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2 Hours Glued to TV Doubles Kids' Asthma Risk
2 or More Sodas a Day Boost Women's Kidney Risks
2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing
2nd Knee Surgery Common Among Young Patients
2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes
3-D Doppler Ultrasound Helps ID Breast Cancers
40 Years of Heart Transplants
9/11's Health Effects Lingered for Years
A Better Method of Kidney Storage
A Bone Marrow Disease With a Brighter Prognosis
A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery
A Drop of Blood May Help Assess Cancer Therapy
A Health Gift for Men on Father's Day
A Hope: Contaminant-Free Synthetic Heparin
A One-Man History of Cardiac Advances
Abdominal Surgery May Become Easier for Patients
Acid Reflux Linked to Chronic Croup
ACL Reconstruction With Cadaver Tissue Risky in Younger Patients
Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage From Emphysema
Activity-Linked Heat Illness Needs Prompt Attention
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome as Deadly as Ever
Advice Helps Prevent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
After Tonsillectomy, Short-Term Antibiotics Effective: Study
Aggressive Therapy May Stem CF Progression in Infants
Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer
Air Pollution Can Damage Heart, Blood Vessels, Too
Air Pollution May Cause Appendicitis: Study
Air Travel Taxes Hearts of People With Sleep Apnea
Alcohol Use Frequently Overlooked Before Surgery
Allergies Can Dig Into Gardening's Fun
Almost Half of Kids Still Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
Almost Half of Those Over 60 Die While Waiting for Kidney Transplant
Americans Gaining Awareness of COPD: Survey
America's Top Allergy Capitals
America's Top Hospitals Cut Patient Death Rate 27%
Anesthesia in Youngest Kids May be Linked to Learning Disabilities
Anesthesia Type Won't Influence Neck Artery Surgery Outcomes
Anesthesia, Exertional Heat Deaths May Be Linked
Angioplasty Outcomes May Vary Little Between Hospitals
Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death
Angioplasty Via Wrist May Be Safer
Ankle Replacement System Lets Feet Move
Another Study Warns of Risk From Cardiac Surgery Drug
Antibiotic Combo Fights Resistant TB
Antibiotics Being Prescribed Less for Respiratory Infections
Anti-Mucus Drug Slows Symptoms of COPD
Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Anxiety Linked to Heart Attack Can Raise Death Risk
Any Day OK for Heart Bypass Surgery
Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting
Are Candles Making You Sick?
Artificial Cervical Disc Surgery Cheaper Than Fusion
Asleep or Awake, Brain Functions the Same
Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed
Assisted Breathing Eases Lung Symptoms for Heart Patients
Assisted Fertilization Risks May Be Due to Infertility
Asthma Associated With Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts
Asthma Combo Seems Less Influenced by Genes
Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis
Autumn Sees More Women With Bunion Problems
Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery
Babies Born in High Pollen Months at Wheezing Risk
Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk
Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy Benefits Moms, Babies
Bariatric Surgery Centers Don't Deliver Better Outcomes
Belly Fat Puts the Pressure on Lungs
Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery
Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery
Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery
Bioartificial Kidney Cuts Death Risk, Improves Outcomes
Biomarker Could Predict Severe Osteoarthritis
Biomarker May Signal HIV Progression
Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery
Blacks Less Likely to Get Optimal Lung Cancer Treatment
Blacks With Lung Disease Face Increased Cancer Risk
Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes
Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial
Blood Test Narrows Down Need for Antibiotics
Blood Transfusions Not Linked to Long-Term Problems
Bogus Stem Cell Therapies Sold on Internet
Brain Rewires Itself After Hand Transplant
Brain Scan May Help Predict Cancer Drug Response
Brain Stem Cells Reverse Myelin Deficiency in Mice
Brain Stimulation Therapy Eases Tough-to-Treat Depression
Brain-Computer Interface Posts Message on Twitter
Breast Cancer May Be Gone, But Pain Lingers
Breast Cancer Survivors Report High Quality of Life After Treatment
Breast CT Scans Could Be Comfortable Alternative to Mammograms
Breast-Conserving Surgery Leaves Many Cancer Patients Disappointed
Breast-Feeding More Protective for Girls Than Boys
Breathing Exercises Can Help Ease Asthma
Breathing Muscles Atrophy Quickly During Mechanical Ventilation
Broccoli Compound May Help COPD Patients
Bunion Surgery Patients Need 6 Weeks Before Driving
Bye, Bye Back Fat?
Cadmium Exposure Tied to Lung Disease
Cancer Drug May Help Scleroderma
Cancer Drug May Help With Kidney Transplants
Cancer Stem Cells Created in Lab
Car Seats Can Limit Kids' Oxygen Supplies
Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients
Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen AMD
Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study
Cataracts World's Leading Cause of Vision Loss
Catching Ovarian Cancer Early May Miss Aggressive Tumors
Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation
'Cell Phone Elbow' -- A New Ill for the Wired Age
Cetuximab Helps Treat Colorectal Cancer
Changes in Seniors' Sleep Patterns Need Attention
Chemo Alone Is Best for Advanced Colon Cancer
Chest CT Scans Detect Spread of Head, Neck Cancers
Children's Neck Size Associated With Sleep Disorders
Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk
Chromosome Tests Help Study of Kids' Mental Anomalies
Circumcision Rates Too Low
Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life
Cleaning House May Be Risky for Women With Asthma
Cleaning Products Up Nurses' Asthma Risk
Climate Change Could Sting Allergy, Asthma Sufferers
Climate Change Linked to Longer Pollen Seasons
Climate Change May Boost Contact With Pollutants
Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten
Coated Stents Best for Heart Patients With Diabetes
Coconut Oil May Help Fight Childhood Pneumonia
Cold, Flu or Pneumonia? Answer May Lie in Blood Test
Combo Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Boosts Survival in Diabetics
Combo Therapy Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible
Combo Treatment Eases Wheezing in Babies
Combo Treatment Ups Survival When Cancer Spreads to Abdominal Lining
Coming Soon -- Stem-Cell Surgical Thread?
