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• 1 in 3 U.S. Children Lack Adequate Health Insurance

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• 1 in 3 U.S. Public Health Workers Feels Threatened During Pandemic

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• 1 in 4 U.S. Teens Has Had a Concussion: Study

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• 1 in 5 Americans Has an STD: CDC

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• 1 in 5 Avoided Health Care During Pandemic, Study Finds

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• 1 in 5 Hospitalized NYC COVID-19 Patients Needed ICU Care

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• 1 in 5 Patients on Kidney Dialysis Say No to COVID-19 Vaccine: Study

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• 1 in 5 U.S. Seniors Now Skip Meds Because of Cost

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• 1 in 50 COVID Patients in ICU Will Develop a Stroke

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• 1 in 7 Cancer Patients Worldwide Missed a Surgery Due to Pandemic

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• 11 States Could Face ICU Doc Shortages as Coronavirus Cases Surge

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• 18 Million Americans Can't Pay for Needed Meds

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• 3 Steps Could Nearly Eliminate COVID Infections on College Campuses: Study

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• 3D Mammograms Best at Spotting Tumors, But Many Black Women Missing Out

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• 4 in 10 U.S. Adults Who Need Mental Health Care Can't Get It: Survey

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• 50 Years On, Real Progress in War Against Cancer

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• 7 Out of 10 Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Have Long-Haul Symptoms

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• 75 or Older? Statins Can Still Benefit Your Heart

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• 8/8 -- Inflation Has Many Americans Cutting Back on Health Care, Poll Finds

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• A Better, Safer Way to Rid Some Kids of Seizures?

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• A Promising New Therapy Against OCD?

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• A Real Headache: Racism Plays Role in Migraine Care

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• A 'Stunning' Alternative Rx for Arthritic Joints?

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• Abortion Remains Medically Safe for U.S. Women

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• About 100,000 U.S. Nurses Left Workforce During Pandemic

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• Across America, Black People Have Worse Health Outcomes

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• Actor Jeff Bridges Shares Lymphoma Diagnosis

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• Acupuncture May Help Ease Prostate-Linked Pain in Men: Study

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• Add Kids to COVID Vaccine Trials, Pediatricians' Group Says

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• Advances in Treatments Against Severe COVID-19 May Have Stalled

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• After an ICU Stay, Social Support Crucial for Seniors' Survival

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• After Heart Attack, Cardiac Rehab Begins Road to Recovery

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• Age Can Impair a Man's Odds for Fatherhood: Study

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• Air Pollution Takes a Toll on Your Kidneys

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• Almost 1 in 3 U.S. Seniors Now Sees at Least 5 Doctors Per Year

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• Almost 13 Million Americans Per Year Skip Meds Due to Cost

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• Almost Half of Americans Worry About Surprise Medical Bills: Poll

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• Always Be Ready for a Trip to the ER

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• Alzheimer's Meds Are Mostly Tested in Whites. That Worries Black Patients, Caregivers

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• Americans' COVID Medical Bills Are Set to Rise

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• Americans Still Avoiding ERs in Pandemic, But Uptick Seen in Mental Health Crises

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• America's ER Docs Warn of Surge in Patients Due to 'Tripledemic'

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• America's ERs Are Jammed, Affecting Patients on Other Wards

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• Amid a Surge in RSV Cases, Hopes for a New Vaccine

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• An 'AI Doctor' Is Helping Hospitals Predict Readmissions

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• An HIV Drug You Only Take Twice a Year?

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• Animal Tests Point to Possible Path to Ultrafast Insulin

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• Another Study Casts Doubt on 'Convalescent Plasma' as COVID-19 Treatment

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• Another Study Suggests Too Much Fish Oil Could Trigger A-Fib

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• Antibiotics May Be Best First Treatment for Appendicitis

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• Antibiotics Won't Help Fight Lung-Scarring Disease IDF: Study

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• Antibody Drug Boosts Survival for Type of Advanced Breast Cancer

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• Antibody Treatment Could Fight Rare But Deadly Bile Duct Cancers

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• Antiviral Drugs Tied to Heart Issue in COVID-19 Patients

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• Appendicitis Often Spotted Later in Black Patients

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• Are ERs Safe? Patients, Nurses and Doctors Say No in New Survey

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• Are Pricey Air Ambulance Rides Really Saving More Lives?

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• Are Scientists Close to a 'Universal' Flu Vaccine?

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• Are Ventilators Helping or Harming COVID-19 Patients?

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• Artificial Pancreas Controls Diabetes in Kids 6 and Up, Clinical Trial Shows

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• As Medical Debt Rises, So Do Cancer Death Rates

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• As Omicron Rages, How Important Are Case Counts Anymore?

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• As Omicron Spreads, Child Hospitalizations Climb 30% in Past Week

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• As Testing Costs Rise, Neurology Patients May Skip Screening

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• As U.S. Vaccinations Rise, Hospitals Ease Restrictions on Visitors

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• Asthma Isn't a Risk Factor for Worsening COVID-19: Study

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• Asthma May Not Boost Odds of Severe COVID-19

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• AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Trial Restarts

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• AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Good Results in Late Trials

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• At One Hospital, ICU Workers' PPE May Have Kept Coronavirus at Bay

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• Australian Footballer Is First Female Athlete to Receive Diagnosis of CTE

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• Autopsy Study of Athletes Who Died Young Shows Many Had Signs of CTE

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• Average COVID Hospital Bill for U.S. Seniors Nearly $22,000

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• Average Hospital Bed Has a Big Carbon Footprint

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• 'Awareness' Under C-Section Anesthesia May Be Less Rare Than Thought

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• B 11/21 -- Which Kids With COVID Will Get Very Sick?

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• Bedside COVID-19 Test Faster Than Standard PCR Test

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• Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER

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• Bee Healthy: Honey May Beat Cold Meds Against Cough

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• Bias More Likely in Medical Journals That Accept Reprint Fees: Study

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• Biden Administration Buys More Monoclonal Antibody Treatments to Ward Off Shortage

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• Biden Administration May Stop Buying COVID Vaccines, Treatments by Fall

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• Biden Announces Measures Aimed at Limiting Health Care Costs

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• Biden Moves to Lower Health Care Costs, Limit Insurance Junk Fees

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• Biden Plan Will Spend $1.5 Billion to Boost Health Worker Supply

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• Biden Pledges to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Americans

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• Biden to Expand Access to Health Care for Immigrants Brought Illegally to U.S. as Children

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• Biden to Sign Bill That Helps Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits

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• Biden to Strengthen Push for Vaccine Mandates in New COVID Plan

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• Big Changes Are Coming to U.S. Health Care as Pandemic Emergencies Expire

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• Big Weight Loss May Help Prevent Severe COVID-19

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• Big Worry for Folks Heading to Hospital: Who'll Care for My Pet?

