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One in four U.S. heart disease deaths could be prevented, CDC says

November 3, 2021 at 6:52 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - About one in four U.S. deaths from heart disease could be avoided with better prevention efforts and treatment, according to a first-of-its-kind report from the U.S. Centers...

One in four U.S. heart disease deaths could be prevented, CDC says

May 14, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - About one in four U.S. deaths from heart disease could be avoided with better prevention efforts and treatment, according to a first-of-its-kind report from the U.S. Centers...

Rural life riskier than city life? Study says ‘yes’

August 24, 2021 at 1:36 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Contrary to what many believe, the risk of dying from an injury is far less in the city than in the country, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday....

State of U.S. health ‘mediocre’: report

August 24, 2021 at 1:06 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States is falling behind its economic peers in most measures of health, despite making gains in the past two decades, according to a sweeping study...

Medicare plan on Alzheimer’s test dismays advocates

August 24, 2021 at 12:54 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Alzheimer's experts plan to protest proposed Medicare guidelines that would deny coverage of an Eli Lilly diagnostic test for the disease unless patients are taking part one...

Cervical cancer vaccines cut rates of HPV infections: U.S.

May 13, 2019 at 11:53 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. introduction of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in 2006 has reduced infections with the human papillomavirus or HPV - the sexually transmitted virus that...

Drugs halve HIV risk for intravenous drug users in study

May 13, 2019 at 11:51 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A daily dose of powerful anti-HIV medicine helped cut the risk of infection with the virus by 49 percent in intravenous drug users in a Bangkok study...

U.S. group amends transplant policy for kids after lawsuits

August 24, 2021 at 11:35 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. group that sets policy for organ transplants voted on Monday to give some children access to adult organs after the parents of two children successfully...

Study finds strong genetic links for blacks with breast cancer

August 24, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers have been working for years to determine whether genetic glitches are driving high rates of especially deadly breast cancer in black women in the United States....

Study finds strong genetic links for blacks with breast cancer

May 13, 2019 at 11:49 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers have been working for years to determine whether genetic glitches are driving high rates of especially deadly breast cancer in black women in the United States....

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