Common Asthma Treatments Don't Work for Virus-Induced Wheeze
Common Mechanisms May Contribute to Autism's Mutations
Common Weight-Loss Surgery May Double Risk of Kidney Stones
Compound Targets, Destroys Cancer Stem Cells in Mice
Computer Program Helps COPD Patients Monitor Breathing
Continuous Doctor Care Key to Childhood Screenings
Controversial Anemia Drug Doesn't Cut Need for Transfusions
Cosmetic Skin Fillers May Cause Delayed Side Effects
Cost of Hospital Cardiac Care on the Rise
Could the Recession Be Good for Your Health?
CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
Creatine Has Negligible Effect on COPD Exercise Rehab
C-Sections Explain Jump in U.S. Preemie Births
CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis
CT Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries
Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed
Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research
Danon Disease Can Be Quickly Fatal, Study Finds
Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant
Decoding Muscle Stem Cell Development
Deep Brain Stimulation Aids Those With Rare Headache Condition
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Severely Depressed
Defibrillators Don't Diminish Quality of Life
Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk
Delirium Episodes Could Hasten Alzheimer's-Linked Decline
Delivery-Related Infant Deaths Decline in Scotland
Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals
Depression, PTSD Common Among Lung Transplant Patient Caregivers
Device Helps Spinal Patients Breathe Without Ventilator
Device Offers Hope for Patients With Leaky Heart Valve
Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass
Diabetics Less Likely to Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass
Did Medicare Reimbursement Changes Affect Prostate Cancer Treatment?
Discharge Time After Angioplasty Varies
Discovery May Boost Bird Flu Vaccine Potency
Disease-Specific Stem Cell Lines Developed
DNA Testing Lays Romanov Murder Mystery to Rest
Docs Miss Test Results -- Even With Alerts
Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings
Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Doctors Describe First U.S. Face Transplant
Doctors Discover Marker for Meconium Passage During Delivery
Donor Dogs Give the Gift of Life
Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants
Dopamine May Boost Odds of Transplant Success
Drug Coated Stents Better After Heart Attack
Drug Combo Cuts COPD Lung Function Loss
Drug Combo Helps Larynx Cancer Patients Preserve Voice Box
Drug Combo Keeps Kidney Artery-Vein Grafts Viable
Drug Could Make Melanoma More Vulnerable to Chemo
Drug Effective Against Heart-Lung Disorder
Drug for Deadly Lung Disease Shows Promise
Drug Found Ineffective Against Lung Disease
Drug Impedes Body's Deadly Reaction to Flu Virus
Drug May Help Colitis Patients Avoid Surgery
Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics
Drug Resistance Is Slowing Global Fight Against TB
Drug Shields Mice From Emphysema
Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy
Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo
Drug Therapy Boosting Heart-Attack Survival Rates
Drug-Coated Stents Reduce Repeat Artery Procedures
Drug-Eluting Stents Show Promise for Leg Arteries
Drug-Resistant TB Declines in United States
Drugs Before Stents for Stable Heart Disease, Study Says
Dust Mites Trump Asthma Prevention Guidelines
Earlier Vaccination Could Cut Whooping Cough Deaths
Early Childhood Factors Raise Risk for Snoring
Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off
Early Elective C-Sections Produce Complications
Early TB Found in 9,000-Year-Old Bones
'Easter Island' Drug Adds Years to Mice
Easy Way to Prevent Post-Op Nausea?
ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk
Elbow Injuries on Rise Among Young Athletes
Elective Early Deliveries Pose Risks for Babies
Electrical Brain Stimulation May Boost Dexterity
Electrical Signal in Brain Seems to Warn of 'Mistakes'
Electrode Placement Key to Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Patients
Electronic System Helps Track Diabetes Care
Embolization a Nonsurgical Way to Treat Fibroids
Embryonic Pathways Induce Stem Cell Traits
Embryonic Stem Cells Turned Into Three Types of Heart Cells
End-of-Life Advice Not Always Welcome
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Relieves Chronic Inflammation
Engineered Viruses Could Battle Superbugs
Entereg Helps Restore Post-Operative Bowel Function
EPA Alerts Seniors to Carbon Monoxide Dangers
ER Physicians Press for New Cardiac Arrest Strategies
Eradicating Gut Bacteria Improves Stomach Cancer Outcomes
Errors in Surgical Procedures Persist
Estrogen May Explain Why Women With Cystic Fibrosis Suffer More
European Researchers Call for New Doping Standards
Even Barely Early Babies Face Respiratory Risks
Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids
Evidence of TB Found in 500,000-Year-Old Fossil
Exhaust From Railroad Diesel Linked to Lung Ailments
Experimental Drug May Dampen Severe Asthma
Experimental Urine Test Spots Appendicitis
Experts Call for FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products
