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Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Harm Lungs: Study
Rising Cases of Invasive Strep A in Kids Have Experts Concerned
Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC
Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
RSV in Infancy Could Raise a Child's Risk for Asthma
RSV Is Common, Dangerous Infection: What Parents Need to Know
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
School Segregation Tied to Problem Drinking Among Black Youth
Scientists Design Protective Respirator for Health Care Workers
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
'Secondhand Vaping' May Be Unhealthy — Could Public Bans Be Coming?
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities
Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years
Shift Work Might Raise Your Odds for Severe COVID-19
Shutting Down Nuclear Plants Could Cost Thousands of U.S. Lives as Pollutants Rise
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Sleep Apnea Aid Eases Heart Problems in People With Prediabetes
Sleep Apnea Patients Struggle as Common CPAP Machine Is Recalled
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans
Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain
Smog Harms Women's Brains, But One Food May Help Buffer the Damage
Smog Might Damage Your Sense of Smell
Smoggy Air Could Worsen COVID, Even If You're Vaccinated
Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis
Smoggy Air Might Raise Black Women's Odds for Fibroids
Smoggy Day? Exercise Still the Healthy Choice, Study Finds
Smoggy Days Could Help Send Kids With Autism to the ER
Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Triggers Air Alerts in Colorado, Montana
Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus
Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks
Social Distancing Kept Kids From Getting Flu, RSV
Social Distancing Probably Stopped 2020 Outbreak of Paralyzing Disorder in Kids
Social Media Messages Can Lower People's Meat Intake
Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
Some Types of Air Pollution Are Even Worse for Your Health
Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues
Spring Cleaning Can Sweep Away Allergens From Your Home
Spring's Double Trouble: Asthma Plus Seasonal Allergies
Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients
Stress + Air Pollution a Bad Combo in Pregnancy: Study
Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care
Stuck in Traffic? Diesel Fumes May Be Harming Your Brain
Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study
Study Shows Powerful New Target to Saving Lives From COPD
Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities
Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Authority Over Power Plant Emissions
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Swimmers Face a Little Known Danger: Fluid on the Lungs
Taking 2 Supplements in Pregnancy Could Lower Baby's Odds for Croup
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
The Most Common Asthma Symptoms You Should Know
Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk
There Is No 'Healthy Obesity,' Study Finds
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
There's Almost Nowhere in the World Free of Air Pollution
There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
Too Few Minorities in U.S. Health Care Workforce: Report
Toxic Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire May Be Worse Than Thought
Toxins Form When E-Cigarette Chemicals Mix, Study Says
Toxins in Wildfire Smoke May Make Their Way Into Brain
Train Wheels Send Unhealthy, 'Ultrafine' Metals Into Subway Air
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Treated or Untreated, COVID Symptoms Can Ease and Then Return, Study Finds
Tree Rings Show Hurricanes Becoming Wetter, Longer, More Dangerous
Trouble Concentrating at Work? Your Office Air May Be to Blame
Two-Fifths of Americans With COPD Live Far From Lung Rehab
U.S. Air Quality Got Better During Pandemic: Study
U.S. Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall
U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report
U.S. Medical Schools' Faculty Still Lack Diversity: Study
U.S. Men's Race, Residence Could Raise Odds for Fatal Prostate Cancer
U.S. Monkeypox Cases Decline, But Health Officials Worry About Reaching Minorities
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
U.S. Sees Decline in Sepsis Deaths, But Some Americans More Vulnerable
U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Rose in 2022: CDC
Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
Urban Air Pollution Drives Millions of Cases of Asthma in Kids
Use of Hair Straighteners Tied to Doubling of Risk for Uterine Cancer
Used to Gauge COVID Severity, Pulse Oximeters Can Be Inaccurate on Darker Skin
Uterine Cancer Rates Have Been Rising, and New Study Suggests Why
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
Vaccine Taken During Pregnancy Might Shield Baby Against RSV
Vaping and Lung Damage in Teens: What's the Real Link?
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
Vaping May Affect Lungs' Lubricant, Making Breathing Tougher
Vaping-Linked Lung Injuries Can Leave Long-Term Symptoms
Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19
Vision Problems Are On the Decline for American Seniors
Vitamin D Deficiency Common in Young Black, Hispanic Americans
Vitamin D May Lower Black Women's Odds for COVID-19
Vitamin D Supplements Won't Shield You From COVID-19, Studies Find
Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning
Wearing a Mask Won't Ruin Your Workout, Study Shows
Weight Loss Can Help Cut Lung Risks in 9/11 First Responders
West Coast Wildfires, COVID a Double Whammy to Lung Health
Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study
Western Wildfires Fueling Air Pollution During Summer Months
What If NYC's Cleaner Pandemic-Era Air Continued?
What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19
When Black Americans Encounter Police Violence, High Anxiety Often Follows
When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters
When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?
When Cardiac Deaths Rose During Pandemic, Minorities Suffered Most
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When States Legalize Marijuana, Teens' Asthma Rates Rise
When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters
Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack
Whether or Not You Get Heart-Healthy Statins May Depend on Race
Which Americans Live Longest? Race, Region May Be Key
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
White House 'Winter Preparedness Plan' Revives Free At-Home COVID Test Program
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
White Women Tend to Get Better Pain Management After Childbirth
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's Most Likely to Get Bullied at School?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
Why Are Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Health Issues Not Getting Treatment?
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse When MS Strikes?
Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?
Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men
Why Is Liver Cancer More Lethal for Black Patients?
Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?
Why Skin Cancer Checks Are Even More Important for Hispanic People
Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
Wildfire Smoke Can Send Kids With Asthma to the ER
Wildfire Smoke Can Trigger Eczema, Study Finds
Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
Wildfire Survivors Could Face Higher Cancer Risk
Wildfires Are Changing the Seasonal Air Quality of the U.S. West
Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year
Wildfires Plus Heat Make Breathing Dangerous in America's West
Will COVID Pandemic's Environmental Benefit Last?
Wind Power Is Bringing Americans Real Health Benefits
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger
Woman Sues L'Oreal Over Claim Hair Straightener Spurred Uterine Cancer
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Exposed to Racism at Higher Odds for Premature Delivery
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women, Black Patients Wait Longer in ERs When Chest Pain Strikes
Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Women's Depression Symptoms May Differ by Race: Study
Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World
You Can Pass COVID to Your Cat, Study Finds
You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
Young Cancer Survivors Vulnerable to COVID, But Often Shun Vaccine
Your Doctor's Gender, Race May Bias Your Treatment Outcome
Your Plant-Based Diet Could Really Help the Planet
Your Sleep Habits May Worsen Your Asthma
Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs
Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study
You've Got Fungi in Your Lungs, and That's OK
Zinc Might Help Shorten Your Cold or Flu, Study Finds
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