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2 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective
2 or More Sodas a Day Boost Women's Kidney Risks
2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing
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
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 One-Man History of Cardiac Advances
Abdominal Surgery May Become Easier for Patients
ACL Reconstruction With Cadaver Tissue Risky in Younger Patients
Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage From Emphysema
Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments
Acupuncture May Not Help Hot Flashes
Adding a Stent May Help Resolve Brain Aneurysm
Advances Aid Treatment, Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
Advice Helps Prevent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
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, 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
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 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 Outcomes May Vary Little Between Hospitals
Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death
Angioplasty Via Wrist May Be Safer
Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks
Ankle Replacement System Lets Feet Move
Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary
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
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
Artificial Cervical Disc Surgery Cheaper Than Fusion
As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise
Asleep or Awake, Brain Functions the Same
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
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
Barriers to Good Asthma Care Detailed
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
Bioartificial Kidney Cuts Death Risk, Improves Outcomes
Biologics Don't Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Biomarker Could Predict Severe Osteoarthritis
Bipolar Disorder Might Be Overdiagnosed
Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse
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
Blacks Less Likely to Get Optimal Lung Cancer Treatment
Blacks Wait Longer for Hospital Bed, Study Finds
Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses
Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes
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 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
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 Scans Could Help Spot Schizophrenia Earlier
Brain Stimulation May Ease Treatment-Resistant Depression
Brain Stimulation Therapy Eases Tough-to-Treat Depression
Brain's Olfactory Bulb Grows With Sense of Smell
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 Vaccine Works Against Deadlier Form of Disease
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
Bunion Surgery Patients Need 6 Weeks Before Driving
Bye, Bye Back Fat?
Cancer Care Unaffected by Doctor Reimbursement Changes
Cancer Cells' Chromosomes Hint at New Treatments
Cancer Diagnosis May Tax Physical, Mental Health
Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS
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 Screenings for Medicaid Patients Miss Targets
Cane Use May Cut Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis
Cannabis-Linked Cell Receptor Might Help Prevent Colon Cancer
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
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
Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation
CDC Campaign Targets MRSA Infections
Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker
Certain Diabetes Drugs May Pose Eye Risk
Certified ER Docs in Short Supply to Meet Future Needs
Cervical Cancer Screens Effective But More Can Be Done
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated
Cetuximab Helps Treat Colorectal Cancer
Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors
Chemo Alone Is Best for Advanced Colon Cancer
Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits
Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed
Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment
Children as Young as 4 Can Develop OCD
Children's Belly Aches Don't Disappear With Antidepressant
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
Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People
Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk
Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally
Chronic Low Back Pain Is on the Rise
Church-Based Weight Plan Peels Off Pounds for Blacks
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
Colon Cancer Drug Won't Help Those With Certain Gene Mutation
Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low
Colonoscopy Beats 'Camera Pill' at Catching Colon Cancer
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
Combining Internet With Office Visits Cut Heart Attack Risks
Combo Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Boosts Survival in Diabetics
Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don't Work
Combo Therapy Knocks Out Melanoma Tumors
Combo Therapy Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible
Combo Treatment Beneficial in Biliary-Tract Cancer Study
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 Drug Eases Leg Pain From Walking
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 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
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
Cosmetic Skin Fillers May Cause Delayed Side Effects
Cost of Hospital Cardiac Care on the Rise
Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis
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
Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble
Cyclosporine Eye Drops a Good Deal for Dry Eye
Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed
Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research
Day of Admission Dictates Length of Stay for Heart Failure
Dearth of Data on Capabilities May Be Hurting ER Care
Death Rate 70% Lower at Top U.S. Hospitals
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
Delirium Episodes Could Hasten Alzheimer's-Linked Decline
Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals
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
Device May Offer Alternative to Warfarin for Arrhythmia
Device Offers Hope for Patients With Leaky Heart Valve
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?
Diluted Bleach Baths Ease Kids' Eczema
Discharge Plan Cuts Hospital Readmissions, Patient Costs
Discharge Time After Angioplasty Varies
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 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 Helping to Advance Cancer Research
Donor Dogs Give the Gift of Life
Donor's Age Not Linked to Poor Outcomes in Liver Transplants
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 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 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 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 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 for Inflammatory Bowel Might Increase Cancer Risk
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
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
Easy Way to Prevent Post-Op Nausea?
ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk
ED Drug Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
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 Urate Levels May Slow Parkinson's in Men
ELS Plus CPR Boosts Blood Flow After Cardiac Arrest
Embolization a Nonsurgical Way to Treat Fibroids
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 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
Even Kids With Known Allergies Can Be Safely Vaccinated
Even Mismatched Cord Blood Can Help Kids
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 Protects Black Women From Type 2 Diabetes
Exercise Testing for Cancer Fails to Follow Guidelines
Exercise, Counseling Benefits Depressed Heart Failure Patients
Experimental Drug Eases Symptoms of Mild Alzheimer's
Experimental Drug Fights Multiple Sclerosis Activity
Experimental Urine Test Spots Appendicitis
Experimental Vaginal Gel Doesn't Ward Off HIV
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
Extended Antiviral May Benefit Kidney Transplant Patients
Extended Therapy Helps Drug-Addicted Teens
Extended Work Absences May Signal Risk of Death
Face Transplant Patient Can Smell, Taste, Breathe Normally
Face Transplants Show Promising Results
Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy
Fall Sports Peak Time for Lower Leg Damage
Family Docs Do Colonoscopies Safely
Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates
Faster Detection of TB May Be on the Horizon
Fatty Acids in Diet Linked to Bowel Disease Risk
FDA Approves Genetic Test for Breast Cancer
FDA Panel Backs New Anti-Clotting Drug
FDA Panel Urges Stronger Warnings for LASIK Surgery
FDA Proposes Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals
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
Fighting Cancer With a Pen
Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners
Findings Challenge Tight Glucose Control for Critically Ill Patients
Fine-Tuning Prosthetic Hands to Restore a Sense of Touch
First-Time Shoulder Dislocations Helped by Surgery
Fish Oil's Benefits Remain Elusive
Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots
Flu Vaccine Could Prevent 357,000 Deaths in Pandemic
Focused Radiation May Help Some With Lung Cancer
Focused Radiation Protects Tumor Patients' Brain Function
Focusing on CPR Improves Survival
For Primary Care, More Patients Are Seeing Specialists
For Some, Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Just As Good
Form IDs Spinal Patients Likely to Stick With Therapy
Formula Puts Doctor, Patient Glucose Readings on Same Page
Formula Samples Hinder Breast-Feeding Efforts
Frankincense Provides Relief for Osteoarthritis
Freezing Kidney Cancers Shows Promise
Frequent Prostate Screens Fail to Improve Aggressive Cancer Diagnoses
'Fresh' Transfusions Improve Odds for Cancer Patients After Surgery
Frying Tumors Can Boost Lung Cancer Survival
Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure
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 Behind Childhood Anemias Found
Gene Can Dampen Chemo Drug Effectiveness
Gene Mutation Is Linked to Heart Muscle Disease
Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease
Gene Signature for Liver Cancer Recurrence Found
Gene Test Could Predict Colon Cancer's Return
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 Variations May Predict Antidepressant Response
General Anesthesia Boosts Post-Op Pain
General Anesthesia Tied to Developmental Woes in Kids
Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery
Genes May Determine Obesity After Weight Surgery
Genes May Predict Lymphoma Treatment Outcome
Genes Play Part in Prostate Cancer Among Races
Genetic Approach Boosts Yeast Infection Treatment
Genetic Clues May Lead to New Skin Cancer Therapies
Genetic Markers May Predict Lung Cancer Recurrence
Genetics Should Decide Warfarin Dose, Study Reiterates
Genomic Profiling of Breast Cancers a Better Treatment Tool
Gestational Diabetes Risk Higher for Asian-White Couples
Get in Step With Summer Foot Care
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 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
Grapefruit Compound Inhibits Hepatitis C Virus
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
Gut Bacteria Fights Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Halting Avandia Use Hikes Blood Sugar Levels
Hard, Cold Facts About Frostbite
Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified
'Hazardous Drinking' More Common Than Thought
Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag
Head, Neck Cancer Treatment Often Not Completed
Health Tip: After a Hip Replacement
Health Tip: Before Getting Plastic Surgery
Health Tip: Bloated and Gassy?
Health Tip: Choosing Your Child's Therapist
Health Tip: Controlling Gas
Health Tip: Getting Full Too Quickly
Health Tip: Healing After a C-Section
Health Tip: Is LASIK Right for You?
