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Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19
Vitamin D Supplements Won't Shield You From COVID-19, Studies Find
Want Reliable Diet Advice? Don't Head to TikTok
Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning
Wearing a Mask Won't Ruin Your Workout, Study Shows
Weekly Injected Drug Could Boost Outcomes for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Wegovy, Saxenda Help Folks Lose Pounds They Regained After Weight-Loss Surgery
Weight Loss Can Help Cut Lung Risks in 9/11 First Responders
Weight Loss Helps Your Heart Even If Some Weight Come Back
Weight Loss in Childhood May Protect Boys Against Future Infertility
Weight Loss May Not Affect Fertility Treatment Success
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weightlifting Your Way to Weight Loss
Weight-Loss Surgeries Used Least in U.S. States That Need Them Most
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Cut Odds for Obesity-Linked Cancers in Half
Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows
Weight-Loss Surgery May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk in People With Diabetes
Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
Weight-Loss Surgery Might Also Help Prevent Cataracts
Weight-Loss Surgery Slashes Risk of Severe Liver Disease in the Obese: Study
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 Helps Your Heart More, Losing Fat or Gaining Muscle?
What If NYC's Cleaner Pandemic-Era Air Continued?
What Is Chromium Picolinate? Do You Really Need It?
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When States Legalize Marijuana, Teens' Asthma Rates Rise
Which Diets Help You Keep the Weight From Coming Back?
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
White House 'Winter Preparedness Plan' Revives Free At-Home COVID Test Program
WHO Says No to Artificial Sweeteners for Weight Loss
Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
Why Can't I Lose Weight?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men
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 With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World
Working Off Your Quarantine Weight Gain
You Can Pass COVID to Your Cat, Study Finds
You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
You Don't Have to Be Obese for Belly Fat to Harm You, Heart Experts Warn
Your Metabolism Changes As You Age, Just Not When You Think
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
'Yo-Yo' Dieting May Mean Sleepless Nights for Women
Zinc Might Help Shorten Your Cold or Flu, Study Finds