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• Bike-Linked Head Injuries Plummet for U.S. Kids, But Not Adults

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• Black Americans, Mexican Americans Develop Diabetes Earlier in Life

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• Black Cancer Survivors Often Face Added Challenges: Study

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• Black Kids Face Higher Odds of Post-Op Complications Than White Kids

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• Black Men Less Likely to Get Best Prostate Cancer Treatments

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• Black Nursing Home Residents More Likely to Need Hospital Care

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• Black Patients Less Likely to Get Into Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials

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• Blacks, Asians More Likely Than Whites to Have Severe COVID

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• Blacks, Hispanics Account for More Than Half of COVID Deaths: Study

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• Blood Donors' Gender Doesn't Affect Outcomes for Recipients

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• Blood Pressure Meds Can Affect COVID-19 Care

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• Blood Test Might Spot Most Dangerous COVID-19 Cases

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• Brain Hemorrhage Won't Stop This Teen From Voting

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• Brain Injuries Raise Long-Term Risk of Stroke

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• Brain Trauma Could Help Trigger Heart Troubles

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• Brazil Study Shows Climate Change's Deadly Impact on Kidneys

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• Brazilian Man Is Free of HIV After Drug Treatment, Researchers Say

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• Breakthrough CAR-T Cancer Treatments Are Boosting Patients' Quality of Life

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• Breast Cancer Over 70: How Much Treatment Is Enough?

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• Breast Cancer Takes Big Financial Toll on Some Young Patients

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• Breast Cancer Treatment Comes Later, Lasts Longer for Black Women

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• Burdened by Medical Bills, Many Americans With Diabetes Turn to Crowdfunding for Help

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• Busted Ankle? What's Better, a Cast or Brace?

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• California's Plan to Make Low-Priced Insulin Could Be Example for Nation

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• Can a Drug Help Prevent Diabetic Vision Loss?

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• Can Flotation Tanks Ease Chronic Pain?

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• Can Mindfulness Help Ease Migraine?

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• Can Talk Therapy Heal the Body, Too?

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• Can Women With Early Breast Cancer Skip Post-Op Radiation?

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• Cancer Can Take Financial Toll on a Survivors' Kids: Study

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• Cancer Care Costs U.S. $156 Billion Per Year; Drugs a Major Factor

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• Cancer Care Tougher to Access in U.S. If English Second Language

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• Cancer Clinical Trials Make Comeback After Pandemic Slowdown

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• Cancer Costs U.S. Patients $21 Billion a Year

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• Cancer Drug Might Help Curb Severe COVID-19

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• Cancer Patients Have Even Greater Need for COVID Boosters: Study

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• Cancer Survivors Fared Better Financially After Obamacare

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• Cancer Survivors May Face Higher Odds for Heart Trouble

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• Cancer Takes Heavy Toll on Women's Work and Finances: Study

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• Cancer's Financial Toll on Couples Hurts Both Partners

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• CBD Won't Help Addicts Kick the Coke Habit: Study

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• CBD: How Much Pain Relief Is Real and How Much Is Placebo?

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• CDC Director Warns of Dire Winter Ahead for COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths

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• Certain HIV Meds Have Patients Packing on Pounds

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• Cheap Antidepressant Might Help Keep COVID Patients Out of Hospital

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• Cheap Steroid Could Slash COVID-19 Death Risk

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• Cheap, Effective Ventilator Made From Ambulance 'Resuscitation Bags'

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• Child's Hospital Stay Can Cost Plenty, Even With Insurance

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• Chinese COVID Vaccine Appears Safe, Effective

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• Choice of Brand-Name Drug Over Generics Costs Medicare Nearly $2 Billion Annually

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• Clinical Trial to Investigate Nitric Oxide Treatment of COVID-19

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• Clinical Trials Are Becoming More Diverse, But There's Still Work To Do

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• Clot-Busting Drugs Safe in Stroke Patients When Brain Aneurysm Hasn't Ruptured

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• Clues to Rare Disorder Affecting Kids With COVID-19

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• Coffee Is Kind to Your Kidneys

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• Colleges in 50 States Seeing COVID Cases on Campus

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• Colonoscopy Surprise Bills Should Be Thing of the Past, Experts Say

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• Coming Soon: Once-a-Week Insulin Injections?

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• Common Gout Drug Is Safe in Patients With Kidney Issues

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• Common Treatment May Not Help Seniors With Underactive Thyroid

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• Common Type 2 Diabetes Meds Won't Raise Breast Cancer Risk: Study

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• Companion Drug Might Help Prevent Kidney Complications of Lupus

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• Compared to Other Countries, Americans Pay Much More for Prescription Drugs

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• Compression Stockings May Not Be Needed After Surgeries, Study Finds

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• Condition Affecting Kids With COVID-19 Remains Very Rare, Heart Group Says

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• Conservatorships Keep the Homeless in Psychiatric Wards Too Long: Study

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• Converting Hotels to Rooms for Homeless People Curbed COVID's Spread

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• Coronavirus Cases Plateauing in Sun Belt, Spiking in the Midwest

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• Coronavirus Takes Aim at Fat Cells, Study Shows

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• Cost a Barrier to Cervical Cancer Screening for Many U.S. Women

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• Cost of Brand-Name Epilepsy Meds Is Soaring

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• Cost of Epilepsy Meds Continues to Soar

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• Costs Would Keep 1 in 7 Americans From Seeking COVID-19 Treatment

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• Could a Common Prostate Drug Help Prevent Parkinson's?

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• Could a Drug Prevent Type 1 Diabetes in Those at Risk?

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• Could a High-Fiber Diet Help Boost Cancer Survival?

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• Could a Long-Used Cholesterol Drug Fight Severe COVID-19?

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• Could a New Drug Help Ease Alzheimer's?

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• Could a Quick Breathalyzer Test for COVID-19 Be on the Way?

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• Could ADHD Raise Odds for More Serious Psychiatric Ills?

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• Could an Ancient Drug Help Fight Severe COVID-19?

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• Could an Injected Electrode Control Your Pain Without Drugs?

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• Could Asthma Treatment Raise Your Odds for Obesity?

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• Could Binge Drinking Set Your Heart Rhythm Off-Kilter?

