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High Blood Levels of Cadmium May Be Tied to Worse COVID-19
High Blood Pressure Might Raise COVID-19 Death Risk
High Hopes: Optimism Helps Women Live Longer
High-Dose Withdrawal Drug in ER Can Help Battle Opioid Addiction
Higher Maternal Death Rates Among Black Women Tied to Racism, Sexism, UN Says
Hormone Replacement Therapy Won't Raise Recurrence Rate for Breast Cancer Survivors
Hot Stuff: Spicy Foods Can't Harm You, Can They?
How Common Is Opioid Misuse Among Seniors After Hip Surgery?
How Grief Harms the Body After a Spouse's Death
How Long Do People Want to Live?
How Pets Can Be True Lifesavers for Seniors
How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients
How Smoking Could Help Spur Breast Cancer's Spread
How the COVID Pandemic Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Even as Telehealth Helped
How Unhealthy Are Cigars?
How You Can Help Prevent Suicide During the COVID-19 Pandemic
ICU Bed Shortages Could Mean More COVID-19 Deaths
Illinois Study Shows Big Jump in Suicide-Linked ER Visits by Teens
Immune System May Hold Secret to Living to 100
Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival for Lung Cancer Patients
Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival With Bladder Cancer
In America's Prisons, Suicide Risk Rises Along With Temperatures
In Breast Cancer Survivors, Obesity Raises Odds for Cancer's Return
In Canada, Program That Supplies Safe Opioids to Addicts Is Saving Lives
In Medieval Times, Plagues 'Sped Up' With Each New Outbreak
In Nonsmokers, COPD May Up Lung Cancer Risk
In States Where Recreational Marijuana Legalized, Less Demand for Prescription Codeine
In Study, Reminder Letters Helped Doctors Make Safer Choices Prescribing Opioids
Infant Deaths Spark Baby Loungers Recall
Intentional Overdoses Rise Among U.S. Kids, Teens
Irregular, Long Periods Tied to Shorter Life Span
Is 6 Hours of Sleep Enough?
Is a Ban on Menthols Enough to Thwart Big Tobacco?
Is an Early Form of Breast Cancer More Dangerous Than Thought?
Is It Safe to Have Surgery Soon After a COVID Diagnosis?
Is Politics Creating a 'Mortality Gap' for Americans?
Is Shock Therapy Making a Comeback Against Bipolar Disorder?
Is Your State Among the Worst for Tobacco Control?
'Iso,' a Deadly New Synthetic Opioid, Has Hit American Streets
Jimmy Carter 'Happy' in At-Home Hospice Care as 99th Birthday Nears
Just 1 in 5 Americans Struggling With Opioid Misuse Gets Meds That Can Help
Juul Reaches $462 Million Settlement With Six States, D.C.
Keeping Weight Stable Key to Reaching 90, 100 for Women
Keytruda Extends Survival for Women With an Aggressive Breast Cancer
Kidney Trouble Greatly Raises Odds for Fatal COVID-19
Kids' ER Visits for Mental Health Problems Soared Over 10 Years
Kids Getting Spinal Surgeries May Cut Back on Opioids
Kids Still Dying From Accidental Exposure to Fentanyl Pain Patches
Knee, Shoulder Surgeries Without Opioids? It's Possible, Study Finds
Last-Ditch Life Support System Is Saving Lives of COVID Patients
Lawmakers Want to Tighten Access to Veterinary Drug Xylazine, Often Mixed With Fentanyl
Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal
Legalized Pot Tied to Rise in Young Men's Suicide Attempts
Letting Doctors Know a Patient Has Overdosed Might Curb Opioid Overprescribing
LGBQ Teens More Likely to Contemplate Suicide at Younger Age
LGBTQ Youth Have Double the Risk for Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts
Life Expectancy Could Decline Worldwide Due to COVID-19
Life Span After Alzheimer's Diagnosis: What Factors Matter Most
Life Span of Native Americans Fell by Almost 5 Years During Pandemic
Live Healthy, Live Longer Without Dementia
Live Near a 'Superfund' Site? Your Life Span Might Be Shorter
Living Near Noisy Traffic Might Raise Suicide Risk
Living to Age 130: New Study Projects It Could Happen
Local Sales Bans on Flavored Tobacco Products in California Cut Use
Lockdowns' Effects on Health Still Less Than Harm From Pandemic: Experts
Logic's Hit '1-800-273-8255' May Have Saved American Lives
