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Kids With Congenital Heart Disease Face Higher Odds of Mental Health Issues
Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19
Knee Procedure Done Earlier Might Prevent Knee Replacement Later
Knee Replacement a Good Option, Even for Severely Obese: Study
Knee Replacement in Folks Over 80: Less Risky Than You Think
Knee Replacement More Challenging in People With Sickle Cell
Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault
La COVID más un ACV hemorrágico duplican el riesgo de muerte de un paciente
Lab-Made Heart Valves Can Grow Along With Youngest Heart Patients
Language Can Make the Difference Between Home, Hospital Care: Study
Large Study Supports Less Invasive Way to Treat 'Leaky' Heart Valves
Laser Process May Kill Bacteria on Metal Surfaces
Lasik Surgery Should Carry Warnings of Possible Complications, FDA Says
Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope
Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal
Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Less Than a Third of Heavily Advertised Drugs Have 'High Therapeutic Value': Study
Little Change in Number of Uninsured in Pandemic's First Year
Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays
Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
Long Periods in Space Alter Astronauts' Brains
Long Used in Adults, Wireless Pacemakers Might Soon Be an Option for Kids
Long-Haul COVID Symptoms? Getting Vaccine Won't Make You Feel Worse, Study Finds
Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study
Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
Lumpectomy as Effective as Mastectomy for Young Women With Breast Cancer
Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can't Sustain It
Lymph Node Removal During Breast Cancer Mastectomy: Is It Overdone?
Magnets in Cellphones, Smartwatches Might Affect Pacemakers, FDA Warns
Major Credit Agencies Will Drop Most Medical Debt From Reports
'Major Financial Hardship' Hits Most Patients Battling Advanced Colon Cancer
Major Medical Groups Call for Mandatory COVID Vaccination for Health Workers
Maker Cuts Price of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug in Half
Maker of Narcan Nasal Spray Plans to Sell Overdose Antidote for Less Than $50
Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism, Health Outcomes: Poll
Many Americans With Long COVID Have Trouble Accessing Care
Many At-Risk Kids With COVID Can Be Cared for at Home
Many Cancer Patients Face Mounting Bills Despite Having Insurance
Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken
Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study
Many Doctors Uninformed on Rights of Disabled Patients
Many Face Months of Lingering Symptoms After COVID Hospital Discharge
Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms
Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home
Many Insured Americans Are an Injury Away From Bankruptcy: Study
Many MS Patients Struggle With Finances, Forgo Treatments
Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds
Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Many Patients Billed for Preventive Care That Should Be Free: Study
Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage
Many Seniors on Medicare Falling Into Medical Debt
Many U.S. Seniors Get Needless, Pricey Cervical Cancer Screenings
Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It
Marijuana Users May Feel More Post-Surgery Pain: Study
Marijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries
Medical Bill Worries Tied to Worse Outcomes for Cancer Patients: Study
Medical Care for COVID-19 Could Cost U.S. Hundreds of Billions: Study
Medical Debt Can Crush Even the Insured, Study Shows
Medical Paperwork: So Bad Some Folks Skip Care
Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Coverage for Eligible, Necessary Care: Report
Medicare Could Save Millions By Taking Cue from Mark Cuban's Online Pharmacy
Medicare May Rethink Premium Hike for Pricey Alzheimer’s Drug
Medicare Monthly Premiums to Drop for Seniors
Medicare Mulls Coverage for Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
Medicare Will Save U.S. Billions Negotiating Drug Prices
Medicare's Penalties for Poor-Quality Dialysis Centers Aren't Helping: Study
Men Offered Surgery More Often Than Women When Carpal Tunnel Strikes
Men With Testicular Cancer May Have New Treatment Option
'Mental Resilience' May Give Holocaust Survivors an Edge After Surgery
Mesh Plug a New Option for Treating Tricky Aneurysms
Millions Who Joined Medicaid During Health Emergency Could Soon Lose Coverage
Mind-Controlled Wheelchair Brings New Freedom to People With Paralysis
Mind-Reading Technology Can Turn Brain Scans Into Language
Minimally Invasive Surgery May Be Good Option for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms
Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms
Moderna Will Offer Free COVID Shots to Uninsured After Emergency Ends
Monitoring Toilet Sounds Could Help Spot Disease
Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment
More Evidence Fitness Trackers Can Boost Your Health
More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study
More Pot-Linked Poisoning Cases as Edibles' Popularity Booms
Most Americans With Medical Debt Owe Money to Hospitals
Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey
Most Editors at Leading Medical Journals Are White, Study Finds
Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
Most Kidney Patients OK With Getting Text Reminders on Care
Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll
Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal
Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
Mouse Study Points to New Way to Shrink Pancreatic Tumors
Mouse Study Points to Possible Breakthrough Against Spinal Cord Injury
Moves, Evictions Often Trigger Harmful Breaks in Health Care: Study
Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home
MRIs Might Be Safe for Patients With Implanted Heart Devices
Multiple Surgeries for Cleft Lip, Palate Won't Cause Major Psychological Damage
Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds
Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated
Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay
Necklace Spots A-Fib in Just Over 30 Seconds
Need an Operation? Here's How COVID Has Changed Surgery
'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries
Nerve-Cooling Implant Could Ease Pain Without Opioids
Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
New Ablation Treatment Could Improve A-Fib Care
New Breast Scanning Technology Might Beat Standard Mammography
New COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New 'E-Tattoo' Is Worn on Chest to Track Your Heart Health
New Hope Against 'Incurable' Liver Disease That Kills Children
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New Test of Pancreatic Cysts Might Boost Cancer Detection
New Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids
New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office
No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop
No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life
No Sign That Anesthesia in Pregnancy Affects Child's Later Development
Number of U.S. Kids Hospitalized With COVID Is Likely Overcounted: Study
Nurses Are Dying From Suicide at Higher Rates
Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding
Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study
Obamacare Helped Extend Lives of People With Cancer
Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
Obesity Costs the Average U.S. Adult Almost $1,900 per Year: Study
Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use
Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
Older and Getting Surgery? Get Fit Beforehand
Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study
On Some Farms, Washing Machines Give Leafy Greens a Spin -- But Is That Safe?
One Form of Fertility Treatment May Raise Long-Term Cancer Risk in Offspring
One-Dose Blood Thinner Could Slash Blood Clot Risk After Knee Replacement
On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives
'Open Source' Automated Insulin Delivery Systems Help People With Type 1 Diabetes
Oral Surgery on Your Calendar? Expert Offers Tips to Ease Anxiety
Out-of-Network Costs Raise Medical Bills for Special Needs Kids
Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care Keep Climbing
Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
Over a Million Americans Are Rationing Insulin Due to High Cost
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Are Coming in October. Experts Offer Tips for Consumers
Overuse of Antibiotics in Kids Adds Millions to U.S. Health Care Costs
Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals
Pain Relief in a FLASH: Radiation Treatments Lasting Seconds May Advance Cancer Care
Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids
Pandemic Cut U.S. Heart Surgeries in Half as Patients Avoided Hospitals
Pandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt
Pandemic Has Affected Kids' Dental Health: Poll
Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis
Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study
Pandemic Hits Primary Care Practices Hard Across the U.S.: Study
Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths
Pandemic Means Financial Hardship for Many With Diabetes
Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny
Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
Parts of Intestinal Scope Devices Can Break Off Inside Patients
Patch Pump Device Could Offer Cheaper Insulin Delivery
Patient Care Delayed at Large Hospital Chain After Ransomware Attack
Patients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations
Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant
Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans
People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
People Over 80 Benefit From Surgery for Benign Brain Tumors
People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox
Permanently Bent 'Trigger Finger' Can Be Hallmark of Diabetes
'Personalized' Brain Zaps May Ease Tough-to-Treat Depression
Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17
Pfizer COVID Vaccine Saved 110,000 American Lives: Study
Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second
Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
Poll Finds More Americans Worried About Health Care Understaffing
Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER
Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study
Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID
Pope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service
Pope Leaves Hospital 10 Days After Colon Surgery
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Post-Op Delirium Could Signal Faster Mental Decline
Postpartum Bleeding Doesn't Have to Mean Hysterectomy, Experts Say
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
PrEP HIV Prevention Pills to Be Free for Insured Americans
Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery
'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report
Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study
Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study
Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks
Recent COVID-19 Raises Odds for Clots After Surgery by 90%
Record 16.5 Million Americans Have Signed Up for Obamacare
Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Seen in Florida
Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health
Reminder Apps on Smartphones May Help in Early Dementia
Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks
Repair or Reconstruction: What's Best for ACL Tears?
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Researchers Use Computers and 'Exoskeletons' to Help Stroke Survivors
Robotics Bring the White Cane Into the 21st Century
Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study
Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
Saliva-Based COVID-19 Test Might Be Alternative to Deep Nasal Swab
Sanofi Follows Lilly, Novo Nordisk in Cutting Insulin Prices
Scientists Are Developing Patch That Warns of Oncoming Drug Overdose
Scientists Create Monkey Embryo From Stem Cells
Scientists Design Protective Respirator for Health Care Workers
Scientists Grow Electrodes in Living Tissue
Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls
Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Simple Move May Boost Spinal Fusion Outcomes
Sleep Disorders Cost U.S. Health Care System Nearly $95 Billion Per Year
Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
Smart Phones, Watches Can Mess With Implanted Pacemakers
Smartphone Apps May Aid in Heart Attack Recovery
Smartphone Apps Might Track, Slow Spread of COVID-19
Smartwatch Heart Data May Be Less Accurate for Black Users
SmartWatches Detect Viral Infection Before Symptoms Surface in Study
Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed
Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Special Contact Lenses Can Help Curb Nearsightedness in Kids
Spinal Cord Stimulation Gives Big Boost to Arm Function After Stroke
'Stepped' Approach to Treating Diabetic Eye Disease May Be Best
Stick-on Sensor Could Warn of Heart Failure Complications
Strain of COVID Care Has Many Health Professionals Looking for an Exit
Stress Urinary Incontinence? Know Your Surgical Options
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
Stroke Prevented His Speech, But Brain Implant Brought It Back
Strokes Hitting COVID Patients Are More Severe: Study
Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key
Struggles With COVID Left Many Americans With Medical Debt
Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help
Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID
Support for Obamacare Grows as Biden Takes Control: Poll
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
Surgery Brings Added Risks to People With COPD
Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?
Surgery Often a Gateway to Opioid Abuse, Study Confirms
Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak
Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative
Surgical Snip Might Prevent Stroke in People With A-fib
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up
Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving
Telehealth Boosts Odds That Patients Show Up for Post-Surgery Care
Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorder Helped Curb Fatal ODs During Pandemic
Telehealth, Phone Visits a Lifesaver for Veterans Addicted to Opioids
Telemedicine Could Really Help People Battling Advanced Cancers
Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery
Telemedicine Is Here: Experts Offer Tips for Seniors
Telemedicine's Popularity Has Risen During Pandemic
'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes
Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
The High Cost of Living With Sickle Cell Disease
There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19
Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical? Think Again
Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later
Timing of Melanoma Immunotherapy Could Be Key to Outcomes: Study
Tonsillectomies Can Be Tougher for Kids With Developmental Delays
Too Many Kids With Special Needs Are Going Without Adequate Support
Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills
Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
Two PrEP Meds Work Equally Well; One Is Much Cheaper
U.S. Army Reports Progress on COVID Vaccine That Fights All Variants
U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter's Peak
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen
U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million
U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen
U.S. Immigrants' Premiums, Taxes Exceed Health Care Expenditures: Study
U.S. Leads in Health Care Spending, But Is Last for Health Outcomes Among Rich Nations
U.S. Seniors Are Getting Fewer Abdominal Surgeries
U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Challenge to Affordable Care Act
U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns
U.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs
U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
Ultrasound Breaches Blood-Brain Barrier, Helping Drugs Fight Tumors
Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End
Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization
Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: Study
Vaginal or C-Section, Method of Childbirth Won't Affect a Couple's Sex Life Later
Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients
Vision Problems Are On the Decline for American Seniors
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows
Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Long-Term Heart Risks for Diabetic Teens
Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease
What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?
What Are Hernias, and How Are They Treated?
What Arthritis Surgeries Help With Pain and Other Symptoms?
What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
What Do You Know About Your Risk for Hernia?
What Type of Stent Did I Get, Where? Most Heart Patients Don't Know
What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer
What You Should Know If Your Surgery Has Been Put on Hold
What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes
What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes
When Deductibles Rise, More Diabetes Patients Skip Their Meds
When Drug Companies Raise Prices, Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise
When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?
When Removing a Big Kidney Stone, Get the Little Ones, Too
When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer
When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve
Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?
Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?
Which Surgery Works Best for Lower Back Pain?
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
Who Are the New 'Patient Influencers' on Social Media?
Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List
Why a COVID Diagnosis Could Cost You Way More Money in 2021
Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
With Smartwatch, Cardiac Rehab at Home May Work Best
Woman Receives 3-D Printed Ear Transplant Made of Human Cells
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men After Bypass Surgery
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Workers' Share of Annual Premium for Employer Health Plans Nears $6,000
You Can Now Buy Hearing Aids Over-the-Counter. Experts Offer Tips for Consumers
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?
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