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Low-Fiber Diet During Pregnancy May Harm Baby's Brain
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Low-Salt 'DASH' Diet Good for Total Heart Health
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Many Heart Disease Patients Keep Smoking, Despite Knowing Risks
Many Home Health Care Workers in Poor Health Themselves
Many Kids Aren't Wearing Helmets While Sledding, Poll Finds
Many Older Americans Who Should Be Checking Blood Pressure at Home Aren't: Poll
Many People With High Blood Pressure May Take a Drug That Worsens It: Study
Many Seniors Love Pickleball, But Injuries Can Happen
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Millions of Smokers May Have a Tough-to-Diagnose Lung Disease
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Mom's Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Could Affect Child's Stroke Risk Decades Later
Mom's Exercise in Pregnancy May Help Baby's Lungs
Mom's Heart Health While Pregnant Could Influence Her Child's Health for Years
More Americans Than Ever Believe Marijuana Smoke Is Safer Than Cigarette Smoke. They're Wrong
More Evidence Fitness Trackers Can Boost Your Health
More Evidence That Exercise Protects the Aging Brain
More Evidence That Stress Gets Blood Pressure Rising
More 'Green Time,' Less Screen Time Boosts Kids' Mental Health
More Than 1 Drink a Day Ups Blood Pressure for Diabetics
More Young Americans Developing Unhealthy Predictors of Heart Disease
Most Americans Don't Follow Diets That Could Prevent Cancer
Most Americans Still Aren't Eating Enough Whole Grains
Most Athletes With Genetic Heart Ailment Can Return to Play
Most Day Care Programs Don't Give Kids Enough Exercise
Most U.S. Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study
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Moving Into a Smoker's Former Home? You May Need to Toss the Carpet
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Nature Helped Many Kids Cope During Lockdown: Study
Nearly All Seniors Take Meds That Raise Their Odds of Falling
New Advice for Blood Pressure That's a Bit Too High
New Drug Helps Tame Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure
New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
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New Zealand Aims for Zero Smokers in a Generation: Could Plan Work Elsewhere?
No Gym Required: How Seniors Can Exercise During Lockdown
No Link Found Between Blood Pressure Meds and Cancer: Study
No Sign Common Steroid Spironolactone Can Cause Cancer: Study
'Non-Drug' Approaches Can Fight Depression in People With Dementia
Not Enough Older Americans Are Checking Blood Pressure At Home
Nowhere Safe to Play: 'Play Deserts' Keep Kids from Fun Physical Activity
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure
Older and Getting Surgery? Get Fit Beforehand
Older Women, Younger Men Struggle More to Control High Blood Pressure
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One Activity Causes 4 Out of 5 Sports-Linked Spinal Injuries
One Key Factor Drives Weight Gain in College
One-Third of Americans With Arthritis Get No Exercise
Only 7% of American Adults in Good Cardiometabolic Health
Over 40? Just 20 Minutes of Daily Exercise Can Keep You Out of the Hospital
Overweight With Arthritic Knees? You Might Want to Avoid Tennis
Pandemic Affecting Mental Health of Pregnant Women, New Moms
Pandemic Curbed Kids' Efforts to Lose Excess Weight
Pandemic Had Many Young Athletes Reconsidering Their Sport
Pandemic Lockdowns, Closures Tough on People With Disabilities
Pandemic Sent Americans' Blood Pressure Numbers Skyward
Pandemic Stress Keeps Many From Exercising
Pfizer Recalls All Lots of Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Due to Potential Carcinogen
Physically Active at Work? It's Not as Healthy as Leisure Exercise
Picky Eating, Social Phobia Often Linked in College Students
Pilates May Be Good Medicine for High Blood Pressure
Pills, Exercise, Dieting: What Works Best to Lose Weight?
Plant-Based Diet Best for Your Heart
'Plant-Based' or Low-Fat Diet: Which Is Better for Your Heart?
