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• 1 in 3 COVID Survivors Struggle With Mental Health Issues Months Later

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• 1 in 3 High School Seniors Who Misuse Prescription Opioids Turn to Heroin

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• 1 in 3 Young Americans Prescribed a Psychiatric Drug Misuses Them: Study

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• 5 Tips to Help Quit Smoking in 2021

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• 5 Years, No Fatal ODs: Study Finds 'Safe Injection Sites' Can Save Lives

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• Acupuncture During a Knee Replacement Could Lessen Post-Surgical Pain

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• Addictive Opioid Painkillers Might Not Be Needed After Knee Surgery

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• ADHD Medication ODs Rising in U.S. Kids, Teens

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• ADHD Raises Adult Suicide Risk, Especially for Women

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• After Heart Attack, Cardiac Rehab Begins Road to Recovery

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• Air and Noise Pollution May Make You Vulnerable to Heart Failure

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• Americans' Stigma Against Depression May Finally Be Fading: Study

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• Animal Sedative Is Driving Rise in Fatal Drug ODs

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• Are Immune-Compromised Kids at Greater Risk From COVID-19?

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• Are Opioid Painkillers Needed Weeks After Heart Surgery? Maybe Not

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• Are Opioids Prescribed Too Freely as Patients Are Moved to Nursing Homes?

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• Arthritis? Back Pain? Medical Pot May Help You Avoid Opioid Painkillers

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• As More Legal Pot Dispensaries Open, More Young Adults Start Using

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• As Pot Legalization Spreads, More Teens Are Lighting Up

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• Audio Messages Can Help Boost Heart Failure Care

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• Big Drop Seen in Kids Getting Opioids After Surgery

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• Binge Drinking Soared During Lockdown: Survey

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• Booze, Drug Use Common at Virtual Parties During Pandemic

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• 'Breakthrough' COVID More Likely in People With Problem Drug, Alcohol Use

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• Breastfeeding May Strengthen a Baby's Heart

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• Breastfeeding OK After Mom Has Anesthesia, Experts Say

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• Calcium Supplements Could Spell Trouble for Older Heart Patients

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• Cancer Patients Less Likely to Be Prescribed Heart Meds: Study

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• CBD Products Gain Following Among Fibromyalgia Patients

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• CBD Won't Help Addicts Kick the Coke Habit: Study

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• CDC Advisors to Discuss 3rd COVID Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised

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• CDC Reports Record High 12-Month Drug Overdose Death Toll

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• Child Bullies at Higher Odds for Substance Abuse as Adults: Study

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• Coronavirus Crisis Could Help Trigger Relapse Among Those Fighting Addiction

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• Could an Injected Electrode Control Your Pain Without Drugs?

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• Could Opioid Crisis Mean More Strokes for Americans?

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• Could the Party Drug Ecstasy Help Treat PTSD?

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• Could Too Little Iron Boost Your Risk for Heart Disease?

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• COVID Antibody Treatment Is Safe, Effective in Transplant Patients

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• COVID Can Harm the Infant Heart

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• COVID Vaccines May Still Leave Organ Transplant Recipients Unprotected

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• COVID Vaccines Safe for Organ Transplant Recipients: Study

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• COVID Variant Tied to Heart Inflammation in Cats, Dogs

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• COVID-19 Can Damage Lungs So Badly That 'Only Hope' is Transplant

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• COVID-19 Has Taken a Toll on Organ Donation

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• COVID-19 Pandemic May Lead to 75,000 'Deaths of Despair'

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• COVID-19 Poses Added Risk for People With Addiction Disorders: Study

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• CRISPR Therapy Fights Rare Disease Where Protein Clogs Organs

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• CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens Played Role in Opioid Crisis: Ohio Jury

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• Cycling During Dialysis? It Might Help Patients

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• Daily Coffee Tied to Lower Risk for Heart Failure

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• Death During Sex Very Rare Among Those Under 50

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• Death Rates Are Rising Across Rural America

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• Death Risk Nearly Doubles When COVID Strikes People With Heart Failure

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

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• Demand for Liver Transplant Rises Sharply Among Older Americans

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• Depression Even More Common With Heart Failure Than Cancer

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• Depression in Youth Ups Odds for Adult Illnesses: Study

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• Did Pandemic Lockdowns Worsen the Epidemic of Opioid Abuse?

