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Many Home Health Care Workers in Poor Health Themselves
Many Insured Americans Are an Injury Away From Bankruptcy: Study
Many Kids Aren't Wearing Helmets While Sledding, Poll Finds
Many Parents Ignore Fireworks Safety
Many People With Asthma Have Mixed Feelings About Masks: Poll
Many Seniors Love Pickleball, But Injuries Can Happen
Many Seniors on Medicare Falling Into Medical Debt
Many U.S. Adults Aren't Getting Healthy Amounts of Fruits, Vegetables
Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It
Marijuana-Linked ER Visits by Seniors Are Rising
Maybe Money Can Help Buy Happiness, After All
Me, Me, Me: Narcissists Drawn to Politics, Study Shows
Medicaid Rules May Affect Americans' Cancer Survival
Medical Bill Worries Tied to Worse Outcomes for Cancer Patients: Study
Medical Debt Can Crush Even the Insured, Study Shows
Menopause Can Make Workplace Tougher for Women: Study
Mental Health Trauma Plagues Wildfire Survivors
Microneedling Can Help Surgical Scars Fade, Especially If Done Early
Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms
Misjudging Thin Ice Can Be Fatal, Check First
Missing Teeth, Higher Odds for Dementia?
Mitch McConnell in Hospital With Concussion After Tripping at Washington Hotel
Mitch McConnell Released from Hospital, Sent to Rehab for Recovery
Money Can Buy Americans Longer Life: Study
Money Not a Good Measure of Your Self-Worth
Money Woes Hit Many Americans Early in Pandemic: Study
More Affordable Housing, Healthier Hearts?
More Americans With Heart Disease Are Also Becoming 'Food Insecure'
More E-Scooter Rideshares, More Injuries
More Fast-Food Outlets, More Diabetes in Your Neighborhood
More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study
More Money, Better Heart Health? Not Always
More Than Half of Americans Plagued by Back, Leg Pain
More U.S. Kids Are Heading to ERs After Drinking Cough Suppressant
Most Americans With Medical Debt Owe Money to Hospitals
Most Cases of Dementia in U.S. Seniors Go Undiagnosed: Study
Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll
Most Parents Clueless About Overuse Dangers to Young Pitchers
Most Vaccinated Adults Plan to Get Boosters: Poll
Mountain Biking May Not Be as Risky as You Think
Mouse Study Points to Possible Breakthrough Against Spinal Cord Injury
Move to Electric Cars Will Save Lives Plus Billions in Health Care Costs
Moves, Evictions Often Trigger Harmful Breaks in Health Care: Study
Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home
Nature Helped Many Kids Cope During Lockdown: Study
Nearing Retirement, America's Lower-Middle Class Faces Increasingly Bad Health
Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated
Nearly 1 in 5 Say Their Workplace Can Be Toxic, Poll Finds
Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Have a Disability
Nearly 59,000 Meatpacking Workers Caught COVID, While 269 Died: Report
Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure
Nearly All Seniors Take Meds That Raise Their Odds of Falling
Need Quick Help Learning CPR? Don't Rely on Alexa, Siri
Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids
Neighborhood May Affect a Couple's Odds of Conceiving
Neighborhoods May Matter When It Comes to Epilepsy
Nervous About Returning to Work? Take Precautions Against Coronavirus
Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans
New Window Blinds? Go Cordless to Save a Child's Life
No 'Fall Back'? Sleep Experts Argue Against Daylight Standard Time
Not Just Keyboards: Many Types of Workers Can Develop Carpal Tunnel
Nurses Are Dying From Suicide at Higher Rates
Nurses, Health Care Staff Face Higher Suicide Risks
Nurses, Other Health Care Workers at High Risk of Drug Overdose
Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure
Obesity Raises a Woman's Odds for Broken Bones
Odds for an Eating Disorder May Vary by Income
Odds for Early Death Rise After Severe Injury Linked to Alcohol
Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use
Older Americans' Finances Decline in Years Before Dementia Diagnosis
One Activity Causes 4 Out of 5 Sports-Linked Spinal Injuries
One Back-to-School Worry for Parents: Traffic Dangers
One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees
On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives
Opioid Overdose Survivors Face Higher Odds for Death in Following Year
Ouch! You Injured a Nail: Tips on Best Treatment
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests On the Rise During COVID-19 Crisis
Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
Paid Sick Leave Saves Workers' Lives: Study
Paid Sick Leave: Good for Business, Study Finds
Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals
Paintball Guns Are Being Used to Harm — And Blinding Victims
Pandemic Brought Big Drop in Breast Cancer Screening in Older, Low-Income Women
Pandemic Changed Grocery Shopping for Rich and Poor
Pandemic Day Care Closures Forced 600,000 U.S. Working Moms to Leave Jobs
Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
Pandemic Has Overburdened Parents Stressed Out: Poll
Pandemic Has Stressed Out Doctors
Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis
Pandemic Hits Primary Care Practices Hard Across the U.S.: Study
Pandemic Is Adding to Teachers' Stress, and Quit Rates
Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households
Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose
Pandemic Is Leaving U.S. With Shortage of Long-Term Health Care Workers
Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths
Pandemic May Have Created a 'Baby Bust,' Not Boom
Pandemic Means Financial Hardship for Many With Diabetes
Pandemic Means More Backyard Fireworks This Year -- And More Danger
Pandemic Saw Big Rise in Deaths to Millennials From Multiple Causes
Pandemic Saw Rise in Kids Swallowing Magnets, Tiny Batteries
Pandemic Stress, Exhaustion Weigh on Health Care Workers
Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Helped Keep Millions of Americans From Going Hungry
Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll
Pandemic-Linked Rise in Crime Hit America's Poor Neighborhoods Hardest
Pandemic's Early Days Hit Nurses Hard: Report
Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Here's How to Tell the Difference
Parks, Gardens Might Boost Life Spans in Poorer Neighborhoods
Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar
Pentagon Says Troops Must Start Lining Up Now for COVID Shots
People Are Avoiding the ER During COVID-19 Crisis at Their Peril: Study
People on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk After Hurricanes
People With Autism at Higher Risk for Suicide, Self-Harm: Study
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Cost the U.S. Billions
Pfizer COVID Pill to Be Made, Sold Cheaply in 95 Poor Countries
Physical Jobs Tied to More Sick Leave, Earlier Retirement
Physically Active at Work? It's Not as Healthy as Leisure Exercise
Playing Football, Hockey in High School Ups Odds for Stimulant Abuse
Police Use of Neck Restraint Never Medically Appropriate, Neurologists Say
Poll Finds More Americans Worried About Health Care Understaffing
Poll Finds Nearly Half of Americans Unprepared for Medical Emergency
Poll Shows Parents Torn When Teens Enter the Workforce
Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER
Poor Americans Likely to Miss Preventive Heart Screenings: Study
Poor Sleep After Head Injury Could Point to Dementia Risk
Poorer Neighborhoods Linked to Higher Asthma Rates in Kids
Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID
Post-COVID PTSD? Many Find Return to 'Normal' Unsettling
Post-Hurricane Period Is Dangerous for People With Dementia
Post-Pandemic End to Food Assistance Programs Meant 2 Million More Americans Went Hungry
Postpartum Depression Can Do Long-Term Harm to Women's Finances
Pot Use Ups Odds for Suicide in Young People With Bipolar Disorder
Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials
Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries
'Psychological Distress' Has Tripled in U.S. During Pandemic, Survey Shows
PTSD May Be Tied to Greater Dementia Risk
Put Safety at Top of Your Holiday Toy Gift List
Quartz Countertops Are Damaging the Lungs of Installers: Study
'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report
Race, Gender Matter in Receiving Timely Heart Attack Care
Race, Income Big Factors in Deaths After U.S. Hurricanes
Race, Income Can Be Roadblocks to Recovery From Depression
Race, Income Can Determine Blood Cancer Outcomes, Studies Show
Race, Income Keeps Many Families From Letting Kids Play Sports
Race, Neighborhood Affects How Long You'll Live After Heart Attack
