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• 1 in 5 Americans Has an STD: CDC

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• 1 in 5 U.S. Seniors Now Skip Meds Because of Cost

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• 1 in 5 Young Women Has No Plans to Get a Mammogram

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• 18 Million Americans Can't Pay for Needed Meds

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• 3 Steps Could Nearly Eliminate COVID Infections on College Campuses: Study

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• 3D Mammograms Best at Spotting Tumors, But Many Black Women Missing Out

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• 4 in 10 Transgender Women Have HIV: CDC

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• 4 in 10 U.S. Adults Who Need Mental Health Care Can't Get It: Survey

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• 4 Out of 10 Adults With No Known Heart Disease Have Fatty Hearts: Study

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• 5 Tests You Should Not Order for a Child With Autism

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• 50 Years On, Real Progress in War Against Cancer

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• 6 Tips on Getting Back to Your Regular Doctor's Checkup

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• 8/8 -- Inflation Has Many Americans Cutting Back on Health Care, Poll Finds

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• 9/11 First Responders Face Higher Cancer Risk 20 Years Later

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• A Better Test to Help Spot Glaucoma?

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• A Real Headache: Racism Plays Role in Migraine Care

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• A Routine Skin Check Could Save Your Life

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• Abnormal Stool Test Result? Don't Delay Your Colonoscopy

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• Access to Top Drugs Makes the Difference for Black Lung Cancer Patients

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• Accuracy of COVID-19 Antibody Tests Varies Widely, Study Finds

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• Across America, Black People Have Worse Health Outcomes

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• Adding MRI to Screening Can Cut Prostate Cancer Overdiagnosis in Half

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• After Heart Attack, Cardiac Rehab Begins Road to Recovery

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• After Long Decline, Breast Cancers in Young U.S. Women Are On the Rise

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• After Testing Fell During Pandemic, Is a Surge in STDs Ahead?

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• AI Beats Trained Staff in Spotting Heart Trouble on Sonograms

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• Almost 13 Million Americans Per Year Skip Meds Due to Cost

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• Almost Half of Americans Worry About Surprise Medical Bills: Poll

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• American Cancer Society Recommends HPV Test for Cervical Cancer Screening

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• American Dental Association Pushes for Dental Coverage Under Medicaid

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• Americans' COVID Medical Bills Are Set to Rise

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• Americans Missed Almost 10 Million Cancer Screenings During Pandemic

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• Appeals Court Ruling Keeps Obamacare Preventive Health Care Coverage in Place for Now

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• Are Breast Self-Exams Necessary? The Answer May Surprise You

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• Are Pricey Air Ambulance Rides Really Saving More Lives?

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• As Clinics Providing Abortions Closed in Iowa, STD Rates Started Rising

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• As Medicaid Access Expands, So Does Cancer Survival

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• As Testing Costs Rise, Neurology Patients May Skip Screening

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• At-Home Gene Test for Breast, Ovarian Cancers Looks Effective

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• Average COVID Hospital Bill for U.S. Seniors Nearly $22,000

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• Awareness That HPV Causes Cancer Is Ebbing Among Americans

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• Baby's Feeding Troubles Tied to Later Developmental Delays

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• Bedside COVID-19 Test Faster Than Standard PCR Test

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• 'Benign' Adrenal Gland Tumors Might Cause Harm to Millions

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• Biden Administration Buys More Monoclonal Antibody Treatments to Ward Off Shortage

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• Biden Administration May Stop Buying COVID Vaccines, Treatments by Fall

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• Biden Administration Pushes Forward With Trump-Era Law on Surprise Medical Bills

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• Biden Plan Will Spend $1.5 Billion to Boost Health Worker Supply

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• Biden Pledges to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Americans

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• Biden to Expand Access to Health Care for Immigrants Brought Illegally to U.S. as Children

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• Biden to Sign Bill That Helps Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits

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• Big Changes Are Coming to U.S. Health Care as Pandemic Emergencies Expire

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• Black Americans, Mexican Americans Develop Diabetes Earlier in Life

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• Black Cancer Survivors Often Face Added Challenges: Study

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• Black Men Less Likely to Get Follow-Up MRI When Test Suggests Prostate Cancer

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• Black Women Die of Breast Cancer at Younger Ages. Should They Be Screened Earlier?

