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Kids' ER Visits for Swallowed Magnets Soared After U.S. Lifted Sales Ban
Kids Getting Spinal Surgeries May Cut Back on Opioids
Kids' Hospitalizations Accompany Rising Unemployment Rates: Study
Kids Still Getting Injured After Swallowing High-Powered Magnets
Kids With Congenital Heart Disease Face Higher Odds of Mental Health Issues
Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19
Knee Procedure Done Earlier Might Prevent Knee Replacement Later
Knee Replacement a Good Option, Even for Severely Obese: Study
Knee Replacement in Folks Over 80: Less Risky Than You Think
Knee Replacement More Challenging in People With Sickle Cell
Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault
La COVID más un ACV hemorrágico duplican el riesgo de muerte de un paciente
Lab-Made Heart Valves Can Grow Along With Youngest Heart Patients
Language Can Make the Difference Between Home, Hospital Care: Study
Large Study Supports Less Invasive Way to Treat 'Leaky' Heart Valves
Lasik Surgery Should Carry Warnings of Possible Complications, FDA Says
Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope
Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal
Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Lessons From a Wildfire on How to Save Pets' Lives
'Liquid Biopsy' Could Help Guide Lung Cancer Treatment
Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays
Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
Long-Haul COVID Symptoms? Getting Vaccine Won't Make You Feel Worse, Study Finds
Looking for Reliable Info Online on Breast Cancer Surgery? It's Tough to Find
Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study
Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
Lumpectomy as Effective as Mastectomy for Young Women With Breast Cancer
Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can't Sustain It
Lymph Node Removal During Breast Cancer Mastectomy: Is It Overdone?
Major Drug Shortages Not Likely After Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant, FDA says
Majority of Workers at America's Nursing Homes Unvaccinated Against Flu, COVID
Many At-Risk Kids With COVID Can Be Cared for at Home
Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken
Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study
Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs: Study
Many Face Months of Lingering Symptoms After COVID Hospital Discharge
Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms
Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home
Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study
Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds
Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage
Many U.S. Health Care Workers Face Harassment, Burnout
Marijuana Users May Feel More Post-Surgery Pain: Study
Marijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries
Marijuana-Linked ER Visits by Seniors Are Rising
Men Offered Surgery More Often Than Women When Carpal Tunnel Strikes
Men With Testicular Cancer May Have New Treatment Option
'Mental Resilience' May Give Holocaust Survivors an Edge After Surgery
Mesh Plug a New Option for Treating Tricky Aneurysms
Minimally Invasive Surgery May Be Good Option for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms
Minorities Miss Out on Brain-Imaging Studies for Alzheimer's
Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms
Misjudging Thin Ice Can Be Fatal, Check First
Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online
More American Men Now Opting for Vasectomy
More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy
More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment
More Evidence That Pandemic Delayed Cancer Diagnoses
More 'Height-Challenged' Men Are Getting Leg-Lengthening Surgeries
More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study
More Pot-Linked Poisoning Cases as Edibles' Popularity Booms
More U.S. Kids Are Heading to ERs After Drinking Cough Suppressant
Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey
Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal
Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
Most Who Get Heart Valve Replacement Don't Get Follow-Up Rehab
Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home
Multiple Surgeries for Cleft Lip, Palate Won't Cause Major Psychological Damage
Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds
Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated
Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay
Need an Operation? Here's How COVID Has Changed Surgery
Need Quick Help Learning CPR? Don't Rely on Alexa, Siri
Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids
'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries
New Advances Mean Many Patients Go Home Same Day After Knee Replacement
New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
New COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year
New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers
New High-Tech CT Might Expand Heart Imaging
New Hope Against Painful Skin Issues Caused by Cancer Radiation Therapy
New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
New Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids
New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office
New Window Blinds? Go Cordless to Save a Child's Life
No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop
No 'Fall Back'? Sleep Experts Argue Against Daylight Standard Time
No Genetic Damage to Kids of Those Exposed to Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: Study
No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life
No Need to Avoid Exercise After Prolapse Surgery, Study Finds
No Sign That Anesthesia in Pregnancy Affects Child's Later Development
Number of U.S. Kids Hospitalized With COVID Is Likely Overcounted: Study
Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding
Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use
Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
Older and Getting Surgery? Get Fit Beforehand
Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study
One-Dose Blood Thinner Could Slash Blood Clot Risk After Knee Replacement
On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives
Opening All Arteries Best When Heart Attack Strikes in Old Age: Study
Opioid Overdose Survivors Face Higher Odds for Death in Following Year
Oral Surgery on Your Calendar? Expert Offers Tips to Ease Anxiety
Order of Radiation Sickness Drug Unrelated to Recent Events in Ukraine, U.S. Health Officials Say
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests On the Rise During COVID-19 Crisis
Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals
Pain Relief in a FLASH: Radiation Treatments Lasting Seconds May Advance Cancer Care
Paintball Guns Are Being Used to Harm — And Blinding Victims
Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids
Pandemic Cut U.S. Heart Surgeries in Half as Patients Avoided Hospitals
Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis
Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study
Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose
Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths
Pandemic Means More Backyard Fireworks This Year -- And More Danger
Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny
Pandemic Saw Rise in Kids Swallowing Magnets, Tiny Batteries
Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Here's How to Tell the Difference
Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
Patient Care Delayed at Large Hospital Chain After Ransomware Attack
Patients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations
Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant
Patients With Bladder Cancer May Avoid Removal of Extra Lymph Nodes, Study Finds
Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar
Patient-to-Patient Transmission Not to Blame for Most C. Difficile Infections in Hospitals
People Are Avoiding the ER During COVID-19 Crisis at Their Peril: Study
People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
People on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk After Hurricanes
People Over 80 Benefit From Surgery for Benign Brain Tumors
People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox
Permanently Bent 'Trigger Finger' Can Be Hallmark of Diabetes
Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17
Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second
Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
Poll Finds Nearly Half of Americans Unprepared for Medical Emergency
Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER
Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study
Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID
Pope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service
Pope Francis Leaves Hospital 9 Days After Surgery
Pope Leaves Hospital 10 Days After Colon Surgery
Pope to Have Hernia Surgery, Stay in Rome Hospital for Several Days
Post-Hurricane Period Is Dangerous for People With Dementia
Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable
Post-Op Delirium Could Signal Faster Mental Decline
Postpartum Bleeding Doesn't Have to Mean Hysterectomy, Experts Say
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
Put Safety at Top of Your Holiday Toy Gift List
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery
Race, Gender Matter in Receiving Timely Heart Attack Care
Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study
Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer May Have Long-Term Risk for the Heart
Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study
Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks
Recent COVID-19 Raises Odds for Clots After Surgery by 90%
Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Seen in Florida
Red Cross Appeals for Donors During National Blood Shortage
Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks
Repair or Reconstruction: What's Best for ACL Tears?
