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Pandemic Curbed Kids' Efforts to Lose Excess Weight
Pandemic Day Care Closures Forced 600,000 U.S. Working Moms to Leave Jobs
Pandemic Gave Clues to Cause of Rare Heart Condition in Kids
Pandemic Had Many Young Athletes Reconsidering Their Sport
Pandemic Is Leading to More Depression for Pregnant Women Worldwide: Study
Pandemic Lockdowns, Closures Tough on People With Disabilities
Pandemic May Be Tougher on Women's Mental Health Than Men's
Pandemic Stress Altered Many Women's Menstrual Cycles
Pandemic Stress Keeps Many From Exercising
People Living With HIV Face Higher Odds for Heart Failure
Physically Active at Work? It's Not as Healthy as Leisure Exercise
Pig Study Could Lead to Gene Therapy to Prevent Heart Failure
Pilates May Be Good Medicine for High Blood Pressure
Pills, Exercise, Dieting: What Works Best to Lose Weight?
Placenta's Hidden Mysteries Revealed in MRI Study
Playing Football, Hockey in High School Ups Odds for Stimulant Abuse
Post-Stroke Rehab: There's a Sweet Spot in the Timing
Post-Workout Sauna Might Boost Your Health Even More
Pregnancy Within 1 Year of Weight-Loss Surgery Carries Added Risks
Pregnant Women Need to Take Care in Sweltering Summer Heat
Pressed for Time? HIIT It
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Preventing Alzheimer's
PTSD Symptoms May Vary Throughout Menstrual Cycle: Study
Quick Bursts of Exercise Can Help Diabetics' Hearts
Race, Income Keeps Many Families From Letting Kids Play Sports
Radiation Plus Surgery May Be Best Against an Early Form of Breast Cancer
Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer May Have Long-Term Risk for the Heart
Radiology Study Suggests 'Horrifying' Rise in Domestic Violence During Pandemic
Raise Med Dosages in Weeks After Heart Failure Crisis for Better Outcome: Study
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
Re-focusing on Getting Fit? Heart Experts Offer These Tips
Regular Exercise Can Help Shield You From Severe COVID
Regular Weightlifting Could Lengthen Your Life
Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks
Repeat Bone Density Tests Might Not Be Needed, Study Finds
Restful Sleep Could Help Ward Off Heart Failure
Retirement Means Sleeping More, Exercising Less: Study
Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
Running Without Risk During the Pandemic
Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Screening Test Leads to Fewer Women Included in Autism Studies
Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge
Severe Morning Sickness Linked to Depression Before and After Birth
Shall You Dance? Study Finds Dancing Helps Seniors Avoid Falls
Short Brisk Walk Each Day Could Cut Your Odds of Early Death
Simple Steps Toward Living a Healthier, More Active Life
Sit All Day for Work? Simple Step Can Cut Your Health Risk
Sitting Raises Women's Odds for Heart Failure
Sitting Tai Chi Helps Stroke Survivors Recover
Skipping COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Brings Big Risks to Mothers, Babies
Skipping Mammograms Raises a Woman's Odds for Breast Cancer Death
Sleep Apnea Doubles Odds for Sudden Death
Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain
Smog Harms Women's Brains, But One Food May Help Buffer the Damage
Smoggy Air Might Raise Black Women's Odds for Fibroids
Smoggy Day? Exercise Still the Healthy Choice, Study Finds
Smoking Can Really Weaken the Heart
Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women
Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed
Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
Sports After Lockdown: Take It Slow
Sports-Linked Cardiac Arrest Rare in Seniors, Study Finds
Spouses Share a Lot – Including Heart Health, Study Shows
Spring Sprains: Sports Injury Season Begins
'Stairs Test' Quickly Measures Your Heart Health
Starting Rehab Earlier Boosts Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients
States That Restrict Abortions Have More Maternal, Infant Deaths
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
Staying Fit Lowers a Man's Cancer Risk, Study Confirms
Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Outcomes for Some Heart Failure Patients
Step Counts Aren't Just for the Healthy: They Also Help Heart Failure Patients
Stick-on Sensor Could Warn of Heart Failure Complications
Strength Training Is No Slouch for Shedding Pounds
Stress, Anger May Worsen Heart Failure
Strike a Pose: Yoga Helps Heart Failure Patients
Stroke Treatment Gap Narrows Between Men and Women
Study Compares 2 Common Diuretics Used in Heart Failure
Study Confirms It: Kids Keep Harried Moms From Exercise
Study Links Muscle Mass to Severity of Hot Flashes in Women
Summer Playgrounds Come With Fun and Hazards
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Table Set for One May Be Tough on Women's Hearts
Tai Chi Could Be Good Medicine for Heart Patients
Tai Chi Equal to 'Regular' Exercise in Trimming Your Tummy
Take a Walk to Cut Diabetes Risk