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• Blood Pressure Often Differs Widely Between Two Arms: Study

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• Blood Test Could Spot Those at Highest Risk for Severe COVID-19

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• Blood Test Looks at Patients' Whole Genome to Spot Rare Inherited Diseases

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• Blood Test May Reveal Concussion Severity With Accuracy of Spinal Tap

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• Blood Test Might Spot Cancer Years Earlier

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• Blood Test Might Spot Most Dangerous COVID-19 Cases

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• Blood Test Might Spot Pancreatic Cancer Early

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• Blood Test Might Warn of Dangerous Complication of Pregnancy

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• Blood Test Shows Promise at Catching Cancers Early

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• Blood Test Shows Promise for Quick Diagnosis of ALS

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• Blood-Based 'Liquid Biopsy' Might Spot Early-Stage Cancers

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• Body Temperature Higher in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

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• Brain's 'White Matter' Changes in People With Autism

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• Breaks in Health Insurance Hurt Cancer Care, Survival

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• Breast Cancer Takes Big Financial Toll on Some Young Patients

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• Buying Your Own Health Insurance Just Got Way Less Expensive

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• California's Plan to Make Low-Priced Insulin Could Be Example for Nation

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• Can a Computer Program Help Docs Spot Breast Cancer?

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• Can a Drug Help Prevent Diabetic Vision Loss?

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• Can AI Predict Who Will Develop Diabetes?

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• Can Your Smartphone Spot a Narrowed Neck Artery?

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• Cancer Care Costs U.S. $156 Billion Per Year; Drugs a Major Factor

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• Cancer Costs U.S. Patients $21 Billion a Year

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• Cancer in Hispanics: Good News and Bad

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• Cancer in Uninsured Often Diagnosed at More Advanced, Lethal Stage

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• Cancer Screening Fell Sharply Early in Pandemic, But Has Rebounded

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• Cancer Screenings Rise in States With Mandatory Paid Sick Leave

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• Cancer Survivors at Higher Odds for Second Cancer: Study

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• Cancer Survivors Fared Better Financially After Obamacare

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• Cancer Takes Heavy Toll on Women's Work and Finances: Study

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• Cancer's Financial Toll on Couples Hurts Both Partners

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• Cases of Advanced Cervical Cancer Keep Rising Among U.S. Women

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• Cheap, Same-Day Test Could Help Spot Miscarriage Risk

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• Check Early and Often for Glaucoma

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• Child Cancers Are Rare, But Here Are Signs to Look For

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• Child Nasal Swab Tests Conducted by Parent Yield Accurate Results: Study

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• Childhood Autism Diagnosis Is Getting Better, But Not for Everyone

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• Child's Hospital Stay Can Cost Plenty, Even With Insurance

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• Choice of Brand-Name Drug Over Generics Costs Medicare Nearly $2 Billion Annually

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• Colon Cancer Diagnoses Fell 40% in Pandemic, and That's Not Good News

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• Colonoscopy Surprise Bills Should Be Thing of the Past, Experts Say

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• Companion Drug Might Help Prevent Kidney Complications of Lupus

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• Compared to Other Countries, Americans Pay Much More for Prescription Drugs

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• Converting Hotels to Rooms for Homeless People Curbed COVID's Spread

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• Cost a Barrier to Cervical Cancer Screening for Many U.S. Women

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• Cost of Brand-Name Epilepsy Meds Is Soaring

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• Cost of Epilepsy Meds Continues to Soar

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• Costs Would Keep 1 in 7 Americans From Seeking COVID-19 Treatment

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• Could a DNA Blood Test Spot a Range of Hidden Cancers?

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• Could a Quick Breathalyzer Test for COVID-19 Be on the Way?

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• Could a Single Dose of the HPV Vaccine Be Enough?

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• Could Cheaper, Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Finally Be Here?

