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What's Better for Your Brain, Crossword Puzzles or Computer Games?
'What's Wrong With Me?' Young COVID Survivors Battle Long-Haul Symptoms
When Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When Is Your Very Earliest Memory?
White House Sets Jan. 4 Deadline for Large, Private U.S. Companies to Mandate Vaccines
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
Who's More Easily Distracted, the Young or the Old?
Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
Why Don't People Have Memories of Their Infancy?
Why Logging May Be the Most Dangerous Profession
Why Music at Bedtime Might Not Be a Great Idea
Why Some 'Super Ager' Folks Keep Their Minds Dementia-Free
Why U.S. Hispanics Got COVID at Higher Rates: Their Jobs
Wildfire Smoke Can Send Kids With Asthma to the ER
Wildfire Smoke Can Trigger Eczema, Study Finds
Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
Wildfire Smoke Could Cause More Than 9,000 U.S. Deaths Each Year
Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing Recent Clean-Air Gains Across the U.S.
Wildfire Smoke Pollution a Growing Global Threat
Wildfires Are Changing the Seasonal Air Quality of the U.S. West
Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year
Wildfires Plus Heat Make Breathing Dangerous in America's West
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
Will COVID Pandemic's Environmental Benefit Last?
Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
Wind Power Is Bringing Americans Real Health Benefits
With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger
Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds
Women Less Likely Than Men to Return to Work After Severe Stroke
Women Less Likely to Ask for More Time When Deadlines Loom
Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study
Women Talking: Online Therapy Connects Postpartum Depression Patients With Survivors
Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World
Work Worries Keep Lots of Americans Awake Sunday Nights
Workers' Deaths From Paint Stripping Chemicals Are on the Rise
Workers in U.S. Southwest in Peril as Summer Temperatures Rise
Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
Working From Home? Posture, Ergonomics Can Make It Safe
Working from Home? Here's How to Preserve Your Posture
Working Night Shifts Could Raise Odds for A-Fib
Working With AI Might Make for Lonely Workers
Years Before Diagnosis, People With Alzheimer's Lose Financial Acumen
Yoga Might Do Wonders for Women's Aging Brains
You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
Your Eyes May Signal Your Risk for Stroke, Dementia
Your Job Could Put You at Much Higher Risk for Flu
Your Personality May Safeguard Your Aging Brain
Your Plant-Based Diet Could Really Help the Planet
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