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• Did People Smoke More or Less During the Pandemic?

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• Do You Live in a U.S. Opioid OD Hotspot?

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• Do Your Genes Up Your Odds for Alcoholism? One Factor Cuts the Risk

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• Doctors Devise Safer Alternative to Opioids During, After Surgeries

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• Doctors May Be Overprescribing Opioids After Surgeries

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• Doctors Report That Kidney Grown in Pig Worked in a Human

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• Doctors Transplant Gene-Modified Pig Kidneys Into Brain-Dead Patient

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• Does COVID Harm the Heart? New Study Says Maybe Not

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• Does Cutting Back on Salt Help Folks Battling Heart Failure?

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• Does Medical Marijuana Help or Harm Kids With Cancer?

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• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients

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• Dr. Rahul Gupta to Be Nominated as Next U.S. Drug Czar

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• Drug Might Stop Heart Trouble Linked to Sickle Cell Anemia

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• Drugged Driving a Growing Threat on America's Roads

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• During and After Surgery, Pot Users Need More Anesthesia, Painkillers: Study

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• During Pandemic, Fewer Using Drug That Fights Opioid Overdose

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• Each Day Sober Slowly Helps Alcoholics' Brains Recover

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• Energy Drink Habit Led to Heart Failure in a Young Man

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• ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction

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• Even Before COVID, Many More People Died Early in U.S. Versus Europe

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• Even 'Light' Smoking Can Quickly Become Addictive

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• Ex-Smokers Who Take Up Vaping Are More Prone to Relapse: Study

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• Family Behind Oxycontin Denies Any Responsibility for Opioid Crisis

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• Fans Could Help Cancer Patients Breathe Easier: Study

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• Fat Around Your Heart Could Be Especially Deadly

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• Fatal Opioid ODs Keep Rising in Black Americans

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• FDA Poised to Ban Menthol Cigarettes

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• Feeling Down? Support Via Social Media May Not Be Enough

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• First Overdose Prevention Centers in the Nation Open in NYC

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• Fish Oil, Vitamin D Won't Prevent A-Fib: Study

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• Flu, Pneumonia Vaccines Save Lives of Heart Failure Patients: Study

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

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• Fried Food a Big Factor in Heart Disease, Stroke

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• Gen X, Millennials in Worse Health Than Prior Generations at Same Age

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• Getting a Pacemaker Can Raise Odds for Opioid Abuse

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• Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse

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• Gruesome Cigarette Warnings May Work on Smokers: Study

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• Half of Adults With ADHD Have Struggled With Alcohol, Drug Use

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• Have Heart Failure? Take Precautions During Pandemic

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• Heading to the Mountains? Heart Patients Should Check With Their Doctor First

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• Heart Damage Seen in Many Hospitalized COVID Patients: Study

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• Heart Failure Patients May Be at Higher Cancer Risk

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• Heart Failure Risk Climbs in Obese Older Women Who Had Late Menopause

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• Heart Groups Endorse New Class of Meds for Some Heart Failure Patients

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• Heart Inflammation Very Rare After COVID Vaccination

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• Heart Issue Spotted in a Few Young COVID Vaccine Recipients; Experts Say Shots Still Needed

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• Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some

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• Heart Transplant Successful in Young Man Who Survived Severe COVID-19

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• 'Heart-in-a-Box' Can Be Lifesaving, Matching Up Distant Donors With Patients

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• Hearts From Drug Abusers Can Be Used for Transplants

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• Hearts From Obese Donors Still Safe: Study

