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1 in 4 Uninsured Are Eligible for Aid But Aren't Enrolled
1 in 7 Low-Income Preschoolers Is Obese
1 Million Americans Likely Stricken by Swine Flu: CDC
1 Million More Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine on Hand
1 Swine Flu Shot Enough for Older Kids
10% of U.S. High School Seniors Use Vicodin
11 More Children Die From Swine Flu: CDC
11 More Children Die From Swine Flu: CDC
11 New Cholesterol Genes Identified
13% of Seniors Report Being Mistreated
15 Percent of U.S. Teens Think They'll Die Young
17,000 Child Deaths Linked to Lack of Insurance
1918 Flu Closings May Provide Lessons for Today
1976 Italian Dioxin Release Damaged Babies' Thyroids
1976 Swine Flu Outbreak Offers Echoes, Lessons Today
1st Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine Set for Early October
2 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective
2 Checklists Aid Those Over 50 With Medical Decisions
2 Diabetes Drugs Double Fracture Risk in Women
2 Hours Glued to TV Doubles Kids' Asthma Risk
2 Million Cancer Cases Tied to Tobacco Use
2 or More Sodas a Day Boost Women's Kidney Risks
2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing
22 Million Sickened by Swine Flu in 6 Months
228 People in 22 States Sickened in Ongoing Salmonella-Tomato Outbreak
24 Million Americans Had Diabetes in 2007
25% of Teen Girls Vaccinated for HPV
28 Pregnant Women Have Died From Swine Flu: CDC
2nd Generation Antidepressants Prove Effective
2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes
3 Steps Might Help Stop MRSA's Spread
3 Women Suffer Kidney Failure After Derriere Injections
3.4 Million Seniors Hit Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'
38% of U.S. Adults Use Alternative Treatments
3-D MRI Helps Detect Patients at High Risk for Stroke
3M Injected Drug Users Worldwide Could Be HIV-Positive
40 Swine Flu Cases Now Reported in U.S.
40 Years of Heart Transplants
5 Million People a Year Use Self-Help Addiction Programs
60 Million Worldwide Carry Heart Disease Mutation
76 Children Dead From Swine Flu: CDC
79 Million Americans Struggle to Pay Medical Bills
8.3 Million U.S. Adults Considered Suicide Last Year
9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma
9/11 Responders May Be At Raised Myeloma Risk
9/11 Workers Face Chronic Mental Impairment
9/11's Health Effects Lingered for Years
A Better Blood Test for Heart Risk?
A Better Method of Kidney Storage
A Blood Marker Could Spot Diabetes Risk
A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery
A Child's Sweet Tooth May Be All in the Bones
A Little Cash Buys a Lot of Calories at the Corner Store
A Month of Exercise Helps Ease Heart Failure
A One-Man History of Cardiac Advances
A Substitute for Those Who Can't Take Statins?
A Third of Medicare Clients Unfamiliar With Benefits
Abdominal Fat Tied to High Risk for Coronary Trouble
Abnormal Heart Function Reduces Exercise Capacity
Abnormal Heart Rhythm Boosts Death Risk for Diabetics
Abstinence-Only Programs Fall Short of Teens' Needs
Abuse of ADHD Drugs on the Rise
Abused Kids Face Higher Cancer Risk
Access Is Key to Kids' Decision to Smoke
ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug
Acetaminophen Linked to Childhood Asthma
Acetaminophen, Cholesterol Drugs May Help Fight Stroke
Acid Reflux Linked to Chronic Croup
Acne Cream Not Linked to Raised Death Risk
Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk
Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Lung Cancer Risk
Acrylamide Raises Kidney Cancer Risk
Active Social Life May Reduce Men's Alzheimer's Risk
Active Video Games Help Kids Exercise
Activity-Linked Heat Illness Needs Prompt Attention
Actress Helps Promote New Campaign for Meningitis Vaccine
Acupuncture May Help Relieve Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Acute Coronary Events Drop After Italy's Public Smoking Ban
Adapting Gait May Help Elderly Avoid Falls
Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure
Adding a Stent May Help Resolve Brain Aneurysm
Adequate Supply of Swine Flu Vaccine Uncertain
ADHD Affects Movement More in Boys Than in Girls
ADHD Medications Don't Pose Cancer Risk