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• Could Cheaper, Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Finally Be Here?

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• Could Common Asthma Meds Weaken Bones?

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• Could Electrode 'Pulses' Cut Back, Leg Pain Without Drugs?

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• Could 'Float Therapy' Help Ease Anorexia?

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• Could Gene Therapy Cure Sickle Cell Disease? Two New Studies Raise Hopes

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• Could Gene Therapy Help Cure Sickle Cell Disease?

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• Could Home Test for Colon Cancer Mean a Big Medical Bill to Come?

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• Could Hospital Visit Records Help Docs Spot ADHD, Autism Early?

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• Could Interferon Drugs Help Fight COVID-19?

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• Could Men's Testosterone Play Role in COVID Survival?

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• Could Stem Cell Therapy Be a Breakthrough Against MS?

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• Could the 'Alzheimer's Gene' Raise Risks for Severe COVID-19?

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• Could the MMR Vaccine Help Prevent COVID-19? New Trial May Tell

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• Could the TB Vaccine Help Prevent COVID-19?

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• Could Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Be a Lifesaver Against Severe COVID-19?

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• Couples Age 55 or Older Can Soon Contribute $10,000 a Year to Health Savings Accounts

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• COVID and Hypochondria: Online Therapy May Help Ease Fears

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• COVID Antibodies Found in Less Than 10% of Americans

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• COVID Booster Cuts Death Rate by 90%, Israeli Study Finds

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• COVID Can Affect Brains of Hospitalized Kids

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• COVID Can Be More Deadly for Hospitalized Trauma Patients

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• COVID Can 'Rebound' After Treatment With Paxlovid, CDC Says

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• COVID Drug Paxlovid Might Also Fight Long COVID

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• COVID Fears Mean More Cancers Are Being Diagnosed at Later Stages

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• COVID Hits Young Adults Harder Than Thought: Study

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• COVID Hospitalizations Rising in Kids Too Young for Vaccine

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• COVID Infection Unlikely From Hospital Surfaces: Study

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• COVID May Worsen Kidney Injury, Study Finds

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• COVID More Lethal for People Living With HIV

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• COVID No More Deadly for People With Asthma, Large Study Shows

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• COVID Patient Survival Falls When Local Area Has Higher Caseload: Study

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• COVID Plus 'Bleeding' Stroke Doubles a Patient's Death Risk

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• COVID Survivors' Plasma Might Prevent Worsening Illness in Older Patients: Study

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• COVID Vaccines Cut Odds of Hospitalization By Two-Thirds

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• COVID-19 Can Cause Scarring of Kidneys: Study

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• COVID-19 Fears Had Sick, Injured Americans Avoiding ERs

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• COVID-19 ICU Patients Have High Risk of Clots, Research Shows

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• COVID-19 Ills No Greater for Those With Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis

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• COVID-19 Is Far More Lethal, Damaging Than Flu, Data Shows

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• COVID-19 Jitters Shouldn't Keep You From the Emergency Room

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• COVID-19 Patients Rarely Survive Cardiac Arrest: Study

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• COVID-19 Still Rare in Kids, But Far From Harmless: Study

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• COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kidneys

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• CRISPR Therapy Fights Rare Disease Where Protein Clogs Organs

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• Crowded Emergency Rooms Cost Lives: Study

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• Crowdsourcing Raises Billions for Families Hit Hard by Medical Bills

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• Curbing Football Drills Could Make High School Football Safer

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• Cycling During Dialysis? It Might Help Patients

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• Daily Average of COVID Hospitalizations in US Hits 100,000

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• Data Doesn't Support Need for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters: Experts

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• Data Show Big Drop in Number of Americans in Medical Debt

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• 'Dead' Probiotic Bacteria Could Help Ease Irritable Bowel

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• Death Rates Are Rising Across Rural America

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• Delirium May Be Only Sign of Severe COVID in Elderly: Study

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• Dementia Patients Wind up in the ER 1.4 Million Times a Year, Study Shows

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• Depression That Hits After Brain Injury May Be Distinct Disease

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• Despite Medical Advances, People With HIV Still Live Shorter, Sicker Lives

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• Dexamethasone Can Help the Sickest COVID Patients Survive. So Why Are Too Few Getting It?

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• Diabetes Can Lead to Amputations, But Stem Cell Treatment Offers Hope

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• Diabetes Is Deadlier for Black Americans: Study

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• Diabetes Med Metformin Might Help Prevent Long COVID

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• Dialysis Patients Have Weaker Response to COVID Vaccine: Study

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• Did Obamacare Expand Access to Insurance for Minorities? In Some U.S. States, Hardly at All

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• Dirty Air Could Raise COVID Risks for People With Asthma, COPD

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• Disappointment and Hope From Two HIV Prevention Trials

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• Disparities in Stroke Care Put Rural Americans at Risk: Study

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• Do Immune-Based Cancer Drugs Work Better in Men?

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• Do Women or Men Make the Best Doctors?

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• Doctors Divided Over Use of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug

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• Doctors Often Miss Signs of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids

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• Doctors Transplant Gene-Modified Pig Kidneys Into Brain-Dead Patient

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• Does an Arthritis Drug Help Patients Battling Severe COVID? It Depends on the Study

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• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients

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• Drug Can Keep Leukemia in Remission for Years in Younger Patients

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• Drug Combo Boosts Outcomes for Advanced Melanoma

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• Drug Combo May Be Safe, Effective Therapy for Rare Leukemia

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• Drug Combo May Boost Survival for Tough-to-Treat Liver Cancers

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• Drug Combo May Fight a Tough Form of Breast Cancer

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• Drug Combo Offers Hope Against Advanced Bladder Cancer

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• Drug Combo Shows Promise Against Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

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• Drug Could Boost Survival From Lung Cancer Affecting Non-Smokers

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• Drug Long Used for Alcoholism Might Fight Severe COVID-19

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• Drug Lynparza Could Help Fight Some Early-Stage Breast Cancers

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• Drug Might Help Ease 'Sensory Demands' of Autism

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• Drug Might Stop Heart Trouble Linked to Sickle Cell Anemia

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• Drug Saxenda Aids Weight Loss — But You Should Exercise, Too

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• Drug Shows Promise Against Rare Condition That Stunts Kids' Growth

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• Drug Shows Promise in Easing Dementia-Linked Psychosis

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• Early Dialysis Doesn't Improve Outcomes With Acute Kidney Failure

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• Early in Pandemic, Were Antibiotics Prescribed Too Often?