Loneliness Can Cut Survival After a Cancer Diagnosis: Study
Loneliness Continues to Rise for Americans Under Lockdown
Loneliness May Make Quitting Smoking Even Tougher
Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
Longer, Worse COVID Leaves Stronger Antibodies: Study
Longevity Calculator Could Aid Planning After Dementia Diagnosis
Long-Term Outlook for Most With Serious Brain Injury Is Better Than Thought
Losing a Sibling a Common Tragedy in Poorer Nations, Study Finds
Losing a Spouse May Be More Lethal for Men
Loss of a Twin Linked to Risk for Mental Illness
Lower Incomes May Mean Lower Survival After Heart Attack
Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Won't Leave Smokers Agitated, Study Finds
Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
Magnetic Brain Stimulation Helped Rid Him of Decades-Long Depression
Maker of Narcan Nasal Spray Plans to Sell Overdose Antidote for Less Than $50
Many American Teens Are in Mental Health Crisis: Report
Many Americans Live Too Far From Opioid Addiction Treatment
Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs: Study
Many Dentists Still Giving Patients Addictive Opioid Painkillers
Many Heart Disease Patients Keep Smoking, Despite Knowing Risks
Many Parents Support 'Teens Helping Teens' Mental Health Programs at Schools: Poll
Many Psychiatric Patients Are Getting Risky Drug Gabapentin 'Off-Label'
Many Using Cannabis for Pain Take Opioids, Too
Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It
Marijuana Use Tied to Higher Odds for Thoughts of Suicide
Medicaid Expansion Saved Lives in Affected States: Study
Medicaid Rules May Affect Americans' Cancer Survival
Medicare's Coverage of Methadone Could Help Get People Off Opioids
Megan Thee Stallion Urges Fans to 'Check on Friends' for Mental Health
Men Exposed to Cigarette Smoke in Childhood More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids
Men Often Die Before Women, and the Y Chromosome May Be to Blame
Men Worldwide Have Shorter Life Spans Than Women
Mental Health Issues Double the Odds of Dying With COVID-19, Study Finds
Menthol Vapes Could Be Even More Toxic to Lungs
Menthols Make Up 40% of U.S. Cigarette Sales; Ban Could Have Huge Impact
Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk
Methadone Treatment Does Help Curb Fentanyl, Heroin Use, Study Shows
Millions of Smokers May Have a Tough-to-Diagnose Lung Disease
Minorities Bore the Brunt of U.S. COVID Deaths: Study
Missed Getting Your Steps Today? You're Still on Track for Health
Mix of Vet Tranquilizer, Fentanyl an 'Emerging Threat,' U.S. Officials Warn
Money Can Buy Americans Longer Life: Study
More Americans Are Dying From Parkinson's Disease: Study
More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters
More Americans Than Ever Believe Marijuana Smoke Is Safer Than Cigarette Smoke. They're Wrong
More Americans Would Get Lung Cancer Screening Under New Guidelines
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More Childbearing Women Having Suicidal Thoughts: Study
More Cyberbullying, More Suicidal Thoughts Among Teens: Study
More Olive Oil May Bring Longer Life: Study
More Opioids Doesn't Mean Less Chronic Pain: Study
More Than 10 Million People Died of Cancer Worldwide in 2019
More Trees, Parks May Mean Longer Lives for City Dwellers
Most Americans Don't Know What 988 Suicide Crisis Hotline Is For: Poll
Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey
Most Docs Want Telehealth for Opioid Abuse Treatment to Stick Around
Most Injection Drug Users Are Not Seeking Out Fentanyl: Study
Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal
Most Survivors of Severe COVID-19 Report Symptoms Many Weeks After 'Recovery'
Most U.S. Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study
Motherhood Doesn't Lower Survival for Women Who've Had Breast Cancer
Moving Away From Opioids to Treat Dental Pain
Moving Into a Smoker's Former Home? You May Need to Toss the Carpet
MS Has Mixed Impact on Patients' Cancer Risk: Study
Murders Surged in U.S. in 2020
Muscle Relaxants for Back Pain Are Soaring: Are They Safe?