'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes
Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study
Safeguarding Your Heart During, After Hurricane Ida
Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
Sarah Ferguson Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Mastectomy
Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder
Search and Rescue Dogs Fared Well After Working at 9/11 Sites
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
Sepsis Almost Killed Jake Tapper's Daughter, Alice. Now, She's Working to Keep Others Safe
Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe COVID-19 Raises Odds for Dangerous Heart Conditions 10-Fold
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls
Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients
Shorter Course of Radiation May Be Safe for Women Undergoing Breast Reconstruction
Shoveling Snow Is a Heart Hazard: Protect Yourself
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Silent Killer: Watch Out for Carbon Monoxide Dangers This Winter
Silent Killers: Space Heaters, Generators Bring Carbon Monoxide Danger
Simple Antibiotic Switch for Pneumonia Patients Could Prevent Hospital Infection
Simple Move May Boost Spinal Fusion Outcomes
Skull Fractures, Broken Jaws: 'Beanbag' Rounds Shot at Protesters Cause Severe Harm
Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
Smaller Blood Draws for Lab Tests Reduce Need for Transfusions
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed
Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
Spikes in Blood Pressure Bring Many Americans to the ER
Spotting Heart Defects While Baby Still in Womb Is Crucial, Study Shows
Spring, Summer Is Peak Time for Dogs Biting Kids
Steroid Hydrocortisone Alone May Not Cut Death Risk From Septic Shock: Study
Stress Urinary Incontinence? Know Your Surgical Options
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
Strokes Hitting COVID Patients Are More Severe: Study
Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key
Strong Marijuana Habit Could Raise Odds for Complications During Surgery
Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help
Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease
Study Delivers More Evidence of a Mental Health Crisis Among Teens, Particularly Girls
Study Finds Good Long-Term Outcomes for Appendicitis Treated Without Surgery
Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID
Study Takes Long-Term Look at Benefits of Radiation After Breast Lumpectomy
Summer Water Fun Can Bring Drowning Risks: Stay Safe
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient
Surgeons Seeing More 'Mutilating' Hand Injuries With New Utility Terrain Vehicles
Surgery Brings Added Risks to People With COPD
Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Surgery Helps Kids With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy, But Race Could Hinder Access
Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?
Surgery Often a Gateway to Opioid Abuse, Study Confirms
Surgery Soon? Use These 3 Tips to Manage Post-Surgical Pain
Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak
Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative
Surgical Snip Might Prevent Stroke in People With A-fib
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
Taking Ozempic, Wegovy? Stop Before Surgery, Anesthesiologists Say
Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer
Targeted Radiotherapy Might Help Men Battling Advanced Prostate Cancer
Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving
Telehealth Boosts Odds That Patients Show Up for Post-Surgery Care
Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery
'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes
Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
The 988 Mental Health Hotline Is Coming. Is America Ready?
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
The No. 1 Cause of Halloween Injuries: Carving the Pumpkin
There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19
This Summer, Could You Spot the Signs of Heat Illness?
This Super Bowl, Keep Little Hands From Tip-Over TVs
TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen
Time Is Brain: Mobile Stroke Units Reduce Disability, Study Finds
'Time Is Brain': More Americans Waiting Longer for Best Care After Stroke
Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later
Time to Angioplasty Is Crucial for Better Heart Attack Outcomes
Timing of Melanoma Immunotherapy Could Be Key to Outcomes: Study
Tonsillectomies Can Be Tougher for Kids With Developmental Delays
Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans
Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills
Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci
Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays
Treatment for Common Rotator Cuff Ailment May Be Useless
Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter's Peak
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Fourth Straight Week
U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million
U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline
U.S. Gender-Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in 3 Years
U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen
U.S. Seniors Are Getting Fewer Abdominal Surgeries
U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End
Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization
Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: Study
Vaginal or C-Section, Method of Childbirth Won't Affect a Couple's Sex Life Later
Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients
'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
Want to Avoid Knee Replacement? Build Up Your Thighs
Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses
Web Searches for 'Self-Managed Abortion' Rose After Dobbs Decision
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows
Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Long-Term Heart Risks for Diabetic Teens
What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?
What Are Hernias, and How Are They Treated?
What Arthritis Surgeries Help With Pain and Other Symptoms?
What Do You Know About Your Risk for Hernia?
What Is a Pulse Oximeter, and Should You Get One to Warn of COVID-19?
What Type of Stent Did I Get, Where? Most Heart Patients Don't Know
What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer
What You Should Know If Your Surgery Has Been Put on Hold
What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes
What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back
When Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Survival Odds Are Better at Airports
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes
When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?
When Popping Champagne at New Years', Watch Out for That Cork
When Removing a Big Kidney Stone, Get the Little Ones, Too
When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer
When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve
Which Americans Are Most (and Least) Prepared for Disasters?
Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?
Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?
Which Surgery Works Best for Lower Back Pain?
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List
Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men After Bypass Surgery
Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women, Black Patients Wait Longer in ERs When Chest Pain Strikes
Your Child Is Sick. Do You Call Your Doctor or Head to the ER?
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?
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