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11 New Cholesterol Genes Identified
15-Point Test Gauges Alzheimer's Risk
2 Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Prove Effective
2 Cardiovascular Proteins Tied to Severity of Alzheimer's
2 Genes Implicated in Autism
2 New Genes Tied to 3 Cancers
2 or More Sodas a Day Boost Women's Kidney Risks
2 Studies Conflict Over Value of Prostate Cancer Screening
2nd Generation Antidepressants Prove Effective
2nd Knee Surgery Common Among Young Patients
2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes
3 NFL Stars to Donate Brain Tissue for Trauma Research
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
40 Years of Heart Transplants
5 Million People a Year Use Self-Help Addiction Programs
60 Million Worldwide Carry Heart Disease Mutation
9 Genes Are Linked to Alzheimer's
9/11 Counselors at Risk for Secondary Trauma
A Better Blood Test for Heart Risk?
A Better Method of Kidney Storage
A Blood Marker Could Spot Diabetes Risk
A Checklist for Joint Replacement Surgery
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 Month of Exercise Helps Ease Heart Failure
A New Way to Get Chemo to Pancreatic Tumors
A One-Man History of Cardiac Advances
A Robot That Reads Your Mind?
A Substitute for Those Who Can't Take Statins?
Abdominal Fat Tied to High Risk for Coronary Trouble
Abdominal Surgery May Become Easier for Patients
Abnormal Heart Function Reduces Exercise Capacity
Abnormal Heart Rhythm Boosts Death Risk for Diabetics
Abnormal Protein May Signal Pancreatic Cancer
Accumulated Lead May Affect Older Women's Brains
ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug
Acetaminophen, Cholesterol Drugs May Help Fight Stroke
ACL Reconstruction With Cadaver Tissue Risky in Younger Patients
Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage From Emphysema
Active Social Life Helps Keep Aging Mind Sharp
Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments
Acupuncture May Help Relieve Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Acupuncture May Not Help Hot Flashes
Adapting Gait May Help Elderly Avoid Falls
Addiction Drug Causes Rapid Weight Loss in Rats
Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure
Adding a Stent May Help Resolve Brain Aneurysm
ADHD Affects Movement More in Boys Than in Girls
Advances Aid Treatment, Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
Advice Helps Prevent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
After Decades, Decreases in Heart Risk Factors Level Off
After Job Loss, People Report More Health Issues
After Tonsillectomy, Short-Term Antibiotics Effective: Study
After-Effects of Chemotherapy May Include Memory Problems
Age No Bar to Aggressive Rx for Cardiogenic Shock
Agent Orange Linked to Parkinson's, Heart Disease
Aggressive Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Treatment Shows Some Benefit
Aggressive Therapy May Stem CF Progression in Infants
Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer
Aging Baby Boomers May Swamp Cardiac Care
Aging Brain
Can
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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
Air Pollution Can Damage Heart, Blood Vessels, Too
Air Pollution Harms Patients After Heart Attack
Air Pollution Linked to Blood Clots in Legs
Air Pollution May Cause Appendicitis: Study
Air Pollution May Raise Blood Pressure
Air Travel Taxes Hearts of People With Sleep Apnea
Airway Transplant Aided by Stem Cells a Medical First
Alcohol Abuse Can Damage Bones
Alcohol in Early Pregnancy May Prompt Fetal Cell Death
Alcohol Use Frequently Overlooked Before Surgery
Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too
Alcohol's Impact on Heart, Stroke Risk Differs by Gender
Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners
All Blood Pressure Drugs Lower Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death
All Newborns Should Have Ears Screened, Task Force Says
Almost Half of Adults Will Develop Knee Osteoarthritis by 85
ALS, Alzheimer's Insights Could Improve Treatment
Alternative to Warfarin May Cut Risk of Bleeding
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 Tied to Shrinkage in Brain Area
Alzheimer's Treatment Trials May Have Special Challenges
American Heart Association Guidelines Save Lives
Americans Are Urged to Cut Sugar Intake
America's Top Hospitals Cut Patient Death Rate 27%
Among Cardiologists, Women Cite Discrimination
An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment
An Allergy Checklist for Holiday Gatherings
An Oral Approach to Heart Disease
Anatomy Report Card: Public Gets an 'F'
Androgen Production Continues in Prostate Cancer Tumors
Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients
Anemia Drugs Linked to Stroke Study Deaths: FDA
Anemia Drugs May Cause Deadly Blood Clots
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
Aneurysms in 2nd Generation May Not Come Early
Angina More Common in Women Than Men
Angina Often Affects Quality of Life
Angina Strikes 1 in 5 Heart Attack Survivors
Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery
Angioplasty No Better Than Drug Treatment in Long Run
Angioplasty Not Always Worth the Price
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
