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Panel Rules Against HRT for Preventing Chronic Disease
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Police Work Takes Heavy Health Toll: Study
Poor Sleep in Teen Years Linked to Heart Risks in Adulthood
Popular Diabetes Meds Put to the Test
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Preventive Measures Pay Off for Those at Risk of Stroke
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PTSD After Heart Attack Linked to Poor Sleep
PTSD Can Hamper Drug Treatment for Stroke Survivors: Study
Quick-Reversal Method May Be at Hand for New Blood Thinner
Quitting Cigarettes Cuts Heart Risks, Even If You Gain Weight
Racial Gap Persists in Women's Heart Health Knowledge: Survey
Radiation Therapy May Raise Future Death Risk From Heart Surgery
Reductions in Wood-Burning Stoves Tied to Lower Death Rates
Regular Exercise May Help Seniors Stave Off Heart Failure
Report Details Start of Steroid Meningitis Outbreak
Report: 39 States on Pace for Obesity Rates Above 50%
Rosie O'Donnell's Heart Attack a Lesson for Women
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Scans That Gauge Heart Scarring May Spot High-Risk Patients
Scarring May Raise Death Risk From Fatty Liver Disease
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Science Reveals How Owls Avoid Stroke While Rotating Heads
Scientists Map Genetic 'Blueprint' of Heart
Screen All Adults for Obesity: U.S. Panel
Secondhand Smoke Linked to Early Heart Disease, Study Finds
Secondhand Smoke Tied to Lower 'Good' Cholesterol in Teen Girls
Self-Esteem, Optimism Help When Caring for Spouse After Stroke
Seniors Who Fell Recently May Fare Worse After Surgery
Seriously Stressed? Hair Analysis Tells All, Study Finds
Severe Anemia Linked to Higher Death Risk After Heart Surgery
Shorter Hospital Stays Don't Compromise Care, Study Finds
Short-Term, Early HRT May Cut Women's Alzheimer's Risk: Study
Sitting Can Harm Health, Even for Those Who Exercise
Skipping Aspirin Before Artery Procedure May Boost Death Rates
Small Babies Can Be Sign of Heart Problems in Mother
Smokers at Higher Risk of Another Stroke: Study
Smoking After Stroke Triples Risk of Death Within Year: Study
Smoking Pot May Raise Stroke Risk in Young Adults
Some Diabetics May Not Benefit From Daily Aspirin
Some Slightly Obese May Gain From Weight-Loss Surgery, Guidelines Say
Sound Sleep Helps the Heart, Expert Says
Southern Diet Might Explain the 'Stroke Belt'
Sports May Be OK With Defibrillator, Study Says
Standard Dose of Blood Thinner May Not Be Best for All Patients
Stars Strut in Red to Bring Awareness to Women's Heart Health
Statins Won't Hurt, Might Even Help, Your Pancreas: Study
Stem Cell Transplant May Spur Heart Disease Risk: Study
Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix May Carry Heart Risks, FDA Warns
Stress Adds to Salt Load of Some Blacks, Study Says
Stress During Pregnancy May Raise Heart Defect Risk for Baby
Stress, a 'Type A' Personality May Boost Stroke Risk
Stress, Depression Linked to Raised Stroke Risk in Seniors
Stressful Jobs Linked to Heart Woes in Women
Stroke Before Age 50 Linked to Raised Risk of Early Death
Stroke During Childhood May Raise Risk for Epilepsy, Study Says
Stroke Patients Hospitalized on Weekends Don't Seem to Do As Well
Stroke Prevention: More Sweet News for Chocolate Lovers
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Stroke Risk Rises in Seniors With COPD: Study
Study Assesses Blood Thinner Use After Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Study IDs 4 Key Habits of Successful Aging
Study Links Long-Term Aspirin Use With Vision Loss
Study Links Stillbirth to Genes Tied to Dangerous Heart Rhythm
Study Probes Use of Filter Device to Stop Deadly Blood Clots
Study Supports Use of 'Brain Stents' for Certain Stroke Patients
Study Tallies Economic Fallout From Workers' Heart Attacks
Study: Blood Tests for Inflammation Could Help Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke
Study: No Long-Term Heart Risks From Breast Radiation
Study: Treating Sleep Disorder May Thwart Heart Disease
Sugary Drinks Tied to 25,000 U.S. Deaths a Year
Supplement of Red Wine Ingredient Won't Help Healthy Women: Study
Supplements of Red Wine Antioxidant Don't Help Obese Men
Surgical Delivery of Drug Shows Promise Against 'Bleeding' Stroke
Survival More Likely With Exercise-Related Cardiac Arrest: Study
Survival Tripled for Hospitalized U.S. Kids With Cardiac Arrest
Tai Chi Might Help Stroke Survivors Avoid Falls
Telling Patients When They're Unfit to Drive Cuts Crashes: Study
Thin Placenta Might Be Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death Later in Life
Tight Blood Sugar Control Won't Help Babies After Heart Surgery
Today's U.S. Soldiers Fitter Than Decades Ago: Report
Too Little Sleep Tied to Stroke Risk
Too Much Sitting Linked to Chronic Health Problems
Too Much Sitting Linked to Fat Buildup Around the Heart
Tooth Loss Associated With Higher Risk for Heart Disease
Traffic May Keep City Dwellers Awake, Harming Health
Transfusions With Heart Surgery Might Raise Infection Risk
U.S. Adults Face Substantial Heart Disease Risk: Study
U.S. Lifestyles Thwarting Heart Health Progress: Report
U.S. Spends More on Dementia Care Than Heart Disease or Cancer: Study
U.S. Stroke Patients Are Getting Younger
Ultrasound Allows Early Detection of Fluid in Dialysis Patients' Lungs
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Underinsured Heart Disease Patients Die Sooner, Study Finds
Unemployed at Higher Risk for Heart Attack?
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Vitamin D May Delay Deterioration of Smokers' Lungs: Study
Walking Program Helps Stroke Survivors Get On With Life
Want to Live Longer? Turn Off That TV and Stand Up
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Weak Muscles in Teen Years Linked to Early Death in Men
Weight-Lifting May Boost Heart Health in Black Men: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Cuts Heart Risk 7 Years Later: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Drop in Heart Risk Factors
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When Trees Die Off, Human Health May Also Suffer
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Winter Brings Rise in Heart-Related Deaths, Study Finds
Wireless Pacemaker Shows Promise in Early Study
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With Certain Strokes, Effects Can Persist a Decade Later
Women May Fare Worse Than Men After Stroke
Women, Young Adults Misinterpret Chest Pain: Study
Work-Linked Sleep Loss May Harm Police Officers' Health
Year of Taking Risky Blood Thinners May Be Unnecessary After Stent Surgery
Yoga May Help With Common Heart Rhythm Disorder
Yoga Might Help With Stroke Rehab
Young Women Less Healthy Than Men Before Heart Attack: Study
Your Blood Type May Boost Your Heart Risk, Study Finds

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