Racist 'Redlining' Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans
Rate of Fatal Falls Among U.S. Seniors Doubled in 20 Years
Ready to Resume Sports? Health Tips for Getting Back in the Game
Red Cross Appeals for Donors During National Blood Shortage
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Reducing Home Hazards Cuts Seniors' Risk of Falling
Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health
Repeat Bone Density Tests Might Not Be Needed, Study Finds
Resident Doctors' Long Work Shifts Could Bring Peril to Patients
Rising Number of Americans Think It's OK to Harass Public Health Officials
Rugby Injuries Last Long After Pros, Amateurs Stop Playing: Study
Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study
Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
Safeguarding Your Heart During, After Hurricane Ida
School COVID Outbreaks Drop When Adults Wear Masks, Study Finds
Search and Rescue Dogs Fared Well After Working at 9/11 Sites
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Sepsis Almost Killed Jake Tapper's Daughter, Alice. Now, She's Working to Keep Others Safe
Severe COVID-19 Raises Odds for Dangerous Heart Conditions 10-Fold
Severe Illness in Children Brings Hardship for Families
Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
Shark Bites Are Declining Worldwide
Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls
Shift Work May Harm the Health of Men More Than Women
Shift Work Might Delay Menopause, With Potential Harms to Health
Shift Work Might Raise Your Odds for Severe COVID-19
Shopping Black Friday for TVs, Furniture? Don't Forget the Tip-Over Kit
Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives
Should There Be 'Gun Retirement' for the Elderly?
Shoveling Snow Is a Heart Hazard: Protect Yourself
Silent Killer: Watch Out for Carbon Monoxide Dangers This Winter
Silent Killers: Space Heaters, Generators Bring Carbon Monoxide Danger
Sit All Day for Work? Simple Step Can Cut Your Health Risk
Skull Fractures, Broken Jaws: 'Beanbag' Rounds Shot at Protesters Cause Severe Harm
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Slings, Other 'Baby-Wearing' Products Leave Infants at Injury Risk: Study
Slips, Slides: Winter Injuries Can Be Serious
Sluggish Coworker? Maybe They 'Pigged Out' Last Night
Snow Shoveling, Slips on Ice Bring Cold Weather Dangers
'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
Soaring Food Prices Are Tough on Older Americans, Poll Finds
Social Distancing? Your Paycheck Plays a Role
Some Athletes May Need an Extra Month for Concussion Recovery
Space Travel Might Weaken Immune System
Space Travel Takes Toll on Astronauts' Blood, Bone
Specialist Care for Alzheimer's Is Tough to Find for Poorer, Rural Americans
Spikes in Blood Pressure Bring Many Americans to the ER
Spring Sprains: Sports Injury Season Begins
Spring, Summer Is Peak Time for Dogs Biting Kids
State Anti-Poverty Programs Help Kids' Brains Stay Healthy
State Lotteries Don't Boost COVID Vaccination Numbers: Study
Stem Cell Injections Show Early Promise Against Spinal Cord Injuries
Steroid Hydrocortisone Alone May Not Cut Death Risk From Septic Shock: Study
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
Stress-Relief Programs Often Rely on Dogs. What About Cats?
Strike Out Kids' Overuse Injuries This Baseball Season
Struggles With COVID Left Many Americans With Medical Debt
Student Debt to Be Erased for Many With Severe Disabilities, Low Incomes
Study Confirms it: Texting While Walking Is Dangerous
Study Points to Jobs With Highest Risk for ALS
Summer Playgrounds Come With Fun and Hazards
Summer Water Fun Can Bring Drowning Risks: Stay Safe
Surgeon General Says 'Toxic Workplaces' Take Big Toll on Workers' Health
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
SUVs, Trucks More Prone to Hitting Pedestrians
Take These Steps to 'Fall-Proof' Your Home
Targeting Key Cells in Spinal Cord Got Paralyzed Patients Walking Again
Teachers' Unions, Doctors Agree: Vaccines, Masks Crucial for Return-to-School
Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving
Teen Pot Use Could Mean Less Success as Adult
Teen Social Media Posts About Cutting, Other Self-Harm Are Soaring
Testosterone's Ties to Success May Be a Myth
The 988 Mental Health Hotline Is Coming. Is America Ready?
