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10% of U.S. Kids Using Cough Medicine Every Week
2 Years of Hormone Use May Be 'Safe'
2 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective
2 Cardiovascular Proteins Tied to Severity of Alzheimer's
2 Genes Implicated in Autism
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 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
3 NFL Stars to Donate Brain Tissue for Trauma Research
3.4 Million Seniors Hit Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'
3-D Doppler Ultrasound Helps ID Breast Cancers
3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes
3-Drug Combo Reduces Nausea After Chemo
4 More Deaths Reported Among Byetta Patients
5 Million People a Year Use Self-Help Addiction Programs
9 Genes Are Linked to Alzheimer's
9/11 Responders May Be At Raised Myeloma Risk
A Blood Marker Could Spot Diabetes Risk
A Drop of Blood May Help Assess Cancer Therapy
A Drug to Cure Spinal Cord Injuries?
A Fat That May Keep You Thin
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
A Robot That Reads Your Mind?
Abnormal Protein May Signal Pancreatic Cancer
Abused Kids Face Higher Cancer Risk
'Abuse-Resistant' Form of OxyContin May Be Near
Accidental Overdoses in the Home Soaring
Acid-Suppressing Meds May Boost Pneumonia Risks
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
Adapting Gait May Help Elderly Avoid Falls
Add More Facts to Drug Ads, Experts Urge
Addiction Drug Causes Rapid Weight Loss in Rats
Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure
Adding a Cancer Drug May Make Matters Worse
ADHD Medications Don't Pose Cancer Risk
ADHD Stimulant Meds Cut Young Girls' Drug Abuse Risk
Admissions for Prescription Painkiller Abuse on Rise
Advertising to Consumers May Raise Drug Prices
Advice Helps Prevent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
After Fits and Starts, New Hope for Psoriasis Patients
After Neuroblastoma, Chronic Problems Often Await
After-Effects of Chemotherapy May Include Memory Problems
Agent Orange Linked to Parkinson's, Heart Disease
Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer
Aging Brain May Contribute to Some Hearing Loss
AIDS Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer
AIDS-like Illness Found in African Chimps
Ailment Linked to Pigs May Reveal Keys to Other Disorders
Alcohol Abuse Can Damage Bones
Alcohol, Cigarettes and Diabetes Up Colorectal Cancer Risk
Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too
Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners
Almost Half of Adults Will Develop Knee Osteoarthritis by 85
ALS, Alzheimer's Insights Could Improve Treatment
Alzheimer's Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury
Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims
Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise
Alzheimer's Drugs Also Treat Behavioral, Psych Problems
Alzheimer's Plaques More Complex Than Thought
Alzheimer's Protein Tied to HIV Progression
Alzheimer's Research Brings Progress, Setbacks
Alzheimer's Treatment Trials May Have Special Challenges
American Cancer Society Stands By Cancer Screening Guidelines
America's Pending Shortage of Cancer Doctors
An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment
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
Angst May Protect Against Some Skin Cancer
Animal Study Links Social Standing With Drug Use Risk
Another Genetic Link to Testicular Cancer Is Found
Antacids Are Best First Choice for Indigestion
Antibiotic Combo Fights Resistant TB
Antibiotics Being Prescribed Less for Respiratory Infections
Antibiotics Largest Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Damage
Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection
Antidepressant Eases Anxiety in Older Adults
Anti-Drug TV Campaign Didn't Curb Teen Pot Use: Study
Anti-Mucus Drug Slows Symptoms of COPD
Antioxidants Pose No Melanoma Threat
Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes
Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings
Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk
Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly
Antipsychotic Drugs of Little Benefit to Alzheimer's Patients
Antipsychotics Up Death Risk in Alzheimer's Patients
Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Antiviral Drugs Should Be Used Cautiously to Fight Flu, U.S. Says
Anxiety, Shyness May Be Long-Lasting Traits
Apes Love a Good Laugh, Too
Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting
Aquarobics May Help Ease Labor
Are Candles Making You Sick?
Are You Getting Burned by Your Sunscreen?
