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Simple Steps Toward Living a Healthier, More Active Life
Sit All Day for Work? Simple Step Can Cut Your Health Risk
Sleep Apnea Aid Eases Heart Problems in People With Prediabetes
Sleep Apnea Doubles Odds for Sudden Death
Sleep Apnea in Childhood a Bad Sign for Teenage Heart Health
Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans
Sleep-Deprived Kids Will Snack More: Study
'Slow Walkers' at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19
Smartphone Apps May Aid in Heart Attack Recovery
Smartwatch Heart Data May Be Less Accurate for Black Users
Some Blood Pressure Meds Raise Heart Risks in People With HIV
Some Diabetes Meds Might Also Lower Alzheimer's Risk
Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
Some People's Guts Are Better at Gaining Energy From Food
Some Vegetarian Diets Are Much Healthier Than Others
'Spare Tire' in Middle Age Could Mean a Frail Old Age
'Spare Tire' Might Up a Man's Prostate Cancer Risk
Spikes in Blood Pressure Bring Many Americans to the ER
Spring Activity Can Sometimes Bring Stress Fractures
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
Stay-at-Home Orders Could Mean More Obese Kids: Study
Step Up! Here's How to Start a Healthy Walking Habit
'Stepped' Approach to Treating Diabetic Eye Disease May Be Best
Stressed, Burned-Out Nurses Make More Medical Errors: Study
Stressful Days, Worse Blood Sugar Control for People With Diabetes
Stronger Hearts, Better Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study
Study Ties Gum Disease to High Blood Pressure
Surgery, Drugs Similar for Treating Severe Diabetic Eye Disease
Surgical Snip Might Prevent Stroke in People With A-fib
Surprising Factors That Raise (or Lower) Your Odds for COVID-19
Surviving Childhood Cancer Can Take Toll on Adult Heart
Tai Chi Could Be Good Medicine for Heart Patients
Talking to Your Child About Weight, But Avoiding Stigma
Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders
Technology Helped Kids With Type 1 Diabetes During Pandemic
Telehealth Programs Improve Blood Sugar for Rural Americans With Diabetes
Texas Court Case Could Threaten Americans' Health Care Nationwide
The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment
There Is No 'Healthy Obesity,' Study Finds
There's a Push to Expand Medicare's Coverage of Dental Issues
Those with Type 2 Diabetes Can Walk Their Way to Heart Health
Tingling, Burning in Your Feet? Common Condition May Be the Cause
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Tips for Parents of Kids With Diabetes
Too Little Sleep Could Have Teens Piling on Pounds
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Tough Menopause May Signal Future Heart Woes
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Triglycerides a Stroke Danger, Even With Statin Treatment
Two Meds Better Than One for Many With High Blood Pressure: Study
Type 2 Diabetes Drug Metformin Could Help Prevent Some Breast Cancers
Type 2 Diabetes in Teens Can Bring Dangerous Complications in 20s
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study
Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Worse Mental Outcomes After Stroke
Type 2 Diabetes Speeds Aging in the Brain
U.S. Could Face Surging Numbers of Teens With Diabetes
U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report
U.S. Kids Are Eating More 'Ultraprocessed' Foods
U.S. Moms-to-Be Are Much Less Healthy Now
Under 45 With Prediabetes? Your Heart Attack Risk Is Rising
Under 50 and Overweight? Your Odds for Dementia Later May Rise
Unexplained Drop in Resting Heart Rate in Youth 'Not a Good Thing'
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Unvaccinated and Having Heart Trouble? That Can Be Deadly When COVID Strikes
Upping Fruit, Veggies, Grain Intake Can Cut Your Diabetes Risk by 25%
Using Pot May Impede Female Athletes' Performance
Vaping Might Trigger Irregular Heartbeat, Animal Studies Show
Vision Damage May Begin Long Before Type 2 Diabetes Is Diagnosed
Vision Problems? Here's a Guide to Which Specialist Is Right for You
Want Reliable Diet Advice? Don't Head to TikTok
Wearing a Mask Won't Ruin Your Workout, Study Shows
Weekly Injected Drug Could Boost Outcomes for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Has Long-Term Benefits for Pain, Mobility
Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows
Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Long-Term Heart Risks for Diabetic Teens
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 Slashes Odds for Heart Attack in Very Obese People
Welcome to the 'Smart Toilet' That Can Spot Disease
What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out
What Blood Sugar Levels Best Protect Against Heart Trouble in Those With Diabetes?
What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
What People With Type 1 Diabetes Need to Know About COVID-19
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
When Deductibles Rise, More Diabetes Patients Skip Their Meds
When Diabetes Strikes in Pregnancy, Do Women Eat Healthier?
When Diabetes Strikes, Eye Exams Can Save Your Sight
When Gums Aren't Healthy, Mind and Body May Follow
When Young Adults Vape, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate May Spike
Whether From Diet or Surgery, Weight Loss Has Same Benefits: Study
Which Blood Sugar Meds Work Best Against Type 2 Diabetes?
Whole Grains Every Day: Key to Your Health and Waistline
Who'll Get Long COVID? Just a Look at a Patient Gives Clues
Who's at Higher Risk for A-Fib, Men or Women?
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's Most Likely to Binge Eat Amid Pandemic?
Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why Early Bedtime May Be Best for People With Type 2 Diabetes
Why Exercise? Researchers Say It Prevents 3.9 Million Deaths a Year
Why 'Night Owl' Women Might Be at Higher Risk During Pregnancy
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
Will a Little Drinking Help Your Heart? Maybe Not
Women Can Dance Themselves to Better Health After Menopause
Women With Type 1 Diabetes May Have Fewer Childbearing Years: Study
Words Can Wound When Parents Talk to Kids About Obesity
Working Night Shifts Could Raise Odds for A-Fib
Workouts in the Park? Crime Fears Keep Some Away
Worries May Raise Men's Heart Risks, Even When Young
Years of Diabetes Could Speed Onset of Menopause
Yoga, Mindfulness Could Be Powerful Tools to Manage Blood Sugar
You Don't Have to Be Obese for Belly Fat to Harm You, Heart Experts Warn
Young Women at Higher Risk for Stroke Than Male Peers: Study
Your Guide to Healthy Glucose Levels
Your Morning Cup of Coffee Can Affect Your Heart's Rhythms