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• Heavy Drinking Tied to Raised Stroke Risk, Study Finds

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• How to Cope With Your Grief During Coronavirus Pandemic

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

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• Junk Food, Booze Often Star in America's Hit Movies

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• Keeping Harmony in the Family During Coronavirus Pandemic

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• Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope

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• Lockdown Got You Feeling Low? Yoga May Help

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• Lockdowns Are Leaving Kids With ADHD in Crisis

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• Lockdowns Are Putting People With Eating Disorders in Crisis

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• Lockdowns Might Not Have Long-Term Psychological Effect: Study

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• Lockdowns Tied to Temporary Drops in Illicit Drug Seizures

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• Lockdowns Tougher on Women, and Housework Is Big Reason Why

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• Loneliness Continues to Rise for Americans Under Lockdown

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• Loneliness May Make Quitting Smoking Even Tougher

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• Losing a Sibling a Common Tragedy in Poorer Nations, Study Finds

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• Losing Your Hair Because of Pandemic Stress?

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• Loss of a Twin Linked to Risk for Mental Illness

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• Lost Pregnancies, Diabetes May Be Linked

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• Love in the Time of Coronavirus: Couples Feel the Strain of Lockdown

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• Many Adults Delay Getting Help for Eating Disorders

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• Many Blacks, Hispanics Believe They'll Get Worse Care If Dementia Strikes

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• Many Kidney Failure Patients Regret Starting Dialysis

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• Many Older Americans Face Ageism Every Day, Survey Finds

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• Many Older Americans Staying Strong in the Pandemic

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• Many Psych Meds Trigger Weight Gain, But New Research Points to Better Options

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• Many Using Cannabis for Pain Take Opioids, Too

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• Many Young Americans Lonely, Depressed During Pandemic: Survey

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• Maybe Money Can Help Buy Happiness, After All

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• Menopause Can Make Workplace Tougher for Women: Study

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• Mental Health Issues Double the Odds of Dying With COVID-19, Study Finds

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• Mental Health Problems After First Baby Reduce Likelihood of More Children: Study

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• Mental Health Trauma Plagues Wildfire Survivors

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• Mental Illness Not a Factor in Most Mass Shootings

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

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• Middle-Aged Americans Report More Pain Than Seniors

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• Mindfulness May Ease the Emotional Burden of MS

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• Narcissists Are Blind to Their Own Mistakes

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• Pandemic Affecting Mental Health of Pregnant Women, New Moms

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• Pandemic Drove Spike in Panic Attacks

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• Pandemic Has Pregnant Women 'Really Stressed,' Survey Shows

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• Pandemic Is Adding to Teachers' Stress, and Quit Rates

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

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• Pandemic May Be Affecting How Parents Feed Their Kids

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• Pandemic May Be Tougher on Women's Mental Health Than Men's

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• Pandemic Stress Has Americans Gaining Weight, Drinking More: Poll

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• Pandemic Stress Has More Americans Grinding Their Teeth

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• Pandemic Tied to Higher Suicide Rate in Blacks, Lowered Rate in Whites: Study

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• Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll

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• Pandemic Unleashes 'Startling' Rise in Dog Bites

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• Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Here's How to Tell the Difference

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• Parents Feel the Strain as Pandemic Adds New Role: Teacher

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• Pets Provide Comfort for 'Ruff' Quarantine Time

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• Poll Finds Americans Highly Stressed by Politics, Pandemic

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• Positive Attitude Tied to Lower Blood Pressure After Stroke

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

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• 'Psychological Distress' Has Tripled in U.S. During Pandemic, Survey Shows

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• PTSD May Be Tied to Greater Dementia Risk

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• Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain

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

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• Roll Over, Fido. You're Hogging the Bed

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• Strain of COVID Care Has Many Health Professionals Looking for an Exit

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• 'Stress Hormone' Levels May Indicate Severity of COVID-19

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• Stress, Anger May Worsen Heart Failure

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• Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic

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• Stressful Days, Worse Blood Sugar Control for People With Diabetes

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• Study Debunks Notion That Statin Meds Trigger Muscle Aches

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• Study Gauges Mental, Physical Toll of Divorce

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• Suicide Rate 170 Times Higher for People With Schizophrenia

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• When Teens Feel Loved, Conflicts With Parents Are Easier to Manage: Study

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