ADHD Stimulant Meds Cut Young Girls' Drug Abuse Risk
Admissions for Prescription Painkiller Abuse on Rise
Adopted Children at Slightly Higher Mental Health Risk
Advertising to Consumers May Raise Drug Prices
After Concussion, Follow-Up Visit a Must
After Decades, Decreases in Heart Risk Factors Level Off
After Job Loss, People Report More Health Issues
After Neuroblastoma, Chronic Problems Often Await
Age No Bar to Aggressive Rx for Cardiogenic Shock
Agent Orange Linked to Parkinson's, Heart Disease
Aggressive Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Treatment Shows Some Benefit
Aggressive Therapy May Stem CF Progression in Infants
Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer
Aging Baby Boomers May Swamp Cardiac Care
AIDS Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer
Air Bags-Seat Belts Cut Injuries, Deaths, Costs
Air Pollution Exposure May Slow Fetal Growth
Air Pollution Can Damage Heart, Blood Vessels, Too
Air Pollution Harms Patients After Heart Attack
Air Pollution Linked to Blood Clots in Legs
Air Pollution May Raise Blood Pressure
Air Travel Taxes Hearts of People With Sleep Apnea
'Airport Malaria' Risk Rising With Global Warming
Airway Transplant Aided by Stem Cells a Medical First
Alcohol Ads on Cable TV Reach Young Audiences
Alcohol in Early Pregnancy May Prompt Fetal Cell Death
Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too
Alcoholism Gender Gap Is Closing
Alcohol's Impact on Heart, Stroke Risk Differs by Gender
Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners
All Blood Pressure Drugs Lower Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death
All Newborns Should Have Ears Screened, Task Force Says
All Products at Georgia Peanut Plant Recalled
Allergies Can Dig Into Gardening's Fun
Almost 6 Million U.S. Cases of Swine Flu in First Few Months
Almost Half of Kids Still Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
Almost Half of Those Over 60 Die While Waiting for Kidney Transplant
Almost Two-Thirds of Americans Meet Exercise Guidelines
Alternative to Warfarin May Cut Risk of Bleeding
Alzheimer's Drugs Also Treat Behavioral, Psych Problems
Alzheimer's Protein Tied to HIV Progression
Alzheimer's Treatment Trials May Have Special Challenges
Amateur Singers, Teachers Seldom Hear Sounds of Trouble
American Heart Association Guidelines Save Lives
Americans Are Urged to Cut Sugar Intake
Americans Losing Sight of Eye Health
America's Top Allergy Capitals
America's Top Hospitals Cut Patient Death Rate 27%
Among Cardiologists, Women Cite Discrimination
Amount of Exercise Key to Lowering Kids' Blood Pressure
An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment
An Allergy Checklist for Holiday Gatherings
An Oral Approach to Heart Disease
Anatomy Report Card: Public Gets an 'F'
Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients
Anemia Drugs Linked to Stroke Study Deaths: FDA
Anemia Drugs May Cause Deadly Blood Clots
Anemia Drugs May Raise Death Risk in Cancer Patients
Anemia Rates Down for U.S. Women and Children
Anesthesia in Youngest Kids May be Linked to Learning Disabilities
Anesthesia Type Won't Influence Neck Artery Surgery Outcomes
Aneurysms in 2nd Generation May Not Come Early
Angina More Common in Women Than Men
Angina Often Affects Quality of Life
Angina Strikes 1 in 5 Heart Attack Survivors
Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery
Angioplasty No Better Than Drug Treatment in Long Run
Angioplasty Not Always Worth the Price
Angioplasty Not Cost-Effective for Chronic Coronary Disease
Angioplasty Outcomes May Vary Little Between Hospitals
Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death
Angioplasty Via Wrist May Be Safer
Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks
Ankle Circulation Could Warn of Future Strokes
Ankle-Arm Blood Pressure Test Predicts Heart Disease Risk
Anniversary of Parent's Passing Can Trigger Death
Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary
Another Blood Fat Fuels Heart Attack Risk
Another Report Finds Swine Flu Targeting the Young
Another Study Warns of Risk From Cardiac Surgery Drug
Antibiotic Resistance Still a Major Public Health Threat
Antibiotic-Resistant Meningitis Reported in U.S.