Myth That Suicides Peak During the Holidays Could Cause Harm
Myths, Ignorance Persist Around Lung Cancer: Poll
Nearly 15% of School-Age Children in U.S. Have Received Mental Health Treatment
Nearly 59,000 Meatpacking Workers Caught COVID, While 269 Died: Report
Nearly All Seniors Take Meds That Raise Their Odds of Falling
Nearly Half of U.S. Veterans Cited 'Personal Growth' During Pandemic: Survey
Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries
Nerve-Cooling Implant Could Ease Pain Without Opioids
New 988 Suicide Hotline Sees Increase in Calls for Help
New Biden Plan Would Help Pregnant Women Fight Opioid Addiction
New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer
New Clues to Sudden Unexplained Deaths in Young Kids
New Drug Could Extend Life for People With ALS
New Hope Against a Rare but Incurable Eye Cancer
New Jersey's '5-Day Rule' Didn't Curb Opioid Use
New Links Between Poor Sleep, Diabetes and Death
New Opioid Use Raises Death Risk 11-Fold in Those With Dementia
New Opioids Are Joining the Illicit Drug Supply, and They're More Potent Than Fentanyl
New Zealand Aims for Zero Smokers in a Generation: Could Plan Work Elsewhere?
Newly Approved Drug Fights Lung Cancer Tied to Certain Genes
No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop
No Lasting Lung Damage After Full Recovery From COVID-19
No Rise in Global Suicide Rate in First Months of Pandemic
Numbers of Non-COVID-19 Deaths Up During Pandemic
Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study
Nurses Are Dying From Suicide at Higher Rates
Nurses, Health Care Staff Face Higher Suicide Risks
Nutrient Taurine Might Help Extend Life, Animal Studies Show
NYC's Overdose Prevention Centers Already Saving Lives
Obamacare Helped Extend Lives of People With Cancer
Obamacare May Have Helped Lower Suicide Rates
Obese Men May Have Better Survival With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Obesity a Big Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19, Study Confirms
Obesity Could Raise Odds for 'Long-Haul' COVID Symptoms
Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
Older Gays, Lesbians at Higher Odds for Drug, Alcohol Abuse: Study
Older Patients at Risk When Dentists Prescribe Opioids
Opioid Addiction Relapse May Be Different for Men, Women
Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jail Could Change Lives
Opioid Deaths in Young Americans Often Involve Other Drugs
Opioid Overdose Antidote Urged for Schools After Student's Fentanyl Death
Opioid Overdose Survivors Face Higher Odds for Death in Following Year
Opioid Use a Hazard for Young Patients Battling Sarcomas
Opioids After Dental Work May Be Dangerous
Opioids Cause Half of All Poisonings in U.S. Kids Age 5 and Younger
Over 100,000 Americans Died From Drug Overdoses in One Year: Report
Over 140,000 U.S. Children Have Lost a Caregiver to COVID-19
Over 3 Million U.S. School Kids Now Vaping or Smoking
Over Half of Police Killings Aren't Reported, Blacks Most Likely Victims
Oxycontin Maker Purdue Dissolved, Family to Pay $4.5 Billion in Bankruptcy Settlement
Pain After Heart Attack May Predict Long-Term Survival
Palliative Care Crucial After Severe Stroke, But Many Patients Miss Out
Pandemic Brought Surge in Fatal Drug Overdoses in U.S. Teens
Pandemic Has Blocked Access to Treatment for Many Americans Hooked on Opioids
Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose
Pandemic Saw Big Rise in Deaths to Millennials From Multiple Causes
Pandemic Saw Rise in Opioid Prescriptions Given After Childbirth
Pandemic Tied to Higher Suicide Rate in Blacks, Lowered Rate in Whites: Study
Pandemic Tied to Rising Number of Fatal Opioid ODs
Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll
Pandemic's Two-Year Global Death Toll May Be Close to 15 Million
Parents Often in the Dark When Kids Take Up Vaping
Parents' Pot Smoking Means More Colds, Flu for Kids
Parks, Gardens Might Boost Life Spans in Poorer Neighborhoods
Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants
People Are Buying Illegal Opioids on the Dark Web
People Are Now Living More Years in Good Health: Study
People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
People With Autism at Higher Risk for Suicide, Self-Harm: Study
People With Cerebral Palsy Could Be in the Crosshairs of the Opioid Crisis
People With HIV Have Much Higher Risk for Suicide
People With MS Have Worse Survival If Colon Cancer Strikes
Pharmacists Can Be Key to Helping Folks Kick Opioid Addiction
Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
Police Use of Neck Restraint Never Medically Appropriate, Neurologists Say
Poll: Most Americans Over 50 Suffer Some Type of Joint Pain
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Pot Use Ups Odds for Suicide in Young People With Bipolar Disorder
Potato Chips, Fatty Lunches Greatly Raise Your Heart Risks
Prescription Opioids, Antibiotics in Pregnancy Won't Raise Birth Defect Risk: Studies
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
Quit Smoking to Cut Risk of Death From A-Fib
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients
Race Matters in Stroke Survival, Study Finds
Race, Neighborhood Affects How Long You'll Live After Heart Attack
Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking, Study Confirms
Rate of U.S. Kids Attempting Suicide by Overdose Rose During Pandemic
Rates for Suicides, Homicides Keep Rising for Young Americans
Recalled Newborn Loungers Tied to 2 More Infant Deaths
Record High COVID Cases and Deaths Reported in Florida
Record Number of Fatal Drug ODs for Pregnant, Postpartum Women
Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain
Regular Weightlifting Could Lengthen Your Life
Religion Helps Protect Against 'Deaths of Despair': Study
Research Reveals How Aspirin Helps Prevent Colon Cancer
Researchers Explore New Nonaddictive Means of Fighting Pain
Resolved to Quit Smoking This Year? Experts Offer Tips
Rising Number of U.S. Cardiac Arrests Tied to Opioid Abuse
Rising U.S. Deaths After Users Mix Coke, Meth With an Opioid
Risk of Suicidal Thoughts With Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Being Investigated by European Regulators
Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
Scientists Are Developing Patch That Warns of Oncoming Drug Overdose
Scientists Restore Some Function to Pig Tissues 1 Hour After Death
Screen All Adults Under Age 65 for Anxiety Disorders, Expert Panel Says
Secondhand Smoke Can Raise Odds for Mouth, Throat Cancers
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
Secret Weapon for Quit-Smoking Campaigns: Pets
Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse
Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
Shape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk
Shock Therapy Safe, Effective for Tough-to-Treat Depression
Short Brisk Walk Each Day Could Cut Your Odds of Early Death
Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives
Should There Be 'Gun Retirement' for the Elderly?
