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• Key Steps Speed Heart Attack Care

  MONDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Anyone who has had a heart attack understands how ...

• Doctors Debate the Merits of Drug-Coated Stents

  MONDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The question isn't so much whether to use stents ...

• Clogged Arteries Showing Up in Kids

  SUNDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Children with heart disease risk factors -- obesity, high ...

• Smoking Worsens Prostate Cancer Therapy Side Effects

  MONDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Prostate cancer patients who smoke suffer worse acute gastrointestinal ...

• Make School Breakfasts Free for All: Study

  FRIDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Providing a free school breakfast to all elementary schoolchildren, ...

• Regular Exercise Helps Obese Teens' Hearts

  FRIDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Obese teens who start a regular exercise program can ...

• Stroke Rehab Technique Improves Arm, Hand Function

  TUESDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- An intensified type of "forced-use" therapy for stroke patients, ...

• Weight-Loss Drug Helps Diabetic Patients

  FRIDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug to help people lose weight, rimonabant ...

• Obese Women Face Greater Risk for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

  FRIDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight and obese women are five times more likely ...

• Delayed Embryo Transfer Suggested for At-Risk Women

  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Delaying embryo transfer in certain high-risk women who have ...

• Nicotine Replacement Therapy May Hurt Critically Ill

  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Nicotine replacement therapy -- commonly used to fight nicotine ...

• CT Scans Catch Lung Cancer at Earliest Stage

  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that could change the landscape of ...

• Asthma Overdiagnosed in Those Overweight

  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Being overweight increases the odds you'll be misdiagnosed as ...

• Minorities Less Likely to Receive Care at High-Volume Hospitals

  TUESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Race matters, at least when it comes to medical ...

• Artificial Lung Valve Could Aid Emphysema Paitients

  MONDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental umbrella-like valve appears to help improve breathing ...

• New Hemorrhoid Therapy Comes With Risk

  FRIDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Hemorrhoid stapling is a relatively new and increasingly utilized ...

• 'Flex' Training Can Boost Number of Surgeons

  FRIDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Medical students studying surgery often quit before completing their ...

• Sleepless Children at Higher Obesity Risk

  THURSDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A yawning child is more likely to be an ...

• 7 Keys to Prostate Cancer Management

  THURSDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Early detection and treatment are crucial to defeat prostate ...