Angst May Protect Against Some Skin Cancer
Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks
Ankle Circulation Could Warn of Future Strokes
Ankle Replacement System Lets Feet Move
Ankle-Arm Blood Pressure Test Predicts Heart Disease Risk
Anniversary of Parent's Passing Can Trigger Death
Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary
Another Blood Fat Fuels Heart Attack Risk
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
Anti-Cholesterol Drug May Ease Back Pain
Anti-Clotting Drug as Good as Aspirin at Stopping Second Stroke
Anticoagulant Drugs Had Similar Outcomes After Angioplasty
Antidepressant Use Tied to Cardiac Death in Women
Antidepressant Use Tied to Poorer Driving
Antidepressants Linked to Heart Defects in Newborns
Antidepressants May Prevent Depression After Stroke
Anti-Mucus Drug Slows Symptoms of COPD
Antipsychotic Drug Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes
Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk
Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly
Antipsychotic Drugs of Little Benefit to Alzheimer's Patients
Antipsychotics Dangerous for Elderly With Dementia
Anti-Rejection Drug May Boost Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Anxiety Helps Elderly Women Live Longer
Anxiety Linked to Heart Attack Can Raise Death Risk
Anxiety, Shyness May Be Long-Lasting Traits
Any Day OK for Heart Bypass Surgery
Any Exercise Good After a Heart Attack
Apes Love a Good Laugh, Too
Applying Parallel Pressure Improves Vascular Grafting
Arterial Calcium Scans Can Predict Death Risk
Artery Plaque Boosts Hispanics' Odds for Stroke
Artery Plaque Rupture Can Occur Without Symptoms
Artery-Opening Method Works Well in Women
Artificial Cervical Disc Surgery Cheaper Than Fusion
As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise
As Waistlines Widen, Brains Shrink
Asleep or Awake, Brain Functions the Same
Aspirin at Bedtime Lowers Blood Pressure
Aspirin Doesn't Guard Diabetics Against Heart Disease
Aspirin Doesn't Prevent First Heart Attack, Stroke
Aspirin Linked to Brain Microbleeds
Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk in Peripheral Artery Disease
Aspirin Reduces Asthma Risk Among Older Women
Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients
Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed
Assisted Breathing Eases Lung Symptoms for Heart Patients
Assisted Fertilization Risks May Be Due to Infertility
Asthma's Course Differs by Gender
Atherosclerosis May Also Harm Vital Organs
Atkins Diet Tougher on Heart After Weight Loss
Attention Training Might Help Stroke Victims
Autism May Be More Common Than Thought
Autism Tied to Older Moms, Breech Birth
Autistic Children Make Limited Eye Contact
Autoimmune Disease Treatment May Not Dampen Immune System
Autoimmune Disorder Linked to Stroke, Heart Attack in Women
Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis
Autumn Sees More Women With Bunion Problems
Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery
Avandia Raises Heart Failure Risk More Than Actos
Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, Fractures
Avandia's Heart Risk Higher Than Others in Its Class
Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
Awareness of Alternative Therapies May Be Lacking
B Cells Can Act Alone in Autoimmune Diseases
B Vitamins Might Lower Stroke Risk
Baby's Smile Lights Up Mom's Brain
Bacterial Infections May Be Overlooked in SIDS Cases
Bad Bosses Are Hard on the Heart
Bad Marriages Harder on Women's Health
Baking Soda May Be Key Ingredient for Kidney Patients
Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use
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
Bat Saliva-Based Stroke Drug Disappoints in Trial
Being a 'People Person' May Be All in Your Head
Being Happy Affects Even Those You Don't Know
Being Heart Smart Just Makes Sense
Belly Fat Puts the Pressure on Lungs
Benefits of Eating Fish May Depend on Preparation
Best Treatment for Vertigo Is Easiest One
Beta Blocker Blocks Feelings of Bad Memories
Beta Blocker May Shrink Infant Hemangiomas
Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery
Beta Blockers Help Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
Beta Blockers May Cut Mortality in COPD Patients After Surgery
Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery
Better Sleepers Are 'Successful Agers'
Big, Beefy Football Players May Face Heart Problems Later
Binge Drinking Clogs Arteries With Plaque
Bioartificial Kidney Cuts Death Risk, Improves Outcomes
Biological Product Shows Promise Against Gum Disease
Biologics Don't Raise Cancer Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Biologists Discover How Dengue Virus Matures
Biomarker Could Predict Severe Osteoarthritis
Biomarker May Predict Response to Cancer Therapy
Biomarker May Signal HIV Progression
'Biomarkers' May Help Spot, Track Alzheimer's
Biomarkers Predict Heart Deaths
Biotech Soybeans Good Source of Omega-3
Bipolar Disorder Might Be Overdiagnosed
Bipolar Disorder May Be Tied to Body Clock
Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse
Birds Don't Miss a Beat
Birth Size, Early Weight Gain Tied to Boost in Heart Risks
Birthmark or Blood Vessel Problem?