Playing Football, Hockey in High School Ups Odds for Stimulant Abuse
Positive Attitude Tied to Lower Blood Pressure After Stroke
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Post-Workout Sauna Might Boost Your Health Even More
Potato Chips, Fatty Lunches Greatly Raise Your Heart Risks
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Preventing Alzheimer's
Program Helps Folks Battling Mental Illness Beat Another Foe: Smoking
Quick Bursts of Exercise Can Help Diabetics' Hearts
Quit Smoking to Cut Risk of Death From A-Fib
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Race, Income Keeps Many Families From Letting Kids Play Sports
Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking, Study Confirms
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Regular Exercise Can Help Shield You From Severe COVID
Regular Weightlifting Could Lengthen Your Life
Remote Monitoring May Help Control High Blood Pressure
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
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Restricting Promotions of Sweet Foods Cuts Sugar, Not Profits: Study
Retirement Means Sleeping More, Exercising Less: Study
Running Without Risk During the Pandemic
Science Reveals How Red Meat Harms the Heart
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Secret Weapon for Quit-Smoking Campaigns: Pets
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Shall You Dance? Study Finds Dancing Helps Seniors Avoid Falls
She's Beating Leukemia With a Healthy Change to Her Diet
Short Brisk Walk Each Day Could Cut Your Odds of Early Death
Simple Steps Toward Living a Healthier, More Active Life
Sit All Day for Work? Simple Step Can Cut Your Health Risk
Sitting Raises Women's Odds for Heart Failure
Sitting Tai Chi Helps Stroke Survivors Recover
Skipping COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Brings Big Risks to Mothers, Babies
Sleep Apnea in Childhood a Bad Sign for Teenage Heart Health
Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain
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Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus
Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
Smoking Makes a Comeback in the Pandemic
Smoking Plus Vaping Just as Deadly as Smoking on Its Own: Study
Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women
Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse
Smoking Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed
Smoking-Plus-Vaping No Healthier Than Smoking on Its Own
Some Blood Pressure Meds Raise Heart Risks in People With HIV
Some Vegetarian Diets Are Much Healthier Than Others
Spikes in Blood Pressure Bring Many Americans to the ER
Sports After Lockdown: Take It Slow
Sports-Linked Cardiac Arrest Rare in Seniors, Study Finds
Spouses Share a Lot – Including Heart Health, Study Shows
Spring Sprains: Sports Injury Season Begins
'Stairs Test' Quickly Measures Your Heart Health
Staying Fit Lowers a Man's Cancer Risk, Study Confirms
Stick With These Foods to Help You Lose Weight
Stopping Common Heart Meds Could Be Risky for Kidney Patients
Strength Training Is No Slouch for Shedding Pounds
Stress, Anger May Worsen Heart Failure
Stronger Hearts, Better Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study
Study Confirms It: Kids Keep Harried Moms From Exercise
Study Ties Gum Disease to High Blood Pressure
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Tai Chi Equal to 'Regular' Exercise in Trimming Your Tummy
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Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
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Tobacco Company Coupons Raise Odds Ex-Smokers Will Light Up Again
Too Little Exercise, Too Much Sitting Could Raise Breast Cancer Risk
Too Many, Too Few Babies May Speed Aging in Women
Too Much Screen Time Could Raise Your Odds for Stroke
Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
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Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
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Two Meds Better Than One for Many With High Blood Pressure: Study
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study
U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report
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U.S. Rate for a Dangerous Pregnancy Complication Doubled in 12 Years
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Ultra-Processed Foods Are Ultra-Bad for Your Heart
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Untreated High Blood Pressure a Growing Problem Among Americans
Using Pot May Impede Female Athletes' Performance
Vaping Could Weaken Your Bones, Study Finds
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Vaping Might Beat Nicotine Patches in Helping Pregnant Women Quit Smoking
Vaping Raises Blood Clotting Risks, Harms Small Arteries: Study
Vaping Ups Teens' Odds for Asthma, Asthma Attacks
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Vegan Diets Tied to Higher Bone Fracture Risk
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Video Games May Sabotage Fitness Among College Students
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Weight Loss Helps Your Heart Even If Some Weight Come Back
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What Happens to Your Body When You Quit Smoking
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Why Early Bedtime May Be Best for People With Type 2 Diabetes
Why Exercise Is Often a Challenge for Folks With Type 1 Diabetes
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Why High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Bodes Ill for Future Health
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Why Taking Your Kids to the Park Is Always a Healthy Idea
Will High-Protein Diets Help the Middle-Aged Build Muscle?
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Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
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Workouts Boost Health of People With Kidney Disease
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Your Morning Cup of Coffee Can Affect Your Heart's Rhythms
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