Artery Plaque Rupture Can Occur Without Symptoms
Artificial Light Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk
As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise
As TV Drug Ads Increase, So Do Concerns
Aspirin May Stem Deaths From Colorectal Cancer
Aspirin Reduces Asthma Risk Among Older Women
Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients
Asthma Combo Seems Less Influenced by Genes
Asthma 'Rescue' Inhalers Are Changing
Asthma's Course Differs by Gender
Athletes Seeking Doping Agents Can Still Find Them Online
Autistic Children Make Limited Eye Contact
Autoimmune Disease Treatment May Not Dampen Immune System
Automated Calls May Help Doctors Monitor Patients
Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis
Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery
Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
B Cells Can Act Alone in Autoimmune Diseases
Bacterial Infections May Be Overlooked in SIDS Cases
Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use
Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk
Bariatric Surgery Cuts Cancer Risk for Women
Being Happy Affects Even Those You Don't Know
Beta Blocker Blocks Feelings of Bad Memories
Beta Blocker May Shrink Infant Hemangiomas
Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery
Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery
Better Pap Smear Follow-Up Needed Among Lower-Income Women
Biological Product Shows Promise Against Gum Disease
Biologics Don't Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Biologists Discover How Dengue Virus Matures
Biomarker May Predict Response to Cancer Therapy
Biomarker May Signal HIV Progression
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
Birds Don't Miss a Beat
Birth Control Pills Linked to Lupus Risk
Birth Size Linked to Breast Cancer Risk
Birthmark or Blood Vessel Problem?
Bisphosphonates Cause Rare Eye Inflammation
Black Cancer Patients Choose More Aggressive End-of-Life Care
Black Heart Patients Treated Less for Depression
Black Women at Higher Risk for Aggressive Breast Tumors
Blacks at Greater Risk of Precancerous Colon Polyps
Blacks at Higher Risk for Brain Lesions Causing Stroke
Blacks Less Likely to Get Optimal Lung Cancer Treatment
Blacks With Lung Disease Face Increased Cancer Risk
Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses
Blood Flow Mismatch Seen in Pancreatic Cancers
Blood Pressure Drug Might Work Against MS
Blood Pressure Drugs May Protect Against Alzheimer's
Blood Pressure Pill Combo More Effective Than Diuretics
Blood Pressure Treatment Can Be Used Against Stroke
Blood Protein May Predict Heart Attack But Not Stroke
Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial
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 Cause Skin Lesions
Blood Thinner May Prevent Chemo-Related Clots
Blood Thinner, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky After Heart Attack
Blood Transfusions Not Linked to Long-Term Problems
Blood Type May Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant
Blood-Thinner No Help for Dialysis Treatment
Blue Dye Halts Worsening Paralysis in Animal Study
Blueberry Drink Protects Mice From Obesity, Diabetes
Bogus Stem Cell Therapies Sold on Internet
Bone Cement Eases Pain of Late-Stage Cancers
Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
Bone Growth Protein Also Promotes 'Good' Fat
Bones May Suffer From Green Tea Consumption
Boosting Brain Protein Quickly Cut Excessive Drinking
Boston Trial to Test New HIV/AIDS Vaccine
Botox Works on Muscle Disorders But Not Migraines
Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk
Brain Activity May Predict Schizophrenia Behavior
Brain Adjusts to Cope With Life's Upsets
Brain Cancer Vaccine's Immune Response Key to Outcomes
Brain Chemical Could Spur Lovesickness
Brain May Use Its 'Mind's Eye' to Control Chaos
Brain Protein May Have Potential Against Alzheimer's
Brain Protein Tied to Retardation
Brain Rewires Itself After Hand Transplant
Brain Scan May Help Predict Cancer Drug Response
Brain Scans Could Help Spot Schizophrenia Earlier
Brain Scans Show Differences in Cocaine Addicts
Brain Scans Show Heightened Risk for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Brain Stem Cells Reverse Myelin Deficiency in Mice
Brain Tumor Biomarker May Improve Patient Outcomes
Brain-Computer Interface Posts Message on Twitter
Brain's Memory Capacity Much Larger Than Believed
Brain's Serotonin May Explain Seasonal Mood Changes
Brazilian Mint Tea Naturally Good for Pain Relief
Breast Abnormality Follow-Up Often Later in Black Women
Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop 2% Annually
Breast Cancer Drug May Beat Fungal Infection
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 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 Scanner Could Improve Cancer Screen Comfort
Breast CT Scans Could Be Comfortable Alternative to Mammograms
Breast Self-Exam Rates Go Up With Counseling
Breast-Feeding While on Seizure Meds Doesn't Harm Babies
Broad Screening of Blood Clots May Find Cancers Earlier
Broad-Spectrum Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
Broccoli May Ward Off Serious Stomach Ailments
Buyers Spend More With Non-Cash Purchases
Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk
Caffeine Could Stave Off Multiple Sclerosis
Caffeine May Block High Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer's
Caffeine May Offer Some Skin Cancer Protection
Calcium Might Have Taste Humans Can Detect
Calcium, Vitamin D Won't Prevent Breast Cancer
Cancer Can Strain Marriages to Breaking Point
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 Could Fight Stroke
Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage
Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation
Cancer Drug May Fight Alzheimer's
Cancer Drug May Help Scleroderma
Cancer Drug May Help With Kidney Transplants
Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients
Cancer Drug Shrinks Benign Tumors That Steal Hearing
Cancer Drug Trials Often Halted Early
Cancer Drug Ups Risk of Clots in Veins
Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes
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
Cannabis-Linked Cell Receptor Might Help Prevent Colon Cancer
Canola Oil Consumed During Pregnancy Lowers Breast Cancer Risk for Offspring
Car Key Device Jams Teens' Cell Phones
Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients
CARDIA Studies Open Window on Heart, Lung Diseases
Case Points to Link Between Crohn's Treatment, Cancer
Catching Ovarian Cancer Early May Miss Aggressive Tumors
CDC Study Links 2 Antibiotics to Birth Defects
Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker
Celexa May Not Help Kids With Autism
Cell Conversion Shows Promise for Diabetes Treatment
Cell Discovery May Bring Science Closer to Diabetes Cure
Cell Pathway May Be Key to Lung Cancer's Spread
Cell Protein Could Help Spur Malignancy
Cell Protein Suppresses Pain Better Than Morphine
Cellular Disorder Might Influence Behavior
Cellular Protein Yields Clues to Diabetes, Alzheimer's
Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA
Certain Tests in ERs Raise Cancer Risk for Some
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
Cetuximab Helps Treat Colorectal Cancer
'Chemical Nose' May Sniff Out Cancer Earlier
Chemicals in Marijuana Smoke May Harm DNA
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
Chemotherapy Superior to New Drug for Early Breast Cancer
Cherry-Enriched Diet Cut Heart Risks in Rats
Chest CT Scans Detect Spread of Head, Neck Cancers
Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed
Chewing Tobacco No Safer Than Smoking
Chicken Soup May Lower Blood Pressure
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
Childhood Obesity May Cause Thyroid Problems
Chimps Show Signs of Culture
Chinese Red Yeast Rice May Prevent Heart Attack
Chinese Scientists Develop Database on the Liver
Chinese Work Sees Through Invisibility Quest
Chocolate for Your Valentine a Healthy Idea
Cholesterol Drug Controversy Continues
Cholesterol Drug Tied to Sleep Disturbances
Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Increased Fatigue
Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People
Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Won't Cause Cancer
Chromosome Abnormality Tied to Autistic Behavior in Mice
Chromosome Linked to Diabetics' Heart Risks
Chromosome Tests Help Study of Kids' Mental Anomalies
Chronic Stomach Inflammation Boosts Cancer Risk
Circulating Tumor Cells Reveal Insights Into Lung Cancers
Clear Skies Have Become Less So Over Time, Data Show
Clinical Trial Volunteers Uneasy About Some Financial Ties
Clot-Busting Treatment Improves Bleeding Stroke Outcomes
Clue to Cause of Epileptic Seizures Discovered
Clues Found to Brain Mechanism Behind Migraines
Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten
Cocaine Spurs Long-Term Change in Brain Chemistry
Cocaine Use in Pregnancy Linked to Impulsivity in Sons
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Eases Anxiety for Older People
Collagen Samples of
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Link Dinosaur to Birds
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
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 Beneficial in Biliary-Tract Cancer Study
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 Gene Mutation Lowers Risk for Bipolar Disorder
Common Genetic Variant Tied to Lung Cancer Risk
Common Heart Drugs May Hamper Blood Thinner
Common Industrial Chemicals May Not Boost Cancer Risk
Common Medications Could Cause Physical Impairment in the Elderly
Complete Horse Genome Sequence Revealed
Complications Found in Proposed Prostate Cancer Treatment
Compound Reverses Huntington's Symptoms in Mice
Compound Targets, Destroys Cancer Stem Cells in Mice
Compound Tied to Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
Compounds Found to Protect Rabbits From Cerebral Palsy
Computer Program Helps Drug Abusers Stay Clean
Computer-Aided Mammogram Reading Effective
Computer-Based Method IDs Alzheimer's Protein Structures
Concerted Effort Needed to Fight Drug-Resistant Flu Strain
Conflicts of Interest Still Exist in Cancer Research
Consciousness Helps the Mind and Body Work Together
Constipation May Lead to Other Problems
Consumer Group Seeks FDA Ban on Avandia
Consumers Still Buying Risky Imported Drugs Online: FDA
Coronary Calcium Scans Can Raise Cancer Risks
Cosmetic Skin Fillers May Cause Delayed Side Effects
Costs Can Vary By $100 or More for Same Drugs
Coupled With Mammography, Ultrasound Finds More Breast Cancers
Court Says Vaccine Not the Cause of Autism
Creatine Has Negligible Effect on COPD Exercise Rehab
'Crime Boss' Gene May Spur Breast Cancer
Crucial Finding Advances Spinal Cord Injury Research
CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis
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
Dads' Substance Use Hurts Expectant Moms' Efforts to Quit
Daily Naps May Raise Older Women's Death Risk
Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research
Database Helps Assess Your Breast Cancer Risk
Dealing Cervical Cancer a Knockout Blow
Decide for Me When I Can't, Most People Say
Deciphering the Language of Intoxication
Decline in Cigarette Sales Offset by Use of Alternative Products
Decoding Muscle Stem Cell Development
Decongestant Exposure Needs Closer Look
Deep Sea Microbes Shed Light on Human Biology
Deep Sedation Becoming More Common for Dying Patients in Holland
DEET Works Because Mosquitoes Hate the Smell
Defect in Gene Tied to Atrial Fibrillation
Delays in Lung Cancer Care More Common in Public Hospitals
Delivering Chemo Directly Into Brain Tumors Shows Promise
Dementia Underestimated in Developing Countries
Dense Breasts Complicate Testing and Treatment
Depression May Hasten Cancer Death
Depression Poses Pregnancy Risks
Detecting, Diagnosing Breast Cancers
Determining Who Will Respond to Brain Tumor Therapy
Device May Offer Alternative to Warfarin for Arrhythmia
Diabetes and Depression Go Hand-in-Hand
Diabetes Boosts Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis, Cirrhosis Cases
Diabetes Drug Byetta May Aid Weight Loss in Obese Patients
Diabetes Drug May Prevent Early Puberty in Young Girls
Diabetes Drug May Slow Eye Disease
Diabetics May Soon Have Low-Sugar Vegetable Juice
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 Seawater Boosts Nutritional Content of Tomatoes
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Have Little Effect on Sales: Study
Discoveries Brighten Search for AIDS Vaccine
Discovery Boosts Boys' Prospects for Post-Cancer Fertility
Discovery May Boost Bird Flu Vaccine Potency
Discovery May Pave Way to Better Diabetes Care
Discovery Points to Regulation of Calcium Metabolism
Discovery Sheds Light on Huntington's Disease
Disease Prevention Programs Worth the Investment
Disease-Specific Stem Cell Lines Developed
Diuretics Still Best Treatment for High Blood Pressure
DNA Coding May Make Bowel Prone to Cancer
DNA Find in Oregon Is Oldest Yet Discovered in Americas
DNA Fingerprinting Could ID Viable Embryos
DNA Variations May Alter Risk of Hodgkin's Disease
DNA-Based HPV Tests More Accurate Than Pap Smears
Docs Override Most Electronic Drug Warnings
Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Doctor-Pharmacist Teams Boost Blood Pressure Control
Doctors' Groups Collaborate on Care for Heart Patients
Doctors' Guide to Cancer Drugs May Need Revising
Doctors Often Prescribe Placebo Treatments
Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes
Doctors' Ties to Drug Companies Called Commonplace
Dog Ailment, ALS Link Seen
Dogs Get Petty About Treats
Dogs Help in Hunt for New Cancer Drugs
Dogs Helping to Advance Cancer Research
Donor Stem-Cell Transplant Best For Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Don't Lower Age for Cervical Cancer Test, Study Urges
Drinking May Raise Breast Cancer Risk
Drinking May Trigger Genetic Marker for Depression
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 Boosts Natural Growth Hormone in Seniors
Drug Can Slow Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer Patients
Drug Combo Cuts COPD Lung Function Loss
Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth
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 May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes
Drug Combo May Relieve MS Symptoms
Drug Combo Proves Powerful Against Lung Cancer
Drug Companies Say No Cold Meds for Kids Under 4
Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors
Drug Could Make Melanoma More Vulnerable to Chemo
Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions
Drug Effective Against Heart-Lung Disorder
Drug Failed to Reduce Heart Attack Risk After Bypass
Drug Fails to Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis
Drug for Deadly Lung Disease Shows Promise
Drug Found Ineffective Against Lung Disease
Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue
Drug Helps Heroin Addicts Stay Clean
Drug Holds Promise Against AIDS
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 Limits Stomach Trouble in Patients Taking Low-Dose Aspirin
Drug May Cut Tremors Associated With Parkinson's
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 May Stem Slide Into Alzheimer's for Some
Drug Proves Effective in Slowing Melanomas
Drug Reduces Inflammatory Arthritis Symptoms, Lesions
Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment
Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy
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 Use Increasingly Common in All Countries
Drug Use in Teens May Damage Memory Years Later
Drug Works Well for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis
Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Might Increase Cancer Risk
Drugs From Vegetables May Target Melanoma Tumors
Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes
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
Early Alzheimer's Hinders Brain's Effort to Sort Information
Early Drug Treatment May Cut Multiple Sclerosis Risk
Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies
Early Morning Colonoscopies May Find More Polyps
Early TB Found in 9,000-Year-Old Bones
Early Use of NSAIDs Might Prevent Alzheimer's
'Easter Island' Drug Adds Years to Mice
Eating Habits Not Sole Cause of Thinness or Obesity
Eating in America Still Unhealthy: CDC
Eating Less May Slow Aging Process
ED Drug Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Education Helps Women Make Safer Tanning Choices
Education Program Spurs Blacks to Take Blood Pressure Meds
Effort Could Lead to Blood Tests for Heart Problems
Elaborate Network Drives When and Where Proteins Are Made
Elderly Can Benefit From High Blood Pressure Treatment
Elderly More Likely to Battle Sleep Disorders
Electrical Signal in Brain Seems to Warn of 'Mistakes'
'Electronic Nose' Could Spot Kidney Disease
Elevated Albumin Levels in Urine Raise Hypertension Risk
Elevated Insulin Levels Linked to Breast Cancer
Embryonic Heart Shows Strong Capacity to Regenerate
Embryonic Pathways Induce Stem Cell Traits
Embryonic Stem Cells Turned Into Three Types of Heart Cells
Emotions of Music Touch Universal Chord
Engineered Viruses Could Battle Superbugs
Enrollment for Medicare Drug Plans Begins Again
Enzyme Beneficial to Alzheimer's Plays Darker Role in Other Dementia
Epilepsy Drug May Boost Birth Defect Risk
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
Etanercept, Methotrexate Safe for Juvenile RA
Ethnicity Plays Role in Parents' Treatment of Childhood Fever
Euthanasia, Palliative Care Work in Unison in Belgium
Even Mild Sleep Apnea Hikes Heart Risk
Evolution May Have Made Humans More Cancer Prone
Excess Weight Seems to Boost Breast Cancer Risk
Exercise Combats Cancer Fatigue
Exercise Lowers Risk of Colon Cancer
Exercise May Help in Leukemia Recovery
Exercise May Prevent Prostate Cancer: Study
Exercise Testing for Cancer Fails to Follow Guidelines
Existing Drug May Lead to ALS Treatment
Experimental AIDS Vaccine Delivers Good News
Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise
Experimental Cancer Vaccines Show Promise
Experimental Drug Eases Symptoms of Mild Alzheimer's
Experimental Drug Fights Bone Marrow Cancers
Experimental Drug Fights Multiple Sclerosis Activity
Experimental Drug May Dampen Severe Asthma
Experimental Drug May Prevent Plaque Buildup
Experimental Drug Shows Early Promise Against Cystic Fibrosis
Experimental Imaging System Helps Detect Breast Cancer
Experimental Therapy Beats Back One Patient's Melanoma
Experimental Weight-Loss Pill Passes Early Test
Experts Optimistic About Melanoma Vaccine
Experts Release Guidelines on Use of Breast MRI
Exposure to Holocaust May Have Raised Cancer Risks
Exposure to Peanuts May Build Tolerance to Allergy
Extended Antiviral May Benefit Kidney Transplant Patients
Extended Work Absences May Signal Risk of Death
Extra Drug Improves Rectal Cancer Treatment
Eye Cell Implants Improve Parkinson's Symptoms
Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy
Factors in Cancer Death Rates Stay Stagnant
Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk
Fairness Is a Hard-Wired Emotion
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 Might Improve Odds Against Colon Cancer
Family History of Melanoma Doubles Parkinson's Risk
Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates
Family Physicians Have Little Input at NIH: Report
Faster Test Detects Fake Tamiflu Drugs
Fasting Before Chemo Protects Healthy Cells
'Fasting Signal' Offers Clues to Insulin Resistance in the Obese
Fat Deposits Boost Heart Attack Risk
Fat-Sensing Hormones Might Fight Obesity
Fatty Acid in Olive Oil Wards Off Hunger
FDA Approves Genetic Test for Breast Cancer
FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Epilepsy
FDA Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin
FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs
FDA Details Access to 'Investigational' Drugs
FDA Faulted for Stance on Chemical in Plastics
FDA Faults Drug Information for Consumers
FDA Identifies Contaminant in Blood-Thinning Drug
FDA Initiative Seeks to Reduce Accidental Overdoses
FDA Investigates Possible Vytorin-Cancer Link
FDA Mandates Black Box Warning for Some Antibiotics
FDA Mandates Tougher Warnings for Pain Pills
FDA Panel Backs New Anti-Clotting Drug
FDA Panel Calls for More Testing of Diabetes Drugs
FDA Panel Considers Toll-Free Number for TV Drug Ads
FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients
FDA Panel Supports Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients
FDA Proposes New Drug Labels for Pregnant Women
FDA Proposes Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals
FDA Renews Warnings on Pain-Relief Patch
FDA Seeks Better Regulation of Painkillers
FDA Starts Safety Review of Autoimmune Disorder Drugs
FDA Struggles to Keep Pace With Requests for Generics
FDA Tells Patients to Stick With Diabetes Drug Linked to Cancer
FDA to List Drugs Under Review for Safety Issues
FDA Wants More Time to Study Cold Meds for Kids
FDA Warns About Weight Loss Products
FDA Warns Companies to Stop Selling Fake Cancer Cures
FDA Warns of Skin-Numbing Drug Dangers
FDA: Contaminated Heparin Found in 11 Countries
Fear Response May Stem From Protein in Brain
'Fearless' 3-Year-Olds Might Be Tomorrow's Criminals
Female Mammals May Select Out Competing Sperm
Fertility Drugs Do Not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk
Fetal Exposure to Substance Abuse Changes Brain Structure
Fewer Doses, Intramuscular Injection Cut Anthrax Shot Side Effects
Fewer Teens Sniffing Glue, Household Products
Fewer Women Are Having Mammograms
Fighting a Fungus That Thrives on Tomatoes
Fighting Cancer With a Pen
Final Rules Broaden Pool for Stem Cell Research
Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners
Finding Points to Possible Blood Test for Brain Tumors
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 Vessel Graft Grown From Kidney Patients' Own Cells
First-Ever Mapping of Cancer Patient's Genome
Five-Minute Survey Can Help Predict Lung Cancer
Flavonoids May Help Treat Alzheimer's
Flu Shot May Be Less Effective in Those With Lupus
Flushing From Alcohol a Risk Factor for Esophageal Cancer
Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer
Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients' Brain Function
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
Folk Medicine Therapy May Prevent Alcoholic Relapse
Food as Medicine?
'Food Clock' May Override Master Sleep Clock in Times of Duress
Food Phosphates Might Spur Lung Cancer
For Adolescents, Inhalants Are Drug of Choice
For Dialysis Patients, More Pills = Lower Quality of Life
For Hispanics, a Unique Cancer Profile Emerges
For Kids With Down Syndrome, a 'Ray of Hope'
For Kids With Leukemia, Radiation May Be Safe to Skip
For Some Doctors, Empathy Is in Short Supply
Foreclosures Plunge People Into Depression
Formaldehyde May Endanger Funeral Workers
Fossils Push Back Bipedalism to 6 Million Years Ago
Framingham Score May Not Spot Lifetime Heart Risk
Freckles, Moles May Indicate Risk for Eye Cancer
Free Drug Samples Hike Out-of-Pocket Costs
Free Prescription Drug Samples Pose Risk to Kids
Free Web Site Lists Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
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
Full Results of AIDS Vaccine Trial Confirm Modest Benefit
Full-Body Scans May Help the Highly Cancer-Prone
Gains Against Heart Failure Reported
Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure
Garlic as a Cancer Fighter? Maybe Not
Gator Blood May Be New Source of Antibiotics
Gender May Influence Heart Failure Treatment
Gene Alteration May Affect Breast Cancer Therapy
Gene Behind Childhood Anemias Found
Gene Behind Rare Eye Disease in Dachshunds Discovered
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 Discovered for Most Common Form of Epilepsy
Gene Discovery May Advance Head and Neck Cancer Therapy
Gene Explains How High-Fructose Diets Lead to Insulin Resistance
Gene 'Fix' in Egg Prevents Inherited Diseases in Monkeys
Gene Fusions May Drive Certain Cancers
Gene Governs Response to Leukemia Chemotherapy
Gene Linked to 'Dry' Macular Degeneration
Gene Linked to High Blood Pressure Discovered
Gene May Explain Women's Heightened Lupus Risk
Gene Mutation Could Be Key to Rare Blood Vessel Disease
Gene Mutation Doubles Risk of Aggressive Colon Cancer in Blacks
Gene Mutation Improves Response to Lung Cancer Drug
Gene Mutation in Dalmatians Sheds Light on Kidney Stones in Humans
Gene Mutation May Cause Some Cases of Seasonal Affective Disorder
Gene Mutation May Speed Learning
Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Atrial Fibrillation
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 'Switch' May Help Drive Excess Fluid in Lungs
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 Brings New Muscle to Monkeys
Gene Therapy Helps Dogs Stricken With Cancer
Gene Therapy Holds Promise for HIV
Gene Therapy in Rats Reduces Cocaine Use
Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Severe Hereditary Eye Disease
Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against Chronic Pain
Gene Tied to Common Childhood Language Disorder
Gene Tied to Infants' Lung Maturation
Gene Treatment in Mice Makes Old Liver Cells Young
Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix
Gene Variant May Contribute to Alzheimer's Disease
Gene Variant May Hike Women's Risk of Alzheimer's
Gene Variant Raises Risk for Brain Cancer at Young Age
Gene Variant Tied to Smokers' Risk of Lung Cancer
Gene Variant Tied to Cocaine-Induced Paranoia
Gene Variation Linked to Neuroblastoma, a Childhood Cancer
Gene Variations May Predict Antidepressant Response
Genes Help Cancer-Linked Viruses Elude Immune System
Genes Linked to Cholesterol in Cells Are Identified
Genes Linked to Osteoporosis Identified
Genes Linked to Spread of Breast Cancer
Genes May Decide Which Smokers Get Lung Disease
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
Genes Seem to Affect Tissues Differently
Genes That Control Body's Salt Levels Are Identified
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 Discovery May Improve Hepatitis C Treatment
Genetic Disorder Drug Helps Reverse Heart Muscle Enlargement
Genetic Factors Affect Codeine's Work as Painkiller
Genetic Link Between Type 1 Diabetes, Celiac Disease Seen
Genetic Markers May Predict Lung Cancer Recurrence
Genetic Mutations Linked to Deadly Brain Cancer
Genetic Mutations Linked to Deadly Cancers
Genetic Research Offers Insights Into Form of Malaria
Genetic Testing No Real Help in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes
Genetic Trait Could Predict Lung Cancer
Genetic Trait Linked to Alcoholism
Genetically Engineered Mice Regenerate Beta Cells
Genetics Should Decide Warfarin Dose, Study Reiterates
Genetics, Environment Shape Sexual Behavior
Gene-Transfer Proves Safe for Vision Problem
Genome of Leukemia Patient Reveals Common Mutations
Genome Study Points to New Culprit for Schizophrenia
Genomic Profiling of Breast Cancers a Better Treatment Tool
Germicide Might Guard Against HIV Infection
Germs Mingle Most on Palms, Feet, Forearms
Get Ready for Gruesome Cigarette Warnings
Ginger Eases Nausea From Chemo
Ginkgo Prevented Stroke Damage in Mice
Giving Swine Flu Drug by IV Could Save Lives
Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks
Gleevec Prevents Return of Intestinal Cancer, Study Confirms
Gleevec Pushes Advanced Melanoma Into Remission
Global Efforts to Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol Working
Glowing Substance Lights Up Cancer in Mice
Going Online to Draw the Line on High Blood Pressure
Gold Nanospheres Show Promise in 'Boiling' Out Cancer
Golimumab Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms
Grab a Tool and Change Your Brain
Grape Seed Extract Kills Leukemia Cells in Lab
Great American Smokeout '09: Time to Quit
Green Spaces Boost the Body and the Mind
Green Tea Boosts Antibiotics for Superbugs
Green Tea Component May Slow Prostate Cancer
Green Tea May Help Prevent Oral Cancer
Green-Glowing Gene Heralds a Better Research Monkey
Grilled Meats Not Tied to Breast Cancer in Older Women
Group Works to Streamline Cancer Therapy Approvals
Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's
Guidelines Seek to Reduce Medication Errors Involving Kids
Guidelines Unveiled for Treating Clogged Heart Arteries
Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure
Gum Disease May Increase Head and Neck Cancer Risk
Gum Disease Might Boost Cancer Risk
Gum Disease, HPV a Double Whammy
Gut Bacteria Fights Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gut Bacteria Might Be Making People Fat
Gut Hormone Could be Key to Blood Sugar
Hallucinations Are Rare Side Effects of ADHD Medications
Hallucinogen Gives Lasting Spiritual Boost
Hangovers May Be Tougher for Migraine Sufferers
Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified
Harm Begins With a Few Cigarettes, a Little Smog
Harmless Virus May Be Deadly to Breast Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag
Head, Neck Cancer Treatment Often Not Completed
Head-First Slide a Heads-Up Play
Health Care 'Gap' Continues for Minority, Poor Americans
Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade
Health Secrets of Red Wine Uncovered
Health Tip: Before You Take an NSAID
Health Tip: Before You Take Medication
Health Tip: Caring for Mouth Sores From Cancer Treatment
Health Tip: Drugs That May Lead to Diarrhea
Health Tip: Feel Better by Looking Good
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