Signs America's Opioid Epidemic Might Finally Be Waning
Single Dose of Psychedelic Curbs Depression, But Study Raises Concerns
Skipping Meals Could Shave Years Off Your Life
Sleep Apnea Doubles Odds for Sudden Death
Sleep Troubles Tied to Suicidal Thoughts in Teens
Smokers More Prone to Memory Loss by Middle Age
Smokers, Obese People Need Major Heart Interventions Earlier in Life
Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus
Smoking Can Really Weaken the Heart
Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
Smoking in Pregnancy Greatly Raises Odds for SIDS in Newborns
Smoking in Pregnancy Has Declined by a Third Since 2016
Smoking Makes a Comeback in the Pandemic
Smoking Plus Mental Illness Can Send Caffeine Intake Soaring
Smoking Plus Vaping Just as Deadly as Smoking on Its Own: Study
Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women
Smoking Raises Risk for Deadly 'Bleeding Strokes'
Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Smoking Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed
Smoking Weed Could Be Tougher on Your Lungs Than Cigarettes: Study
Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds
Smoking-Plus-Vaping No Healthier Than Smoking on Its Own
Soaring Misuse of Horse Tranquilizer Xylazine Is Worsening Opioid Crisis
Social Media Has Big Impact on People Taking Up Smoking, Vaping
Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
Some Newborns Need Methadone Post-Surgery, But Use Brings Problems
Speeding on U.S. Roads Is Taking Thousands of Teenagers' Lives
States Claim Sackler Family Members Are Abusing Bankruptcy Process
Statin Users May Have Added Protection Against Severe COVID-19
Stroke Gaining Ground as a Global Killer
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Shows Season, Time of Day When Suicidal Thoughts Most Likely
Substance Abuse Greatly Raises Odds of Heart Attack, Stroke During Pregnancy
Sudden Death More Common Than Thought in Very Young With Epilepsy
Suicidal Service Members With Guns at Home Often Keep Feelings Secret: Study
Suicide Attempts Spike Soon After Dementia Diagnosis
Suicide Rate 170 Times Higher for People With Schizophrenia
Suicide Rate Is Spiking Upwards in Preadolescent Children
Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents Doubled in 10 Years
Suicide Rates Continue to Rise Among Americans
Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities
Suicide Risk Rises Sharply in People Diagnosed With Early-Onset Dementia
Suicide Risk Rises When Cancer Strikes
Suicides Among U.S. Veterans Jumped 10-Fold in Decades After 9/11
Suicides Involving Guns Have Key Differences, Study Shows
Suicides Rise Again in the US, Increases Highest Among Minorities
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Oxycontin Maker's Bankruptcy Deal
Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?
Surgery Often a Gateway to Opioid Abuse, Study Confirms
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women's Brains
Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
Teen Social Media Posts About Cutting, Other Self-Harm Are Soaring
Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes
Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorder Helped Curb Fatal ODs During Pandemic
Telehealth, Phone Visits a Lifesaver for Veterans Addicted to Opioids
That Morning Cup of Coffee May Extend Your Life
The 988 Mental Health Hotline Is Coming. Is America Ready?
The Hidden Health Risk for ‘Tough Guys’
The Sooner Young Smokers Start, The Less Likely They Are to Quit
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
Think You Need an Opioid? Here Are Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later
Tobacco Company Coupons Raise Odds Ex-Smokers Will Light Up Again
Too Few People Treated for Opioid Use Get Anti-Overdose Med
Too Few People With Opioid Disorder Receive Best Treatments
Too Few Psychiatric Beds: Psychiatrists' Group Takes Aim at Ongoing Crisis
Too Few Young People Get Mental Health Follow-Up After ER Visit
Too Much Restaurant Fare Could Shorten Your Life
Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Tough State Gun Laws Help Save Lives: Study
Tougher Gun Laws, Fewer Gun Deaths: Study
'Tragic Milestone': 1 Million American Lives Lost to COVID-19
Transgender People Face Much Higher Risk of Suicide, Landmark Study Shows
Two-Thirds of Americans Say Their Lives Have Been Affected by Addiction: Poll
Type of Medicare Could Influence Cancer Patients' Outcomes
U.S. Cancer Survivors Now Number 18 Million
U.S. Child Deaths From Fentanyl Jumped 30-Fold in Just 8 Years
U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Top a Quarter Million
U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials
U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 800,000
U.S. Deaths Drop in 2022, But Still Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Levels
U.S. Deaths Due to Fentanyl Nearly Quadrupled in 5 Years
U.S. Deaths Involving Meth Are Skyrocketing, Fentanyl a Big Factor
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs
U.S. Fatal Drug ODs Rose Again in 2021, But Increase Is Slowing
U.S. Gun Deaths Reach New Highs
U.S. Gun Violence Rates Jumped 30% During Pandemic
U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving
U.S. Leads Wealthy Nations in Pregnancy-Related Deaths
U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for 2nd Year in a Row
U.S. Murder Rate Up 30% During Pandemic, Highest One-Year Rise Ever
U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Reach Lowest Levels Reported Since Pandemic Began
U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Rise as Delta Spreads
U.S. Pregnancy Deaths Drop Following Spike During Pandemic
U.S. Smoking Rate Hits All-Time Low
U.S. Smoking, Vaping Rates Fell in First Year of Pandemic: CDC
U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
U.S. Suicide Rates Began to Rise Again in 2021
U.S. Suicide Rates Rose in 2021, Reversing 2 Years of Decline
U.S. Tourists in Northern Mexico Are Buying Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl
U.S. Travelers Warned About Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl in Mexico Pharmacies
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
Unhappy Marriages Could Mean Shorter Lives for Men
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Used After Opioid Overdose, Anti-Addiction Drug Can Cut Odds for Fatal OD
Vaccinating Oldest First for COVID Saves the Most Lives: Study
Vaccines Cut Odds for Death From COVID Delta Variant by 90%
Valium, Xanax Prescriptions Could Raise Overdose Risk in Youth
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vaping Could Raise Teens' Odds for Severe COVID
Vaping Could Weaken Your Bones, Study Finds
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
Vaping Pot Worse Than Vaping Tobacco for Teens' Lungs: Study
Vaping Ups Teens' Odds for Asthma, Asthma Attacks
Vaping Won't Help Smokers Quit, Another Study Finds
Vaping Worse Than Smoking for Boosting Odds for Stroke at Young Age
Veterans at Higher Risk of Deadly Skin Cancers
Viruses in the Gut Might Help People Live to Be 100
Vitamin D Could Help Extend Your Life: Study
Walking or Biking to Work Might Save Your Life
Walmart Offers $3 Billion to Settle Opioid Lawsuits
Want Added Years? Try Volunteering
Want to Live Longer? Exercise Is Key, Study Confirms
Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
Weight Loss Surgery More Dangerous for Men Than Women: Study
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Drives Doctors to Take Their Own Lives
What Exactly Is Hospice Care?
What Is More Deadly in the U.S.: Hot Weather or Cold?
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
What's Killing Detainees at U.S. ICE Facilities?
When a Handgun Is in the Home, Suicide Risk Quickly Rises
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Survival Odds Are Better at Airports
When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study
When Schools Ask Students About Suicide, Those At Risk Get Help Sooner
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Which Americans Live Longest? Race, Region May Be Key
Which Kids Face the Highest Risk of Self-Harm?
White House Announces Plan to Reduce Gun Suicides
Who Is Using Herbal Kratom?
WHO Says Pandemic Death Total Far Higher Than Reported in Many Countries
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Exercise? Researchers Say It Prevents 3.9 Million Deaths a Year
Why Logging May Be the Most Dangerous Profession
Why Losing Someone to Violence Can Be Especially Tough to Get Over
Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
Why Sleep Raises Risk for Sudden Death in People With Epilepsy
Wider Supply of Opioid Antidote Naloxone Won't Encourage Heroin Use: Study
Wife of California Congressman Died After Using Herbal Remedy for Diabetes, Weight Loss
Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk
Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Leave a Mental Health Crisis in Its Wake?
Will the Pandemic Surge in Gun Purchases Raise Suicide Rates?
With Tighter Handgun Laws, U.S. Would See Fewer Suicides by Young People
Women at Higher Risk When Heart Attack Strikes the Young
Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Workplace Sexual Harassment Might Raise Suicide Risk: Study
You Could Live 9 Years Longer in Hawaii Than in Mississippi, New Data Shows
You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
Young Epilepsy Patients May Benefit From Mental Health Screening
Younger Age Doesn't Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
Your Height Could Be a Factor in Disease Risk
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Youth Suicide Attempts Drop in U.S. States With Hate Crime Laws
Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study
Youth Vaping Triples Odds for Adult Smoking
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