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• Could Home Test for Colon Cancer Mean a Big Medical Bill to Come?

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• Could Your Child Have a Heart Defect? Know the Warning Signs

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• Countries With Universal Health Care Had Better Child Vaccination Rates During Pandemic

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• Couples Age 55 or Older Can Soon Contribute $10,000 a Year to Health Savings Accounts

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• COVID Fears Mean More Cancers Are Being Diagnosed at Later Stages

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• COVID Home Test Kits Less Effective With Omicron Variant: Study

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• COVID Hospital Stays Leave Some Survivors With Big Medical Bills

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• COVID in Kids: The Most Telling Symptoms

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• COVID Testing Requirement Lifted for Travelers Flying to the U.S.

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• COVID Vaccine Reaction Can Mimic Breast Cancer Symptoms, But Doctors Say 'Don't Panic'

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• COVID-19 Appears to Have No Lasting Impact on College Athletes' Hearts

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• COVID-19 Led to Dangerous Delays in Care for Women With Gynecologic Cancers

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• Crowdsourcing Raises Billions for Families Hit Hard by Medical Bills

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• CT Lung Cancer Screening Catches More Tumors Early

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• CT Lung Cancer Screening Saved His Life, and Could Do So for More

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• Cycling During Dialysis? It Might Help Patients

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• Data Show Big Drop in Number of Americans in Medical Debt

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• Death Rates Are Rising Across Rural America

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• Deaths From Alzheimer's Far More Common in Rural America

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• Diabetes Is Deadlier for Black Americans: Study

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• Did Obamacare Expand Access to Insurance for Minorities? In Some U.S. States, Hardly at All

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• Did the Decline in PSA Testing Lead to More Cases of Advanced Prostate Cancer?

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• DNA Analysis Might Reveal Melanoma Risk

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• DNA Fragments in Blood Promise Cheap, Easy Test for Cancer

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• Do Not Use At-Home COVID Test Swabs in the Throat: FDA

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• Doctors Divided Over Use of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug

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• Doctor's Office Stress Test Could Gauge Your Heart Risk

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• Doctors Often Miss Signs of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids

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• Dogs Accurately Sniff Out COVID-19 at Airports

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• Do-It-Yourself COVID Tests Work Fine, Without the Discomfort: Study

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• Don't Delay Your Cancer Screenings, Surgeons' Group Urges

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• Don't Let COVID-19 Scuttle Your Child's Health Exams

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• Drug Lynparza Could Help Fight Some Early-Stage Breast Cancers

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• Eating Disorders Cost Billions in the U.S.

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• Eli Lilly to Slash Insulin Prices, Cap Monthly Out-of-Pocket Costs at $35

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• Emergency Transport Can Surprise Many With Big Bills

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• England to Lift Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Visitors

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• Even in a Pandemic, Child Vision Tests Are Crucial

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• Even Rich Americans Don't Get World-Class Health Care: Study

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• Expert Panel Lowers Routine Screening Age for Diabetes to 35

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• Experts Recommend All Women Get Mammograms Starting at Age 40

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• FDA Approves First AI Tool to Boost Colonoscopy Accuracy

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• FDA Eases Access to Cheaper Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

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• FDA OKs Automatic Use of a Cheaper Generic  Insulin

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• FDA OKs First Over-the-Counter Home Test for COVID-19

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• Fear of Losing Health Insurance Keeps 1 in 6 U.S. Workers in Their Jobs

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• Few Kids Get Dental Fluoride Treatments, Though Insurance Will Pay

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• Fewer Surprise Bills: Most U.S. Hospitals Now Transparent on Prices

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• Fighting Liver Cancer Takes Big Financial Toll: Study

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• Finding a Doctor Is Tough and Getting Tougher in Rural America

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• For COVID-19 Survivors, Virus Test 1 Month Out May Be Needed

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• For 'Near Poor' Seniors, Medicaid 'Cliff' Could Keep Health Care Out of Reach

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• For People With Heart Failure, Statins May Lower Cancer Risk Too

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• For Seniors, Declining Sense of Smell Could Signal Frailty