Experts Release Guidelines on Use of Breast MRI
Extended Antiviral May Benefit Kidney Transplant Patients
Extended Work Absences May Signal Risk of Death
Face Masks for Patients May Leak, Spread Germs
Face Transplant Patient Can Smell, Taste, Breathe Normally
Face Transplants Show Promising Results
Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy
Faster Detection of TB May Be on the Horizon
Fat-Derived Stem Cells Might Treat MS
FDA OKs 1st Embryonic Stem Cell Trial
FDA Panel Backs New Anti-Clotting Drug
FDA Panel Urges Stronger Warnings for LASIK Surgery
FDA: Contaminated Heparin Found in 11 Countries
Female Surgeons Like What They Do, Survey Finds
Fertility Can Be Preserved in Ovarian Cancer Patients
Fertility Drugs Do Not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk
Fertility Treatment Twins More at Risk for Hospitalizations
Fetal Cells Detected in Mothers' Blood Years After Donor Egg Pregnancies
Fewer Dying Now From Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves
Fewer Women Are Having Mammograms
Final Rules Broaden Pool for Stem Cell Research
Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners
Fine-Tuning Prosthetic Hands to Restore a Sense of Touch
First Family Will Have Tough Time Finding Hypoallergenic Dog
First U.S. Face Transplant Recipient Recounts Ordeal
First Vessel Graft Grown From Kidney Patients' Own Cells
First-Ever Mapping of Cancer Patient's Genome
First-Time Shoulder Dislocations Helped by Surgery
Flu Vaccine Could Prevent 357,000 Deaths in Pandemic
Flu Vaccine Doesn't Protect Seniors From Pneumonia
Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer
Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients' Brain Function
Folate in Early Pregnancy May Boost Wheezing in Baby
Food Allergies Up 18% Among U.S. Children
For Organ Donation, Intent and Reality Don't Align
Form IDs Spinal Patients Likely to Stick With Therapy
Formula Puts Doctor, Patient Glucose Readings on Same Page
Free Asthma Screenings Offered in May
Freezing Kidney Cancers Shows Promise
Freezing Ovaries Preserves Fertility, Scientists Report
'Fresh' Transfusions Improve Odds for Cancer Patients After Surgery
Frying Tumors Can Boost Lung Cancer Survival
Gas Stove Emissions Boost Asthma in Inner-City Kids
Gasping Is Good When It Comes to Cardiac Arrest
Gastric Band Weight-Loss Surgery Can Boost Reflux
Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens
Gastric Bypass May Also Relieve Low Back Pain
Gastric Bypass Success Sparks Debate
Gel Enables Severed Spinal Cord Fibers to Regrow
Gender Bias at Play in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Gender Matches Benefit Heart Transplants
Gender Plays Role in Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Gene Mutation Is Linked to Heart Muscle Disease
Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease
Gene Signature for Liver Cancer Recurrence Found
Gene 'Switch' May Help Drive Excess Fluid in Lungs
Gene Tied to Infants' Lung Maturation
General Anesthesia Boosts Post-Op Pain
General Anesthesia Tied to Developmental Woes in Kids
Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery
Genes May Boost Harm to Kids From Secondhand Smoke
Genes May Decide Which Smokers Get Lung Disease
Genes May Determine Obesity After Weight Surgery
Genetic Breakthrough Spells Hope for Lung Fibrosis Patients
Genetic Changes May Dictate Course of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Gestational Diabetes Risk Higher for Asian-White Couples
GI Bleeding After Stroke Raises Death Risk
Glaucoma Treatment Can Prevent Blindness
Global Warming May Bring More Respiratory Woes
Glowing Substance Lights Up Cancer in Mice
Going Back to School With Asthma Takes Extra Work
Gold Nanospheres Show Promise in 'Boiling' Out Cancer
Good Planning Paves Way for Kid's Operation
Good Trauma Program Boosts Patient Survival
Gradual Exercise Best After Joint Replacement
Group Urges Public to Take Free Asthma Tests in May
Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants
Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries
Gum Chewing May Speed Colon Surgery Recovery
Hand Washing 10 Times a Day May Help Keep Flu Away
Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag
Head, Neck Cancer Treatment Often Not Completed
Headphones May Threaten Heart-Device Performance
Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed
Health Tip: Coping With COPD
Health Tip: After a Hip Replacement
Health Tip: Before Getting Plastic Surgery
Health Tip: Breathe Fresh Air at Home
Health Tip: Breathing Polluted Air
Health Tip: Dispose of Syringes Safely
Health Tip: Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
Health Tip: Healing After a C-Section
Health Tip: Help Reduce Your Risk of Lung Disease
Health Tip: Is LASIK Right for You?
Health Tip: Keep Mold Out of Your Home
Health Tip: Keep Your Lungs Healthy
Health Tip: Prepare Yourself for Surgery
Health Tip: Prevent Mold in the Home
Health Tip: Protecting a New Hip
Health Tip: Reasons for Adenoid Removal
Health Tip: Recovering From a Tonsillectomy
Health Tip: Recovering From C-Section
Health Tip: Recovery After a C-Section
Health Tip: Taking Cough Medicine?
