Five Tick Diseases You Should Know About

2008/07/23 08:23:49

Don't let a tick-borne illness ruin your summer fun. Here are five you should know about....

Girl Must Avoid Daylight or Risk Severe Burns, Cancer

2008/07/23 05:21:51

If Graycen Beardslee is exposed to any ultraviolet light - even for a minute - she will develop seve...

Amputee Athletes Ready for Extremity Games

2008/07/23 02:29:24

Amputee athletes have become increasingly ambulatory since the mid-1980s, replacing the wheelchair t...

Doctors Discover Live Maggots Living in Man's Scalp

2008/07/22 11:54:19

A Colorado man discovered he had five live botfly maggots living inside his head after returning fro...

Detox Diet Leaves Woman Brain Damaged, Epileptic

2008/07/22 09:04:42

A British woman has been awarded more than $1.2 Million after detox diet left her brain damaged and ...

Study: Future Doctors' Online Postings May Haunt Them

2008/07/22 04:58:12

A study finds that the Facebook postings of future doctors may prove to be career embarrassments....

Viagra May Restore Sex Drive in Depressed Women, Study Finds

2008/07/22 02:01:43

A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association Tuesday found Viagra is effecti...

Rare 'Blistering' Skin Illness Kills Michigan Woman, 24

2008/07/21 12:54:40

A Michigan woman with epidermolysis bullosa, a rare skin disease has died. She was oldest living per...

CDC: High Rates of TB Among Some U.S. Immigrants

2008/07/23 07:29:42

Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high...

Girl Found Unconscious on Vegas Roller Coaster Dies

2008/07/23 04:17:26

A 12-year-old California girl found unconscious after a ride on a Las Vegas Strip roller coaster die...

FDA Finds Salmonella Strain in Jalapeno Pepper

2008/07/22 12:38:40

Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the ...

Drug Shows Promise in Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer

2008/07/22 11:21:11

Scientists are claiming to have made a major breakthrough in the fight against prostate cancer with ...

Mass. Woman Diagnosed With Rare Brain Disease

2008/07/22 08:15:02

An elderly Massachusetts woman has been diagnosed with a rare brain disorder, state health officials...

What Your Doctor's Thinking ( But Would Never Tell You)

2008/07/22 03:59:36

Doctors say the darndest things — especially when faced with malpractice woes, long hours, never-en...

Children's Alzheimer's Disease Strikes Family Twice

2008/07/22 01:23:26

An Arlington, Texas, family is coping with their young daughter’s diagnosis of the same fatal disea...