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• For the Poor, Even a Small Medical Bill Can Trigger Coverage Loss

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• 'Frailty Exams' for Older Cancer Patients May Not Need Office Visit

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• Gallstones Can Warn of Pancreatic Cancer Risk

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• Gene Differences Could Have Black Patients Undergoing Unnecessary Biopsies

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• Gene Tests Could Spot 1 Million Americans at Risk of High Cholesterol

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• Genes Help Explain Role of Race in Prostate Cancer Risk

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• Get First Colonoscopy at 45, not 50: U.S. Expert Panel

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• Get on the Bus: Lifesaving Lung Screens Hit the Road

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• Gun Violence Wreaks Havoc on Lives of Survivors, Their Families

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• Gynecological Cancers Not a Risk for Severe COVID-19: Study

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• Have Diabetes? Here's How to Save Your Sight

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• Have You Been Screened for Cervical Cancer?

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• Having Even a Cousin or Grandparent With Colon Cancer Raises Your Risk: Study

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• Health Coverage Takes Big Hit With Pandemic-Related Job Cuts

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• Health Savings Accounts Used Least by People Who Need Them Most: Poll

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• Heart Patients Avoiding Care During Pandemic: Survey

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• Heart Screening of Young Athletes Is Cost-Effective

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• Here's How New Federal Legislation Might Cut Your Drug Costs

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• Here's How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower the Cost of Health Care

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• Here's How to Get Your Free Home COVID Test Kits

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• High Co-Pays, Deductibles Keep Some Women From Mammogram Follow-Up

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• High Costs Lead Millions of Americans to Shop Abroad for Rx Drugs

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• High Deductibles Keep Folks With Chest Pain From Calling 911

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• High Deductibles Keep Some Women From Follow-Up After Troubling Mammogram

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• HIV Testing Plummeted During Pandemic

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• Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion

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• House Committees to Investigate New Alzheimer's Drug Approval

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• How Did New 'Surprise Medical Bill' Laws Affect Your State?

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• How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care

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• How Much Will That Hip Replacement Cost? Many Hospitals Still Aren't Saying

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• How One Patient's Battle With COVID-19 Changed U.S. Testing Protocols

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• How the COVID Pandemic Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Even as Telehealth Helped

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• How the Pandemic Affected Americans' Blood Pressure

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• HPV 'Herd Immunity' Now Helping Vaccinated, Unvaccinated Women

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• HPV Vaccination Is Lowering U.S. Cervical Cancer Rates

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• HPV Vaccination Rises in States That Don't Require Parental Consent

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• HPV Vaccination When Young Cuts Cervical Cancer Risk by 87%

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• HPV Vaccine Is Reducing Cervical Cancers in Teens, Young Women

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• If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills

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• In a First, Medicaid Extends Coverage to Prison Inmates

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• In the Cards: Simple Test Could Assess Risk of Dementia

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• In U.S., Price Tag for MS Care Tops $85 Billion

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• Incomplete Polyp Removal During Colonoscopy Can Bring Cancer Danger

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• Insurance Often Covers Ivermectin for COVID, Even Though Drug Doesn't Work

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• Insured Patients Are Getting Surprise Bills After Colonoscopies

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• Is It COVID? Early Signs May Differ by Age, Gender

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• Is Medicare Overspending? Costco Prices Much Less for Generic Drugs

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• It's Getting Tougher to Afford Health Care, Even With Employer-Sponsored Insurance

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• IUDs, Contraceptive Implants Tough to Access for Women on Medicaid

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• Job Losses Hit Americans Hard in Pandemic, Report Confirms

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• Just 8% of Americans Lack Health Insurance, a Record Low

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• Kids With Autism Face Higher Odds of Vision Issues, But Many Don't Get Screened

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• Less Than a Third of Heavily Advertised Drugs Have 'High Therapeutic Value': Study

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• Little Change in Number of Uninsured in  Pandemic's First Year

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• Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients

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• Loss of Smell More Common in COVID-19 Than Thought