Health Tip: The Word on Wisdom Teeth
Health Woes Not Always to Blame for Chronic Cough
Healthier Lifestyle Can Cut COPD Symptoms
Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese
Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab
Heart Damage After Vascular Surgery Raises Death Risks
Heart Defect Spotted During Surgery May Not Need Repair
Heart Failure Raises Risks After Non-Cardiac Surgeries
Heart Pump Helps Children Waiting for Transplant
Heart Surgeon Shortage Predicted
Heart Test Deemed OK Before Kidney Transplant
Heart Transplant Failures More Likely in Poor, Minority Kids
Heart Valves Fashioned From Stem Cells in Umbilical Cord Blood
Heartbeat Might One Day Power Pacemakers
Heart-Pacing Devices Hold Promise for Heart Failure
Heart's Stem Cells Not Created Equally
Higher Fitness Levels Tied to Lower Heart, Death Risks
High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs
Hip Replacement Boosts Mobility at Any Age
Hip, Knee Replacements Do Ease Symptoms
Home Dialysis a Good Option for Kidney Disease Patients
Home Monitoring Program Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients
Hope for Damaged Heart Muscle
Hormone Reduces Mortality in Heart Patients With High BP
Hospital Volume Imperfect Gauge of Cancer Surgery Outcomes
Hot Flashes Reduced by Neck Injection
How Weight Loss Helps the Heart
Human Nose Too Cold for Bird Flu Virus
Human Stem Cell Transplant Helps Brain-Impaired Mice
Hysterectomies Could Be Source of Stem Cells
Imaging Advance Tracks Prostate Cancer in Lymph Nodes
Imaging of Low Back Pain Fails to Change Outcomes
Imaging System Lets Doctors 'See' Cancer During Surgery
Immune Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection
Immune Response May Hinder Stem Cell Treatments
Implanted Defibrillators Benefit Older People
Impotence, Incontinence Risk Casts Doubt on High-Tech Prostate Surgery
Improved Hip Implants Can Last 20 Years
Induced Labor May Prevent Need for Cesarean Section
Infant Heart Transplant Controversy Continues
Inhaled Corticosteroids Boost Pneumonia Risk in COPD
Innovative Care Is Helping Iraq War's Injured Survive
Insights Give New Hope Against Cystic Fibrosis
Intestinal 'Sleeve' Mimics Effects of Gastric Bypass
Investigational Drug May Help Avert Blood Clots
Islet Cell Transplants Aid Type 1 Diabetics
It's Back to Basics to Save a Life
IV 'Ice Slurry' Quickly Cools Body for Surgeries
Joint Replacement Soars as Number of Docs Falls
Kennedy Faced Brain Surgeon's Knife While Awake
Kick the Habit
Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows No Boost in Survival
Kidney Cancers More Likely to Be Diagnosed Early
Kidney Disease in Blacks Undetected Until Late Stages
Kidney Donor's Sex Could Affect Women's Outcomes
Kidney Transplant, Sleep Disorder May Add Up to Trouble
Kidney Trouble Short-Lived in Most Liver Transplant Patients
Kidneys Donated After Cardiac Death Cut Racial Disparities
Kidneys From Donors Older Than 70 Still Viable
Kids Who Wheeze With Rhinovirus at Higher Asthma Risk
Knee Replacement Works Best When Patients, Providers Agree
Lab Study Makes Strides in Mending Hearts
Laparoscopic Surgery on Pancreas Has Fewer Complications
Laser Eye Surgery Safe Long-Term: Study
Laser Technology Spots Cavities Before They Start
Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers
Laser Therapy Disappoints in Stroke Trial
Latest Breast Imaging Techniques Offer New Views
Leading COPD Drugs Tied to Stroke, Heart Attack
Let Orthopedic Surgery Wait Until Morning When Possible
Licorice May Block Absorption of Organ Transplant Drug
Lifelong Exercise Keeps Seniors Young at Heart
Limb-Sparing Surgery May Offer Little Benefit to Cancer Patients
Limited Value Found for First-Generation Heart Pumps
Liposuctioned Fat Can Be Used for Breast Augmentation
Liver Cells Made to Order
Liver Transplant Patients at Higher Cancer Risk
Living Kidney Donation Chains May Help More Get Transplants
Living Near Major Road May Boost Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk
Long-Term Erythromycin Cut COPD Complications
Long-Term Exposure to Incense Raises Cancer Risk
Low Blood Pressure During Surgery Boosts Stroke Risk
Low Vitamin E, C Intake Tied to Asthma Risk
Lung Association Urges Back-to-School Asthma Checklist
Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease
Lung Capacity Declines Faster With Diabetes
Lung Disease Tied to Increased Risk for Cardiac Events
Lung Problems Persist for 9/11 Responders
Lung Transplant Outcomes Better at High-Volume Hospitals
Lymph Node Shots Tested for Grass Pollen Allergy
Lymphedema Raises Cost of Breast Cancer Care
Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually
'Male Lumpectomy' May Help Some With Prostate Cancer
Malpractice Premiums, Rate of C-Sections Rise Together
Many Heart Attack Patients Not Referred to Cardiac Rehab
Many Opt for Surgery to Lower Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risk
Mastectomies on the Increase
Mastectomy Not First Choice for Most Breast Cancer Patients
Master Stem Cell for Human Heart Identified
Mature Mouse Cells Reprogrammed to Stem Cell-Like State
Medical Blogs May Threaten Patient Privacy
Medical Errors Costing U.S. Billions
Medical Scans a Significant Source of Radiation
Melt-Away Stent Works Well in Trial
Men Who Have Prostate Cancer Surgery Do Well
Men's Sex Lives May Suffer as Waistlines Expand
'Micromagnets' May One Day Enhance MRI Technology
Microsurgery May Cut Swelling After Breast Cancer Treatment
Midwest and Northeast May Face Surgeon Shortage
Might Weight-Loss Surgery Lead to Fractures?
