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• 9/11 First Responders Face Higher Cancer Risk 20 Years Later
• 9/11 First Responders Have Higher Odds for Alzheimer's: Study
• 99% of Planet's Population Breathes Dirty Air: WHO
• A Good Workout Could Boost Your Thinking for Up to 2 Hours
• A Healthier Heart Might Make You Smarter
• A High-Tech Pointer to Pollutants That Trigger Asthma in Kids
• Across the U.S., Black Americans Breathe in Dirtier Air
• Aduhelm: Will Medicare Cover the Controversial Alzheimer's Drug?
• 'Aerosol Boxes' Meant to Protect COVID Health Teams Might Harm Them: Study
• Air and Noise Pollution May Make You Vulnerable to Heart Failure
• Air Pollutants, Metals Are Reaching The Placenta, Study Finds
• Air Pollution Can Harm Kids' Hearts for a Lifetime
• Air Pollution Linked to 6 Million Premature Births in 1 Year
• Air Pollution May Harm Older Women's Brains
• Air Pollution Takes a Toll on Your Kidneys
• Air Pollution Tied to Asthma in Young Kids
• All Health Care, Long-Term Care Workers in California Must Get COVID Shots
• Another Study Finds COVID Doesn't Spread in Schools With Proper Safeguards
• Anxiety Might Speed Alzheimer's: Study
• Aphasia Affects Brain Similar to Alzheimer's, But Without Memory Loss
• As Americans Return to Work, How Will COVID Change the Workplace?
• As Pandemic Cut Air Pollution, Heart Attacks Declined
• As Pandemic Leads to Clearer Skies, Solar Energy Output Rises
• As People Age, They Share Fewer Memories With Others: Study
• Asthma Sufferers Win When Coal Plants Shut Down
• Autopsies Show Microplastics in All Major Human Organs
• Autopsy Study May Explain Why Some COVID Survivors Have 'Brain Fog'
• Bedroom Air Filters May Help Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
• Being a Jerk Not a Recipe for Getting Ahead at Work
• Being Chained to Your Desk Might Harm Your Thyroid
• Better Work Conditions Bringing Better Mental Health to Resident Doctors: Study
• Biden Administration Moves to Cut Methane Emissions That Threaten Climate, Health
• Biden Administration Says California Can Set Tough Auto Emission Standards Again
• Biden Announces New Lung Health Program for U.S. Veterans
• Blood Pressure Spikes at Night May Spell Trouble for Brain
• Bosses Need Love, Too
• Brain May Age Faster After Spinal Cord Injury
• Brain Plaques Signal Alzheimer's Even Before Other Symptoms Emerge: Study
• Brazil Study Shows Climate Change's Deadly Impact on Kidneys
• Breathing Dirty Air Could Raise a Child's Risk for Adult Mental Illness
• Breathing Dirty Air Could Raise Your Odds for Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Bruce Willis Stepping Down From Acting After Brain Disorder Diagnosis
• Can Talk Therapy Heal the Body, Too?
• Can Your Blood Pressure Medicine Protect Your Memory?
• Childhood Lead Exposure Tied to Brain Changes in Middle Age
• Cleaner Air Could Mean Healthier Brains for Older Women
• Cleaning Up the Air Could Help Prevent Alzheimer's
• Climate Change, Smog Could Mean More Preemie Babies: Study
• Clocks 'Spring Forward' on Sunday: Be Prepared
• Coming This Way: Huge Saharan Dust Plume Will Affect Americans' Health
• Could a Type of Statin Raise Dementia Risks?
• Could Air Pollution Help Trigger Depression in Teens?
• Could Coffee Help Lower Your Odds for Alzheimer's?
• Could Dirty Air Help Speed Alzheimer's?
• Could Night Shifts Raise Asthma Risk?
• Could Pollution Help Decide Your Baby's Sex?
• COVID and Hypochondria: Online Therapy May Help Ease Fears
• COVID Threatens the 3 out of 4 Americans Who Can't Work From Home
• COVID-19 Survival Declines When Brain Affected: Study
• Cutting Pollution From Power Plants, Transport Could Save 50,000 U.S. Lives Each Year
• Delirium May Be Only Sign of Severe COVID in Elderly: Study
• Depression Plagues Many Coal Miners With Black Lung Disease
• Diminished Hearing, Vision Together Could Be Risk Factor for Dementia
• Dirtier Air May Bring More COVID-19 Deaths
• Dirty Air Can Worsen COVID Outcomes
• Dirty Air Could Raise COVID Risks for People With Asthma, COPD
• Dirty Air Endangers Homeless People: Study
• Dirty Air in Pregnancy Might Raise Baby's Obesity Risk
• Dirty Air Might Raise Your Odds for Dementia
• Dirty Air, Higher Dementia Risk?