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• Lung Cancer CT Scans Have Already Saved More Than 10,000 U.S. Lives

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• Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All

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• Major Credit Agencies Will Drop Most Medical Debt From Reports

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• 'Major Financial Hardship' Hits Most Patients Battling Advanced Colon Cancer

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• Maker Cuts Price of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug in Half

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• Maker of Narcan Nasal Spray Plans to Sell Overdose Antidote for Less Than $50

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• Mammogram Rates Have Rebounded Since Pandemic Began, But Concerns Remain

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• Mammography Rates Plummeted During Pandemic

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• Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism,  Health Outcomes: Poll

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• Many Americans With Long COVID Have Trouble Accessing Care

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• Many Cancer Patients Face Mounting Bills Despite Having Insurance

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• Many 'High-Risk' Americans Unconcerned About Skin Cancer: Poll

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• Many High-Risk Patients Don't Know They Need Follow-Up Colonoscopy

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• Many Insured Americans Are an Injury Away From Bankruptcy: Study

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• Many MS Patients Struggle With Finances, Forgo Treatments

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• Many Patients Billed for Preventive Care That Should Be Free: Study

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• Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?

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• Many Seniors on Medicare Falling Into Medical Debt

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• Many Thyroid Cancer Ultrasound Scans Unnecessary

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• Many U.S. Mammography Centers Aren't Following Expert Guidelines: Report

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• Many U.S. Seniors Get Needless, Pricey Cervical Cancer Screenings

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• Many U.S. Women Must Travel Far to Get Mammograms

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• Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It

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• Medicaid Expansion Saved Lives in Affected States: Study

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• Medicaid Rules May Affect Americans' Cancer Survival

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• Medical Bill Worries Tied to Worse Outcomes for Cancer Patients: Study

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• Medical Care for COVID-19 Could Cost U.S. Hundreds of Billions: Study

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• Medical Debt Can Crush Even the Insured, Study Shows

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• Medical Paperwork: So Bad Some Folks Skip Care

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• Medicare Could Save Millions By Taking Cue from Mark Cuban's Online Pharmacy

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• Medicare May Rethink Premium Hike for Pricey Alzheimer’s Drug

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• Medicare Monthly Premiums to Drop for Seniors

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• Medicare Mulls Coverage for Controversial Alzheimer's Drug

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• Medicare Will Save U.S. Billions Negotiating Drug Prices

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• Men, Make Health Your Goal This Year

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• Mental Health Woes Double Women's Odds for Cervical Cancer

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• Millions Could Lose Medicaid by April as Pandemic Rules Ease

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• Millions Who Joined Medicaid During Health Emergency Could Soon Lose Coverage

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• Mixed Progress Against Cancers in Teens, Young Adults

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• Moderna Will Offer Free COVID Shots to Uninsured After Emergency Ends

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• Mom-to-Be's 'Leaky' Heart Valves May Pose More Danger Than Thought

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• Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online

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• More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters

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• More Americans Would Get Lung Cancer Screening Under New Guidelines

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• More Childbearing Women Having Suicidal Thoughts: Study

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• More Evidence That Pandemic Delayed Cancer Diagnoses

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• More Than 2 Million COVID Home Test Kits Recalled Due to False Positive Results

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• Most Americans With Medical Debt Owe Money to Hospitals

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• Most Cancer Screenings Make Big Rebound After Pandemic Decline

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• Most Cases of Dementia in U.S. Seniors Go Undiagnosed: Study

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• Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer

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• Mother and Son Draw Hope, Healing From Shared Cancer Treatment

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• Moves, Evictions Often Trigger Harmful Breaks in Health Care: Study

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• Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home

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• MRI Might Boost Cancer Detection for Women With Dense Breasts

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• MS Has Mixed Impact on Patients' Cancer Risk: Study

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• Myths, Ignorance Persist Around Lung Cancer: Poll

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• NBA Players to Assess New Coronavirus Test

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• Necklace Spots A-Fib in Just Over 30 Seconds

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• Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug

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• New Approach Cuts Odds for Anal Cancer in People With HIV

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• New Blood Test May Improve Liver Cancer Screening