Minimally Invasive Surgery Not Better for Sciatica
Missing Gene Tied to Bone Marrow Transplant Problems
Mom Was Right: Eat Your Broccoli
Mom's Diet Can Alter Genes to Raise Babies' Asthma Risk
Monkey Controls Robotic Arm With Brain
More Assisted Reproduction, But Fewer Multiple Births
More Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed at Specialty Centers
More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer
More MRI Machines May Mean More Back Surgeries
More Sweat Equals Lower Risk of Exercise-Induced Asthma
More Women Having Other Breast Removed
Morphine May Help Tumors Spread in Cancer Patients
Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies
Most Kidney Donors Lead Long, Healthy Lives
Mouse Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Act Like Embryonic Stem Cells
MRI Can Spot Presymptomatic MS
MRI Captures Alzheimer's Lesions
MRI May Help Find Deep Endometriosis
MRI Scans Reveal Post-Heart Attack Bleeding
Multiple ICD Replacements Can Predict Complications
Multiple Screening Strategy Boosts Cervical Cancer Detection
Mussel-Based Glue May Make Surgery Safer
My 10-Day Ordeal With the Swine Flu
Nanoparticle Stops Cancer From Spreading
Nanoparticles May Help Attack Cancer More Directly
Napping Habits Tied to Sleep Disorders
Nasal Surgery Helps Ease Sleep Apnea Symptoms
Nearly 1 in 3 Asthma Cases May Be Misdiagnosed
Needed: Blood Donations
'Net, Video Tools Successful in Lung Disease Management
Networking May Aid Blacks Who Need Kidney Transplant
New Advances Could Battle Cancer Cell by Cell
New Advances May Treat Stroke Faster, Better
New Antibiotic Could Shorten TB Treatment
New Anti-Clotting Pill Works Well in Trials
New Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Improves Results
New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates
New Device 'Fingers' Heart Risk
New DNA Stool Testing Spots More Colon Cancers
New Drug-Coated Stent Does Well in Early Trial
New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster
New Factors Join Kids' Sleep Disorders, Cognition
New FDA Study Seeks Feedback on Lasik Surgery
New Heart Valve Repair System Tested for Safety
New Imaging Identifies Types of Liver Disease
New Imaging Technique Could Spot Early Cancers
New Latent TB Drug Saves Lives, Money
New Method Better Predictor of In Vitro Fertilization Success
New MRI Puts Cervical Cancer Into Focus
New MRI Technology Expands Its Power
New Noninvasive Device Could Control Diabetes
New Options Offered for Sleep Apnea
New PET Scanner Could Improve Diagnosis
New Prostates Grown From Single Stem Cell
New Robotic Arm Has Softer Surgical Touch
New Scan 'Sees' Tumors Deep Inside Body
New Scan Spots Beginning of Bone Problems in Anorexics
New 'Skin' From Stem Cells
New Source of Heart Stem Cells Found
New Surgery for Heart Failure Proves Ineffective
New Surgical Technology Holds Promise of Painless, Scarless Procedures
New System Improves Distribution of Donated Livers
New TB Vaccine Passes Safety Trial
New Technique Activates Brain Neurons to Move Paralyzed Limb
New Technique Harvests Stem Cells at Earlier Stage
New Technique Offers Hope for Kids With Immune Deficiency
New Technique Removes Gallbladder Without External Incisions
New Technology May Boost Artificial Arms
New Technology No Better at Spotting 'Anesthesia Awareness'
New Technology Speeds GI Disease Diagnosis
New Test Detects Rare Leukemia More Quickly
New Test Identifies Heart Transplant Rejection
New Test May Help Kidney Transplant Patients
New Test May Mean Faster Breast Cancer Treatment
New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice
New Therapy Spares Organ in Early Esophageal Cancer
New Treatment Lessens Heart Attack Damage
New Treatments Improve Control for Severe Asthma
New Type of Stent Appears Safe, Effective
New Type of Stent Shows Promise
New Vaccine May Work Better Against Lung Disease
New Way to Make Stem Cells?
New Weapons in Fight Against TB?
New Wiring Adds Risk When Replacing Pacemaker
Newer Prostate Cancer Treatment Similar to Traditional Surgery
Newer Sedative May Reduce Delirium in ICU Patients
Newly Discovered Air Pollutants May Cause Lung Problems
Nitric Oxide Monitoring of Little Benefit for Kids' Asthma
No Evidence Breast Self-Exams Cut Cancer Deaths
No Increase in Clots With Drug-Eluting Stents
No Link Between Coarse Air Pollution, Hospitalizations
No Link Found Between Birth Anesthesia and Learning Issues
Noninvasive Surgery Effective for Acid Reflux Disease
Non-Surgical Approach Can Treat Lung Cancers
Number of U.S. General Surgeons in Decline
Obama Lifts Ban on Stem Cell Research
Obama to End Stem Cell Ban Monday
Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement
Obesity May Affect Fertility in Young Women
Obesity Surgery Complications on the Decline
Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Outcomes
Occasional Smoking Still Does Damage
Off-Hours Heart Patients Less Likely to Get Angioplasty
Old, Fat Mice Blamed for Virus Transmission
Older Adults Reluctant to Question Surgical Treatment
Older Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men
One-Third of Schools Built in Air Pollution Danger Zones
Optimal Treatment Boosts Blacks' Lung Cancer Survival
Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control
Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement
Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals
Organ Donation: An Advancing Science Hindered by Supply Shortages
Outcomes Improve for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients
Outcomes Similar for Laparoscopic, Open Colon Cancer Surgeries
Outpatient Procedures on Rise, CDC Says
Ovary Removal Lowers Odds of Cancer in High-Risk Women
Ovary Removal May Not Be Needed in Endometrial Cancer
Ozone Pollution Taking Toll on American Lives
Ozone-Depleting Inhalers Being Phased Out
Pages to Doctors Don't Always Hit the Mark
Pancreatic Cells Turned Into Insulin-Producing Beta Cells
Parkinson's Disrupts Stem Cell Therapy Transplants
Patient-Controlled Health Records Could Change Future of Research
Patient's Own Stem Cells Might Treat Heart Attack
Patients Pleased With Laparoscopic GERD Surgery
Pediatric Heart Surgeons May Be Best Choice for Adults
People With GERD More Likely to Develop Asthma
Physical Exam as Good as High Tech in Assessing Heart Failure
Pig Stem Cells Created
Plastic Surgery Technique Might Ease Migraines
Pollution Particles Impair Blood Vessel Function
Poor Blood Sugar Control After Heart Surgery Impacts Outcomes
Poor Mental Health May Boost Asthma Risk
Poorer Outcomes After 'Off-Pump' Bypass Surgery
Post-Op Chemo Fails to Boost Survival in Stomach Cancers
Post-Op Painkillers Tied to Deaths After Spinal Fusion
Post-Surgical Epidural May Boost Survival
Post-Tonsillectomy Codeine May Pose Dangers
Post-Traumatic Stress May Raise Death Risks
Pot, Cigarette Smoke Wreaks Havoc on Lungs
Probiotics Help Adult Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery
Problems Tied to Obesity Also Seem to Affect Sleep
Protein Helps ID Thyroid Cancer Nodules
Protein May Hold Key to Blocking Allergy-Induced Asthma
PSA 'Nanotest' May Spot Prostate Cancer's Return After Surgery
Psychotherapy Can Ease Post-Surgical Depression
Public Lacks Confidence to Help in Cardiac Emergencies
Public Smoking Bans Work Across the Board
Quality Care, Not Number of Procedures, Determines Bypass Results
Questions Continue About Using Beta Blockers Before Surgery
Quick Decompression Aids Spinal Injury Recovery
Quick Orthopedic Repair Can Save Young Shoulders
Quitting Smoking Simplifies Surgical Recovery
Racial Disparities Exist in Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes
Racial Disparities Widespread in Kidney Patient Outcomes
Racial Disparity Seen in Angioplasty Outcomes
Radiation Plus Chemo a Good Option in Lung Cancer
Radioactive 'Seed' Rx Helps Women With Implants Fight Breast Cancer
Radio-Frequency Tags Cut Specimen Bottle Errors
Radiosurgery Proves Viable for Some Pancreatic Cancers
Radio-Wave Devices May Play Havoc With Medical Equipment
Rate of Unnecessary C-Sections Far Lower Than Thought
Reaching the Heart Through the Wrist
Rectal Cancer Outcomes Best With Short-Course Radiation
Refusing Shots Puts Kids at Higher Risk for Whooping Cough
Repairing Injured Lungs May Boost Organ Donations
Replacement Bladder Grown From Body's Own Cells
Report Confirms Source of Contaminated Heparin
Reprogrammed Cells Reduce Parkinson's Symptoms
Research Unveils Earliest Cell Changes in Down Syndrome
Research Yields Clues to Severe Form of Sinusitis
Researchers Create Embryonic-Like Stem Cells From Human Testes
Researchers Create Protective Sac for Growing Stem Cells
Researchers Develop Pig Model for Cystic Fibrosis
Researchers Develop Stem Line With Sickle Cell Mutation
Researchers Find Gene Mutation That Increases Asthma Risk
Researchers Find Link Between Organ Transplants, Cancer
Researchers ID Suite of Genes in Aging Process
Researchers Identify Contaminant in Tainted Heparin
Researchers Perfect the View of Heart Disease
Researchers Propose Improved Cervical Cancer Screening
Researchers Report Stem Cell Advance
Researchers Suppress 'Hunger Hormone'
Researchers Suspect Genetic Link to COPD
Researchers Test New Source for Blood Platelets
Researchers Use Gene to End High Blood Sugar in Mice
Resistance to Tamiflu Growing
Respiratory Issues Linger for Smallest Babies
Rethinking Prostate Cancer in Older Men
Returning to the Road Tricky After Injury
Robot Playmates Help Autistic Kids With Social Skills
Robots May Come to Aging Boomers' Rescue
RSV to Blame for 1 in 13 Pediatrician Visits
'Safe' Ozone Levels May Not Be for Some
'Scaffold' Could One Day Repair Damaged Hearts
School Program Helps Cut Asthma Risks
Science Makes Inroads Against Prostate, Other Cancers
Scientists Create New Means to Study Disease Origins
Scientists Heartened at Prospect of End to Stem Cell Ban
Scientists Hot on Trail of New Antibiotics
Scientists ID Biomarkers for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scientists ID New Proteins in Programmed Cell Death
Scientists Make Clones of Mice Dead 16 Years
Scientists May Isolate Stem Cells From Rats, Other Mammals
Scientists Provide First Map of Complete Human Epigenome
Scientists Spot Key to Cystic Fibrosis Infections
Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Motor Neurons in ALS Patients
Scientists Use Non-Embryonic Stem Cells to Create Healthy Mice
Screening Athletes Could Cut Sudden Cardiac Death Risk
Sea Worm Inspires Novel Bone Glue
Secondhand Smoke Worse for Children
Secondhand Smoke Boosts Asthmatic Boys' Behavior Woes
Secondhand Smoke Leaves Kids Prone to Severe Infections
Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels
Self-Dosing Pain Medication Errors Too Common: Study
Sen. Kennedy Up and Walking After Brain Tumor Surgery
Sen. Kennedy's Brain Tumor Surgery Called a 'Success'
Seniors in Poor Areas More Likely to Die After Surgery
Severe COPD Linked to Mental Decline
Severe Obstetric Complications on the Increase
Shoulder Surgery Helps Athletes Get Back in the Game
Showerheads Harbor a Bounty of Germs
Silver-Coated Ventilator Tubes Cut Risk of Pneumonia
Simple Case Management Cuts Pulmonary Disease Admissions
Simple Procedure Improves Male Fertility
Simple Test Might Detect 'Silent' Heart Disease
Simpler Sleep Apnea Treatment Seems Effective, Affordable
Simpler Test May Be Best for Diagnosing Blood Clots in Leg
Single Kidney Transplant From Young, Deceased Donors Works Well
Skin Cells Turned Into Working Heart Muscle
Sleep Apnea Screening Cuts Surgical Complications
Sleep Apnea Seems to Wear Down the Brain
Sleep Benefits From Tonsillectomy Peak at 6 Months
Slow-Healing Bones May Get Boost From Drug
Smallpox Drug May Protect Against Common Cold
Smog's Origins Get Clearer
Smokers' Cars Loaded With Nicotine
Smokers More Likely to Bleed After Throat Surgery
Smokers Struck by Influenza Face Higher Mortality Rates
Smokers Twice As Likely to Get TB
Smoking Ups Infection Risk for Lung Disease Patients
Some Arteries Opened Safely Without Heparin
Some Imperfect Hearts OK for Transplant
Some Iraq War Vets Suffer Breathing Problems
Some Parents Aren't Giving Kids Pain Meds Post-Surgery
Some People Vulnerable to Persistent Post-Op Pain
Soy in the Diet May Protect Lung Function
Special Dyes and Lighting Kill MRSA, Research Shows
Special Stem Cells Build 'Biological Bypass'
Specialized Care for Ovarian Cancer Improves Outcomes
Specialized Stroke Care Improves Outcomes
Sperm Cell Insights May Aid Stem Cell Research
Spinal Anesthesia Doesn't Cause Restless Leg Syndrome
Spinal Cord Stem Cells May Act as Nerve Repair System
Spinal Cord Stimulation Need Not Keep Soldiers From Action
Spiriva Safe, Effective for COPD Patients
Spring and Pollen Are in the Air
St. Louis Ranked America's 'Asthma Capital'
Star-Shaped Brain Cells Make Scans Possible
Statins Help Prevent Delirium After Heart Surgery
Statins May Help Before Artery-Opening Surgery
Statins May Stave Off Gallstones
Stem Cell Advance May Further Disease Research
Stem Cell Breakthrough May Lead to MS Treatments
Stem Cell Decision Opens New Doors, May Spur More Research
Stem Cell Injections Seem to Reduce Angina Pain
Stem Cell Research Offers Hope for Colon Cancer Vaccine
Stem Cell Study Offers Hope for Targeting Tumors
Stem Cell Transplants Help MS Victims
Stem Cells Being Tested to Fight Pancreatic Cancer
Stem Cells Coaxed to Make Precursors to Egg, Sperm
Stem Cells Ease Stroke-Like Brain Damage in Mice
Stem Cells Grow Heart Tissue in Lab
Stem Cells Hold Promise for Muscular Dystrophy
Stem Cells May Improve Heart Bypass Results
Stem Cells May Offer Alternative to Lung Transplants
Stem Cells May Offer New Way to Treat Blocked Arteries
Stem Cells Might Treat Tough Fractures
Stem Cells Repair Acute Lung Injury in Mice
Stem Cells Repair Damaged Corneas in Mice
Stem Cells Spur New Eggs in Ovaries of Adult Mice
Stem Cells Used for 'Biological Pacemaker'
Stent Studies Tied to Rapid Changes in Use
Stenting as Good as Surgery for Stroke Prevention
Stenting May Equal Bypass for Diabetic Heart Patients
Steroid After Tonsillectomy Raises Bleeding Risk
Steroid Inhalers Raise Pneumonia Risk for Lung Disease Patients
Stress Management Battles Prostate Cancer Anxiety
Study Cites Gains in Gall Bladder Cancer Treatment
Study Compares Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Methods
Study Evaluates Laser Therapies for Hair Removal
Study Finds Older Corneas Suitable for Transplantation
Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Safer Than Thought
Study Pinpoints New Gene for Cystic Fibrosis
Study Questions Lymph Node Harvesting in Colorectal Cancer
Study Upholds Stopping Plavix Use Before Surgery
Study Urges Low-Tech Solutions for Medical Errors
Substance Abuse Hinders TB Treatment
Sucking Out Clot Debris Helps Heart Attack Patients
Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Faces Tough Battle Against Pancreatic Cancer
Surgeon's Checklist Saves Lives
Surgeons Often Are Blamed When Hip Replacements Fail
Surgeon's Preferences Dictate Choice of Kidney Cancer Surgery
Surgery a Boon for Most Common Form of Epilepsy
Surgery Better Than Angioplasty for Narrowed Neck Artery
Surgery for Knee Osteoarthritis No Better Than Therapy, Meds
Surgery for Neck Pain May Also Relieve Headaches
Surgery Helps With Prostate Cancer, Sometimes
Surgery May Not Help Most People With Narrowed Brain Artery
Surgery Not Always Best for Narrowed Kidney Arteries
Surgery Unneeded in Most Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Cases
Surgery, Illness Not Linked to Mental Decline in Seniors
Surgery, 'Sham' Equal in Treating Compression Fracture Pain
Surgical Deaths Linked to Handling of Complications
Surgical Errors Cost Almost $1.5B a Year
Surgical Outcomes Depend on a Host of Variables
Surging Internet Use Cutting Into Family Time
Swallowing-Breathing Dysfunction Worsens Lung Disorder
Swine Flu Burrows Into Lungs: Study
Swine Flu May Hit Kids With Asthma Harder
Swine Flu Shots Safe for People With Weak Immune Systems: Experts
Swine Flu Tied to Rise in Pneumonias Among Young
Synthetic HDL Could Fight Heart Disease
Tailored Treatment Boosts Kidney Cancer Survival