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• Early On, Many Seniors Were Unfazed by Coronavirus Warnings, Study Finds

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• Early Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis May Thwart Heart Disease

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• Early U.S. Vaccine Rollout Saved 140,000 Lives, Prevented 3 Million COVID Cases

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• Eat These Foods, Your Kidneys Will Thank You

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• Eating Disorders Cost Billions in the U.S.

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• ECMO Breathing Support Safe, Effective for Obese Patients in Respiratory Failure

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• El alucinógeno de los 'hongos mágicos' es igual de bueno que los antidepresivos, según un estudio

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• Eli Lilly to Slash Insulin Prices, Cap Monthly Out-of-Pocket Costs at $35

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• Emergency Care Vs. Urgent Care: What's the Difference?

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• Emergency Transport Can Surprise Many With Big Bills

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• Energy Drink Habit Led to Heart Failure in a Young Man

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• ERs Are Flooded With Kids in Mental Health Crisis, U.S. Doctors' Groups Warn

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• ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction

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• Even a Little Lead in Drinking Water Can Harm People With Kidney Disease

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• Even Low-Intensity Exercise Can Help During Cancer Treatments

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• Even Mild Obesity Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Even 'Modest' Drop in Kidney Function Might Harm Young Adults: Study

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• Even When Cancer Is in Remission, Patients' Risks of Severe COVID Rise

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• Even When Stroke Centers Are Near, Black Americans Often Lack Access

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• Even Without Concussion, Athletes' Brains Can Change After Head Jolts: Study

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• Even Without Symptoms, COVID Infection Raises Risks for Trauma Patients

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• Evidence Mounts That TB Vaccine Might Help Protect Against COVID-19

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• Exercise Helps Ease Arm, Shoulder Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

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• Experimental Drug Could Cut Migraine Frequency

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• Experimental Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus

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• Experimental Shot Given Every Six Months Controlled High Blood Pressure in Early Trial

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• Experimental Treatment Offers New Hope Against Lupus

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• Experts Offer Guidance on a Common But Underreported Menopause Syndrome

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• Exposing Kids to Safe Levels of Peanut When Young Might Prevent Allergy

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• Exposure to Iodine in the NICU May Affect Infant Thyroid Function

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• Extremely Low Incidence of COVID Hospitalization After Vaccine, Boosters: Study

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• Failing Kidneys Could Bring Higher Dementia Risk

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• Far Too Few People of Color in U.S. Pancreatic Cancer Trials

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• FDA Approves First Once-a-Month HIV Therapy

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• FDA Approves Imaging Drug That Can Help Surgeons Spot Ovarian Cancers

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• FDA Approves Second Alzheimer’s Drug, Despite Safety Concerns

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• FDA Defends Approval of Controversial Alzheimer's Drug

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• FDA Eases Access to Cheaper Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

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• FDA Gives Full Approval to Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi

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• FDA OKs Automatic Use of a Cheaper Generic  Insulin

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• FDA OKs Pfizer Pill as First At-Home COVID Treatment

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• Fear of Losing Health Insurance Keeps 1 in 6 U.S. Workers in Their Jobs

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• 'Feel Good' Hormone Won't Help Ease Kids' Autism, Study Finds

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• Feeling Anxious? Yoga Can Help Soothe You

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• Fertility Drugs Won't Raise Breast Cancer Risk

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• Few Countries Do Well Caring for the Dying

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• Fewer Kids in Cancer Trials, Which Might Not Be a Bad Thing

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• Fewer Suicide-Related ER Visits in COVID Era, and That Has Experts Worried

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• Fewer Surprise Bills: Most U.S. Hospitals Now Transparent on Prices

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• Fighting Liver Cancer Takes Big Financial Toll: Study

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• Final Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Get Underway

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• Finding a Doctor Is Tough and Getting Tougher in Rural America

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• First 10 Days After Hospital Discharge Especially Risky for COVID Survivors

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• First Major League Soccer Player Is Diagnosed With CTE

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• First Trial of Gene-Targeted Asthma Rx in Kids Shows Promise

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• 'Flattening the Curve' Saves More Lives Than Thought

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• Flipping the Odds: Turning Patients Prone Helps Fight COVID-19

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• Flu Shot Might Help Ward Off Severe COVID

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• For Cancer Patients, Holiday Season Can Be a Stressful Time

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• For 'Near Poor' Seniors, Medicaid 'Cliff' Could Keep Health Care Out of Reach

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• For People With PAD, Exercise Can Be Tough But Rewarding

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• For the Poor, Even a Small Medical Bill Can Trigger Coverage Loss

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• For Transgender People, Starting Hormone Therapy in Teens Helps Mental Health

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• Gender-Affirming Mastectomies Give Boost to Patients' Mental Health

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• Gene Test Lets Some Colon Cancer Patients Safely Skip Chemo

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• Gene Therapy Could Be Big Advance Against Hemophilia

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• Gene Therapy May Reverse Hurler Syndrome, a Rare and Severe Illness in Kids

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• Gene-Targeted Drug Tagrisso Cuts Death Rate in Half for Patients With Early-Stage Lung Cancer

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• Genetic Sign of Aging Linked to Risk of Fatal COVID

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• Getting Rehab at Home After Heart Attack Can Extend Lives

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• Give Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Blood Thinners to Help Save Lives: Study

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• Giving Birth During the Pandemic? Facts You Need to Know

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• Global Consortium Finds Genes That Drive Severe COVID-19

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• Gun Violence Wreaks Havoc on Lives of Survivors, Their Families

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• Had a Stroke? Get These Professionals on Your Rehab Team

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• Had COVID or Gotten Vaccine? Hospitalization Is 'Extremely Uncommon'

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• Have a Hangover? Try This Herbal Remedy

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• Head Bump? Here's Signs You Need ER Care

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• Head Injury Outcomes Could Take Years to Unfold

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• Head Injury, Alzheimer's Appear to Affect Brain in Similar Ways

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• Health Care After COVID: The Rise of Telemedicine

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• Health Savings Accounts Used Least by People Who Need Them Most: Poll

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• Healthy Vitamin D Levels Could Be Linked to COVID-19 Survival

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• Heart Attack Cases at ERs Fall by Half – Are COVID Fears to Blame?