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• New Screen Might Spot More Cases of Hidden COPD

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• New Test of Pancreatic Cysts Might Boost Cancer Detection

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• New Tests for Colon, Prostate Cancer Show Promise

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• New Year: Time for Your Memory Screening Appointment

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• No Good Evidence on Accuracy of Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Study

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• Not Enough Older Americans Are Checking Blood Pressure At Home

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• Not Just for Glasses: Eye Exams Could Save Your Life

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• Obamacare Boosts Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Care: Study

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• Obamacare Gave More Breast Cancer Survivors Access to Breast Reconstruction

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• Obamacare Helped Extend Lives of People With Cancer

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• Obamacare Helped Women in Some Southern States Get Better Breast Cancer Care

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• Obamacare May Have Helped Extend Lives of Young Cancer Patients

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• Obamacare May Have Helped Lower Suicide Rates

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• Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure

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• Obesity Costs the Average U.S. Adult Almost $1,900 per Year: Study

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• Obesity Stigma Keeps Many From Life-Saving Cancer Screening: Study

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• On Father's Day, Give Dad Tips to Keep Healthy

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• One Key Question Can Help Spot Skin Cancer

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• Only 1 in 7 Cancers Are Caught Through Cancer Screenings

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• Only Half of Folks With Stool Test Positive for Colon Cancer Get Follow-Up Colonoscopy

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• Out-of-Network Costs Raise Medical Bills for Special Needs Kids

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• Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured

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• Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care Keep Climbing

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• Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study

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• Over a Million Americans Are Rationing Insulin Due to High Cost

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• Overuse of Antibiotics in Kids Adds Millions to U.S. Health Care Costs

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• Pandemic Brought Big Drop in Breast Cancer Screening in Older, Low-Income Women

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• Pandemic Caused Millions of U.S. Women to Skip Cancer Screenings

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• Pandemic Closures, Fears Keep Patients From Lung Cancer Screening

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• Pandemic Delays in Screening Mean More Breast Cancer Deaths Ahead: Study

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• Pandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt

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• Pandemic Has Affected Kids' Dental Health: Poll

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• Pandemic Means Financial Hardship for Many With Diabetes

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• Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll

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• Parent or Sibling With Colon Cancer? You May Need Colonoscopy Earlier

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• Parents' Input Key When Screening Toddlers for Autism

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• Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study

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• Parts of Intestinal Scope Devices Can Break Off Inside Patients

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• Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients

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• Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans

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• Pfizer COVID Vaccine Saved 110,000 American Lives: Study

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• Poor Americans Likely to Miss Preventive Heart Screenings: Study

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• PrEP HIV Prevention Pills to Be Free for Insured Americans

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• President Biden Undergoes Routine Colonoscopy

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• Preventing Cervical Cancer: An Expert Answers Your Questions

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• Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials

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• Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study

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• Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths

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• Quick Scan Spots a Common Hormonal Form of High Blood Pressure

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• 'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report

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• Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study

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• Record 16.5 Million Americans Have Signed Up for Obamacare

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• Regular Screening Pays Off for People at High Risk for Pancreatic Cancer

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• Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health

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• Repeat Bone Density Tests Might Not Be Needed, Study Finds

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• Researchers Develop First App-Based Rapid Gonorrhea Test

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• Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study

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• Sanofi Follows Lilly, Novo Nordisk in Cutting Insulin Prices

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• Screen All Kids for Heart Problems, Pediatricians' Group Says

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• Screen Kids 8 and Older for Anxiety, Expert Panel Recommends

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• Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women

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• Screening School Kids for Depression Boosts Diagnoses, Outcomes

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• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER

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• Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients

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• Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives

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• Should All U.S. Newborns Undergo Genomic Testing?

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• Should Your Child Get a COVID Test?

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• Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Can Cure, But Costs Almost $3 Million. Who Will Pay?