• Dirty City Air Killed More Than 1.8 Million People Globally in 2019
• Dirty City Air Might Raise MS Risk
• Do Touchscreens Make Your Toddler More Distractible?
• Do Women or Men Make the Best Doctors?
• Do You Live in One of America's Unhealthiest Cities for Polluted Air?
• Do Zoom Meetings Kill Creativity?
• Doctors' Choice of Anesthesia Could Help Curb Climate Change
• Don't Be a 'Hot-Head': Study Suggests Head Overheating Impairs Thinking
• Doorway Study Reveals How Anorexia Changes 'Body Awareness'
• Double Trouble: Wildfire Smoke Could Boost Odds for COVID's Spread
• Double Trouble: Wildfires Can Raise COVID Risks
• Drivers May Be Inhaling Dangerous Carcinogens Inside Their Cars
• EPA to Sharply Limit Refrigerant Production in New Climate Rule
• ER Workers' Stress May Affect Patient Care: Study
• Even for Preschoolers, Healthier Hearts May Mean Healthier Brains
• Even in Dirty Air, Working Out Can Help Cut Risk of High Blood Pressure
• Even Low Levels of Air Pollution Harm Heart, Lungs
• Even Small Reductions in Air Pollution Help The Heart
• Even With PPE, Risk of COVID-19 Still High for Frontline Workers
• Exercise Could Help Fight 'Chemo Brain' in Breast Cancer Patients
• FDA OKs Virtual Reality System to Ease Back Pain
• Fetal Exposure to Ultra-Fine Air Pollution Could Raise Asthma Risks
• Few U.S. Workers Know About COVID Sick Leave Protections
• Firefighters' Blood Pressure Can Rise When Duty Calls
• Firefighters Face Higher Odds for Heart Trouble
• Fireworks Are Bad News for Your Lungs
• First Good Evidence That Brain Hits 'Replay' While You Sleep
• Fish on Your Plate May Keep Your Brain Sharp
• Fooled by Fake News: Does Age Matter?
• Formaldehyde in the Workplace Tied to Later Brain Issues
• Get Fit in Middle Age to Boost Your Aging Brain
• Grandmother's Brain In Sync With Her Grandkids': Study
• Greenhouse Gases Bad for Your Brain
• Grumpy? Depressed? Try a More Regular Sleep Schedule
• Harmful Flame Retardants Detected in College-Classroom Dust
• Having Someone Who'll Listen May Be Good for Your Aging Brain
• Head Injury, Alzheimer's Appear to Affect Brain in Similar Ways
• Heading Back to the Workplace? Here's Some Tips to Help Re-Adjust
• Health Care Workers More Likely to Catch COVID at Home, Not Workplace
• Health Care Workers Were At Highest COVID Risk in Workplace
• Healthy Living Can Lower Your Odds for Alzheimer's
• High Blood Pressure in Middle Age Can Harm Your Brain
• High Blood Pressure While Pregnant Linked to Poorer Memory Years Later
• High Curiosity in Infancy Carries Through to Toddler Years
• Higher Education Won't Help Preserve the Aging Brain: Study
• Hot Asphalt Releases a Lot of Pollution Into the Air
• How Are 'Super Agers' Protected From Alzheimer's and Mental Decline?
• How to Get Better Sleep While Working at Home
• How Your Neighborhood Can Hamper Your Teen's Sleep
• Identifying and Delaying Mild Cognitive Impairment
• If Mom-to-Be Lives Near Airport, Odds for Preemie Birth Rise
• In Florida County Where 3 Teachers Died, School Board Member Pleads for Safeguards
• Inhaled Pollutants Go Directly From Lungs to Brain: Study
• Injuries a Drain on Employee Productivity
• Is It 'Pre-Alzheimer's' or Normal Aging? Poll Finds Many Americans Unclear
• Is Your Home Workstation Hurting You?