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• Heart Damage Seen in Many Hospitalized COVID Patients: Study

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• Heart Inflammation Rare Among Hospitalized COVID Patients

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• Heart Patients Should Ask About Home-Based Cardiac Rehab

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• Heart Screening of Young Athletes Is Cost-Effective

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• Heart Troubles Ease Over Time in Kids With MIS-C

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• Heartsick: When Loved One Is in ICU, Spouse's Health Risks Rise

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• Helmetless Bikers Ride 'Donorcycles,' Organ Transplant Experts Warn

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• Helmets Can Saves Lives in ATV, Dirt Bike Crashes

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• Helping Undocumented Immigrants Find a Primary Care Doc Lowers ER Costs: Study

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• Here's How New Federal Legislation Might Cut Your Drug Costs

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• Here's How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower the Cost of Health Care

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• High Blood Pressure Doubles Odds That COVID Will Be Severe

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• High Blood Pressure May Affect More Pregnant Women Than Thought: Study

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• High Blood Sugar Ups COVID Risks, Even in Non-Diabetics

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• High Co-Pays, Deductibles Keep Some Women From Mammogram Follow-Up

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• High Costs Lead Millions of Americans to Shop Abroad for Rx Drugs

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• High Deductibles Keep Some Women From Follow-Up After Troubling Mammogram

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• High-Tech Drug Infusion Pumps in Hospitals Vulnerable to Damage, Hackers

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• High-Tech Socks Could Prevent Falls in At-Risk Patients

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• Hispanic, Black Americans on Dialysis Face Higher Risks for Dangerous Infections

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• Hit Your Head? Look for These Warning Signs of Concussion

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• Home Drug Infusions Can Be Dangerous, But Many Home Care Staff Aren't Trained

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• Hopeful News on Parkinson's: More Than 100 Trials Underway

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• Hospitalizations for Teens With Eating Disorders Rose Sharply During Pandemic

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• Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion

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• Hospitals Full, Doctors Treated Her Severe COVID-19 at Home

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• Hospitals: One Reason COVID Is More Lethal for Black Americans

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• Hot Days Can Send Even Younger Folks to the ER

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• House Committees to Investigate New Alzheimer's Drug Approval

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• How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger

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• How Did New 'Surprise Medical Bill' Laws Affect Your State?

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• How Did the Pandemic Affect Cancer Clinical Trials?

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• How Does Your State Rank for Health Care?

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• How Hospitals Can Cut Patients' Falls

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• How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care

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• How Moving the Homeless to Hotels During the Pandemic Helps Everyone

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• How Much Will That Hip Replacement Cost? Many Hospitals Still Aren't Saying

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• How One Hospital Kept COVID Transmissions at Nearly Zero

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• How One Patient's Battle With COVID-19 Changed U.S. Testing Protocols

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• How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients

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• How Safe Are the New COVID Vaccines?

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• How the COVID Pandemic Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Even as Telehealth Helped

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• How the 'Magic Mushroom' Drug May Tweak the Brain to Ease Depression

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• How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care

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• How Two People With HIV Suppressed Virus After Stopping Treatment

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• Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake

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• Hurricanes Threaten Many U.S. Coastal Hospitals With Serious Flooding

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• Icky Prescription: Could Hookworms Help Ease MS?

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• ICU Bed Shortages Could Mean More COVID-19  Deaths

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• If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills

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• Immune-Based Drug Fights Advanced Endometrial Cancer: Study

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• Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival With Bladder Cancer

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• Immunotherapy Drug Can Lower Recurrence When Bladder Cancer Spreads

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• In 30-Year Study, Head Injury Doubled Long-Term Death Risk

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• In a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs

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• In Boxers and MMA Fighters, Brain May Make Some Recovery After Retirement

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• In Early Trial, an Ancient Drug Shows Promise Against Severe COVID-19

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• In Small Study, Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Appears to Help COVID-19 Patients

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• In Twins Study, Concussions in Early Life Tied to Memory Issues Decades Later

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• In U.S., Price Tag for MS Care Tops $85 Billion

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• Income a Factor in Whether You Get Lifesaving ECMO Breathing Support: Study

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• Infusion of Certain Immune Cells May Help in Severe Coronavirus Cases

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• Inhaled Remdesivir May Allow COVID-19 Patients to Be Treated at Home

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• Injected Drug Delivers Up to 20% Weight Loss in Trial

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• Innovative Kidney Donor 'Voucher' System Is Saving Lives

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• Insight Into Why a Prostate Cancer Therapy Works Better for Black Men

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• Insurance Often Covers Ivermectin for COVID, Even Though Drug Doesn't Work

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• Insured Patients Are Getting Surprise Bills After Colonoscopies

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• Intensive Blood Pressure Control Reduces A-Fib Risk: Study

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• Interferon Shot Might Keep COVID-19 Patients Out of the Hospital

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• Is a Liver Dialysis Device on the Horizon?

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• Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home?

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• Is It Time to End Universal Masking in Hospitals, Clinics?  Many Experts Think So

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• Is Medicare Overspending? Costco Prices Much Less for Generic Drugs

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• Is Shock Therapy Making a Comeback Against Bipolar Disorder?

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• It Can Take Weeks for Some Patients With Severe COVID to Recover Consciousness

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• It's Getting Tougher to Afford Health Care, Even With Employer-Sponsored Insurance

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• It's Getting Tougher to Find Spanish-Language Mental Health Services in U.S.

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• It's Tick Season: Protect Yourself From Lyme Disease

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• Jail Dims Hopes for Recovery for Young People With Mental Illness

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• Just 8% of Americans Lack Health Insurance, a Record Low

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• Keep Asthma Under Control to Avoid Worse COVID Outcomes: Study

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• Keeping Same Nurse for All Home Health Care May Be Crucial for Dementia Patients

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• Kidney Damage Another Consequence of 'Long COVID,' Study Finds

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• Kidney Disease Is Tougher on Men Than Women, and Researchers Now Know Why

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• Kidney Failure Often a COVID-19 Complication

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• Kidney Stones Can Be Excruciating. New Treatment Blasts Them Away, No Anesthesia Needed

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• Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study

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• Kidney Trouble Greatly Raises Odds for Fatal COVID-19

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• Kidneys Might Affect Mental Status As You Age

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• Kidneys' Resilience May Depend on Your Gender, Study Finds

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• Kids' Hospitalizations Accompany Rising Unemployment Rates: Study

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• Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Kiss Chapped Lips Goodbye This Winter

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• Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault

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• La COVID más un ACV hemorrágico duplican el riesgo de muerte de un paciente

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• Language Can Make the Difference Between Home, Hospital Care: Study

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• 'Laughing Gas' Shows Promise Against Tough-to-Treat Depression

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• Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope

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• Less Than a Third of Heavily Advertised Drugs Have 'High Therapeutic Value': Study

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• Life-Saving Organ Transplants Plummet During COVID-19 Crisis

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• Lockdowns Are Putting People With Eating Disorders in Crisis

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• Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays

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• Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients

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• Long-Haul COVID Symptoms? Getting Vaccine Won't Make You Feel Worse, Study Finds

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• Long-Term Outlook for Most With Serious Brain Injury Is Better Than Thought

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• Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study

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• Loud Incubators Might Damage Preemie Babies' Hearing

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• Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis

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• Low-Dose Eyedrops No Better Than Placebo for Nearsightedness Among Kids

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• Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All

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• Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can't Sustain It

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• 'Magic Mushroom' Drug Edges Toward Mainstream Therapy

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• 'Magic Mushroom' Hallucinogen as Good as Antidepressants: Study

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• Major Credit Agencies Will Drop Most Medical Debt From Reports

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• Major Drug Shortages Not Likely After Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant, FDA says

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• 'Major Financial Hardship' Hits Most Patients Battling Advanced Colon Cancer

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• Major Head Trauma May Up Risks for Dementia

---

• Major Trial of Monkeypox Treatment TPOXX to Launch in Africa

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• Maker Cuts Price of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug in Half

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• Maker of Narcan Nasal Spray Plans to Sell Overdose Antidote for Less Than $50

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• Many Addicts Turned to Telemedicine During Pandemic, But Does It Beat In-Person Care?

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• Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism,  Health Outcomes: Poll

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• Many Americans Frustrated in Search for Low-Cost COVID Boosters

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• Many Americans With Long COVID Have Trouble Accessing Care

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• Many At-Risk Kids With COVID Can Be Cared for at Home

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• Many Cancer Patients Face Mounting Bills Despite Having Insurance

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• Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken

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• Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study

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• Many Face Months of Lingering Symptoms After COVID Hospital Discharge

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• Many 'High Priority' Patients Aren't Getting Put on Kidney Transplant Lists

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• Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms

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• Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home

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• Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study

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• Many Insured Americans Are an Injury Away From Bankruptcy: Study

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• Many Kidney Failure Patients Regret Starting Dialysis

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• Many MS Patients Struggle With Finances, Forgo Treatments

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• Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds

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• Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?

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• Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage

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• Many Seniors on Medicare Falling Into Medical Debt

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• Many U.S. Seniors Get Needless, Pricey Cervical Cancer Screenings

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• Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It

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• Medical Bill Worries Tied to Worse Outcomes for Cancer Patients: Study

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• Medical Care for COVID-19 Could Cost U.S. Hundreds of Billions: Study

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• Medical Debt Can Crush Even the Insured, Study Shows

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• Medicare Could Save Millions By Taking Cue from Mark Cuban's Online Pharmacy

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• Medicare May Rethink Premium Hike for Pricey Alzheimer’s Drug

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• Medicare Monthly Premiums to Drop for Seniors

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• Medicare Mulls Coverage for Controversial Alzheimer's Drug

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• Medicare Will Save U.S. Billions Negotiating Drug Prices

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• Medicare's Penalties for Poor-Quality Dialysis Centers Aren't Helping: Study

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• Melanoma Patients Who Fail Standard Meds May Have Another Option

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• Mesh Plug a New Option for Treating Tricky Aneurysms

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• Millions Who Joined Medicaid During Health Emergency Could Soon Lose Coverage

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• Minimally Invasive Procedure May Free Type 2 Diabetics From Insulin

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• Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms

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• Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms

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• Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Highly Effective in Kids 12 and Older

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• Moderna Says Its COVID Vaccine Works Well in Children Aged 6 to 11

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• Moderna Will Offer Free COVID Shots to Uninsured After Emergency Ends

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• Mom and Baby's Tale of Survival After Severe COVID Strikes in Pregnancy

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• Money Troubles Can Delay Cancer Diagnoses, Putting Survival in Jeopardy

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• Monoclonal Antibody Treatments Cut COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths by 39%

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• Monthly Injections Might Lower Bleeding in People With Hemophilia

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• Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online

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• More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment

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• More DNA Errors Seen in Brain Cells of Alzheimer's Patients

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• More Evidence Gene Therapy Might Cure Sickle Cell Disease

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• More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study

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• More Pot-Linked Poisoning Cases as Edibles' Popularity Booms

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• More Than Half of People With Asthma Aren't Seeing a Specialist

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• More Years Playing Football, More Brain Lesions on MRI: Study

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• Most Americans With Medical Debt Owe Money to Hospitals

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• Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer

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• Most Kidney Patients OK With Getting Text Reminders on Care

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• Most Marriages Survive a Spouse's Brain Injury

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• Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal

---

• Most U.S. States Reopening as Coronavirus Cases Decline

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• Moves, Evictions Often Trigger Harmful Breaks in Health Care: Study

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• Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home

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• MS Patients Turn to Marijuana, Other Alternative Treatments

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• Multiple Head Injuries May Raise Alzheimer's Risk for Veterans

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• Multiple Studies Confirm Steroids Can Fight Severe COVID-19

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• Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated

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• Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay

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• Nearly 7% of U.S. Kids Have Had a Head Injury or Concussion

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• Nerve Block Plus Lidocaine Clears Psoriasis in Small Study

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• 'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries

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• Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug

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• Neurologists' Group Issues New Treatment Guidelines for Early Parkinson's

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• 'Neuroprotectant' Drug Could Boost Outcomes After a Stroke

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• New Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise in Phase 3 Clinical Trial

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• New Approach Allows Safe Transplant of Kidneys Tainted by Hepatitis C

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• New Approach Cuts Odds for Anal Cancer in People With HIV

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• New Competitor to Wegovy Shows Promise in Clinical Trials

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• New COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year

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• New Drug Combo Boosts Survival Against Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer

---

• New Drug Combo Buys More Time for Advanced Endometrial Cancer Patients

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• New Drug Could Be Advance Against Glioma Brain Tumors

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• New Drug Could Extend Life for People With ALS

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• New Drug May Be Better Psoriasis Treatment

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• New Drug May Beat Older One at Preventing MS Relapse

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• New Drug May Treat Rare Diseases That Make Exposure to Sunlight Painful

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• New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers

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• New Drug Shows Real Promise Against Celiac Disease

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• New Form of Levodopa Might Improve Parkinson's Care