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
The No. 1 Cause of Halloween Injuries: Carving the Pumpkin
There's More MS in Northern Countries. Now, Researchers Find New Reason Why
Thin Ice: Global Warming May Be Raising Drowning Risks
Think Your Job Is 'Socially Useless'? You're Not Alone
This Summer, Could You Spot the Signs of Heat Illness?
This Super Bowl, Keep Little Hands From Tip-Over TVs
TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen
Time Is Brain: Mobile Stroke Units Reduce Disability, Study Finds
'Time Is Brain': More Americans Waiting Longer for Best Care After Stroke
Time to Angioplasty Is Crucial for Better Heart Attack Outcomes
To Prevent Injuries, Give Your Kids a Pass on Cutting the Grass
Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans
Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills
'Tough Guy' Mentality Keeps Athletes in Denial About Pain
Tracking Key Protein Helps Predict Outcomes in TBI Patients
Travel Times to Abortion Facilities Have Lengthened After Dobbs Decision: Study
'Trigger Warnings' May Do More Harm Than Good, Study Finds
Trouble Concentrating at Work? Your Office Air May Be to Blame
Try 'Microbreaks' for a Real Workday Boost
Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
TV, Furniture on Your Holiday Gift List? Add in an 'Anti-Tip-Over' Kit
U.S. Appeals Panel Backs New York City's Vaccine Mandate for School Staff
U.S. Fireworks Injuries Are on the Rise
U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Gun Violence Rates Jumped 30% During Pandemic
U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen
U.S. Immigrants' Premiums, Taxes Exceed Health Care Expenditures: Study
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
U.S. States With Tighter Access to Welfare Payments Have More Kids in Foster Care
U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic
Up to 4 Million Americans Out of Work With Long COVID
Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?
Vaping-Linked Lung Injuries Can Leave Long-Term Symptoms
Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19
Veterans at Higher Risk of Deadly Skin Cancers
Volunteer Firefighters Have High Levels of Potentially Toxic Chemicals
Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses
Web Searches for 'Self-Managed Abortion' Rose After Dobbs Decision
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Is a Pulse Oximeter, and Should You Get One to Warn of COVID-19?
What Jobs Are Toughest on the Knees?
What Makes for a Satisfying Work Zoom Meeting?
What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Survival Odds Are Better at Airports
When Cardiac Deaths Rose During Pandemic, Minorities Suffered Most
When Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When Kids Fatally Shoot Other Kids: Tragedies That Don't Have to Happen
When Popping Champagne at New Years', Watch Out for That Cork
When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer
When Soda Tax Repealed, Soda Sales Rebound: Study
When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Which Americans Are Most (and Least) Prepared for Disasters?
Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
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
WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV
WHO Slams COVID-19 Booster Shots in Wealthy Nations
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
Why Are Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Health Issues Not Getting Treatment?
Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Instant Noodles Are a Danger to Your Kids
Why Logging May Be the Most Dangerous Profession
Why Losing Someone to Violence Can Be Especially Tough to Get Over
Why Some Gifts Are Better-Received Than Others
Why Stairs Might Be a Bigger Hazard for Young Women
Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
Wind Can Uproot Kids' Bouncy Castles, With Tragic Results
Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Less Likely Than Men to Return to Work After Severe Stroke
Women Less Likely to Ask for More Time When Deadlines Loom
Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study
Women, Black Patients Wait Longer in ERs When Chest Pain Strikes
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Work Worries Keep Lots of Americans Awake Sunday Nights
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
Working With AI Might Make for Lonely Workers
Years Before Diagnosis, People With Alzheimer's Lose Financial Acumen
You Can Prevent Sports Overuse Injuries
Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Your Child Is Sick. Do You Call Your Doctor or Head to the ER?
Your Genes May Affect How You'll Heal If Wounded
Your Job Could Put You at Much Higher Risk for Flu
Your Zip Code Could Help or Harm Your Brain