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• Heavy Pot Use Linked to Mental Problems, Even After Quitting

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• Helmetless Bikers Ride 'Donorcycles,' Organ Transplant Experts Warn

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• High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Could Affect Women's Hearts Long Term

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• High Blood Pressure May Affect More Pregnant Women Than Thought: Study

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• High-Dose Withdrawal Drug in ER Can Help Battle Opioid Addiction

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• High-Potency Pot Tied to Big Rise in Psychiatric Issues

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• Hope Can Save People From Making Bad Choices: Study

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• How Common Is Opioid Misuse Among Seniors After Hip Surgery?

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

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• How to Be a Living Liver Donor

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• Immunocompromised? Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Might Still Protect You

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• In Breakthrough Transplant, Man Receives Genetically Modified Pig Heart

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• In Philadelphia, an Animal Tranquilizer Is Driving Deadly Rise in Opioid ODs

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• Innovative Kidney Donor 'Voucher' System Is Saving Lives

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• 'Iso,' a Deadly New Synthetic Opioid, Has Hit American Streets

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• Jail Dims Hopes for Recovery for Young People With Mental Illness

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• Juul to Pay $40 Million in N.C. Case Over Vaping's Harm to Teens

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• Kidney Damage Another Consequence of 'Long COVID,' Study Finds

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• Kidney Transplant Patients at High Risk of Fatal COVID-19: Study

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• Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study

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• Kids' ER Visits for Mental Health Problems Soared Over 10 Years

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• Kids Still Dying From Accidental Exposure to Fentanyl Pain Patches

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• Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal

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• Life-Saving Organ Transplants Plummet During COVID-19 Crisis

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• Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans

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• Lockdowns Tied to Temporary Drops in Illicit Drug Seizures

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• Loneliness May Make Quitting Smoking Even Tougher

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• Man Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died

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• Many Addicts Turned to Telemedicine During Pandemic, But Does It Beat In-Person Care?

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• Many Americans Live Too Far From Opioid Addiction Treatment

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• Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine

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• Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs: Study

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• Many Dentists Still Giving Patients Addictive Opioid Painkillers

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• Many Heart Disease Patients Keep Smoking, Despite Knowing Risks

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• Many 'High Priority' Patients Aren't Getting Put on Kidney Transplant Lists

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• Many Marijuana Vendors Aim Advertising at Kids: Study

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• Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds

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• Many Using Cannabis for Pain Take Opioids, Too

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• Medical Marijuana Rx Ups Odds for Overuse, With No Benefit to Health: Study

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• Mental Health Issues Linked to Higher Risk of Breakthrough COVID Infections

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• Meth Abuse Drove Huge Surge in Heart Failure Crises in California

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• Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk

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

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

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• More Evidence COVID Shots Less Effective for People With Weak Immune Systems

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• More Opioids Doesn't Mean Less Chronic Pain: Study

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• More Young Adults in the U.S. Are Saying No to Alcohol

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• Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey

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• Most U.S. Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study

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• Muscle Relaxants for Back Pain Are Soaring: Are They Safe?

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• Music Might Help Soothe Ailing Hearts

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• Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race

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• 'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries

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• New Approach Allows Safe Transplant of Kidneys Tainted by Hepatitis C

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• New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer

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• No Change in Adolescent Drug, Alcohol Use During Pandemic

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• No Drop in Teens' Use of Pot, Binge Drinking Despite Pandemic Lockdowns

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• No Sign Common Steroid Spironolactone Can Cause Cancer: Study

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• Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study

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• NYC's Overdose Prevention Centers Already Saving Lives

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• Odds for Death, Hospital Care Rise When Statins Are Stopped

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• Ohio State Warns of Fake Adderall Pills After Two Students Die

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• Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds

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• Older Patients at Risk When Dentists Prescribe Opioids

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• On Waitlist for Liver Transplants, Women Die More Often Than Men

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• Opioid Addiction Relapse May Be Different for Men, Women