---

• New Hope Against a Rare but Incurable Eye Cancer

---

• New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue

---

• New Hope for Better Treatments Against Macular Degeneration

---

• New Hope for IBD Patients

---

• New Hormonal Pill May Boost Outcomes for Older Breast Cancer Patients

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• New Injected Drug May Prevent Severe COVID

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• New Insights Into Treating Mild Head Injuries

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• New Insights Into What Might Drive Parkinson's Disease

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• New 'National Sports Brain Bank' Will Boost Head Injury Research

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• New Polio Vaccine Promising in Early Test

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• New Thyroid Eye Disease Treatment Could Harm Hearing

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• New Treatment Greatly Boosts Survival for Kids With Aggressive Brain Cancer

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• New Treatments Battle Advanced Breast Cancers

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• New U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Another High

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• New Variants Mean COVID Vaccines, Tests May Need Tweaking: FDA

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• New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office

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• New Ways to Spot Risk for CTE in Boxers, MMA Fighters

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• New Weight-Loss Drug Looks Good in Trial

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• Newer Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Help Ease Tough-to-Treat Cases

---

• Newly Approved Drug Fights Lung Cancer Tied to Certain Genes

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• NFL Players Face 4 Times the Odds of ALS

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• NIH Halts Trial of Convalescent Plasma for Mild COVID-19

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• NIH Starts Trial Looking at Rare Allergic Reactions to COVID Vaccines

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• No Sense of Smell After COVID? Therapies Can Help Bring It Back

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• Not the Flu: COVID Death Risk Is 3.5 Times That of Influenza

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• Number of U.S. Kids Hospitalized With COVID Is Likely Overcounted: Study

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• Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding

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• Nursing Homes Used COVID Meds Less Than Expected During Pandemic

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• NYC's Overdose Prevention Centers Already Saving Lives

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• Obesity a Big Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19, Study Confirms

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• Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications

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• Obesity Costs the Average U.S. Adult Almost $1,900 per Year: Study

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• Obesity Could Slow Recovery From a Head Injury

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• Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use

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• Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study

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• Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study

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• Once-a-Day HIV Pill Works Well for Kids

---

• Once-a-Week Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes Shows Promise in Early Trial

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• One-Dose Blood Thinner Could Slash Blood Clot Risk After Knee Replacement

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• One-Time Treatment Eases Parkinson's -- in Mice

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• Online Programs, Phone Apps Can Help Treat Depression

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• Online Therapy Works for Kids Battling Social Anxiety

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• On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives

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• Opioid Addiction Relapse May Be Different for Men, Women

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• Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney

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• Out-of-Network Costs Raise Medical Bills for Special Needs Kids

---

• Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured

---

• Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care Keep Climbing

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• Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study

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• Over a Million Americans Are Rationing Insulin Due to High Cost

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• Overuse of Antibiotics in Kids Adds Millions to U.S. Health Care Costs

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• Pain Relief in a FLASH: Radiation Treatments Lasting Seconds May Advance Cancer Care

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• Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids

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• Pandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt

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• Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey

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• Pandemic Has Put Many Clinical Trials on Hold

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• Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis

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• Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study

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• Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths

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• Pandemic Means Financial Hardship for Many With Diabetes

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• Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny

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• Paperwork Causing Many Americans to Lose Medicaid Coverage, White House Warns

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• Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study

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• Parkinson's Patient Improving After First-Ever Stem Cell Therapy

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• Patient Care Delayed at Large Hospital Chain After Ransomware Attack

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• Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant

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• Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients

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• Patients With Bladder Cancer May Avoid Removal of Extra Lymph Nodes, Study Finds

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• Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants

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• Patients, Doctors Await FDA Decision on Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug

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• Patient-to-Patient Transmission Not to Blame for Most C. Difficile Infections in Hospitals

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• Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans

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• People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out

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• People on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk After Hurricanes

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• People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID

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• People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox

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• 'Personalized' Brain Zaps May Ease Tough-to-Treat Depression

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• Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17

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• Pfizer COVID Pill to Be Made, Sold Cheaply in 95 Poor Countries

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• Pfizer COVID Vaccine Saved 110,000 American Lives: Study

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• Pfizer Vaccine Disappoints in Kids Ages 2 to 5

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• Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second

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• Pharmacy Exec Behind Meningitis Outbreak Gets Longer Prison Sentence

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• Placebo Effect Plays Big Role in Antidepressant's Impact on Anxiety: Study

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• Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors

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• Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER

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• Poor Sleep After Head Injury Could Point to Dementia Risk

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• Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID

---

• Pope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service

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• Post-Stroke Rehab at Home May Work Best

---

• Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids

---

• Pregnancy Raises the Risk for Kidney Stones

---

• Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients

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• Prescriptions Rise for Veterinary Drug for COVID Patients, Even Though It Won't Help

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• Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials

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• Probiotic Might Help Ease Children's Eczema

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• Program Aims to Get Lifesaving Drugs to Kids With Cancer in Poorer Countries

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• Prostate Cancer Drug Could Be 'Game Changing,' Researchers Say

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• Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All

---

• Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery

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• 'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report

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• Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study

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• Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study

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• Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Seen in Florida

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• Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients

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• Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage

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• Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health

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• Remdesivir Will Not Be Enough to Curb COVID-19, Study Finds

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• 'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes

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• Researchers Move Toward Once-Yearly Treatment for HIV

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• Researchers Seek Antiviral Pill That Would Ease COVID Severity

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• Retired Pro Rugby Players Face More Than Double the Odds for Brain Illnesses

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• Reversing a Trend, Sicker Americans Are Staying With Medicare Managed Care Plans

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• Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk

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• RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn

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• Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study

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• Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study

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• Sanofi Follows Lilly, Novo Nordisk in Cutting Insulin Prices

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• Saving the 'Butterfly Children:' Gene Therapy Helps Heal Deadly Blistering Condition

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• Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder

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• Screening Test Leads to Fewer Women Included in Autism Studies

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• Second Death in Trial of Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Is Raising Concerns

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• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER

---

• Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge

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• Seven States Join Pact to Speed Coronavirus Testing

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• Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?

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• Severe Illness in Children Brings Hardship for Families

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• Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study

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• Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic

---

• Sexless Marriage? How to Talk With Your Partner About It

---

• Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls

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• Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives

---

• Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients

---

• Shoulder Pain Can Plague Wheelchair Users, But Their Own Fat Cells Could Be Cure

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• Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Can Cure, But Costs Almost $3 Million. Who Will Pay?