• Ketamine Appears Safe as Therapy for Tough-to-Treat Depression
• Kidneys Might Affect Mental Status As You Age
• L.A.'s Oil Wells Could Be Harming Citizens' Health
• Leaded Gas, Banned Decades Ago, Might Still Harm People Today
• Lifetime Spent With Epilepsy Ages the Brain, Study Finds
• Little Progress in Boosting Numbers of Black American Doctors
• Live Near a 'Superfund' Site? Your Life Span Might Be Shorter
• Lockdowns' Benefits for Air Quality Weren't as Big as Thought: Study
• Lockdowns Cut Air Pollution, But Poorer Neighborhoods Benefited Less
• Long Bouts of Space Travel May Harm Astronauts' Brains
• Long COVID Can Last a Year; Many Sufferers Quit Jobs
• Low-Dose Aspirin Won't Affect Dementia Risk in People With Diabetes
• Lullaby Effect: Music Can Speed Your Way to Sleep, Study Finds
• Many Americans May Quit, Change Jobs Due to Pandemic Stress: Survey
• Many Employees Have Mixed Feelings as Offices Reopen
• Many Health Care Workers Who Have Coronavirus Don't Have Symptoms: Study
• Many People May Be Eating Their Way to Dementia
• Many People With Asthma Have Mixed Feelings About Masks: Poll
• Mastering the Violin Won't Help Your Child Master Math: Study
• Me, Me, Me: Narcissists Drawn to Politics, Study Shows
• Meat Production Is Dirtying the Air You Breathe
• Mediterranean Diet Could Keep Aging Brains Sharp
• Memory Issues Plague Long COVID Patients
• Menopause Can Make Workplace Tougher for Women: Study
• Mental Confusion an Early Warning Sign of Severe COVID-19
• Mindfulness May Ease the Emotional Burden of MS
• Missing Teeth, Higher Odds for Dementia?
• More U.S. Seniors, Especially Women, Are Retaining Healthy Brains: Study
• Most Cases of Dementia in U.S. Seniors Go Undiagnosed: Study
• Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
• Most of Restaurant Menu Must Be Vegetarian Before Meat Eaters Make the Switch
• Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll
• Most Vaccinated Adults Plan to Get Boosters: Poll
• Music Classes Strike a Chord in Kids' Brain Development: Study
• Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated
• Nearly 59,000 Meatpacking Workers Caught COVID, While 269 Died: Report
• Nervous About Returning to Work? Take Precautions Against Coronavirus
• Neuro Surprise: Some Brain Skills Might Improve With Age
• New Clues to Why Some Develop 'Brain Fog' After COVID
• Nitrogen Dioxide, a Car Exhaust Pollutant, Is Raising Death Rates: Study
• 'No Recollection:' Woman Has Sudden, Unexplained Episodes of Memory Loss
• Not Just Keyboards: Many Types of Workers Can Develop Carpal Tunnel
• Nurses Are Dying From Suicide at Higher Rates
• NYC's Ban on Heating Oil Helped Clean the Air
• Online Therapy Works for Kids Battling Social Anxiety
• Online Therapy, Coaches Help Ease Eating Disorders
• Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals
• Pandemic Day Care Closures Forced 600,000 U.S. Working Moms to Leave Jobs
• Pandemic Has Cut Global Carbon Emissions by 17%
• Pandemic Has Stressed Out Doctors
• Pandemic Is Adding to Teachers' Stress, and Quit Rates
• Pandemic Is Leaving U.S. With Shortage of Long-Term Health Care Workers
• Pandemic Stress, Exhaustion Weigh on Health Care Workers
• Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll
• Pandemic's Early Days Hit Nurses Hard: Report
• Pentagon Says Troops Must Start Lining Up Now for COVID Shots
• Physical Jobs Tied to More Sick Leave, Earlier Retirement
• Physically Active at Work? It's Not as Healthy as Leisure Exercise
• Polluted Air Keeps Butterflies, Bees From Pollinating: Study
• Pollution Killed 9 Million People Worldwide in 2019
• Pot Use May Change the Teenage Brain, MRIs Show
• 'Prediabetes' May Be Harming Your Brain, Study Finds
• PTSD Therapy Doesn't Trigger Drug Relapse in Addiction Patients: Study
• Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Preventing Memory Loss?
