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You May Be the Key to Cancer Prevention

2 Years of Hormone Use May Be 'Safe'

2 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective

2 Markers Predict Survival Odds in Colon Cancer Patients

2 Million Cancer Cases Tied to Tobacco Use

2 New Genes Tied to 3 Cancers

2 or More Sodas a Day Boost Women's Kidney Risks

2 Studies Conflict Over Value of Prostate Cancer Screening

2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing

25% of Teen Girls Vaccinated for HPV

2nd Generation Antidepressants Prove Effective

2nd Knee Surgery Common Among Young Patients

2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes

3-D Doppler Ultrasound Helps ID Breast Cancers

3-D MRI Helps Detect Patients at High Risk for Stroke

3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes

3-Drug Combo Reduces Nausea After Chemo

5 Million People a Year Use Self-Help Addiction Programs

9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma

9/11 Responders May Be At Raised Myeloma Risk

A Better Method of Kidney Storage

A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery

A Drop of Blood May Help Assess Cancer Therapy

A Health Gift for Men on Father's Day

A Hope: Contaminant-Free Synthetic Heparin

A New Way to Get Chemo to Pancreatic Tumors

A One-Man History of Cardiac Advances

Abdominal Surgery May Become Easier for Patients

Abnormal Protein May Signal Pancreatic Cancer

Abused Kids Face Higher Cancer Risk

ACL Reconstruction With Cadaver Tissue Risky in Younger Patients

Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage From Emphysema

Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk

Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Lung Cancer Risk

Active Ingredient in Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer Cells

Acupuncture Eases Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects

Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments

Acupuncture May Not Help Hot Flashes

Adding a Cancer Drug May Make Matters Worse

Adding a Stent May Help Resolve Brain Aneurysm

ADHD Medications Don't Pose Cancer Risk

Advances Aid Treatment, Diagnosis of Celiac Disease

Advice Helps Prevent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

After Neuroblastoma, Chronic Problems Often Await

After Tonsillectomy, Short-Term Antibiotics Effective: Study

After-Effects of Chemotherapy May Include Memory Problems

Age No Bar to Aggressive Rx for Cardiogenic Shock

Aggressive Therapy May Stem CF Progression in Infants

Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer

AIDS Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer

Air Pollution May Cause Appendicitis: Study

Airway Transplant Aided by Stem Cells a Medical First

Alcohol Use Frequently Overlooked Before Surgery

Alcohol, Cigarettes and Diabetes Up Colorectal Cancer Risk

Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too

Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners

All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death

All Newborns Should Have Ears Screened, Task Force Says

Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims

Alzheimer's Drugs Also Treat Behavioral, Psych Problems

American Cancer Society Stands By Cancer Screening Guidelines

America's Pending Shortage of Cancer Doctors

America's Top Hospitals Cut Patient Death Rate 27%

An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment

An Allergy Checklist for Holiday Gatherings

Androgen Production Continues in Prostate Cancer Tumors

Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients

Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients Increase Death Risk

Anemia Drugs Linked to Stroke Study Deaths: FDA

Anemia Drugs May Cause Deadly Blood Clots

Anemia Drugs May Raise Death Risk in Cancer Patients

Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer Patients

Anesthesia in Youngest Kids May be Linked to Learning Disabilities

Anesthesia Type Won't Influence Neck Artery Surgery Outcomes

Anesthesia, Exertional Heat Deaths May Be Linked

Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery

Angioplasty Not Cost-Effective for Chronic Coronary Disease

Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death

Angioplasty Via Wrist May Be Safer

Angst May Protect Against Some Skin Cancer

Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks

Ankle Replacement System Lets Feet Move

Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary

Another Genetic Link to Testicular Cancer Is Found

Another Study Warns of Risk From Cardiac Surgery Drug

Antibiotic Combo Fights Resistant TB

Antibiotics Effective for Vaginal Injury After Childbirth

Antibiotics May Not Cause Diarrheal Bacteria

Antioxidants Pose No Melanoma Threat

Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly

Antipsychotic Drugs of Little Benefit to Alzheimer's Patients

Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients

Any Day OK for Heart Bypass Surgery

Any Exercise Good After a Heart Attack

Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting

Are Candles Making You Sick?

Are You Getting Burned by Your Sunscreen?

Artificial Cervical Disc Surgery Cheaper Than Fusion

Artificial Light Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk

As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise

Asleep or Awake, Brain Functions the Same

Aspirin May Stem Deaths From Colorectal Cancer

Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed

Assisted Fertilization Risks May Be Due to Infertility

Autumn Sees More Women With Bunion Problems

Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery

Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer

Avastin Shows No Benefit Against Early Stage Colon Cancer

Awareness of Alternative Therapies May Be Lacking

Baking Soda May Be Key Ingredient for Kidney Patients

Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk

Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy Benefits Moms, Babies

Bariatric Surgery Centers Don't Deliver Better Outcomes

Bariatric Surgery Cuts Cancer Risk for Women

Barriers to Good Asthma Care Detailed

Beer Drinking May Speed Pancreatic Cancer Onset

Best Treatment for Vertigo Is Easiest One

Beta Blocker May Shrink Infant Hemangiomas

Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery

Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery

Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery

Better Pap Smear Follow-Up Needed Among Lower-Income Women

Bioartificial Kidney Cuts Death Risk, Improves Outcomes

Biologics Don't Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Biomarker Could Predict Severe Osteoarthritis

Biomarker May Predict Response to Cancer Therapy

Biomarker Spots Which Lesions Likely to Progress to Prostate Cancer

Biomarkers May Predict Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer

Bipolar Disorder Might Be Overdiagnosed

Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse

Birth Size Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

Bisphosphonates Cause Rare Eye Inflammation

Black Cancer Patients Choose More Aggressive End-of-Life Care

Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery

Black Women at Higher Risk for Aggressive Breast Tumors

Blacks at Greater Risk of Precancerous Colon Polyps

Blacks Less Likely to Get Optimal Lung Cancer Treatment

Blacks Wait Longer for Hospital Bed, Study Finds

Blacks With Lung Disease Face Increased Cancer Risk

Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses

Blood Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus

Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes

Blood Flow Mismatch Seen in Pancreatic Cancers

Blood Pressure Drugs May Protect Against Alzheimer's

Blood Pressure Pill Combo More Effective Than Diuretics

Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial

Blood Sugar Test May Also Aid Diabetes Detection

Blood Test Could Boost Clarity of Breast MRI Results for Some

Blood Test for Early Lung Cancer Shows Promise

Blood Test Helps Docs Assess Breast Cancer Treatment

Blood Thinner Linked to Increased Brain Bleeding

Blood Thinner May Prevent Chemo-Related Clots

Blood Transfusions Not Linked to Long-Term Problems

Blood Type May Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk

Bone Cement Eases Pain of Late-Stage Cancers

Bone Disease Test Shows Death Risk for Dialysis Patients

Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

Boosting Brain Protein Quickly Cut Excessive Drinking

Botox Works on Muscle Disorders But Not Migraines

Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk

Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men

Brain Cancer Vaccine's Immune Response Key to Outcomes

Brain Rewires Itself After Hand Transplant

Brain Scan May Help Predict Cancer Drug Response

Brain Scans Could Help Spot Schizophrenia Earlier

Brain Stimulation May Ease Treatment-Resistant Depression

Brain Stimulation Therapy Eases Tough-to-Treat Depression

Brain Tumor Biomarker May Improve Patient Outcomes

Brain's Olfactory Bulb Grows With Sense of Smell

Breast Abnormality Follow-Up Often Later in Black Women

Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop 2% Annually

Breast Cancer Drug Not Tied to Cognitive Decline: Study

Breast Cancer Drugs May Fight Cervical Cancer, Too

Breast Cancer Gene Tied to Diagnosis at Younger Age

Breast Cancer Lymph Node Biopsy May Need Closer Look

Breast Cancer May Be Gone, But Pain Lingers

Breast Cancer Survivors Report High Quality of Life After Treatment

Breast Cancer Tends to Grow Faster in Younger Women

Breast Cancer Unchanged in Black Women, Despite Drop in HRT Use

Breast Cancer Vaccine Blasts Some Tumors

Breast Cancer Vaccine Works Against Deadlier Form of Disease

Breast CT Scans Could Be Comfortable Alternative to Mammograms

Breast Self-Exam Rates Go Up With Counseling

Breast-Conserving Surgery Leaves Many Cancer Patients Disappointed

Breast-Feeding Support Lacking at Many Hospitals, Birth Centers

Breathing Muscles Atrophy Quickly During Mechanical Ventilation

Broad Screening of Blood Clots May Find Cancers Earlier

Broad-Spectrum Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

Broccoli May Ward Off Serious Stomach Ailments

Bunion Surgery Patients Need 6 Weeks Before Driving

Bye, Bye Back Fat?

Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk

Caffeine May Offer Some Skin Cancer Protection

Calcium, Vitamin D Won't Prevent Breast Cancer

Cancer Can Strain Marriages to Breaking Point

Cancer Care Unaffected by Doctor Reimbursement Changes

Cancer Cells' Chromosomes Hint at New Treatments

Cancer Death Rates Decline Among Blacks, But Disparities Linger

Cancer Deaths Declining, Especially Among Young

Cancer Deaths Take Heavy Financial Toll

Cancer Diagnosis May Tax Physical, Mental Health

Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS

Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage

Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation

Cancer Drug May Help With Kidney Transplants

Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients

Cancer Drug Trials Often Halted Early

Cancer Endangers Some Wildlife Species

Cancer Medicine Advances on Many Fronts

Cancer Patients Often Stranded in Health Insurance Nightmares

Cancer Patients Should Steer Clear of Antioxidants

Cancer Screenings for Medicaid Patients Miss Targets

Cancer Stem Cells Created in Lab

Cancer Survival Depends on Where You Live

Cancer Survivors Can Still Be Fit, Study Asserts

Cancer Survivors Face Tough Road Long After Treatment Ends

Cancer Survivors Say Costs Keep Them From Care

Cancer to Surpass Heart Disease as World's Leading Killer

Cane Use May Cut Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis

Cannabis-Linked Cell Receptor Might Help Prevent Colon Cancer

Canola Oil Consumed During Pregnancy Lowers Breast Cancer Risk for Offspring

Can't Sleep? Try Online Therapy

Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients

Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Vary Widely

Cardiac Patients Admitted During Week More Likely to Survive

Cardiologists Spot Best Treatment for a Deadly Duo

Carpal Tunnel Relief in a Cup

Case Points to Link Between Crohn's Treatment, Cancer

Casting Seems Best for Severe Ankle Sprains

Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen AMD

Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study

Cataracts World's Leading Cause of Vision Loss

Catching Ovarian Cancer Early May Miss Aggressive Tumors

Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation

CDC Campaign Targets MRSA Infections

Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker

Cell Pathway May Be Key to Lung Cancer's Spread

Cell Protein Could Help Spur Malignancy

Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA

Certain Diabetes Drugs May Pose Eye Risk

Certain Tests in ERs Raise Cancer Risk for Some

Certified ER Docs in Short Supply to Meet Future Needs

Cervical Cancer Screens Effective But More Can Be Done

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Seems Safe

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Worth the Cost: Study

'Chemical Nose' May Sniff Out Cancer Earlier

Chemicals in Marijuana Smoke May Harm DNA

Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors

Chemo Alone Is Best for Advanced Colon Cancer

Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer

Chemo Drug May Help Sun-Damaged Skin

Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits

Chemo May Limit Fertility in Breast Cancer Survivors

Chemo May Not Affect Memory in Breast Cancer Patients

Chemo Plus Palliative Care Reaps Benefits

Chemotherapy Linked to Sleep-Wake Cycle Disruptions

Chest CT Scans Detect Spread of Head, Neck Cancers

Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed

Chewing Tobacco No Safer Than Smoking

Childhood Beach Vacations May Boost Melanoma Risk

Childhood Brain Cancer Causes Other Long-Term Problems

Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Getting Recommended Mammograms

Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble

Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment

Children as Young as 4 Can Develop OCD

Children's Neck Size Associated With Sleep Disorders

China Documents First Case of Tick-Borne Disease Spread

Chinese Ants Show Promise in Fighting Arthritis, Other Diseases

Chinese Scientists Develop Database on the Liver

Chocolate for Your Valentine a Healthy Idea

Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People

Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Won't Cause Cancer

Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally

Chronic Low Back Pain Is on the Rise

Chronic Stomach Inflammation Boosts Cancer Risk

Church-Based Weight Plan Peels Off Pounds for Blacks

Circulating Tumor Cells Reveal Insights Into Lung Cancers

Circumcision Rates Too Low

Clinics Less Likely to Refer Heart Patients to Cardiologists

Clot-Busting Treatment Improves Bleeding Stroke Outcomes

Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten

Coated Stents Best for Heart Patients With Diabetes

Cocaine Spurs Long-Term Change in Brain Chemistry

Coffee Beans May Be Newest Stress-Buster

Cognitive Behavior Therapy Eases Anxiety for Older People

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Best for Traumatized Youths

Collaborative Care Helps Ease Chronic Pain

College-Educated Fare Better When Cancer Strikes

Colon Cancer Drug Won't Help Those With Certain Gene Mutation

Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low

Colon Cancer Stopped in Its Tracks in Swiss Study

Colon Screenings Don't Follow Guidelines, Study Suggests

Colonoscopy Has a 'Right Side' Blind Spot

Colorectal Cancer Racial Gap Still Growing

Colorectal Cancer Rates Rising for Under 50 Set

Colorectal Cancer Screens Detect Unrecognized Disease

Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely

Combat Vets Display Severe Sleep Disorders

Combination Therapy Best for Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Combination Therapy Helps to Combat Myeloma

Combining Internet With Office Visits Cut Heart Attack Risks

Combo Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Boosts Survival in Diabetics

Combo of Tests Might Spot Ovarian Cancer Early

Combo Screening Doesn't Spot Early Ovarian Cancer

Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don't Work

Combo Therapy Helps Multiple Myeloma Patients

Combo Therapy Knocks Out Melanoma Tumors

Combo Therapy Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible

Combo Treatment Best for Anxiety Disorder in Kids

Combo Treatment for Aggressive Brain Tumor May Lengthen Life

Combo Treatment May Ease Depression After Stroke

Combo Treatment Ups Survival When Cancer Spreads to Abdominal Lining

Coming Soon -- Stem-Cell Surgical Thread?

Common Diabetes Drug May Fight Cancer

Common Drug Eases Leg Pain From Walking

Common Genetic Variant Tied to Lung Cancer Risk

Common Industrial Chemicals May Not Boost Cancer Risk

Common Knee Pain May Improve With Therapy

Common Weight-Loss Surgery May Double Risk of Kidney Stones

Community Exercise Programs Boost Seniors' Strength

Compound Reverses Huntington's Symptoms in Mice

Compound Targets, Destroys Cancer Stem Cells in Mice

Compound Tied to Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia

Compression Stockings Often Incorrectly Used

Computer Program Helps COPD Patients Monitor Breathing

Computer Program Helps Drug Abusers Stay Clean

Computer-Aided Mammogram Reading Effective

Conflicts of Interest Still Exist in Cancer Research

Continuous Doctor Care Key to Childhood Screenings

Controversial Anemia Drug Doesn't Cut Need for Transfusions

Cool Air Blown Under Pads May Protect Footballers From Illness

Coronary Calcium Scans Can Raise Cancer Risks

Cosmetic Skin Fillers May Cause Delayed Side Effects

Cost of Hospital Cardiac Care on the Rise

Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis

Coupled With Mammography, Ultrasound Finds More Breast Cancers

Course of West Nile Infection Charted

CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes

CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged

Cranberries May Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

Creatine Has Negligible Effect on COPD Exercise Rehab

C-Sections Explain Jump in U.S. Preemie Births

CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis

CT Scans Can Spot Blocked Arteries

CT Screens for Lung Cancer Not a Cure-All

Culture May Help Raise Breast Cancer Death Rate for American Indians

Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble

Cyclosporine Eye Drops a Good Deal for Dry Eye

Daily Naps May Raise Older Women's Death Risk

Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed

Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research

Database Helps Assess Your Breast Cancer Risk

Day of Admission Dictates Length of Stay for Heart Failure

Dealing Cervical Cancer a Knockout Blow

Dearth of Data on Capabilities May Be Hurting ER Care

Death Rate 70% Lower at Top U.S. Hospitals

Decline in Cigarette Sales Offset by Use of Alternative Products

Decongestant Exposure Needs Closer Look

Deep Brain Stimulation Aids Those With Rare Headache Condition

Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Severely Depressed

Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson's

Defibrillators Don't Diminish Quality of Life

Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk

Delays in Lung Cancer Care More Common in Public Hospitals

Delirium Episodes Could Hasten Alzheimer's-Linked Decline

Delivering Chemo Directly Into Brain Tumors Shows Promise

Dense Breasts Complicate Testing and Treatment

Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals

Depression May Hasten Cancer Death

Depression Often Goes Untreated in Working Moms

Depression, Anxiety Hinder Quality of Life After Stroke

Dermatitis Can Have Many Causes

Dermatologists Release Psoriasis Care Guidelines

Despite More Tests, Some Aren't Getting Results

Detecting, Diagnosing Breast Cancers

Determining Who Will Respond to Brain Tumor Therapy

Device May Offer Alternative to Warfarin for Arrhythmia

Device Offers Hope for Patients With Leaky Heart Valve

Diabetes Boosts Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis, Cirrhosis Cases

Diabetes Drug May Slow Eye Disease

Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass

Diabetics Less Likely to Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass

Diagnosing Strep Key to Curbing Rheumatic Heart Disease

Dialysis Catheter Placement Makes Little Difference in Infection Risk

Dialysis Patients Do Better at Higher Altitudes

Dialysis Via Fistulas May Help Young or Old

Did Medicare Reimbursement Changes Affect Prostate Cancer Treatment?

Diet, Exercise May Modify Breast Cancer Risks

Dietary Supplement May Prevent Breast Cancer

Dietary Supplements May Pose Risk to Older Cancer Survivors

Diluted Bleach Baths Ease Kids' Eczema

Diluted Seawater Boosts Nutritional Content of Tomatoes

Discharge Plan Cuts Hospital Readmissions, Patient Costs

Discharge Time After Angioplasty Varies

Discovery Boosts Boys' Prospects for Post-Cancer Fertility

Disease Prevention Programs Worth the Investment

DNA Coding May Make Bowel Prone to Cancer

DNA Variations May Alter Risk of Hodgkin's Disease

DNA-Based HPV Tests More Accurate Than Pap Smears

Doc-Patient Relationship May Be Key to Quality

Docs Issue Guideline on Screening for Osteoporosis in Men

Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings

Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery

Doctors Could Play a Part in Preventing Suicides

Doctors Describe First U.S. Face Transplant

Doctors' Guide to Cancer Drugs May Need Revising

Doctors Issue New Neuropathy Test Guidelines

Doctors Lack Smoking Cessation Training

Doctors Often Overestimate Patients' Health Literacy

Doctors Often Prescribe Placebo Treatments

Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes

Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea

Dogs Help in Hunt for New Cancer Drugs

Dogs Helping to Advance Cancer Research

Donor Dogs Give the Gift of Life

Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants

Don't Lower Age for Cervical Cancer Test, Study Urges

Drinking May Raise Breast Cancer Risk

Drinking Moderately or More Ups Men's Cancer Risk

Drinking Raises Cancer Risk for Middle-Age Women

Drinking Your Way to Health? Perhaps Not

Drop in Breast Cancer Rates Due to Drop in HRT Use

Drug Can Slow Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer Patients

Drug Coated Stents Better After Heart Attack

Drug Combo Cuts COPD Lung Function Loss

Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth

Drug Combo Helps Larynx Cancer Patients Preserve Voice Box

Drug Combo Improves Remission of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Drug Combo Keeps Kidney Artery-Vein Grafts Viable

Drug Combo May Offer Best Relief for Nerve Pain

Drug Combo Proves Powerful Against Lung Cancer

Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors

Drug Could Make Melanoma More Vulnerable to Chemo

Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions

Drug Failed to Reduce Heart Attack Risk After Bypass

Drug Fails to Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis

Drug Fights Diabetic Eye Disease

Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue

Drug Helps Heroin Addicts Stay Clean

Drug Impedes Body's Deadly Reaction to Flu Virus

Drug Improves Mobility in Some MS Patients

Drug Improves Outcomes for Gout Patients

Drug Improves Survival in Mice With Brain Tumors

Drug Inhibits Colon Cancer in Mice

Drug May Ease Symptoms of Juvenile Arthritis

Drug May Extend Life When Breast Cancer Spreads

Drug May Help Against Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Drug May Help Colitis Patients Avoid Surgery

Drug May Lessen Amputation Risk for Diabetics

Drug May Lower Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Hypertension

Drug Proves Effective in Slowing Melanomas

Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions

Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment

Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes

Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo

Drug Therapy Boosting Heart-Attack Survival Rates

Drug to Prevent Preterm Labor Shows Little Benefit

Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis Patients Urged

Drug Trials Show Modest Gains Against Lung Cancer

Drug Works Well for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis

Drug-Coated Stents Better at Keeping Arteries Open

Drug-Coated Stents Reduce Repeat Artery Procedures

Drug-Eluting Stents Show Promise for Leg Arteries

Drugs Before Stents for Stable Heart Disease, Study Says

Drugs From Vegetables May Target Melanoma Tumors

Drugs to Treat Lung Damage in Preemies May Harm Brain

Drugs With Marijuana Compounds Don't Boost Adverse Events

Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories

Dying Feel Abandoned by Docs in the End

Dying Wishes Followed More Often for Whites

Earlier HIV Treatment Could Save Lives Worldwide

Earlier Vaccination Could Cut Whooping Cough Deaths

Early Alzheimer's Hinders Brain's Effort to Sort Information

Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off

Early Drug Treatment May Cut Multiple Sclerosis Risk

Early Elective C-Sections Produce Complications

Early Exercise Boosts Outcomes for ICU Patients

Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies

Early Mobility Best for ICU Patients

Early Morning Colonoscopies May Find More Polyps

Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder

'Easter Island' Drug Adds Years to Mice

Easy Way to Prevent Post-Op Nausea?

Eating in America Still Unhealthy: CDC

ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk

ED Drug Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Education Helps Women Make Safer Tanning Choices

Educational Drive Cut Death Rate From Sepsis

Elbow Injuries on Rise Among Young Athletes

Elective Early Deliveries Pose Risks for Babies

Electrical Brain Stimulation May Boost Dexterity

Electrode Placement Key to Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Patients

Elevated Albumin Levels in Urine Raise Hypertension Risk

Elevated Insulin Levels Linked to Breast Cancer

Elevated Urate Levels May Slow Parkinson's in Men

ELS Plus CPR Boosts Blood Flow After Cardiac Arrest

Embolization a Nonsurgical Way to Treat Fibroids

Embryonic Pathways Induce Stem Cell Traits

Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Relieves Chronic Inflammation

Entereg Helps Restore Post-Operative Bowel Function

Epilepsy Drug May Prevent, Treat Alzheimer's

Epilepsy Receiving Inadequate Attention

ER Physicians Press for New Cardiac Arrest Strategies

ER Visit Leaves Many Confused

ER, Doctor Visits Topped 1 Billion in 2006

Eradicating Gut Bacteria Improves Stomach Cancer Outcomes

Erbitux Extends Life for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes

Erbitux Works Well for Two-Thirds of Colon Cancer Patients

Errors in Surgical Procedures Persist

Estrogen May Have Preventive Role in Women's Schizophrenia

Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA

Europe Unlikely to Meet Measles Goals: Report

Euthanasia, Palliative Care Work in Unison in Belgium

Even Kids With Known Allergies Can Be Safely Vaccinated

Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids

Evolution May Have Made Humans More Cancer Prone

Excess Weight Seems to Boost Breast Cancer Risk

Exercise Combats Cancer Fatigue

Exercise Key Player in Knee Replacement Recovery

Exercise Lowers Risk of Colon Cancer

Exercise May Help Prevent Age-Related Memory Loss

Exercise May Prevent Prostate Cancer: Study

Exercise Protects Black Women From Type 2 Diabetes

Exercise Testing for Cancer Fails to Follow Guidelines

Exercise, Counseling Benefits Depressed Heart Failure Patients

Experimental Cancer Vaccines Show Promise

Experimental Drug Eases Symptoms of Mild Alzheimer's

Experimental Drug Fights Multiple Sclerosis Activity

Experimental Imaging System Helps Detect Breast Cancer

Experimental Therapy Beats Back One Patient's Melanoma

Experimental Urine Test Spots Appendicitis

Experimental Vaginal Gel Doesn't Ward Off HIV

Experts Optimistic About Melanoma Vaccine

Experts Release Guidelines on Use of Breast MRI

Experts Say Blood Sugar Guidelines Remain Effective

Experts Urge Research on Sleep Apnea-Heart Disease Link

Experts Urge School Screening of Athletes' Hearts

Exposure Therapy Effective in Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress

Exposure to Holocaust May Have Raised Cancer Risks

Extended Antiviral May Benefit Kidney Transplant Patients

Extended Therapy Helps Drug-Addicted Teens

Extended Work Absences May Signal Risk of Death

Extra Drug Improves Rectal Cancer Treatment

Face Transplant Patient Can Smell, Taste, Breathe Normally

Face Transplants Show Promising Results

Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy

Factors in Cancer Death Rates Stay Stagnant

Fall Sports Peak Time for Lower Leg Damage

Fallout From Atomic Bombs Still Causing Health Problems

Familial Breast Cancer Risk Lasts a Lifetime for Sisters

Family Docs Do Colonoscopies Safely

Family History Key Player in Brain Cancer Risk

Family History of Melanoma Doubles Parkinson's Risk

Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates

Faster Detection of TB May Be on the Horizon

Fasting Before Chemo Protects Healthy Cells

FDA Approves Genetic Test for Breast Cancer

FDA Faulted for Stance on Chemical in Plastics

FDA Investigates Possible Vytorin-Cancer Link

FDA Panel Backs New Anti-Clotting Drug

FDA Panel Supports Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients

FDA Panel Urges Stronger Warnings for LASIK Surgery

FDA Proposes Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals

FDA Renews Warnings on Pain-Relief Patch

FDA Tells Patients to Stick With Diabetes Drug Linked to Cancer

FDA to List Drugs Under Review for Safety Issues

FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures

FDA Warns of Skin-Numbing Drug Dangers

FDA: Contaminated Heparin Found in 11 Countries

Female Surgeons Like What They Do, Survey Finds

Fertility Can Be Preserved in Ovarian Cancer Patients

Fertility Drugs Do Not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk

Fertility Treatment Twins More at Risk for Hospitalizations

Fewer Doses, Intramuscular Injection Cut Anthrax Shot Side Effects

Fewer Dying Now From Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves

Fewer Women Are Having Mammograms

Fighting Cancer With a Pen

Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners

Finding Points to Possible Blood Test for Brain Tumors

Findings Challenge Tight Glucose Control for Critically Ill Patients

Fine-Tuning Prosthetic Hands to Restore a Sense of Touch

Fingerprints May Vanish With Cancer Drug

Firefighters May Face Higher Risk of Bladder Cancer

First-Ever Mapping of Cancer Patient's Genome

First-Time Shoulder Dislocations Helped by Surgery

Fish Oil's Benefits Remain Elusive

Five-Minute Survey Can Help Predict Lung Cancer

Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots

Flu Vaccine Could Prevent 357,000 Deaths in Pandemic

Flushing From Alcohol a Risk Factor for Esophageal Cancer

Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer

Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients' Brain Function

Focusing on CPR Improves Survival

Folic Acid and Other B Vitamins Won't Help Prevent Cancer

Folic Acid Fortification Might Boost Cancer Risk

Folic Acid Supplements Raise Prostate Cancer Risk

Food as Medicine?

Food Phosphates Might Spur Lung Cancer

For Hispanics, a Unique Cancer Profile Emerges

For Kids With Leukemia, Radiation May Be Safe to Skip

For Primary Care, More Patients Are Seeing Specialists

For Some Doctors, Empathy Is in Short Supply

For Some, Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Just As Good

Form IDs Spinal Patients Likely to Stick With Therapy

Formaldehyde May Endanger Funeral Workers

Formula Puts Doctor, Patient Glucose Readings on Same Page

Formula Samples Hinder Breast-Feeding Efforts

Frankincense Provides Relief for Osteoarthritis

Freckles, Moles May Indicate Risk for Eye Cancer

Free Web Site Lists Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

Freezing Kidney Cancers Shows Promise

Freezing Ovaries Preserves Fertility, Scientists Report

Frequent Prostate Screens Fail to Improve Aggressive Cancer Diagnoses

'Fresh' Transfusions Improve Odds for Cancer Patients After Surgery

Fruits, Vegetables, Teas May Cut Smokers' Cancer Risk

Frying Tumors Can Boost Lung Cancer Survival

Full-Body Scans May Help the Highly Cancer-Prone

Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure

Garlic as a Cancer Fighter? Maybe Not

Gastric Band Weight-Loss Surgery Can Boost Reflux

Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens

Gastric Bypass May Also Relieve Low Back Pain

Gastric Bypass Success Sparks Debate

Gel Enables Severed Spinal Cord Fibers to Regrow

Gender Bias at Play in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Gender Matches Benefit Heart Transplants

Gender May Influence Heart Failure Treatment

Gender Plays Role in Kidney Transplant Outcomes

Gene Alteration May Affect Breast Cancer Therapy

Gene Behind Childhood Anemias Found

Gene Boosts Drinkers' Colon Cancer Risk

Gene Boosts Resistance to Chemo Drug

Gene Can Dampen Chemo Drug Effectiveness

Gene Connections Key to Brain Tumor Growth

Gene Could Link Obesity, Colon Cancer

Gene Discovery May Advance Head and Neck Cancer Therapy

Gene Fusions May Drive Certain Cancers

Gene Governs Response to Leukemia Chemotherapy

Gene Mutation Doubles Risk of Aggressive Colon Cancer in Blacks

Gene Mutation Improves Response to Lung Cancer Drug

Gene Mutation Is Linked to Heart Muscle Disease

Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease

Gene Predicts Breast Cancer Prognosis

Gene Profiles Might Help Guide Lung Cancer Care

Gene Screen Could Help Spot Melanoma

Gene Signature for Liver Cancer Recurrence Found

Gene Signature May Predict Recurrence of Lung Cancer

Gene Studies Reveal Cancer's Secrets

Gene Test Could Predict Colon Cancer's Return

Gene Test Could Predict Thyroid Cancer Risk

Gene Test May Help Predict Colon Cancer's Return

Gene Test May ID Younger Women at Risk for Melanoma

Gene Therapy Helps Dogs Stricken With Cancer

Gene Therapy in Rats Reduces Cocaine Use

Gene Therapy May Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis

Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Severe Hereditary Eye Disease

Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix

Gene Variant Boosts Risk of Severe Diabetic Eye, Kidney Diseases

Gene Variant Raises Risk for Brain Cancer at Young Age

Gene Variant Tied to Smokers' Risk of Lung Cancer

Gene Variation Linked to Neuroblastoma, a Childhood Cancer

Gene Variations May Predict Antidepressant Response

General Anesthesia Boosts Post-Op Pain

General Anesthesia Tied to Developmental Woes in Kids

Genes Linked to Spread of Breast Cancer

Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery

Genes May Decide Which Smokers Get Lung Disease

Genes May Determine Obesity After Weight Surgery

Genes May Predict Lymphoma Treatment Outcome

Genes May Raise Risk of Neuroblastoma in Kids

Genes Play Part in Prostate Cancer Among Races

Genes Predict Chances of Breast Cancer's Spread

Genetic Approach Boosts Yeast Infection Treatment

Genetic Changes May Dictate Course of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Genetic Clues May Lead to New Skin Cancer Therapies

Genetic Markers May Predict Lung Cancer Recurrence

Genetic Mutations Linked to Deadly Brain Cancer

Genetic Mutations Linked to Deadly Cancers

Genetic Trait Could Predict Lung Cancer

Genetics Should Decide Warfarin Dose, Study Reiterates

Genome of Leukemia Patient Reveals Common Mutations

Genomic Profiling of Breast Cancers a Better Treatment Tool

Gestational Diabetes Risk Higher for Asian-White Couples

Get in Step With Summer Foot Care

Get Ready for Gruesome Cigarette Warnings

GI Bleeding After Stroke Raises Death Risk

Ginger Eases Nausea From Chemo

Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks

Glaucoma Treatment Can Prevent Blindness

Gleevec Prevents Return of Intestinal Cancer, Study Confirms

Gleevec Pushes Advanced Melanoma Into Remission

Glowing Substance Lights Up Cancer in Mice

Glucose Control Pays Long-Term Benefits for Diabetics

Gold Nanospheres Show Promise in 'Boiling' Out Cancer

Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms

Good Planning Paves Way for Kid's Operation

Good Trauma Program Boosts Patient Survival

Gradual Exercise Best After Joint Replacement

Grape Seed Extract Kills Leukemia Cells in Lab

Grapefruit Compound Inhibits Hepatitis C Virus

Great American Smokeout '09: Time to Quit

Green Tea Component May Slow Prostate Cancer

Green Tea May Help Prevent Oral Cancer

Grilled Meats Not Tied to Breast Cancer in Older Women

Group Urges Depression Screening for Heart Patients

Group Works to Streamline Cancer Therapy Approvals

Guideline Urges HIV Tests for All Patients 13 and Older

Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants

Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries

Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure

Gum Chewing May Speed Colon Surgery Recovery

Gum Disease May Increase Head and Neck Cancer Risk

Gum Disease Might Boost Cancer Risk

Gum Disease, HPV a Double Whammy

Hallucinogen Gives Lasting Spiritual Boost

Halting Avandia Use Hikes Blood Sugar Levels

Hard, Cold Facts About Frostbite

Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified

Harm Begins With a Few Cigarettes, a Little Smog

Harmless Virus May Be Deadly to Breast Cancer

'Hazardous Drinking' More Common Than Thought

Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag

Head, Neck Cancer Treatment Often Not Completed

Health Care 'Gap' Continues for Minority, Poor Americans

Health Secrets of Red Wine Uncovered

Health Tip: After a Hip Replacement

Health Tip: Are You at Risk for Gallstones?

Health Tip: Before Getting Plastic Surgery

Health Tip: Caring for Mouth Sores From Cancer Treatment

Health Tip: Choosing Your Child's Therapist

Health Tip: Feel Better by Looking Good

Health Tip: Get Screened for Cancer

Health Tip: Getting Cancer Support

Health Tip: Getting Ready for Cancer Treatment

Health Tip: Healing After a C-Section

Health Tip: Is LASIK Right for You?

Health Tip: Joining a Cancer Support Group

Health Tip: Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle

Health Tip: Managing a Chronic Illness

Health Tip: Prepare Yourself for Surgery

Health Tip: Protecting a New Hip

Health Tip: Reasons for Adenoid Removal

Health Tip: Recognizing Gallstones

Health Tip: Recovering From a Tonsillectomy

Health Tip: Recovering From C-Section

Health Tip: Recovery After a C-Section

Health Tip: Screening for Cancer

Health Tip: Talking to Loved Ones With Cancer

Health Tip: The Word on Wisdom Teeth

Health Tip: When a Loved One Has Cancer

Health Tip: Your Diet After Cancer Treatment

Healthier Lifestyle Can Cut COPD Symptoms

Healthy Behaviors Slow Functional Decline After Cancer

Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese

Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab

Heart Damage After Vascular Surgery Raises Death Risks

Heart Defect Spotted During Surgery May Not Need Repair

Heart Docs Often Fail to Order Tests Before Angioplasty

Heart Drug May Be a Cancer Fighter

Heart Drug Used in Ambulance Boosts Survival

Heart Failure Drugs Linked to Hip Bone Loss in Older Men

Heart Failure Raises Risks After Non-Cardiac Surgeries

Heart Pump Helps Children Waiting for Transplant

Heart Surgeon Shortage Predicted

Heart Transplant Failures More Likely in Poor, Minority Kids

Heart Valves Fashioned From Stem Cells in Umbilical Cord Blood

Heart, Bone Problems May Follow Prostate Cancer Treatment

Heart-Pacing Devices Hold Promise for Heart Failure

Heat Therapy May Help Prevent Esophageal Cancer

Heavy Drinking Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Height May Boost Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Suggests

Hepatitis B Vaccination Protects Against Liver Cancer

Hepatitis C Therapy Useless for Some

High Blood Fat Levels Tied to Ischemic Stroke Risk

High Blood Fats Tied to Diabetic Nerve Loss

High Blood Pressure Still Slipping Past Doctors

High Insulin May Boost Odds of Breast Cancer

High Salt Levels Common in Many Foods

High-Dose Chemo Fails Against Small Cell Lung Cancers

Higher Chemo Drug Dose Prolongs Lives of Leukemia Patients

High-Risk Blacks Less Likely to Get Colonoscopies

High-Tech Imaging No Better for Diagnosing Head/Neck Cancers

High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs

Hip Osteoarthritis Therapy No Better Than Placebo

Hip Replacement Boosts Mobility at Any Age

Hip, Knee Replacements Do Ease Symptoms

Hispanics Respond Poorly to Standard Hepatitis C Therapy

HIV Can Penetrate a Woman's Healthy Genital Skin

HIV Can Re-Emerge From a Single Cell

HIV Drug a Double-Edged Sword for Infants

HIV Patients More Prone to 7 Kinds of Cancer

Hodgkin Lymphoma Kids Face Greater Risk of Future Problems

Hodgkin's Survivors Prone to Breast Cancer Later

Home Dialysis a Good Option for Kidney Disease Patients

Home Monitoring Program Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients

Home-Based Programs Benefit Older Cancer Survivors

Hopes Dashed for Thalidomide as Lung Cancer Treatment

Hormone Drug May Help Drinkers Stay Sober

Hormone Reduces Mortality in Heart Patients With High BP

Hormone Rx May Protect Women With Breast Cancer Gene

Hormone Therapy May Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk

Hormone Therapy May Make Lung Cancer More Likely

Hormone Therapy Not Best for Older Prostate Cancer Patients

Hormone Therapy Safe, Effective for Women Entering Menopause

Hormone Therapy Shows Little Benefit Against Prostate Cancer

Hospital Fixes Cut Opiate Errors in Kids

Hospital Practices Influence Which Moms Will Breast-Feed

Hospital Volume Imperfect Gauge of Cancer Surgery Outcomes

Hot Flashes Reduced by Neck Injection

Hot Flashes, Night Sweats a Good Sign for Breast Cancer Patients

How Weight Loss Helps the Heart

HPV Vaccine No More Painful Than Other Shots

HPV Data May Aid Vaccine's Effectiveness

HPV Tied to Better Tongue, Tonsil Cancer Outcomes

HRT Drug Boosts Stroke Risk in Older Women

HRT Raises Recurrence Risk Among Breast Cancer Survivors

HRT Users Who Get Breast Cancer Less Likely to Die

Human Stem Cell Transplant Helps Brain-Impaired Mice

Hydrating Kidney Patients With Sodium Bicarb Has Little Effect

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Extends Survival After Cardiac Arrest

Hypnosis Cuts Hot Flashes for Breast Cancer Survivors

ICU Nutritional Program Failed to Boost Outcomes

Identical Genes From Parents May Raise Cancer Risk

Imaging Advance Tracks Prostate Cancer in Lymph Nodes

Imaging Advances Map Brain Areas Affecting Mood

Imaging of Low Back Pain Fails to Change Outcomes

Imaging Sheds Light on How Acupuncture Works

Imaging Shows Why Injured Brains 'Work Harder'

Imaging System Lets Doctors 'See' Cancer During Surgery

Immune Cells Shrink Tumors in Mice

Immune Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection

Immune Response May Speed AIDS Progression in Women

Immune System Biomarkers May Predict Early Lung Cancer

Immune Systems of AIDS Patients More Prone to HPV Cancers

Immune Therapy May Aid Kids With Neuroblastoma

Immune-Boosting Lung Cancer Therapy Shows Promise

Immunotherapy Boosts Treatment of Kids' High-Risk Sarcomas

Implanted Defibrillators Benefit Older People

Impotence, Incontinence Risk Casts Doubt on High-Tech Prostate Surgery

Improved Hip Implants Can Last 20 Years

In Time, Cream Might Prevent Herpes Transmission

In U.S., No Comeback Seen for Hormone Therapy

Incidence of Mantle Cell Lymphoma on Rise

Increase in Diagnostic Imaging Fueled by Self-Referring Doctors

Increase in Thyroid Cancer Puzzles Experts

Indigo Ointment Benefits Psoriasis Patients

Induced Labor May Prevent Need for Cesarean Section

Inflammation, Coagulation Tied to Non-AIDS Deaths in HIV Cases

Inhibiting Protein May Keep Cancer Cells From Refueling

Initiative Links Celebrities to Cancer Research

Injected Medication Errors a Major Problem

Innovative Care Is Helping Iraq War's Injured Survive

Intense Daily Workout May Keep Cancer at Bay

Intensive Insulin Therapy Reduces Mortality in Sick Kids

International Consortium Will Hunt Down Genetics of Cancer

Internet Program Helps Problem Drinkers

Intestinal 'Sleeve' Mimics Effects of Gastric Bypass

Investigational Drug May Help Avert Blood Clots

Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer

Is Bypass Truly Better than Stenting?

Is Smoking Tougher on Women?

IV 'Ice Slurry' Quickly Cools Body for Surgeries

IVF Treatments Often Work for Women Under 35

Joint Replacement Soars as Number of Docs Falls

Kennedy Faced Brain Surgeon's Knife While Awake

Key Factors Define 'Prolonged Grief'

Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows No Boost in Survival

Kidney Cancers More Likely to Be Diagnosed Early

Kidney Disease in Blacks Undetected Until Late Stages

Kidney Function Test May Not Be Cost-Effective

Kidney Injury While Hospitalized May Lead to Future Dialysis

Kidney Nerve Deactivation Could Ease Hypertension

Kidney Patients Less Likely to Get Heart Attack Meds

Kidney Trouble Short-Lived in Most Liver Transplant Patients

Kidneys Donated After Cardiac Death Cut Racial Disparities

Kids' Fever Time Cut Using Ibuprofen First

Kids Given Photos of Sunburn Damage Covered Up Better

Knee Replacement Works Best When Patients, Providers Agree

'Lab on a Chip' Might Speed Breast Cancer Monitoring

Lab Study Finds Protein That May Inhibit Cancer Spread

Lab Study Slows Breast Cancer Spread to Bone in Mice

Lance Armstrong's New Challenge Could Be His Greatest

Larger Skin Lesions More Likely to Be Melanoma

Laser Eye Surgery Safe Long-Term: Study

Laser Resurfacing Produces Long-Term Results

Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers

Laser Therapy as Good as Drugs for Diabetic Eye Problems

Late Preterm Birth Poses Developmental Risks

Latest Breast Imaging Techniques Offer New Views

Latin Women More Likely to Be Unhappy With Breast Cancer Treatment Decisions

Laws Governing Indoor Tanning by Teens Don't Work

LDL Cholesterol Tied to Increased Cancer Risk in Diabetics

Leading COPD Drugs Tied to Stroke, Heart Attack

Leave That Ear Wax Alone

Leprosy Drug Holds Promise for Autoimmune Diseases

Less Sensitivity to Hormone May Play Role in Autism

Let Orthopedic Surgery Wait Until Morning When Possible

Leukemia Cells May Hide in Fat Tissue

Leukemia Drug in High Dose Helps Survival

Leukemia Drug May Help Some Ovarian Cancer Patients

Levels of Circulating Tumor Cells Could Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome

Lifestyle Changes Affect Cancer Genes

Lifestyle Changes Boost Enzyme Regulating Cell Aging

Lifestyle Counseling Reduces Heart Risk

Light-Activated Therapy Seems to Rejuvenate Aging Skin

Limb-Sparing Surgery May Offer Little Benefit to Cancer Patients

Limited Value Found for First-Generation Heart Pumps

Lip Balms and Glosses May Boost Skin Cancer Risks

Liposuctioned Fat Can Be Used for Breast Augmentation

Liver Cancer Patients May Get Hope

Liver Transplant Patients at Higher Cancer Risk

Living in U.S. May Raise Hispanics' Cancer Risk

Longer Hormone Treatment May Improve Prostate Cancer Outlook

Long-Term Erythromycin Cut COPD Complications

Long-Term Antibiotic Use Affects 'Good' Gut Bacteria

Long-Term Aspirin Use Seems to Protect Against Colorectal Lesions

Long-Term Help Regimen Cut Heart Attack Recurrence

Love Hormone May Ease Discussion of Painful Topics

Low Blood Pressure During Surgery Boosts Stroke Risk

Low Blood Sodium Predicts Mortality in PAH Patients

Low Cholesterol May Help Prevent Cancer

Low Iron Levels Cut Cancer Risk in Men With PAD

Low Levels of 2 Enzymes in Ovarian Cancer Cells Shortened Survival

Low Vitamin D Levels May Initiate Cancer Development

Low-Cost Strategies to Maintain Health in Hard Times

Low-Dose Acitretin May Reduce Nail Psoriasis

Lowering Blood Pressure Improves Brain Hemorrhage Outcomes

Lowering BP in Dialysis Cases Cuts Heart Risks

Lowering Dietary Fat May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

Lung Cancer Genetics Different in Black Patients: Study

Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease

Lung Cancer: Still the Biggest Cancer Killer, by Far

Lung Transplant Outcomes Better at High-Volume Hospitals

Lymph Node Shots Tested for Grass Pollen Allergy

Lymphedema Raises Cost of Breast Cancer Care

Maggots as Good as Gel in Leg Ulcer Treatments

Magnesium Sulfate Reduces Threat of Cerebral Palsy

Malaria Drug Doesn't Boost Survival Odds With Prion Diseases

Male Infertility Treatment Boosts Sperm Count

'Male Lumpectomy' May Help Some With Prostate Cancer

Malpractice Premiums, Rate of C-Sections Rise Together

Mammograms Remain Best Way to Spot Breast Cancer

Mammograms Still a Good Idea for Elderly Women

Mammography: What to Do Now?

Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments

Many Cancer Patients Turn to Complementary Medicine

Many Cancer Survivors Are Overweight and Sedentary: Study

Many Childhood Cancer Survivors Never Marry

Many Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Checking for Second Malignancies

Many Doctors Don't Know Blood Pressure Guidelines

Many Heart Attack Patients Not Referred to Cardiac Rehab

Many Ignore Symptoms of Bladder Trouble

Many Opt for Surgery to Lower Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risk

Many Phase 3 Cancer Drug Trials Yield Effective Medicines

Many Teens Circumvent Tanning Bed Laws

Many Texas Docs Not Pushing HPV Vaccine for Girls

Mapping the Link Between Alcohol, Cancer

Marijuana Linked to Aggressive Testicular Cancer

Marital Distress May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery

Marital Separation May Hurt Cancer Survival

Massage Therapy Helps Those With Advanced Cancer

Mastectomies on the Increase

Mastectomy Not First Choice for Most Breast Cancer Patients

Mathematical Model Helps Predict Cancer Tumor Size

Measurements Poor for Assessing Clinical Trials With Children

Medical Errors Costing U.S. Billions

Medical Pot Ineffective as Acute Pain Treatment

Medicare Costs Soar for Cancer Care

Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment Soar

Medication May Improve Scar Healing

Medication Reduces Violence in Some Schizophrenics

Medications That Lower Breast Cancer Risk Carry Other Dangers

Medicinal Marijuana Eases Neuropathic Pain in HIV

Meditation May Reduce Stress in Breast Cancer Patients

Mediterranean Diet Aids the Aging Brain: Study

'Mediterranean'-Style Diet Best for Blood Sugar Control

Melanoma Drug Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival

Melanoma Rates Soar Among Younger Women

Melanomas on Scalp and Neck More Deadly

Melt-Away Stent Works Well in Trial

Men Often Not Told of Severity of Wife's Cancer

Men Who Have Prostate Cancer Surgery Do Well

Men With BRCA Gene Mutations Unaware of Cancer Risks

Men With Low Testosterone Not Receiving Treatment

Men's Sex Lives May Suffer as Waistlines Expand

Metabolic Syndrome May Make Breast Cancer More Likely

Metabolic Syndrome Raises Colon Cancer Risk 75%

Metformin May Lower Diabetics' Odds for Pancreatic Cancer

Methadone Kills Resistant Leukemia Cells

Method for Treating Cervical Lesions May Pose Pregnancy Risks

Micro Molecules May Be Cancer Biomarker

'Micro' Spreading of Breast Cancer Needs Treating, Study Urges

'Micromagnets' May One Day Enhance MRI Technology

Microsurgery May Cut Swelling After Breast Cancer Treatment

Midwest and Northeast May Face Surgeon Shortage

Might Weight-Loss Surgery Lead to Fractures?

Migraine Might Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Millions More Americans Might Be Placed on Statins

Mineral May Reduce High-Risk Bladder Disease

Minimally Invasive Surgery Not Better for Sciatica

Mini-Stroke Found to Precede 1 in 8 Strokes

Minorities Distrust Medical System More

Minorities to Bear Brunt of Rise in U.S. Cancer Cases

Missing Gene Tied to Bone Marrow Transplant Problems

Mistaken Beliefs About Cancer Abound

Moderate Aerobics May Ease Insomnia Symptoms

Modified MRI Spots Early Osteoarthritis

Molecule Disrupts DNA Sequence in Ewing's Sarcoma

Molecule Helps Leukemia Cells Hide From Immune System

Molecule Uses Cellular Recycling to Treat Kidney Cancer

Monitoring Hormone May Improve Kidney Failure Outcomes

Mood Disorders Put Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD

More Americans Urged to Get Cancer Screenings

More Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed at Specialty Centers

More Cancer Tests Mean More False-Positive Results

More Doctors Need to Learn to Spot Skin Cancers

More Evidence Healthy Living Brings Long Life

More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer

More Mammograms May Mean More 'Harmless' Cancers

More MRI Machines May Mean More Back Surgeries

More Than 60,000 Patients Risked Hepatitis Infections

More Women Having Other Breast Removed

Morphine May Help Tumors Spread in Cancer Patients

Most Cancer Survivors Say Chemo Fears Unfounded

Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies

Most Devout Most Likely to Fight Death to the End

Most Not Worried by Delayed Prostate Cancer Therapy

Most Off-Label Cancer Drug Use for Palliative Care

Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose

Most Young, Black Females Are Not Getting HPV Vaccine

Mouth Swab May One Day Diagnose Lung Cancer

MRI Can Be Predictor of Post-Treatment Prostate Cancer Spread

MRI Can Spot Presymptomatic MS

MRI Captures Alzheimer's Lesions

MRI Detects Soft Tissue Damage Affecting Kids' Hearing

MRI May Help Find Deep Endometriosis

MRI Scans Reveal Post-Heart Attack Bleeding

MRIs Don't Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome

MRSA Rates Tied to Hospital Understaffing

Multiple Doses of Steroids Don't Help Preemies

Multiple ICD Replacements Can Predict Complications

Multiple Myeloma Genome Unlocked

Multiple Screening Strategy Boosts Cervical Cancer Detection

Music as Medicine

Music Therapy Improves Well-Being of Very Ill Patients

Musicians' Brains Tuned to Emotions in Sound

Mussel-Based Glue May Make Surgery Safer

Nanoparticle Stops Cancer From Spreading

Nanoparticles May Help Attack Cancer More Directly

Naprapathy: A Hands-On Approach to Pain Management

Nasal Insulin Won't Shield At-Risk Kids From Diabetes

Nasal Surgery Helps Ease Sleep Apnea Symptoms

Negative Cancer Messages Backfire With Blacks

New Calcium Measure Better Predictor of Heart Risks

New Advances Could Battle Cancer Cell by Cell

New Advances May Treat Stroke Faster, Better

New Anal Cancer Therapy Fails to Improve Outcomes

New Antibiotic Could Shorten TB Treatment

New Antibiotics May Target Cancer-Causing Proteins

New Anti-Clotting Pill Works Well in Trials

New Anti-Clotting Treatment Urged for Cancer Patients

New Approach Keeps Tumor Cells From Refueling

New Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Improves Results

New Brain Hemorrhage Guidelines Stress Quick Action

New Cancer Patients Retain Little Medical Information

New Chemo Regimen May Benefit Ovarian Cancer Patients

New Chemotherapy Combo Holds Promise for Lung Cancer

New Classification Proposed for Stomach Cancers

New Clues to How Cancer Spreads

New Compound Might Be Improvement Over Allergy Shots

New Compound Slows HIV Replication

New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates

New Diabetes Drug Works Well in Trial

New DNA Stool Testing Spots More Colon Cancers

New Drug Being Tested for Pancreatic Cancer

New Drug Duo Helps Cut Colon Cancer Risk

New Drug Fights Cancer in Dogs

New Drug for Brain Cancer Too Dangerous for Pediatric Patients

New Drug Helps Relieve Gout

New Drug May Work Better Against Chemo Side Effects

New Drug Protects Against Radiation Damage

New Drug Slows Thyroid Cancer

New Drug-Coated Stent Does Well in Early Trial

New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster

New Evidence Supports HPV Vaccine

New FDA Study Seeks Feedback on Lasik Surgery

New Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins

New Gene May Signal Aggressive Breast Cancer

New Guidelines Issued for Management of IBS

New Guidelines Rule Out Prostate Screening for Men Over 75

New Guidelines Tackle Treatment of Resistant Hypertension

New Guidelines Urged for Young Athletes' Neck Injuries

New Heart Valve Repair System Tested for Safety

New HIV Drug May Help Those Resistant to Therapy

New Hope for Parkinson's Patients

New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers

New Hope for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

New Imaging Identifies Types of Liver Disease

New Imaging Technique Could Spot Early Cancers

New Laser Combo Therapy Zaps Acne

New Latent TB Drug Saves Lives, Money

New Method Better Predictor of In Vitro Fertilization Success

New Migraine Drug Shows Promise

New Molecule Discovery Shows Promise Against Tamoxifen-Resistant Breast Cancers

New MRI Technique Detects Subtle Brain Injuries

New MS Therapies Show Promise

New Noninvasive Device Could Control Diabetes

New Options Offered for Sleep Apnea

New Pap Test Guidelines: Start Later, Have Fewer

New PET Scanner Could Improve Diagnosis

New Polyp Detection Method Could Be Cost-Saver

New Prostate Cancer Drug May Hold Promise

New Prostates Grown From Single Stem Cell

New Research Sheds Light on Breast Cancer Prognosis

New Robotic Arm Has Softer Surgical Touch

New Scan 'Sees' Tumors Deep Inside Body

New Source of Heart Stem Cells Found

New Statistical Model Could Cut Needless Breast Biopsies

New Surgery for Heart Failure Proves Ineffective

New Surgical Technology Holds Promise of Painless, Scarless Procedures

New Target Eyed for Colon Cancer Drugs

New Targets Found That Stop Tumor Growth

New Technique Activates Brain Neurons to Move Paralyzed Limb

New Technique May Improve Early Cervical Cancer Treatment

New Technique Removes Gallbladder Without External Incisions

New Technology May Boost Artificial Arms

New Technology No Better at Spotting 'Anesthesia Awareness'

New Technology Speeds GI Disease Diagnosis

New Test Detects Rare Leukemia More Quickly

New Test Identifies Heavy Drinkers

New Test IDs Cancer Cells in Tumors

New Test May Mean Faster Breast Cancer Treatment

New Test Predicts Risk of Post-Surgery Kidney Injury

New Test Scans Beef for Mad Cow Disease

New Tests Assess Kids' Sense of Smell, Taste

New Tests Spot Tough-to-Detect Cancers Sooner

New Therapy Could Transform Arthritis Treatment

New Therapy Freezes Out Esophageal Cancers

New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice

New Therapy Spares Organ in Early Esophageal Cancer

New Treatment Lessens Heart Attack Damage

New Treatment May Beat Melanoma

New Treatment Shows Promise for Excessive Drinking

New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered

New Type of Stent Appears Safe, Effective

New Type of Stent Shows Promise

New Wiring Adds Risk When Replacing Pacemaker

Newborns in Intensive Care Often Exposed to Pain

Newer Prostate Cancer Treatment Similar to Traditional Surgery

Newer Sedative May Reduce Delirium in ICU Patients

Nicotine May Spur Breast Cancer's Spread

Nicotine Receptors Could Be Lung Cancer Treatment Target

Nitric Oxide Monitoring of Little Benefit for Kids' Asthma

No Definitive Link Seen Between Vytorin and Cancer

No Evidence Breast Self-Exams Cut Cancer Deaths

No Firm Evidence Green Tea Helps Prevent Cancer

No Immediate Changes Expected in Mammogram Coverage

No Increase in Clots With Drug-Eluting Stents

No Link Found Between Birth Anesthesia and Learning Issues

No Verdict Yet on Grape Seed Extract vs. Breast Cancer

Non-AIDS Cancer Risk Higher for Those With HIV

Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Growing Among HIV Patients

Non-Hormonal Therapies Aid Breast Cancer Patients

Noninvasive Procedures Show Promise for Esophageal Bleeding

Noninvasive Surgery Effective for Acid Reflux Disease

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Ups Risk for Other Cancers

Non-Surgical Approach Can Treat Lung Cancers

Nonsurgical Treatment May Ease Rotator Cuff Injury

Normal Cells May Predict Cancer Virulence

Not All Colon Cancer Patients Need Chemotherapy: Study

NSAIDs Might Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Number of U.S. General Surgeons in Decline

Nurses Often Left Out of Medical Error Talks

Obese Men Face Twin Threat From Prostate Cancer

Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement

Obesity Greatly Raises Endometrial Cancer Risk

Obesity Linked to Ovarian Cancer

Obesity Linked to Poor Prognosis for Some Breast Cancer Patients

Obesity May Affect Fertility in Young Women

Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S.

Obesity Rates Up in 37 States: Report

Obesity Surgery Complications on the Decline

Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Outcomes

Obesity, Insulin Level Impact Prostate Cancer Survival

Obesity, Lack of Insurance Take Toll on Young Americans

Occupational Therapy Plus Exercise Benefits Osteoarthritis

Off-Hours Heart Patients Less Likely to Get Angioplasty

Old Tech Helps Soldiers With New Wound Infection

Older Adults Reluctant to Question Surgical Treatment

Older Adults Who Exercise Boost Blood Flow in Brain

Older Diabetics With Depression Face Higher Death Rate

Older Drug Effective in Treating Pediatric Nerve Cancer

Older Drugs Better at Fighting Depression in Parkinson's Patients

Older Patients With Cancer at Heightened Suicide Risk

Older Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men

Omega-3 Benefits for Bipolar Disorder Remain Unclear

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Guard Against Advanced Prostate Cancer

Once-Daily Combo Works for New HIV Patients

One in 5 Young Men Had Prostate Screen in Past Year

One in Three Cancer Survivors on Unemployment Line

One-Fifth of British Childhood Cancer Survivors Smoke

Online System Could Cut Referrals to Dermatologists

Onsolis Approved for Severe Cancer Pain

Optimal Treatment Boosts Blacks' Lung Cancer Survival

Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control

Oral Drug Ups Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases

Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement

Oral Yogurt 'Vaccine' Could Blunt Ouch Factor

Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals

Osteoporosis Drug Seems to Shrink Breast Tumors

Outcomes Improve for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients

Outcomes Similar for Laparoscopic, Open Colon Cancer Surgeries

Outpatient Procedures on Rise, CDC Says

Outside Workers Least Likely to Get Skin Exams

Ovary Removal Lowers Odds of Cancer in High-Risk Women

Ovary Removal May Not Be Needed in Endometrial Cancer

Ovary Removal May Play a Role in Lung Cancer

Overall Health of U.S. Children a Mixed Bag

Oxycodone May Reduce Shingles Pain

Ozone/Oxygen Shot Helps Heal Herniated Disk

Paclitaxel Plus Chemo Improves Outcomes in Early Breast Cancer

Pain Level May Predict Survival in Certain Cancer Patients

Pain Relief for Osteoporosis Patients With Fractures

Palliative Care Programs Could Boost Hospitals' Bottom Line

Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Found

Pancreatic Cancer May Have a New Foe

Pancreatic Drug Trial Halted on Promising Results

Panel Calls for Better Diabetes Screening

Panel Finds Evidence Murky on Full-Body Skin Exams

Parkinson's Disrupts Stem Cell Therapy Transplants

Parkinson's Drug May Fight Cancer

Parkinson's Treatment Drugs Even Out Over Long Term

Partner's Support Helps Men Adhere to Apnea Treatment

Partnerships Effective Communicators of Cancer Advances

Patch Form of HRT Poses Less Clotting Risks Than Pill Does

Patch Helps Mend Damaged Hearts

Patient Harm From Problem 'Handoffs' Is Common: Report

Patient Navigators Boost Colon Screens in Urban Minorities

Patient-Reported Health Scores May Predict Head, Neck Cancer Outcomes

Patients Benefit From End-of-Life Discussions With a Doctor

Patients in Minimally Conscious State May Still Feel Pain

Patients' Photos Help Boost Radiologists' Accuracy

Patients Pleased With Laparoscopic GERD Surgery

Pausing Hormone Therapy Doesn't Cut Mammogram Recalls

Pediatric Heart Surgeons May Be Best Choice for Adults

People With MS May Have Lower Cancer Risk

Personality May Not Predict Parkinson's

Pesticides Linked to Blood Disorder

'Phase 0' Trials Aim to Speed Cancer Drug Development

Phenols in Quality Olive Oil Suppress Breast Cancer Gene

Phone Counseling for Depression Rings With Promise

Physical Exam as Good as High Tech in Assessing Heart Failure

Pilots May Face Greater Cancer Risk

Placebo Acupuncture Tied to Higher IVF Pregnancies

Plain-Language Guides Detail Insulin Treatments

Plastic Surgery Technique Might Ease Migraines

Poor Blood Sugar Control After Heart Surgery Impacts Outcomes

Poor Night Vision May Predict Age-Related Eye Disease

Poor Women Seem to Be Skipping Breast Cancer Drugs

Poorer Outcomes After 'Off-Pump' Bypass Surgery

Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis

Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer Face Joint Issues

Post-Op Chemo Fails to Boost Survival in Stomach Cancers

Post-Op Painkillers Tied to Deaths After Spinal Fusion

Post-Surgical Epidural May Boost Survival

Post-Tonsillectomy Codeine May Pose Dangers

Post-Traumatic Stress May Raise Death Risks

Poverty Raises Mortality Risk With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Preeclampsia Might Protect Against Testicular Cancer

Preemies Exposed to Toxins in Liquid Meds

Pregnancy May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival

Prescribed Meds Still Best Treatment for Alcoholism

Prescription Training Puts Docs in Shoes of Older Patients

Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome

Primary Tumors Fuel Growth of Cancer Cells

Prior Cervical Dysplasia May Boost Cancer's Return

Pro Baseball Helps Keep Skin Cancer From Scoring

Probiotics Help Adult Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery

Problems Tied to Obesity Also Seem to Affect Sleep

Program Aids Hospital Compliance With Stroke Guidelines

Program Seeks to Reduce ICU Infections

Progress Reported Against Gene Involved in Hepatitis C

Promise of Cash Prompts Smokers to Quit

Promising Cancer Treatment Ready for Human Trial

Promising Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Prostate Drug Appears Safer Than Thought

Prostate Cancer Over-Diagnosed: Study

Prostate Cancer Stimulates Nerve Growth

Prostate Cancer Treatment Could Impair Men's Thinking

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Looks Promising in Early Trial

Prostate Meds Not Tied to Increased Hip Fracture Risk

Prosthetic Ears Boost Hearing After Injury

Protein Gives Doctors New Tool to Detect Melanoma

Protein Helps ID Thyroid Cancer Nodules

Protein May Trigger Colon Cancer

Prozac Reduces Disease Activity in MS Patients

PSA 'Nanotest' May Spot Prostate Cancer's Return After Surgery

PSA Test Losing Diagnostic Value, Study Says

PSA Testing: What Should Men Do?

Psychological Counseling Boosts Breast Cancer Outcomes

Psychotherapy Can Ease Post-Surgical Depression

Public Lacks Confidence to Help in Cardiac Emergencies

Purple Tomato Extended Lives of Cancer-Prone Mice

Quality Care, Not Number of Procedures, Determines Bypass Results

Questions Continue About Using Beta Blockers Before Surgery

Quick Decompression Aids Spinal Injury Recovery

Quick Orthopedic Repair Can Save Young Shoulders

Quick Stroke Treatment Improves Outcomes

Quitting Smoking Simplifies Surgical Recovery

Race May Not Be Key in Cancer Disparities

Race Not a Factor if Breast Cancer Chemo Succeeds

Racial Clusters Seem to Affect Access to Colon Care

Racial Disparities Exist in Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes

Racial Disparity Seen in Angioplasty Outcomes

Radiation for Prostate Cancer Raises Risk of Other Cancers

Radiation From CT Scans Not Always the Same

Radiation From Medical Scans Soaring

Radiation May Raise Stroke Risk After Hodgkin's

Radiation Plus Chemo a Good Option in Lung Cancer

Radiation Treatments Made Safer for Cancer Patients

Radioactive 'Seed' Rx Helps Women With Implants Fight Breast Cancer

Radio-Frequency Tags Cut Specimen Bottle Errors

Radioimmunotherapy After Chemo Safe for Common Lymphoma

Radiosurgery Proves Viable for Some Pancreatic Cancers

Ranibizumab Injections Reduce Retinal Swelling

Rare Cells Linked to Pediatric Cancers

Rate of Unnecessary C-Sections Far Lower Than Thought

Reaching the Heart Through the Wrist

Rectal Cancer Outcomes Best With Short-Course Radiation

Reminders Boost Mammography Appointments

Repairing Injured Lungs May Boost Organ Donations

Repeat Colonoscopies Underused in High-Risk Patients

Replacement Bladder Grown From Body's Own Cells

Report Claims Clinical Trials Miss Many Populations

Report Confirms Source of Contaminated Heparin

Research Finds 'New Crop' of Breast Cancer Genes

Research Reveals How Down Syndrome Shields Against Cancer

Research Reveals Why Tamoxifen Doesn't Always Work

Research Takes Aim at Pancreatic Cancer

Research Uncovers Clues to Lymphoma

Researchers Define Mechanism of Methamphetamine Addiction

Researchers Find Link Between Organ Transplants, Cancer

Researchers Find More Genes Linked to Lung Cancer

Researchers Gain Insights Into 'On-Off' Switch for Cells

Researchers Hunt Normal Cells That Give Rise to Cancer

Researchers ID Biomarker for Fatal Prostate Cancer

Researchers ID Genetic Markers for Esophageal Cancer

Researchers ID Ovarian Cancer Biomarker

Researchers ID Traits of Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Researchers Identify Contaminant in Tainted Heparin

Researchers Propose Improved Cervical Cancer Screening

Researchers Spot Genes Linked to Testicular Cancer

Researchers Successfully Test Ebola Vaccines

Researchers Suppress 'Hunger Hormone'

Researchers Test New Source for Blood Platelets

Researchers Update Risk-of-Death Charts

Researchers Zero In on GI Cancers

Resistance Training Boosts Mobility in Knee Arthritis Patients

Retail Clinics Attracting Those Without Regular Doctors

Rethinking Prostate Cancer in Older Men

Returning to the Road Tricky After Injury

Review Urges Aggressive MRSA Screening for Health Workers

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Boosts Melanoma Incidence

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Promote Cancer

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated

Risk of Breast Cancer Relapse Can Linger

Risks Remain for Childhood Cancer Survivors

Rituximab Promotes Healing in Common Kidney Disease

Robot Playmates Help Autistic Kids With Social Skills

Robotic Device Could Help Stroke Patients

Rotigotine Skin Patch May Ease Restless Legs Symptoms

Routine Testing Would Improve Herceptin Use in Breast Cancer

Rural Areas Able to Increase Colon Cancer Screenings

Saliva May Help Spot Oral Cancer Early

Saliva Proteins May Help Spot Oral Cancer

Saturated Fats Linked to Cancer of Small Intestine

'Scaffold' Could One Day Repair Damaged Hearts

Scams and Shams That Prey on Cancer Patients

Scan Detects Oxygen Levels in Tumors

Schizophrenia Linked to Higher Risk of Dying From Cancer

School Program Helps Cut Asthma Risks

Science Makes Inroads Against Prostate, Other Cancers

Scientists Block Prostate Cancer Cells' Spread

Scientists Break Into HIV 'Hideout'

Scientists Discover How Stomach Tumors Form

Scientists Find Way to Dim Cancer Switch

Scientists ID Brain Pathway That Stops Seizures

Scientists ID Gene Pathway Triggering Melanoma Spread

Scientists ID New Biomarker for Prostate Cancer

Scientists ID Protein Aiding Breast Cancer Spread

Scientists ID Virus That Infects Cancer Cells

Scientists Identify More Breast Cancer Genes

Scientists Learn How Cancer Drugs Cause Hypertension

Scientists May Know How Lung Cancer Spreads

Scientists Spot Clue to Cancer's Aggressiveness

Scientists Spot How Sugar 'Feeds' Tumors

Scientists Spot Key to Breast Cancer Spread

Scientists Test New Way to Get Drugs to Cancer Cells

Scientists Uncover How HIV Hides Inside Cells

Scorpion Anti-Venom Speeds Children's Recovery

Screening Athletes Could Cut Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

Screening for Colorectal Cancer Saves Lives

Sea Buckthorn Leaves May Hold Benefit for the Liver

Sea Worm Inspires Novel Bone Glue

Secrets of Telomerase Revealed

Seizure Meds Can Be Safely Withdrawn From Kids With Epilepsy

Selenium, Vitamins E and C Won't Prevent Prostate Cancer

Self-Dosing Pain Medication Errors Too Common: Study

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Dies at 77

Sen. Kennedy Up and Walking After Brain Tumor Surgery

Sen. Kennedy's Brain Tumor Surgery Called a 'Success'

Seniors in Poor Areas More Likely to Die After Surgery

Seniors Often Misstate Stroke History

Sepsis Therapy in Preemies Fails to Boost Survival

Several Therapies Show Promise for Vascular Depression

Severe Obstetric Complications on the Increase

Severe, Lasting Depression Tied to Heart Patient Deaths

Sharing Cancer Info May Be Empowering

Shockwave Treatment May Not Be Best for Shoulder Pain

Shorter, More Intense Radiation OK for Some Breast Cancers

Shorter-Course Radiation for Breast Cancer Safe, Effective

Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure May Damage DNA

Shoulder Surgery Helps Athletes Get Back in the Game

Sickle Cell Drug Underused by Physicians

Signaling Protein Could Be Target for Leukemia Chemo

Signs of Leukemia Show Up Years Before Diagnosis

Silicone Breast Implants Might Raise Risk of Rare Lymphoma

Silver-Coated Ventilator Tubes Cut Risk of Pneumonia

Simple Blood Test Could Spot Alzheimer's Risk

Simple Case Management Cuts Pulmonary Disease Admissions

Simple Procedure Improves Male Fertility

Simple Steps to Maintaining Memory

Simple Test Could Detect More Gastrointestinal Cancers

Simpler Sleep Apnea Treatment Seems Effective, Affordable

Simpler Test May Be Best for Diagnosing Blood Clots in Leg

Single Cell May Produce Multiple Lung Cancer Tumors

Single Men Less Likely to Get Prostate Screens

Single-Sex Cardiac Rehab Helps Depressed Women

Skin Cells Turned Into Working Heart Muscle

Skin Woes Take Toll on U.S. Combat Troops

Skip the Burgers and Throw Some Veggies on the Grill

Sleep Apnea May Cause Erectile Dysfunction

Sleep Apnea Screening Cuts Surgical Complications

Sleep Benefits From Tonsillectomy Peak at 6 Months

Sleep Disorders Put Stroke, Blood Pressure Patients at Risk

Sleep May Be Cause, Not Consequence, of Cancer Issues

Sleep Therapy Restores Brain Function in Insomniacs

Sleep Training Helps Ease Insomnia Tied to Arthritis

Sleeping Through Dialysis May Be the Way to Go

Small Doses of Carbon Monoxide Might Help Stroke Victims

Small Molecule Might Play Big Part in Lung Cancer

Small Steps May Speed Recovery in ICU Patients

Small Victories in the War Against Ovarian Cancer

Smokeout '08: The Perfect Time to Quit

Smokers' Cars Loaded With Nicotine

Smokers More Likely to Bleed After Throat Surgery

Smokers With Colon Cancer Face High Recurrence Risk

Smoking Packs a Tougher Wallop for Women

Smoking Ups Colon Cancer Risk

Smoking, Drinking Raise Risks of Esophagus, Stomach Cancer

Smoking, Gender Affect Pain Treatment Effectiveness

Social Isolation Adversely Affects Breast Cancer

Social, Health Care Factors Drive Colon Screen Disparities

Some Arteries Opened Safely Without Heparin

Some Breast Cancers May Regress on Their Own

Some Cancer Trials Overstate Findings, Analysis Claims

Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk

Some Parents Aren't Giving Kids Pain Meds Post-Surgery

Some People Vulnerable to Persistent Post-Op Pain

Soothing Imagery May Help Rid Some Kids of Stomach Pain

Soy May Help Shield Asian-American Girls From Breast Cancer

Space Radiation a Risk for Astronauts

Special Dyes and Lighting Kill MRSA, Research Shows

Special Mouth Rinse Spots, Tracks Human Papillomavirus Infection

Specialized Care for Ovarian Cancer Improves Outcomes

Specialized Stroke Care Improves Outcomes

Speedy Care After Heart Attack Key to Survival

Spending Doesn't Improve Patients' Perception of Care

Spinal Anesthesia Doesn't Cause Restless Leg Syndrome

Spinal Cord Stimulation Need Not Keep Soldiers From Action

Spiritual Outlook Can Affect Mental Health in Breast Cancer

Spiriva Safe, Effective for COPD Patients

Splints as Good as Plaster Casts for Minor Fractures

Staff Training Reduces Postpartum Bleeding, Episiotomies

Standard Hepatitis C Treatment Cost-Effective for Prisoners

Statin Use Doesn't Inhibit Lymphoma Drug Therapy

Statins Don't Cut Cancer Risk

Statins Help Prevent Delirium After Heart Surgery

Statins Lower Blood Marker for Prostate Cancer

Statins Lower Risk of Clots in Cancer Patients

Statins May Prevent Some Miscarriages

Statins May Help Before Artery-Opening Surgery

Statins May Stave Off Gallstones

Statins Show Little Benefit for Kids With Learning Disorder

Stay Upbeat, Exercise to Help Prevent Cancer in Old Age

Steady Improvements Seen for Young Blood Cancer Patients

Stem Cell Marker Controls Pair of Key Cancer Pathways

Stem Cell Research Offers Hope for Colon Cancer Vaccine

Stem Cell Study Offers Hope for Targeting Tumors

Stem Cells Being Tested to Fight Pancreatic Cancer

Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance

Stent Studies Tied to Rapid Changes in Use

Stenting as Good as Surgery for Stroke Prevention

Steroid After Tonsillectomy Raises Bleeding Risk

Steroid Inhalers Raise Pneumonia Risk for Lung Disease Patients

Still Too Few Women in Cancer Trials

Stomach Bacteria Might Guard Against Certain Throat Cancer

Stool-Based Colon Cancer Tests Vary Widely in Accuracy

Stopping Antidepressants Boosts Risk of PMS Relapse

Stopping Cancer From Rebounding After Treatment

Stored Ovarian Tissue Needs Testing Before Re-Implantation

Stray Breast Cancer Cells Yield to Post-Op Chemo

Stress Disorder Affects 20% of Intensive Care Patients

Stress Management Battles Prostate Cancer Anxiety

Stress May Speed Melanoma Progression

Strides Made in Tonsil Cancer Repair

Stroke Survivors Walk Better With Human Help

Stroke Treatment Window May Allow a Bit More Time

Study Cites Gains in Gall Bladder Cancer Treatment

Study Compares Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Methods

Study Disproves Belief That Hepatitis C Blunts HIV Drugs

Study Evaluates Laser Therapies for Hair Removal

Study Finds Gender Disparity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Study Finds Less Toxic Treatment for Myeloma

Study Finds Millions More May Benefit From Statins

Study Finds Older Corneas Suitable for Transplantation

Study Finds Possible Genetic Indicator of Colorectal Cancer

Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Safer Than Thought

Study Lets Teens Sound Off on Acne Therapies

Study Links Agent Orange to Prostate Cancer in Vietnam Vets

Study Links Blood Type and Pancreatic Cancer

Study Links Cancerous Tumors With Depression

Study Links Osteoporosis Drugs to Jaw Trouble

Study Links Serum Calcium, Prostate Cancer Death

Study Pinpoints Risk Factors for Death in Young Stroke Victims

Study Questions Lymph Node Harvesting in Colorectal Cancer

Study Singles Out Beachgoers' Skin Cancer Risk

Study Suggests How Cancers Spread to Lungs

Study Suggests Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Tumors

Study Suggests Red Wine May Protect Against Lung Cancer

Study Upholds Stopping Plavix Use Before Surgery

Study Urges Low-Tech Solutions for Medical Errors

Study Weighs Cost, Benefit of Gene Tests Before Warfarin Rx

Substance Abuse Hinders TB Treatment

Sucking Out Clot Debris Helps Heart Attack Patients

Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke

'Suicide' Genes Help Slow Ovarian Tumor Growth in Mice

Sunitinib Benefit Explored in Poor-Prognosis Kidney Cancer

Sunken, Unexploded Bombs Pose Cancer Risk

Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery

Supervised Exercise May Relieve Fatigue During Chemotherapy

Supplement Hampers Thyroid Cancer Treatment

Supportive Weigh-In Program Keeps Pounds Off

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Faces Tough Battle Against Pancreatic Cancer

Surgeon's Checklist Saves Lives

Surgeons Often Are Blamed When Hip Replacements Fail

Surgeon's Preferences Dictate Choice of Kidney Cancer Surgery

Surgery a Boon for Most Common Form of Epilepsy

Surgery Better Than Angioplasty for Narrowed Neck Artery

Surgery for Knee Osteoarthritis No Better Than Therapy, Meds

Surgery for Neck Pain May Also Relieve Headaches

Surgery Helps With Prostate Cancer, Sometimes

Surgery May Not Help Most People With Narrowed Brain Artery

Surgery Not Always Best for Narrowed Kidney Arteries

Surgery Unneeded in Most Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Cases

Surgery, Illness Not Linked to Mental Decline in Seniors

Surgery, 'Sham' Equal in Treating Compression Fracture Pain

Surgical Deaths Linked to Handling of Complications

Surgical Errors Cost Almost $1.5B a Year

Surgical Outcomes Depend on a Host of Variables

Survey Finds Many Women Misinformed About Cancer

Survival Rates Improve for Kids With Blood Cancers

Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost Ovarian Cancer Detection

Synthetic HDL Could Fight Heart Disease

Synthetic Vitamin A-Like Molecule Blocks Early MS

Tailored Treatment Boosts Kidney Cancer Survival

Tailored Treatments Effective for Depression Due to Pain

Taking Aim at Relapse of Leukemia in Kids

Taking Codeine While Breast-Feeding May Harm Infant

Talk Therapy Proves Effective for Terminal Cancer Patients

Tamoxifen Cuts Fracture Risk: Study

Tamoxifen May Up Risk of Second, More Aggressive Breast Cancer

Tamoxifen Speeds Diagnosis of ER-Negative Breast Cancer

Targeted Drug Boosts Survival Among Liver Cancer Patients

Targeted Treatments Show Mettle Against Advanced Cancers

Targeting Cancer's Own Stem Cells to Fight Recurrence

Task Force Member Defends Mammography Guidelines

TB Outbreaks May Be Predicted by First 2 Cases

T-Cell Infusion Therapy Boosts Melanoma Survival

Teaching Hospitals' Post-Op Gains Not Extended to Blacks

Team Designs Gold Nanoparticles to Deliver Multiple Drugs

Teaming Up to Tackle a Deadly Cancer

Technique Might Prevent Some Bladder Removals

Technique Preserves Future Fertility in Girls With Cancer

Technique Tracks Cancer-Killing Cells

Teens May Not Benefit from Pap Tests

Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits

Test Before Corneal Transplant May Improve Outcome

Testicular Cancer Survivors Face Other Ills

Testosterone Patch Restores Libido in Postmenopausal Women

Testosterone Spray Improves Sexual Satisfaction in Women

Tests Could Predict Benefit From Cancer Drugs

Tests May ID Older Patients at Risk for Post-Op Delirium

Tests Might Diagnose, Predict Prostate Cancer

Thalidomide Continues to Show Benefits Against Myeloma

The Elderly Can Be Candidates for Angioplasty, Stenting

Therapy Could Save Limbs After Frostbite

Therapy, Meds Best for Lumbar Low Back Pain

Thickness, Location Predict Skin Cancer's Spread

Third of EMS Stethoscopes Carry MRSA Virus

Thyroid Cancer Higher in Volcanic Areas

Timing May Matter in Organ Donation Decisions

Tiny Chemo Beads Boost Liver Cancer Outcomes

Tired Doctors More Prone to Errors

Tissue-Freezing Technique Effective Against Prostate Cancer

Tobacco Use Kills 6 Million People Annually: Report

Too Few Cancer Survivors Pursue Healthy Lifestyles

Too Few Latinos Get Colorectal Cancer Tests

Too Few Older Adults Get Recommended Screenings

Too Much Red Meat May Shorten Life Span

Topical Cream Treats Precancerous Lesions of Vulva

Topical Treatment May Ease Erectile Dysfunction

Torn Surgical Gloves Put Patients at Risk for Infection

Toxic Chemicals Blamed for Gulf War Illness

Toxic Sewer Gas Induces Suspended Metabolism in Mice

Tracking Cancer Drug's Effectiveness

Traditional Chinese Therapy May Help Ease Eczema

Traditional Nonsurgical GERD Treatments Not Impressive

Training Student Leaders Cuts Peers' Smoking Rates

Transfusing Anemic Cancer Patients Boosts Clot Risk

Transfusions of 'Older' Blood Don't Work as Well

Transplant May Treat Metabolic Disorders in Womb

Transplant Patients Should Be Monitored for Ear Infection

Trauma Center Counseling Reduces Kids' Repeat Injuries

Traveling for Treatment

Treadmill Workouts Help Stroke Survivors

Treating Stomach Infection Early Protects Against Cancer

Treatment Bias Can Skew Results of Observational Studies

Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Updated

Treatment May Limit Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Treatment Options Are Many for Prostate Cancer

Two Endometrial Cancer Treatments May Not Work

Two Liver Cancer Treatments Better Than One

Two Preemie Treatments May Not Help

Two Treatments Equally Effective for Chronic Pelvic Pain

Two-Thirds of Hispanic Women Discover Breast Cancer Themselves

Type of Knee Surgery Makes Difference in Football Career

Tysabri May Treat Myelin Sheath Damage From MS

U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall

U.S. Cancer Rate-Death Rate Combo Drops for 1st Time

U.S. Childhood Cancers Vary by Sex, Region

U.S. Doctors Treat Heart Attack With Man's Own Stem Cells

U.S. Experts Still Unsure of Allergy Relief by Mouth

U.S. Face Transplant Patient Is Reportedly Doing Fine

U.S. Flunks on Tobacco Control Report Card

U.S. Hospitals Underutilize Proven Heart Failure Therapy

U.S. Hospitals Vary Widely in Caring for Women

U.S. May Soon Face Shortage of General Surgeons

U.S. Mental Health Spending Rises, But Many Still Left Out

U.S. Relaxes Opposition to Medical Marijuana

U.S. Reported 25,000 Cases of HPV-Related Cancers Annually

U.S. Urged to Renew the War on Cancer

U.S. Web Site Helps Consumers Compare Hospitals

Ulcer Preventative May Raise Pneumonia Risks

Ultrasound Used to Predict Heart Attack Risk

Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Chemotherapy

Uninsured Face Worse Outcomes After Diverticulitis

Unique Bone Marrow Transplant Said to Cure Sickle Cell

Universal Testing, Prompt Treatment Could Slash HIV

Urine Samples Could Reveal Breast Cancer Risk

Urine Test for Chlamydia Shown Effective in Men

Urine Test May One Day Predict Prostate Cancer

User Registry May Help Docs Stem Painkiller Abuse

Using a Balloon to Repair a Broken Back

Using Cell Phones, Internet to Battle Eating Disorders

Using C-Section Scars to Predict Future Deliveries

Uterus Size May Predict Risk for Premature Twins After IVF

UV Lights, Fans May Curb TB Spread in Hospitals

Vaccine May Boost Survival of Brain Cancer Patients

Variations in Gene DNA Boost Drinkers' Cancer Risk

Vein Removal Method Linked to Bypass Results

Ventilation After Breathing Tube Removal May Alter Outcomes

Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect

Viagra May Boost Female Libido in Some Cases

Viagra May Shield Heart From Blood Pressure Damage

Video Consultations Effective for Stroke Treatment

Video Game May Help Reduce Flashbacks From Trauma

Vigorous Exercise Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk

Virtual Colonoscopy Effective for Average Risk People

Virtual Reality Therapy May Help PTSD Patients

Virus May Affect Survival in Head and Neck Cancer

Viscosity Enhancers Curb Bleeding Complications

Vitamin B No Help for Alzheimer's

Vitamin C Megadoses Hamper Cancer Treatments in Mice

Vitamin C Shows Promise as Cancer Treatment

Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer

Vitamin D Deficit in Pregnancy Tied to Caesarean Risk

Vitamin D Good for Breast Cancer Patients

Vitamin D Guidelines Too Low for Cystic Fibrosis Kids

Vitamin D May Improve Melanoma Survival

Vitamin D Receptor Gene Variant Tied to Melanoma

Vitamin D Use Linked to Lower Mortality in Kidney Patients

Vitamin K Doesn't Slow Bone Loss

Vitamin K Slows Insulin Resistance in Older Men

Vitamins Do Older Women Little Good

Vitamins Fail to Prevent Cancer: Study

Waiting Is the Hardest Part in Biopsies

Want to Stop Cancer? You Can, Experts Say

Warfarin Underused in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

Warm-Up Reduces ACL Injury in Female Soccer Players

'Watchful Waiting' Safe With Low-Risk Prostate Cancers

Wealthy More Likely to Have Breast Reconstruction

Web Site Helps Cancer Patients With Fertility Preservation

Weekend Admission May Be Riskier for GI Bleeding

Weight Boosts Older Women's Breast Cancer Risk

Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Is Key to Easing Diabetes

Weight-Loss Surgery Safe, Effective Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

Weight-Loss Surgery Simplified

Weight-Loss Surgery Weighed as Diabetes Rx

Well Water Might Raise Bladder Cancer Risk

What to Do If You Have Unsightly Veins

What to Expect From a Colonoscopy

When Breast Cancer Recurs, Finding Pre-Symptoms Is Key

Where You Live May Affect Your Cancer Diagnosis

Whites More Likely to Get Rare Bone Cancer

Whole Brain Radiation Not Best for Cancer That Has Spread

Whole Milk Cheaper, Effective Contrast Agent for GI Scans

Why Cancer in One Breast May Affect the Other

Why Music Triggers a Walk Down Memory Lane

Will New Anemia Drug Top Current Treatments?

Window for Stroke Treatment Opens Wider

Wine Color Won't Change Breast Cancer Risk

Wine May Be Protective Against Esophageal Cancer

With Angioplasty, More Is Better

With Depression, Vets Face Higher Suicide Risk

With Heart Attacks, Fast Treatment Matters

With Hormone Therapy, Tender Breasts May Signal Cancer Risk

With Microdermabrasion, Rough Seems to Work Better

Woman's Abdominal Organs Removed in Unique Cancer Surgery

Women at Higher Risk of Abnormal Burn Scars

Women Get Lung Cancer From Smoking at Same Rates as Men

Women More Likely to Have Second Thoughts on Tattoos

Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span

Women Smokers Prone to Dangerous Blood Vessel Condition

Women Unhappy With Disposal Options After Infertility Treatment

Women's Awareness of Cancer Risk Linked to Race, Ethnicity

Women's Death Rate Higher From Severe Heart Attack

Women's Testosterone Patch May Not Work

Worldwide Surgery Rates Tied to Economic Status

Wrinkle Fillers Need Better Label Warnings: FDA Panel

Wristbands May Lessen Nausea After Radiation

Written Instructions Cut Bleeding Risk for Blood Thinner Use

Yale Plans Closer Look at Exercise and Cancer

Yoga May Bring Calm to Breast Cancer Treatment

Yoga Program May Help Prevent Falls in Elderly

Young Hodgkin Survivors Face Later Risk of Second Cancers

Young Women's Breast Tissue Offers Clues to Cancer Risk

Younger Breast Cancer Survivors Risk Disease in Other Breast

Younger Men Fare Best After Hip Joint Resurfacing

Younger Women With Breast Cancer Face Added Peril

Younger Women With Colon Cancer Outlive Men

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