Taking Codeine While Breast-Feeding May Harm Infant
Targeting Cancer's Own Stem Cells to Fight Recurrence
TB Drug Treatment Can Lead to Severe Pneumonia
TB Gene Tweak Could Bring Better Vaccines
TB Outbreaks May Be Predicted by First 2 Cases
TB Patient Has Less Dangerous Strain: CDC
TB Still Declining in U.S., But at Slower Rate
TB Strain Called a Growing Public Threat
Teaching Hospitals' Post-Op Gains Not Extended to Blacks
Team Designs Gold Nanoparticles to Deliver Multiple Drugs
Team Sniffs Out Process That Could Make 'Artificial Nose'
Team Tracks Cell That May Repair Skeletal Muscle Damage
Technique Might Prevent Some Bladder Removals
Teens' Lung Health Is Linked to Their Diet
Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits
Telemedicine Helps Experts Treat Stroke From Afar
Test Before Corneal Transplant May Improve Outcome
Tests May ID Older Patients at Risk for Post-Op Delirium
Text Messages Might Increase Sunscreen Usage
The Elderly Can Be Candidates for Angioplasty, Stenting
Therapeutic Cloning Works in Mice With Parkinson's
Therapy Could Save Limbs After Frostbite
Therapy, Meds Best for Lumbar Low Back Pain
Timing of Oxygen After a Stroke May Matter
Tired Doctors More Prone to Errors
Tissue-Freezing Technique Effective Against Prostate Cancer
Tongue-Driven Device Aids Handicapped
Too Little Vitamin D May Mean More Colds and Flu
Too Many High-Risk Teens Not Getting Flu Shots
Too Much Red Meat May Shorten Life Span
Topical Treatment May Ease Erectile Dysfunction
Torn Surgical Gloves Put Patients at Risk for Infection
Toxic Sewer Gas Induces Suspended Metabolism in Mice
Tracking Cancer Drug's Effectiveness
Traditional Nonsurgical GERD Treatments Not Impressive
Traffic Jams Harm the Heart
Traffic Pollution Puts Kids at Higher Allergy Risk
Transfusions of 'Older' Blood Don't Work as Well
Transplant May Treat Metabolic Disorders in Womb
Transplant Patients Should Be Monitored for Ear Infection
Traveling for Treatment
Treating COPD Early Improves Outcomes
Treatment May Limit Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Treatment Options Are Many for Prostate Cancer
Tree-Lined Streets Associated With Lower Childhood Asthma Rates
Trigger for Stem Cell Differentiation Detailed
Tuba Spells Trouble for Young Musician
Tumors Linked to Fetal Stem Cell Transplant
Two Asthma Meds May Be Too Risky, FDA Panel Says
Two Endometrial Cancer Treatments May Not Work
Two Treatments Equally Effective for Chronic Pelvic Pain
Two Ways to Tackle Tuberculosis
Type of Knee Surgery Makes Difference in Football Career
U.S. Air Pollution Standards Don't Protect Asthmatic Kids
U.S. Doctors Treat Heart Attack With Man's Own Stem Cells
U.S. Face Transplant Patient Is Reportedly Doing Fine
U.S. Flu Season Off to Slow Start
U.S. Immigrants Bearing More of the TB Burden
U.S. May Soon Face Shortage of General Surgeons
U.S. Stem Cell Research Seems to Focus on Two Lines
U.S. Unlikely to Meet Target for TB Elimination
U.S. Web Site Helps Consumers Compare Hospitals
Ulcer Preventative May Raise Pneumonia Risks
Ultrasound Used to Predict Heart Attack Risk
Umbilical Cord Blood Injections Aid Aging Brains
Under-the-Skin Blood Sugar Monitor Boosts Diabetes Control
Uninsured Face Worse Outcomes After Diverticulitis
Uninsured Likely Organ Donors, But Not Recipients
Unique Bone Marrow Transplant Said to Cure Sickle Cell
Using a Balloon to Repair a Broken Back
Using C-Section Scars to Predict Future Deliveries
UV Lights, Fans May Curb TB Spread in Hospitals
Vein Removal Method Linked to Bypass Results
Ventilation After Breathing Tube Removal May Alter Outcomes
Ventilation Positions Comparable in Lung Syndrome Patients
Vest Monitors 'Individual' Air Pollution
Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect
Viagra Trial for Sickle Cell Lung Problems Halted
Vicks VapoRub Linked to Infant Breathing Problems
Video Consultations Effective for Stroke Treatment
'Virtual' Health Teams Boost Patient Care
Viscosity Enhancers Curb Bleeding Complications
Vitamin D Guidelines Too Low for Cystic Fibrosis Kids
Warm-Up Reduces ACL Injury in Female Soccer Players
Wealthy More Likely to Have Breast Reconstruction
Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Is Key to Easing Diabetes
Weight-Loss Surgery Safe, Effective Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
Weight-Loss Surgery Simplified
Weight-Loss Surgery Weighed as Diabetes Rx
When It Comes to Flu, the More Who Get Vaccine, the Better
When It's Cold Outside, Be Careful Inside With Heaters
Whooping Cough Immunity Lasts 30 Years or More
'Wired' Hospitals Post Lower Death, Complication Rates
With Angioplasty, More Is Better
Woman's Abdominal Organs Removed in Unique Cancer Surgery
Women at Higher Risk of Abnormal Burn Scars
Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span
Women Smokers Prone to Dangerous Blood Vessel Condition
Women's Death Rate Higher From Severe Heart Attack
Women's Peripheral Artery Disease Tied to Secondhand Smoke
Wood Fires Can Harm the Youngest Lungs
World Trade Center Workers Twice as Likely to Have Asthma
Worldwide Surgery Rates Tied to Economic Status
Young People at High Risk of Death Worldwide
Young Pop Star's Emphysema Startles Experts
Younger Men Fare Best After Hip Joint Resurfacing
Younger Women With Breast Cancer Face Added Peril

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