The Side Effects of ‘Andro,’ The Banned Supplement Androstenedione
There Is No 'Healthy Obesity,' Study Finds
There's a Best Time of Day to Exercise for Folks With Type 2 Diabetes
There's a Best Time of Day to Exercise for Women's Heart Health
Tips to Keep Young Athletes Injury-Free
Tips to Staying Cool in Extreme Heat
Too Little Dietary Salt Can Mean Trouble for Heart Failure Patients
Too Little Exercise, Too Much Sitting Could Raise Breast Cancer Risk
Too Many Fertility Specialists Still Use a Painful, Useless Procedure: Study
Too Much Screen Time Could Raise Your Odds for Stroke
Too Much Sitting Could Mean Worse Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
Too Much Sitting May Be Bad for Your Mental Health
Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers
Try These 3 Tips to Lose Those Pandemic Pounds
Type 2 Diabetes Drug Metformin Could Help Prevent Some Breast Cancers
U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report
U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Unvaccinated People With Heart Failure Face Triple the Odds of Fatal COVID
Urinary Incontinence Can Affect a Woman's Mental Health
Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
Using Pot May Impede Female Athletes' Performance
Vaginal Bacteria Could Help Predict Risk of Premature Birth: Study
Vaginal Ring Could Shield Women From HIV for 3 Months at a Time
Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer Ups Long-Term Odds for Invasive Tumors: Study
Video Games May Sabotage Fitness Among College Students
Vigorous Exercise Safe for Those at Risk of Knee Arthritis
Virus Found in Pig Heart Transplanted Into Man Who Later Died
Vision Troubles Could Raise Midlife Depression Risk for Women
Walking: Your Best Step to a Healthier Heart
Want a Healthier, Happier Old Age? Get Moving
Want to Avoid Sleep Apnea? Get Off the Sofa
Want to Live Longer? Exercise Is Key, Study Confirms
Want to Lose Weight? Here Are the Best Exercises to Shed Pounds
Watch Out for the Warning Signs of Heart Failure
Wearing a Mask Won't Ruin Your Workout, Study Shows
Wegovy May Be Valuable New Option for Heart Failure Patients
Weight Loss Helps Your Heart Even If Some Weight Come Back
Weight Loss May Not Affect Fertility Treatment Success
What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out
What Helps Your Heart More, Losing Fat or Gaining Muscle?
What Is Endometriosis, and How Is It Treated?
What the Pandemic Did to Workouts
What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
When Arthritis Strikes, Keep Moving
When Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
When Diabetes Strikes in Pregnancy, Do Women Eat Healthier?
When the Weather Heats Up, Stay Cool for Your Heart
WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV
Why Are So Few Seniors Getting Heart Failure Rehab?
Why Are Sports-Linked Concussions Rising Among Girls?
Why COVID Infection Raises Risks in Pregnancy
Why Early Bedtime May Be Best for People With Type 2 Diabetes
Why Exercise Is Often a Challenge for Folks With Type 1 Diabetes
Why Exercise? Researchers Say It Prevents 3.9 Million Deaths a Year
Why 'Night Owl' Women Might Be at Higher Risk During Pregnancy
Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
Why So Many Older Women Develop UTIs
Why Stairs Might Be a Bigger Hazard for Young Women
Why Strokes Can Affect Women, Men Differently
Why Taking Your Kids to the Park Is Always a Healthy Idea
Will High-Protein Diets Help the Middle-Aged Build Muscle?
Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds
Women at Higher Risk When Heart Attack Strikes the Young
Women Doctors Face Higher Levels of Harassment, Frustration: Survey
Women Feel More Stigma From 'Spare Tire' Around Middle Than Men
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men in Years After First Heart Attack
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women Less Likely to Ask for More Time When Deadlines Loom
Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke
Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications
Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women With Larger Breasts May Be Less Likely to Exercise, Study Finds
Women With Type 1 Diabetes May Have Fewer Childbearing Years: Study
Workouts Boost Health of People With Kidney Disease
Workplace Sexual Harassment Might Raise Suicide Risk: Study
Worries May Raise Men's Heart Risks, Even When Young
Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart Risks: AHA
You Can Garden Your Way to Better Health
You Can Prevent Sports Overuse Injuries
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 Morning Cup of Coffee Can Affect Your Heart's Rhythms
Your Sex Affects Your Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
Your Teen's Smartphone Could Be Key to Unhealthy Weight
You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?
'Yo-Yo' Dieting May Mean Sleepless Nights for Women
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