Antibiotics Bought Easily on the Internet
Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection
Anti-Cholesterol Drug May Ease Back Pain
Anti-Clotting Drug as Good as Aspirin at Stopping Second Stroke
Anticoagulant Drugs Had Similar Outcomes After Angioplasty
Antidepressant Scripts Up 16 Million Over 3-Year Period
Antidepressant Use Tied to Cardiac Death in Women
Antidepressants Linked to Heart Defects in Newborns
Antidepressants May Prevent Depression After Stroke
Anti-Drug TV Campaign Didn't Curb Teen Pot Use: Study
Antioxidant-Rich Diet May Protect Against Eye Disease
Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes
Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings
Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk
Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly
Antipsychotic Drugs Spur Dramatic Weight Gain in Kids
Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Antiviral Drugs Should Be Used Cautiously to Fight Flu, U.S. Says
Anxiety Helps Elderly Women Live Longer
Anxiety Linked to Heart Attack Can Raise Death Risk
Anxious Kids at Risk for Obesity in Adulthood
Any Day OK for Heart Bypass Surgery
Any Exercise Good After a Heart Attack
Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting
Are Hospital Mobile Phones Dialing Up Superbugs?
Are Internet-Addicted Kids More Violent?
Are You Getting Burned by Your Sunscreen?
Arterial Calcium Scans Can Predict Death Risk
Artery Plaque Boosts Hispanics' Odds for Stroke
Artery Plaque Rupture Can Occur Without Symptoms
Artery-Opening Method Works Well in Women
As More Cyclists Hit the Road, Serious Injuries Rise
As Sleep Improves, Grades Seem to Go Up
As Swine Flu Cases Mount, CDC Says U.S. Hasn't 'Dodged a Bullet'
As Teens Plug In, Parents Fret
Asian Kids Have Later Bedtimes, Less Total Sleep
Asians Seem to Suffer Less During Childbirth
Asleep or Awake, Brain Functions the Same
Aspirin at Bedtime Lowers Blood Pressure
Aspirin Doesn't Guard Diabetics Against Heart Disease
Aspirin Doesn't Prevent First Heart Attack, Stroke
Aspirin Linked to Brain Microbleeds
Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk in Peripheral Artery Disease
Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients
Assisted Breathing Eases Lung Symptoms for Heart Patients
Asthma Associated With Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts
Asthma Drugs Get 'Precaution' Labeling for Possible Psychiatric Side Effects
Asthma's Course Differs by Gender
At Least 114 U.S. Kids Dead From Swine Flu
At Least 20 Dead, Hundreds Ill in Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico
At U.S. Colleges, Binge Drinking Is on the Rise
Atherosclerosis May Also Harm Vital Organs
Atkins Diet Tougher on Heart After Weight Loss
Attention Problems in Kindergarten Could Spell Long-Term Academic Trouble
Attention Training Might Help Stroke Victims
Australian Study Seeks Genetic Roots of Cerebral Palsy
Autism May Be More Common Than Thought
Autism May Hinder Ability to Read Body Language
Autistic Children Make Limited Eye Contact
Autoimmune Disorder Linked to Stroke, Heart Attack in Women
Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis
Autumn Chores Often Hazardous
Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery
Avandia Raises Heart Failure Risk More Than Actos
Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, Fractures
Avandia's Heart Risk Higher Than Others in Its Class
Avoid Holiday Injuries
Avoiding a Holiday Season of Discontent
B Vitamins Might Lower Stroke Risk
Babies Born in High Pollen Months at Wheezing Risk
Babies Injured in Car Seats Used Outside of Cars
Babies Who Eat Fish Lower Eczema Risk
Baby Gestures Linked to Vocabulary Development
Background TV Distracts Kids From Play
Backyard Raccoon 'Latrines' Harbor Hidden Dangers
Bacterial Infections May Be Overlooked in SIDS Cases
Bad Bosses Are Hard on the Heart
Bad Marriages Harder on Women's Health
Bad-Behaving Teens May Be Living Up to Expectations
Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use
Banning Soft Drinks in Schools Has Small Impact