Bisphosphonates Cause Rare Eye Inflammation
Black Athletes' Hearts May Differ From Those of Whites
Black Cancer Patients Choose More Aggressive End-of-Life Care
Black Heart Patients Treated Less for Depression
Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery
Black Youths With High BP May Face Elevated Heart Risks
Blacks at Higher Risk for Brain Lesions Causing Stroke
Blacks Fare Worse After Cardiac Arrest
Blacks Less Likely to Get Optimal Lung Cancer Treatment
Blacks Wait Longer for Hospital Bed, Study Finds
Blacks With Lung Disease Face Increased Cancer Risk
'Blind' Man Navigates Obstacle Course Without Error
Bling Makes Your Brain Sing
Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses
Blood Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus
Blood Cell Genes May Signal Heart Disease
Blood Flow Measurement Boosts Stent Outcomes
Blood Pressure Drug Might Work Against MS
Blood Pressure Drug Shows Promise for Marfan Syndrome
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 Rush to the Brain When Angry Is a Good Sign
Blood Substitute Found Safe in Large Phase III Trial
Blood Sugar Test May Also Aid Diabetes Detection
Blood Test Could Boost Clarity of Breast MRI Results for Some
Blood Test for Early Lung Cancer Shows Promise
Blood Test for 'Mad Cow' Disease May Be Near
Blood Test Helps Docs Assess Breast Cancer Treatment
Blood Thinner Linked to Increased Brain Bleeding
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-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant
Blood-Thinner Plavix Works Harder in Smokers
Blows to the Chest Up Death Risk for Lacrosse Players
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 Disease Test Shows Death Risk for Dialysis Patients
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
Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men
Brain Adapts to Age-Related Eye Disease
Brain Adjusts to Cope With Life's Upsets
Brain Aneurysm Rupture Risk Tied to Location, Size
Brain Blood Vessels Grow With Their Own Agenda
Brain Can 'See' Objects Through Touch
Brain Cancer Vaccine's Immune Response Key to Outcomes
Brain Cells Give New Clues to Alzheimer's
Brain Chemical Could Spur Lovesickness
Brain Hemorrhage Might Explain Natasha Richardson's Death
Brain May Be Wired for Social Conformity
Brain May Use Its 'Mind's Eye' to Control Chaos
Brain Mechanism Can Turn Off Trauma of Bad Memories
Brain Pathway Yields Clues to Cigarette Addiction
Brain Pressure More Likely to Cause Vision Loss in Men
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 Might Help Spot PTSD
Brain Scans Show Bullies Enjoy Others' Pain
Brain Scans Show Heightened Risk for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Brain Stem Cells Reverse Myelin Deficiency in Mice
Brain Stimulation May Ease Treatment-Resistant Depression
Brain Stimulation Therapy Eases Tough-to-Treat Depression
Brain 'Switchboard' Separates Learning, Remembering
Brain Tumor Biomarker May Improve Patient Outcomes
Brain-Computer Interface Posts Message on Twitter
Brain's Memory Capacity Much Larger Than Believed
Brains of Bulimia Patients Wired Differently
Brain's Olfactory Bulb Grows With Sense of Smell
Brain's Serotonin May Explain Seasonal Mood Changes
Brazilian Mint Tea Naturally Good for Pain Relief
Breast Cancer Drug Not Tied to Cognitive Decline: Study
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 CT Scanner Could Improve Cancer Screen Comfort
Breast Self-Exam Rates Go Up With Counseling
Breast-Conserving Surgery Leaves Many Cancer Patients Disappointed
Breast-Feeding Support Lacking at Many Hospitals, Birth Centers
Breathing Muscles Atrophy Quickly During Mechanical Ventilation
Broad Screening of Blood Clots May Find Cancers Earlier
Broad-Spectrum Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
Bunion Surgery Patients Need 6 Weeks Before Driving
Buyers Spend More With Non-Cash Purchases
Bye, Bye Back Fat?
Caffeine Could Stave Off Multiple Sclerosis
Caffeine May Offer Some Skin Cancer Protection
Caffeine Without Healthy Diet Linked to Heart Risk
Calcium Might Have Taste Humans Can Detect
Calcium Scan of Arteries Helps Spot Big Trouble
Calcium Scans Help Predict Coronary Risk
Calling All Heart Patients
Can a Bad Boss Make You Sick?
Cancer Care Unaffected by Doctor Reimbursement Changes
Cancer Cells' Chromosomes Hint at New Treatments
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 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 Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes
Cancer Medicine Advances on Many Fronts
Cancer Screenings for Medicaid Patients Miss Targets
Cancer Stem Cells Created in Lab
Cancer Survivors Can Still Be Fit, Study Asserts
Cane Use May Cut Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis
Cannabis-Linked Cell Receptor Might Help Prevent Colon Cancer
Can't Sleep? Try Online Therapy
Car Key Device Jams Teens' Cell Phones
Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients
CARDIA Studies Open Window on Heart, Lung Diseases
Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Vary Widely
Cardiac Patients Admitted During Week More Likely to Survive
Cardiologists Spot Best Treatment for a Deadly Duo
Caring for Heart Patients Can Strain Hearts
Carotid Artery Sections React Differently to Plaque
Carpal Tunnel Relief in a Cup
Casting Seems Best for Severe Ankle Sprains
Cat Food-Linked Illness Yields Clues to MS
Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen AMD
Cataract Surgery Doesn't Worsen Macular Degeneration: Study
Cataracts World's Leading Cause of Vision Loss
Catching Ovarian Cancer Early May Miss Aggressive Tumors
Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation
CDC Campaign Targets MRSA Infections
Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker
Celebrex, Naproxen Won't Prevent Mental Decline
Cell Conversion Shows Promise for Diabetes Treatment
Cell Discovery May Bring Science Closer to Diabetes Cure
Cell Fusions During Inflammation May Protect Neurons
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 Diabetes Drugs May Pose Eye Risk
Certain Reflux Drugs Tied to Higher Post-Angioplasty Death Rate
Certified ER Docs in Short Supply to Meet Future Needs
Cervical Cancer Screens Effective But More Can Be Done
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Seems Safe
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated
Cetuximab Helps Treat Colorectal Cancer
Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors
Chemo Alone Is Best for Advanced Colon Cancer
Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer
Chemo Drug May Help Sun-Damaged Skin
Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits
Chemotherapy Superior to New Drug for Early Breast Cancer
Cherry-Enriched Diet Cut Heart Risks in Rats
Chest Pain May Signal Cocaine Use in Young Patients
Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed
Chicken Soup May Lower Blood Pressure
Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble
Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment
Childhood Obesity May Cause Thyroid Problems
Childhood Stroke More Common Than Thought
Children as Young as 4 Can Develop OCD
Children of Centenarians Face Lower Heart Risks
Children's Neck Size Associated With Sleep Disorders
Chili Pepper Compound Can Bring Pain Relief
Chimps Show Signs of Culture
China Documents First Case of Tick-Borne Disease Spread
Chinese Ants Show Promise in Fighting Arthritis, Other Diseases
Chinese Red Yeast Rice May Prevent Heart Attack
Chinese Work Sees Through Invisibility Quest
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 Help in Cardiac Emergency
Cholesterol Drugs May Help Prevent Flu Deaths
Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Post-Op Delirium Risk
Cholesterol Levels May Not Measure Cardiac Risk
Cholesterol Measurements May Be Made Easier
Cholesterol Plays Role in Heart Failure Risk
Cholesterol Screening Shouldn't Rely on Kids' Weight
Cholesterol Test Spots When HRT Raises Heart Risks
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Might Help Prevent Alzheimer's
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 Exposure to Solvents Disturbs Brain's Wiring
Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally
Chronic Low Back Pain Is on the Rise
Church-Based Weight Plan Peels Off Pounds for Blacks
Cialis May Help Ease Pulmonary Hypertension
Circulating Tumor Cells Reveal Insights Into Lung Cancers
Circumcision Rates Too Low
Clear Skies Have Become Less So Over Time, Data Show
Climate Change May Boost Contact With Pollutants
Clinics Less Likely to Refer Heart Patients to Cardiologists
Clot Dissolver Doesn't Boost Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients
Clot-Busting Therapy Under Review
Clot-Busting Treatment Improves Bleeding Stroke Outcomes
Clue to Cause of Epileptic Seizures Discovered
Clues Found to Brain Mechanism Behind Migraines
Clues to Hypertension in Kids May Be Seen in Bones
Coach K: Osteoarthritis Can Be Beaten
Coated Stents Best for Heart Patients With Diabetes
Cocaine Spurs Long-Term Change in Brain Chemistry
Cocaine Use in Pregnancy Linked to Impulsivity in Sons
Cocoa in Chocolate May Be Good for the Heart
Coffee Beans May Be Newest Stress-Buster
Coffee Drinkers Might Live Longer
Coffee Drinking Lowers Women's Stroke Risk
Coffee or Tea Consumption May Lower Stroke Risk
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Eases Anxiety for Older People
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Best for Traumatized Youths
'Cognitive Reserve' May Help Fight Alzheimer's
Collaborative Care Helps Ease Chronic Pain
Collagen Samples of
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Link Dinosaur to Birds
Colon Cancer Drug Won't Help Those With Certain Gene Mutation
Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low
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 Antioxidant Might Slow Parkinson's
Common Antioxidant Might Slow Parkinson's
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 Infections May Contribute to Strokes
Common Knee Pain May Improve With Therapy
Common Weight-Loss Surgery May Double Risk of Kidney Stones
Community Exercise Programs Boost Seniors' Strength
Compact Heart Assist Device Approved
Complete Horse Genome Sequence Revealed
Complications Found in Proposed Prostate Cancer Treatment
Compound Could Reduce Heart Attack Damage
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
Compression Stockings Offer Little Benefit After Stroke
Compression Stockings Often Incorrectly Used
Computer Program Helps COPD Patients Monitor Breathing
Computer Program Helps Drug Abusers Stay Clean
Computer-Based Method IDs Alzheimer's Protein Structures
Computerized Scan Detects Heart Disease
Concussion's Effects May Linger for Decades
Conflicts of Interest Still Exist in Cancer Research
Consciousness Helps the Mind and Body Work Together
Consider TIAs an Emergency, Groups Urge
Consumer Group Seeks FDA Ban on Avandia
Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring Predicts Risks
Continuous Doctor Care Key to Childhood Screenings
Control Your Anger, Help Your Heart
Controversial Anemia Drug Doesn't Cut Need for Transfusions
Cool Air Blown Under Pads May Protect Footballers From Illness
Cooling May Reduce Brain Lesions in Newborns
Cornflakes, White Bread Could Boost Heart Risk
Coronary Calcium Scans Can Raise Cancer Risks
Coronary Disease Dulls Cognitive Skills
Coronary Heart Disease Not a Cheery Condition
Cosmetic Skin Fillers May Cause Delayed Side Effects
Cost of Hospital Cardiac Care on the Rise
Could the Recession Be Good for Your Health?
Counseling Lacking for Adolescents With Arthritis
Course of West Nile Infection Charted
Court Says Vaccine Not the Cause of Autism
CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
CPR Can Save Young Lives, Too
CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged
Cranberries May Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections
Creatine Has Negligible Effect on COPD Exercise Rehab
'Crime Boss' Gene May Spur Breast Cancer
Crowded Households Raise Women's Heart Risk
Crucial Finding Advances Spinal Cord Injury Research
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 Calories May Boost Aging Brains
Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble
Cyclosporine Eye Drops a Good Deal for Dry Eye
Daily Exercise at School Yields Rewards
Daily Naps May Raise Older Women's Death Risk
Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed
Dangerous Side Effect Found in Cancer Immunotherapy Research
Danon Disease Can Be Quickly Fatal, Study Finds
Day of Admission Dictates Length of Stay for Heart Failure
Dearth of Data on Capabilities May Be Hurting ER Care
Death From Febrile Seizure Rare in Children
Death Rate 70% Lower at Top U.S. Hospitals
Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant
Deaths From Heart Disease, Stroke Down 30%
Decide for Me When I Can't, Most People Say
Deciphering the Language of Intoxication
Decoding Muscle Stem Cell Development
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
Deep Sea Microbes Shed Light on Human Biology
DEET Works Because Mosquitoes Hate the Smell
Defect in Gene Tied to Atrial Fibrillation
Defibrillator May Not Help Many With Heart Failure
Defibrillators Don't Diminish Quality of Life
Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk
Delirium Episodes Could Hasten Alzheimer's-Linked Decline
Delivering Chemo Directly Into Brain Tumors Shows Promise
Dementia More Likely With One Subtype of HIV
Dementia Underestimated in Developing Countries
Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals
Dental Plaque Buildup May Raise Heart Risk in Black Men
Depression After Stroke Can Be Debilitating
Depression Heightens Sensitivity to Pain
Depression Linked to Increase in Abdominal Fat