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• Skipping Mammograms Raises a Woman's Odds for Breast Cancer Death

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• Sleep Disorders Cost U.S. Health Care System Nearly $95 Billion Per Year

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• Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year

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• Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows

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• Some Young Cancer Survivors Won't Get Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccine

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• Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients

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• STDs May Be More Common Than Thought Among U.S. High School Kids

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• 'Stepped' Approach to Treating Diabetic Eye Disease May Be Best

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• Struggles With COVID Left Many Americans With Medical Debt

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• Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients

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• Study Offers Best Evidence Yet That Intervening Early Helps Curb Autism

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• Study Outlines Role of Oral Sex in Rare Throat, Mouth Cancers

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• Study Ties Gum Disease to High Blood Pressure

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• Support for Obamacare Grows as Biden Takes Control: Poll

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• Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up

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• Task Force Recommends Anxiety Screening for All Adults Under 65

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• Texas Court Case Could Threaten Americans' Health Care Nationwide

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• The Future of Cancer for Americans

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• The High Cost of Living With Sickle Cell Disease

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• The Women’s Health Screenings and Preventive Care Appointments You Need

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• There's More MS in Northern Countries. Now, Researchers Find New Reason Why

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• Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical?  Think Again

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• Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year

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• Too Few Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia Get Screened for Stroke Risk

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• Too Many Kids With Special Needs Are Going Without Adequate Support

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• Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills

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• Too Often, Women Aren't Told of Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatments

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• Tougher Federal Penalties to Come for Failing Nursing Homes

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• Tracking Key Protein Helps Predict Outcomes in TBI Patients

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• Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds

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• Two New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer

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• Two PrEP Meds Work Equally Well; One Is Much Cheaper

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• U.S. Blood Supply Is Safe From Coronavirus, Study Finds

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• U.S. Cancer Deaths Decline Overall, But Prostate Cancers Make Rebound

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• U.S. Cancer Screening Rates Back to Normal After Pandemic Dip

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• U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline

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• U.S. Immigrants' Premiums, Taxes Exceed Health Care Expenditures: Study

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• U.S. Leads in Health Care Spending, But Is Last for Health Outcomes Among Rich Nations

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• U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?

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• U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Challenge to Affordable Care Act

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• U.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs

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• U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds

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• Ultrasound Good Diagnostic Tool After Breast  Symptoms

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• Underarm Lump After COVID Shot Is Likely Lymph Swelling, Not Breast Cancer, Experts Say

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• Understanding Your Cholesterol Numbers

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• Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk

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• US to Allow Medicaid to Pay for Drug Treatment in Prisons

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• Vaccines Have Slashed Rates of HPV Infection in Young American Women

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• Vision Problems Are On the Decline for American Seniors

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• What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?

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• What You Need to Know About Your Colon Cancer Risk

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• What's Behind Unexplained Epilepsy in Kids? A Gene Test May Tell

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• When Adults Sign Up for Medicaid, Kids Can Benefit

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• When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters

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• When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier

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• When Deductibles Rise, More Diabetes Patients Skip Their Meds

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• When Drug Companies Raise Prices, Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise

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• When Genes Raise a Mom's Risk for Cancer, Is It OK to Tell Kids?

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• When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment

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• When Schools Ask Students About Suicide, Those At Risk Get Help Sooner

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• When Treating Cervical Lesions, Adding HPV Vaccine Could Further Curb Cancer Risk

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• White House Launches Website for Free Home COVID Tests One Day Ahead of Schedule

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• Why a COVID Diagnosis Could Cost You Way More Money in 2021

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• Why Are Cases of Pancreatic Cancer Rising in Young Women?

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• Why Are More U.S. Babies Being Born With Syphilis?

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• Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men

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• Why Is Liver Cancer More Lethal for Black Patients?

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• Will an Early-Stage Breast Cancer Spread? New Analysis Offers Some Answers

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• Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings

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• Women's Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic

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• Women's Depression Symptoms May  Differ by Race: Study

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• Workers' Share of Annual Premium for Employer Health Plans Nears $6,000

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• Working Night Shifts Could Raise Odds for A-Fib

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• You Can Help Prevent Cervical Cancer

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• You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer

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• Your Doctor Appointments Might Look Different Post-Pandemic

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• Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes