Linked to Diabetes

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

U.S. Stroke Patients Are Getting Younger

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to New Cigarette Labeling

U.S. Task Force Issues Blood Pressure Guidelines

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

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

U.S. Teens Heading for Heart Trouble: Study

Ultrasound Allows Early Detection of Fluid in Dialysis Patients' Lungs

Ultrasound May Detect Heart Disease Earlier in Arthritis Patients

Uncontrolled Risk Factors Put Stroke Survivors in Danger

Underinsured Heart Disease Patients Die Sooner, Study Finds

Unemployed at Higher Risk for Heart Attack?

Unemployment's Toll Can Be Heartbreaking

Unhealthy Snacks Tied to Colon Cancer for Those at High Risk

Untreated Heartburn May Raise Risk for Esophageal Cancer, Study Says

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

Use Caution When Exercising in Hot Weather

Use Social Media to Fight Childhood Obesity, Heart Experts Say

Using Exhaust Fan on a Gas Stove Cuts Pollution: Study

Vegetarianism May Cut Heart Disease Risk By Third: Study

Veggies and Cheese as Filling as Chips For Kids, With Fewer Calories

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

Videos of Real-Life Stumbles May Help Fall-Prevention Efforts

Vigorous Exercise Might Keep Psoriasis at Bay

Virus Patterns Where Kids Live May Affect Asthma Risk

Vitamin D Important During Pregnancy, Study Suggests

Vitamin D Loss Attributed to Obesity

Vitamin D May Delay Deterioration of Smokers' Lungs: Study

Vitamin D Supplements Tied to Lower Blood Pressure in Blacks

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

'Wake-Up' Cigarette May Raise Risk for Lung, Mouth Cancers

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 Pipe No Safer Than Cigarettes: Study

Water Workouts a Great Alternative: Study

Water-Tubing Injuries on the Rise

Weak Muscles in Teen Years Linked to Early Death in Men

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

Weight Gain a Risk After Knee Replacement, Study Finds

Weight Loss May Increase Testosterone Levels

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

Weight-Loss Keys: Food Journals, Eating In, Not Skipping Meals

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

Weight-Loss Surgery Is New Diabetes Foe

Weight-Loss Surgery May Affect Fat-Related Genes

Weight-Loss Surgery May Also Help Menstruation, Skin, Hair

Weight-Loss Surgery May Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Weight-Loss Surgery May Improve Diabetes-Related Kidney Damage

Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Drop in Heart Risk Factors

Weight-Loss Surgery Won't Cut Obesity-Related Medical Costs: Study

'Western' Diet Not the Way to Age Well

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

What's Good for the Heart May Also Prevent Cancer

When Adults Smoke in Cars, Child Passengers Suffer: Study

When Kids Exercise More, Their Grades Might Rise Too

When Parents Get Active, So Do Kids: Study

When Teens Focus on TV, Obesity Risk Rises

When Trees Die Off, Human Health May Also Suffer

Where You Live May Boost Your Sense of Well-Being

Why Johnny Can't Run

Why Some Stroke Survivors Struggle With Communication

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

Will Climate Change Mean Worse Flu Seasons?

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

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

With Certain Strokes, Effects Can Persist a Decade Later

With Diabetes, Boosting Exercise Should Be Done Safely

With Weights, You Can Lighten Your Load

Women Born Preterm May Face Pregnancy Risks

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 Smokers More Likely to Get Colon Cancer Than Men: Study

Women Who Smoke May Have Higher Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Women, Young Adults Misinterpret Chest Pain: Study

Women's Smoking Deaths at All-Time High in U.S.

Workers Counseled on Back Pain Return to Job Sooner

Workers With Disabilities More Prone to Injuries: Study

Working Out Cuts Women's Appetite, Study Finds

Work-Linked Sleep Loss May Harm Police Officers' Health

World Diabetes Day Designed to Raise Awareness

Worldwide Cancer Incidence Predicted to Rise 75% by 2030

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

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 Cancer Survivors Often Face Long-Term Health Problems

Young Girls, Boys Can Compete on Equal Level

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

Younger Men Biggest Consumers of Added Sugars: CDC

Your Blood Type May Boost Your Heart Risk, Study Finds

Your New Weight-Loss Resolution: Drive Less

Youth Smoking, Obesity May Lead to Early Death

Yo-Yo Dieting Can Hurt the Heart, Study Finds

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