• Reading, Puzzles May Delay Alzheimer's by 5 Years: Study
• Recovering COVID Patients Often Face Long-Term 'Brain Fog'
• Reminder Apps on Smartphones May Help in Early Dementia
• Replace That Old Carpet to Shield Your Kids From Toxins
• Researchers Spot Sign of Alzheimer's Risk That Scammers Love
• Researchers Zero in on Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors
• Retired and Want to Stay Sharp? Hop on the Internet More Often
• Right Amount of Sleep May Be Important in Early Alzheimer's
• Road to Healthy Middle-Aged Brain May Begin in Childhood
• School COVID Outbreaks Drop When Adults Wear Masks, Study Finds
• Scientists Calculate Perfect Amount of Sleep for Folks Over 40
• Severe COVID May Age Survivors' Brains 20 Years: Study
• Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
• Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years
• Shift Work Might Delay Menopause, With Potential Harms to Health
• Short Course of Psychotherapy Can Help Ease Panic Disorder
• Signs of Early Alzheimer's May Be Spotted in Brain Stem
• Sit All Day for Work? Simple Step Can Cut Your Health Risk
• Sluggish Coworker? Maybe They 'Pigged Out' Last Night
• Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain
• Smog Harms Women's Brains, But One Food May Help Buffer the Damage
• Smog Might Damage Your Sense of Smell
• Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis
• Smoggy Air Might Raise Black Women's Odds for Fibroids
• Smoggy Day? Exercise Still the Healthy Choice, Study Finds
• Social Media Messages Can Lower People's Meat Intake
• Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
• Some NFL Players May Be Misdiagnosed With Brain Disease: Study
• Some Types of Air Pollution Are Even Worse for Your Health
• Special Therapy Brings Relief to Patients With Chronic Back Pain
• Strain of COVID Care Has Many Health Professionals Looking for an Exit
• Stress Has Many U.S. Teachers Leaving Profession: Survey
• Stressed and Distracted, Kids and Their Teachers Say Virtual Learning Isn't Working
• Stressed, Burned-Out Nurses Make More Medical Errors: Study
• Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
• Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
• Teachers' Unions, Doctors Agree: Vaccines, Masks Crucial for Return-to-School
• Therapy by Phone Helps Parkinson's Patients Manage Depression
• There May Be a 'Best Bedtime' for Your Heart
• There's No Magic Formula to Slow Your Dog's Aging
• Too Much or Too Little Sleep Bad for Your Brain
• Toxic Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire May Be Worse Than Thought
• Toxins in Wildfire Smoke May Make Their Way Into Brain
• Tracking Key Protein Helps Predict Outcomes in TBI Patients
• Tree Rings Show Hurricanes Becoming Wetter, Longer, More Dangerous
• Trouble Concentrating at Work? Your Office Air May Be to Blame
• Try 'Microbreaks' for a Real Workday Boost
• Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Worse Mental Outcomes After Stroke
• U.S. Air Quality Got Better During Pandemic: Study
• U.S. Appeals Panel Backs New York City's Vaccine Mandate for School Staff
• Unseen Factors Help Us Find Lost Objects Faster: Study
• Urban Air Pollution Drives Millions of Cases of Asthma in Kids
• Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
• Very Smart Dogs Learn Words Quickly, Study Shows
• Veterans at Higher Risk of Deadly Skin Cancers
• Vibration Therapy May Help Body, Mind in People With MS
• Volunteer Firefighters Have High Levels of Potentially Toxic Chemicals
• Want to Avoid Dementia? Add Some Color to Your Plate
• Weight Loss Can Help Cut Lung Risks in 9/11 First Responders
• West Coast Wildfires, COVID a Double Whammy to Lung Health
• Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study
• Western Wildfires Fueling Air Pollution During Summer Months
• What Drives Preschoolers' Curiosity to Learn?
• What If NYC's Cleaner Pandemic-Era Air Continued?
• What Jobs Are Toughest on the Knees?
• What Loneliness Looks Like in the Brain
• What Makes for a Satisfying Work Zoom Meeting?
• What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
• 'What's Wrong With Me?' Young COVID Survivors Battle Long-Haul Symptoms
• When Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
• When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
• When Is Your Very Earliest Memory?
• White House Sets Jan. 4 Deadline for Large, Private U.S. Companies to Mandate Vaccines
• White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
• Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
• Why Don't People Have Memories of Their Infancy?
• Why Logging May Be the Most Dangerous Profession
• Why Music at Bedtime Might Not Be a Great Idea
• Why Some 'Super Ager' Folks Keep Their Minds Dementia-Free
• Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
• Wildfire Smoke Can Send Kids With Asthma to the ER
• Wildfire Smoke Can Trigger Eczema, Study Finds
• Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
• Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
• Wildfires Are Changing the Seasonal Air Quality of the U.S. West
• Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year
• Wildfires Plus Heat Make Breathing Dangerous in America's West
• Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
• Will COVID Pandemic's Environmental Benefit Last?
• Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
• With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger
• Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds
• Women Less Likely Than Men to Return to Work After Severe Stroke
• Women Less Likely to Ask for More Time When Deadlines Loom
• Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study
• Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World
• Workers' Deaths From Paint Stripping Chemicals Are on the Rise
• Workers in U.S. Southwest in Peril as Summer Temperatures Rise
• Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
• Working From Home? Posture, Ergonomics Can Make It Safe
• Working from Home? Here's How to Preserve Your Posture
• Working Night Shifts Could Raise Odds for A-Fib
• Years Before Diagnosis, People With Alzheimer's Lose Financial Acumen
• You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
• Your Eyes May Signal Your Risk for Stroke, Dementia
• Your Job Could Put You at Much Higher Risk for Flu
• Your Personality May Safeguard Your Aging Brain
• Your Plant-Based Diet Could Really Help the Planet