---

• Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID

---

• Singing Might Aid Recovery After a Stroke

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• Sitting Tai Chi Helps Stroke Survivors Recover

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• Skin Cream May Offer New Treatment Option for Psoriasis

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• Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Sleep Disorders Cost U.S. Health Care System Nearly $95 Billion Per Year

---

• Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic

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• Small Study Supports Donor Plasma Therapy for Severe COVID-19

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• Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year

---

• Some NFL Players May Be Misdiagnosed With Brain Disease: Study

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• Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo

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• Some Patients With Macular Degeneration Could Stop Monthly Eye Injections

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• Some Psoriasis Meds May Also Help Prevent Heart Disease

---

• Specialist Care for Alzheimer's Is Tough to Find for Poorer, Rural Americans

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• Stem Cell Injections Show Early Promise Against Spinal Cord Injuries

---

• Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Outcomes for Some Heart Failure Patients

---

• 'Stepped' Approach to Treating Diabetic Eye Disease May Be Best

---

• Steroid Hydrocortisone Alone May Not Cut Death Risk From Septic Shock: Study

---

• Still Too Few Women in Stroke Treatment Clinical Trials

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• Stopping Common Heart Meds Could Be Risky for Kidney Patients

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• Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic

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• Strict Low-Carb Diets Could Push Type 2 Diabetes Into Remission, But Effect Fades

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• Strokes Hitting COVID Patients Are More Severe: Study

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• Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key

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• Struggles With COVID Left Many Americans With Medical Debt

---

• Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help

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• Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care

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• Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients

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• Study Delivers More Evidence of a Mental Health Crisis Among Teens, Particularly Girls

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• Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID

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• Study Suggests a Better Blood Thinner Could Be Near

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• Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages

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• Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak

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• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later

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• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After

---

• Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up

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• Targeted Drug Tagrisso Could Be Advance Against Lung Cancer

---

• Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer

---

• 'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes

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• Ten Years On, Gene Therapy Still Beating Most Cases of 'Bubble Boy' Immune Disease

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• Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

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• Testosterone Might Influence COVID Severity in Men

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• Texas Governor Has Breakthrough COVID Infection

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• The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care

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• The High Cost of Living With Sickle Cell Disease

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• There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19

---

• Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical?  Think Again

---

• Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe

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• This Super Bowl, Keep Little Hands From Tip-Over TVs

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• Though Often Prescribed, Diuretic Pills May Not Prevent Kidney Stones

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• Thousands of U.S. Patients Got COVID Treatments Rejected as Useless by FDA

---

• Thyroid Drug May Not Help After Heart Attack: Study

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• 'Time Is Brain': More Americans Waiting Longer for Best Care After Stroke

---

• Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later

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• Too Many Fertility Specialists Still Use a Painful, Useless Procedure: Study

---

• Too Many Sugary Sodas Might Harm Your Kidneys

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• Too Many U.S. Doctors Biased Against Patients With Disabilities: Study

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• Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills

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• Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci

---

• Tracking Key Protein Helps Predict Outcomes in TBI Patients

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• Transfusions of COVID Survivor Blood a Safe Treatment for Patients

---

• Trial Begins of Nasal Vaccine for Alzheimer's Disease

---

• Trial Into Antioxidant for Parkinson's Disease Yields Disappointing Results

---

• Trials Begin for Potential COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir

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• Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU

---

• Trials Show COVID Vaccines Well Worth It for Cancer Patients

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• Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds

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• Two PrEP Meds Work Equally Well; One Is Much Cheaper

---

• Type 2 Diabetes in Teens Can Bring Dangerous Complications in 20s

---

• Types of Psychotherapy: Finding the Right Fit for Your Needs

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• U.S. Breaks Another Daily Record for New Cases, With More Than 75,000 Infections

---

• U.S. Cancer Survivors Now Number 18 Million

---

• U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Spiking in South, West

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• U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials

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• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter's Peak

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• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen

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• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Fourth Straight Week

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• U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million

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• U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds

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• U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen

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• U.S. Immigrants' Premiums, Taxes Exceed Health Care Expenditures: Study

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• U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving

---

• U.S. Leads in Health Care Spending, But Is Last for Health Outcomes Among Rich Nations

---

• U.S. Psychologists See Big Spike in Demand for Mental Health Care

---

• U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?

---

• U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns

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• U.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs

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• U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds

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• Ultra-Low Dose of Rituximab Safely Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Over Long Term: Study

---

• Uncovering Hidden Consciousness in Comatose Brains

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• Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End

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• Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?

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• VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review

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• Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization

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• Vaccine Rollout Could Have Americans Back to Normalcy by Summer, Expert Says

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• Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: Study

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• Vegetarian Diet Could Help Fight Off Disease: Study

---

• Veterans May Face Lower Risk for CTE Than Ex-Athletes

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• Viagra Doesn't Solve All Sexual Problems, Men Discover

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• Vibration Therapy May Help Body, Mind in People With MS

---

• 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients

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• Weekly Injected Drug Could Boost Outcomes for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

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• We've Been Here Before: How Polio Vaccine Rollout Saved Millions of Young Lives

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• What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?

---

• What Happens to Your Kidneys as You Age?

---

• What Is Endometriosis, and How Is It Treated?

---

• What to Expect From Couples Counseling

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• What Works Best to Ease Migraines?

---

• What's Behind Unexplained Epilepsy in Kids? A Gene Test May Tell

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• What's Best for Treating Bipolar Disorder?

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• What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes

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• When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back

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• When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier

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• When Deductibles Rise, More Diabetes Patients Skip Their Meds

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• When Drug Companies Raise Prices, Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise

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• When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study

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• When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer

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• When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve

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• Which Football Players Face Highest Odds for Brain Disorder CTE? New Findings May Tell

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• Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?

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• Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?

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• Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List

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• Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?

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• Why a COVID Diagnosis Could Cost You Way More Money in 2021

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• Why Are Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Health Issues Not Getting Treatment?

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• Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?

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• Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?

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• Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?

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• Why Patients on Ventilators May Take Weeks to Regain Consciousness

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• Why Remdesivir Might Be a Good Bet Against COVID-19

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• Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk

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• Will High-Protein Diets Help the Middle-Aged Build Muscle?

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• With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators

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• With Training, Soccer Headers Might Be Safe for Teen Players

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• Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes

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• Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack

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• Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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• Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study

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• Women Still Underrepresented in Many Clinical Trials

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• Workers' Share of Annual Premium for Employer Health Plans Nears $6,000

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• Workouts Boost Health of People With Kidney Disease

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• Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery

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• Your Wrist Could Give Clues to Future Health

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• イスラエル発COVID-19ワクチン有効性のリアルワールドデータ

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