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• Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jail Could Change Lives

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• Opioid Deaths in Young Americans Often Involve Other Drugs

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• Opioid Overdose Antidote Urged for Schools After Student's Fentanyl Death

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• Opioids After Dental Work May Be Dangerous

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• Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study

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• Over 100,000 Americans Died From Drug Overdoses in One Year: Report

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• Oxycontin Maker Purdue Dissolved, Family to Pay $4.5 Billion in Bankruptcy Settlement

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• Pandemic Brought Surge in Fatal Drug Overdoses in U.S. Teens

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• Pandemic Has Blocked Access to Treatment for Many Americans Hooked on Opioids

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• Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose

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• Pandemic Tied to Rising Number of Fatal Opioid ODs

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• Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll

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• Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants

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• People Are Buying Illegal Opioids on the Dark Web

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• People Living With HIV Face Higher Odds for Heart Failure

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• People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID

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• Pig Study Could Lead to Gene Therapy to Prevent Heart Failure

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• Pot Use May Change the Teenage Brain, MRIs Show

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• Pot Use Ups Odds for Suicide in Young People With Bipolar Disorder

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• Prescription Opioids, Antibiotics in Pregnancy Won't Raise Birth Defect Risk: Studies

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• PTSD Therapy Doesn't Trigger Drug Relapse in Addiction Patients: Study

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• Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients

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• Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage

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• Religion Helps Protect Against 'Deaths of Despair': Study

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• Restful Sleep Could Help Ward Off Heart Failure

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• Rising Number of U.S. Cardiac Arrests Tied to Opioid Abuse

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• Rising U.S. Deaths After Users Mix Coke, Meth With an Opioid

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• Scientists Develop Quick Test for Marijuana Use

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• Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic

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• Signs America's Opioid Epidemic Might Finally Be Waning

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• Sitting Raises Women's Odds for Heart Failure

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• Sleep Apnea Doubles Odds for Sudden Death

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• Smoking Makes a Comeback in the Pandemic

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• Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse

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• Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds

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• 'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well

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• Some Teens Are Overdosing With Meds Prescribed for ADHD, Anxiety

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• Starting Rehab Earlier Boosts Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients

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• States Claim Sackler Family Members Are Abusing Bankruptcy Process

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• Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Outcomes for Some Heart Failure Patients

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• Stress, Anger May Worsen Heart Failure

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• Surgery Often a Gateway to Opioid Abuse, Study Confirms

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• Tai Chi Could Be Good Medicine for Heart Patients

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• Teen Pot Use Makes a Comeback After Legalization

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• There Is No 'Healthy Obesity,' Study Finds

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• Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe

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• Third Vaccine Dose Can Help Shield Transplant Patients From COVID

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• TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen

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• Too Few People Treated for Opioid Use Get Anti-Overdose Med

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• Too Few People With Opioid Disorder Receive Best Treatments

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• Too Much Pot During Pregnancy May Endanger Baby's Health

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• Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers

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• Two-Drug Combo May Help Fight Meth Addiction

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• U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Jumped Nearly 30% During Pandemic

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• U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs

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• U.S. Fatal Drug ODs Rose Again in 2021, But Increase Is Slowing

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• U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving

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• U.S. Murder Rate Up 30% During Pandemic, Highest One-Year Rise Ever

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• Virus Found in Pig Heart Transplanted Into Man Who Later Died

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• Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses

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• What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out

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• When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study

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• When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study

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• Who Is Using Herbal Kratom?

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• Why Are So Few Seniors Getting Heart Failure Rehab?

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• With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems

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• Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant

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• Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men in Years After First Heart Attack

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• Workouts Boost Health of People With Kidney Disease

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• Yes, Pot Is Stronger Now Than in Decades Past, Study Finds

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• Your Morning Cup of Coffee Can Affect Your Heart's Rhythms

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• Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs

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• Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study

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• Youth Vaping Triples Odds for Adult Smoking