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: Recovering From a Tonsillectomy
Health Tip: Recovering From C-Section
Health Tip: Recovery After a C-Section
Health Tip: The Word on Wisdom Teeth
Health Tip: Triggering Abdominal Bloating
Healthier Lifestyle Can Cut COPD Symptoms
Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese
Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab
Heart Damage After Vascular Surgery Raises Death Risks
Heart Defect Spotted During Surgery May Not Need Repair
Heart Docs Often Fail to Order Tests Before Angioplasty
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
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-Dose Chemo Fails Against Small Cell Lung Cancers
Higher Chemo Drug Dose Prolongs Lives of Leukemia Patients
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
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
Hormone Drug May Help Drinkers Stay Sober
Hormone Reduces Mortality in Heart Patients With High BP
Hormone Therapy Not Best for Older Prostate Cancer Patients
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
How Weight Loss Helps the Heart
HPV Tied to Better Tongue, Tonsil Cancer Outcomes
HRT Use Raises Risk of Stomach Trouble
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
IBD, Liver Disease Patients Show Vitamin D Deficits
ICU Nutritional Program Failed to Boost Outcomes
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 Molecule Key to Preventing Organ Rejection
Immune Response May Speed AIDS Progression in Women
Immune System Biomarkers May Predict Early Lung Cancer
Immune Therapy May Aid Kids With Neuroblastoma
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
Increase in Diagnostic Imaging Fueled by Self-Referring Doctors
Indigo Ointment Benefits Psoriasis Patients
Induced Labor May Prevent Need for Cesarean Section
Inflammation, Coagulation Tied to Non-AIDS Deaths in HIV Cases
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Share Some Genetic Risk Factors
Infliximab-Based Treatment Effective for Crohn's Patients
Injected Medication Errors a Major Problem
Innovative Care Is Helping Iraq War's Injured Survive
Intensive Insulin Therapy Reduces Mortality in Sick Kids
Internet Program Helps Problem Drinkers
Intestinal Bacteria Trigger Immune Response
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?
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 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
Knee Replacement Works Best When Patients, Providers Agree
Laparoscopic Surgery on Pancreas Has Fewer Complications
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
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
Levels of Circulating Tumor Cells Could Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome
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
Liposuctioned Fat Can Be Used for Breast Augmentation
Liver Transplant Patients at Higher Cancer Risk
Long-Term Erythromycin Cut COPD Complications
Long-Term Antibiotic Use Affects 'Good' Gut Bacteria
Long-Term Help Regimen Cut Heart Attack Recurrence
Long-Term Problems Linked to Testicular Cancer Chemo
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 Iron Levels Cut Cancer Risk in Men With PAD
Low Levels of 2 Enzymes in Ovarian Cancer Cells Shortened Survival
Low-Dose Acitretin May Reduce Nail Psoriasis
Lowering Blood Pressure Improves Brain Hemorrhage Outcomes
Lowering BP in Dialysis Cases Cuts Heart Risks
Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease
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
Magnets in Kids' Toys Pose Broad Dangers
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
Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments
Many Doctors Don't Know Blood Pressure Guidelines
Many Heart Attack Patients Not Referred to Cardiac Rehab
Many Opt for Surgery to Lower Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risk
Mastectomies on the Increase
Mastectomy Not First Choice for Most Breast Cancer Patients
Measurements Poor for Assessing Clinical Trials With Children
Medical Errors Costing U.S. Billions
Medical Pot Ineffective as Acute Pain Treatment
Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment Soar
Medication May Improve Scar Healing
Medication Reduces Violence in Some Schizophrenics
Medicinal Marijuana Eases Neuropathic Pain in HIV
Melanoma Drug Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival
Melt-Away Stent Works Well in Trial
Men Who Have Prostate Cancer Surgery Do Well
Men With Low Testosterone Not Receiving Treatment
Men's Sex Lives May Suffer as Waistlines Expand
Methadone Kills Resistant Leukemia Cells
Micro Molecules May Be Cancer Biomarker
'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?
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
Missing Gene Tied to Bone Marrow Transplant Problems
Moderate Aerobics May Ease Insomnia Symptoms
Modified MRI Spots Early Osteoarthritis
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 Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed at Specialty Centers
More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer
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 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
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 Screening Strategy Boosts Cervical Cancer Detection
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
Natural Soy Component May Help Treat Colon Cancer
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 Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Improves Results
New Brain Hemorrhage Guidelines Stress Quick Action
New Chemo Regimen May Benefit Ovarian Cancer Patients
New Chemotherapy Combo Holds Promise for Lung Cancer
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 Helps Relieve Gout
New Drug Slows Thyroid Cancer
New Drug-Coated Stent Does Well in Early Trial
New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster
New FDA Study Seeks Feedback on Lasik Surgery
New Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins
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 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 MRI Technique Detects Subtle Brain Injuries
New MS Therapies Show Promise
New Noninvasive Device Could Control Diabetes
New Options Offered for Sleep Apnea
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 Technique Activates Brain Neurons to Move Paralyzed Limb
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 Identifies Heavy Drinkers
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 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 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
New Yogurt May Ease Stomach Ulcers
Newborns in Intensive Care Often Exposed to Pain
Newer Prostate Cancer Treatment Similar to Traditional Surgery
Newer Sedative May Reduce Delirium in ICU Patients
Nitric Oxide Monitoring of Little Benefit for Kids' Asthma
No Evidence Breast Self-Exams Cut Cancer Deaths
No Increase in Clots With Drug-Eluting Stents
No Link Found Between Birth Anesthesia and Learning Issues
Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Growing Among HIV Patients
Noninvasive Procedures Show Promise for Esophageal Bleeding
Noninvasive Surgery Effective for Acid Reflux Disease
Non-Surgical Approach Can Treat Lung Cancers
Nonsurgical Treatment May Ease Rotator Cuff Injury
Number of U.S. General Surgeons in Decline
Nurses Often Left Out of Medical Error Talks
Nuts, Seeds, Popcorn Don't Boost Diverticulosis Risk
Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement
Obesity May Affect Fertility in Young Women
Obesity Surgery Complications on the Decline
Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Outcomes
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 Women Get Fewer Kidney Transplants Than Men
Omega-3 Benefits for Bipolar Disorder Remain Unclear
Once-Daily Combo Works for New HIV Patients
One in 5 Young Men Had Prostate Screen in Past Year
Online System Could Cut Referrals to Dermatologists
Optimal Treatment Boosts Blacks' Lung Cancer Survival
Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control
Oral Drug Helps Prevent Clotting After Hip Replacement
Oral Yogurt 'Vaccine' Could Blunt Ouch Factor
Organ Donation Policies Vary Among Children's Hospitals
Outcomes Improve for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients
Outcomes Similar for Laparoscopic, Open Colon Cancer Surgeries
Outpatient Procedures on Rise, CDC Says
Ovary Removal Lowers Odds of Cancer in High-Risk Women
Ovary Removal May Not Be Needed in Endometrial Cancer
Oxycodone May Reduce Shingles Pain
Ozone/Oxygen Shot Helps Heal Herniated Disk
Paclitaxel Plus Chemo Improves Outcomes in Early Breast Cancer
Pain Relief for Osteoporosis Patients With Fractures
Palliative Care Programs Could Boost Hospitals' Bottom Line
Panel Calls for Better Diabetes Screening
Panel Finds Evidence Murky on Full-Body Skin Exams
Parkinson's Disrupts Stem Cell Therapy Transplants
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 in Minimally Conscious State May Still Feel Pain
Patients' Photos Help Boost Radiologists' Accuracy
Patients Pleased With Laparoscopic GERD Surgery
Pediatric Heart Surgeons May Be Best Choice for Adults
Personality May Not Predict Parkinson's
Phone Counseling for Depression Rings With Promise
Physical Exam as Good as High Tech in Assessing Heart Failure
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
Poorer Outcomes After 'Off-Pump' Bypass Surgery
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
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
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
Promising Cancer Treatment Ready for Human Trial
Prostate Cancer Treatment Could Impair Men's Thinking
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
Prozac Reduces Disease Activity in MS Patients
PSA 'Nanotest' May Spot Prostate Cancer's Return After Surgery
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
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 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 From CT Scans Not Always the Same
Radiation Plus Chemo a Good Option in Lung Cancer
Radioactive 'Seed' Rx Helps Women With Implants Fight Breast Cancer
Radio-Frequency Tags Cut Specimen Bottle Errors
Radioimmunotherapy After Chemo Safe for Common Lymphoma
Radiosurgery Proves Viable for Some Pancreatic Cancers
Ranibizumab Injections Reduce Retinal Swelling
Rate of Unnecessary C-Sections Far Lower Than Thought
Reaching the Heart Through the Wrist
Rectal Cancer Outcomes Best With Short-Course Radiation
Repairing Injured Lungs May Boost Organ Donations
Replacement Bladder Grown From Body's Own Cells
Report Confirms Source of Contaminated Heparin
Research Reveals Why Tamoxifen Doesn't Always Work
Researchers Define Mechanism of Methamphetamine Addiction
Researchers Find Link Between Organ Transplants, Cancer
Researchers ID Biomarker for Fatal Prostate Cancer
Researchers Identify Contaminant in Tainted Heparin
Researchers Propose Improved Cervical Cancer Screening
Researchers Successfully Test Ebola Vaccines
Researchers Suppress 'Hunger Hormone'
Researchers Test New Source for Blood Platelets
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 Treatment Guidelines Updated
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 Proteins May Help Spot Oral Cancer
'Scaffold' Could One Day Repair Damaged Hearts
School Program Helps Cut Asthma Risks
Scientists Break Into HIV 'Hideout'
Scientists ID 2 New Genes for Bowel Disease in Kids
Scientists ID Brain Pathway That Stops Seizures
Scientists ID New Genetic Markers for Bowel Disease
Scientists ID Protein Aiding Breast Cancer Spread
Scientists ID Virus That Infects Cancer Cells
Scientists Uncover How HIV Hides Inside Cells
Scorpion Anti-Venom Speeds Children's Recovery
Screening Athletes Could Cut Sudden Cardiac Death Risk
Sea Buckthorn Leaves May Hold Benefit for the Liver
Sea Worm Inspires Novel Bone Glue
Seizure Meds Can Be Safely Withdrawn From Kids With Epilepsy
Self-Dosing Pain Medication Errors Too Common: Study
Sen. Kennedy Up and Walking After Brain Tumor Surgery
Sen. Kennedy's Brain Tumor Surgery Called a 'Success'
Seniors in Poor Areas More Likely to Die After Surgery
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
Shockwave Treatment May Not Be Best for Shoulder Pain
Shorter-Course Radiation for Breast Cancer Safe, Effective
Shoulder Surgery Helps Athletes Get Back in the Game
Sickle Cell Drug Underused by Physicians
Signaling Protein Could Be Target for Leukemia Chemo
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
Simpler Sleep Apnea Treatment Seems Effective, Affordable
Simpler Test May Be Best for Diagnosing Blood Clots in Leg
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
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 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 Steps May Speed Recovery in ICU Patients
Smokers More Likely to Bleed After Throat Surgery
Smoking, Gender Affect Pain Treatment Effectiveness
Social, Health Care Factors Drive Colon Screen Disparities
Soluble Fiber, But Not Bran, Soothes Irritable Bowel
Some Arteries Opened Safely Without Heparin
Some Breast Cancers May Regress on Their Own
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
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
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 Help Prevent Delirium After Heart Surgery
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
Steady Improvements Seen for Young Blood Cancer Patients
Stem Cell Research Offers Hope for Colon Cancer Vaccine
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
Stenting May Equal Bypass for Diabetic Heart Patients
Steroid After Tonsillectomy Raises Bleeding Risk
Steroid Inhalers Raise Pneumonia Risk for Lung Disease Patients
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
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 Weight-Loss Surgery Safer Than Thought
Study Lets Teens Sound Off on Acne Therapies
Study Questions Lymph Node Harvesting in Colorectal 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
Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery
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
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 Codeine While Breast-Feeding May Harm Infant
Talk Therapy Proves Effective for Terminal Cancer Patients
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
Technique Might Prevent Some Bladder Removals
Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits
Test Before Corneal Transplant May Improve Outcome
Testosterone Patch Restores Libido in Postmenopausal Women
Testosterone Spray Improves Sexual Satisfaction in Women
Tests May ID Older Patients at Risk for Post-Op Delirium
The Elderly Can Be Candidates for Angioplasty, Stenting
Therapy Could Save Limbs After Frostbite
Therapy, Meds Best for Lumbar Low Back Pain
Third of EMS Stethoscopes Carry MRSA Virus
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
Topical Treatment May Ease Erectile Dysfunction
Torn Surgical Gloves Put Patients at Risk for Infection
Toxic Sewer Gas Induces Suspended Metabolism in Mice
Tracking Cancer Drug's Effectiveness
Traditional 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