Woman Suspected to Have One-in-a-Million Disease

2008/04/09 10:32:47

A 22-year-old Virginia woman has contracted a disease so rare, only one-in-a-million people have it,...

FDA: More Deaths Linked to Blood Thinners

2008/04/09 08:34:27

The Food and Drug Administration has tripled the number of deaths it attributes to side effects of t...

Celebrity Medical Records Hacked: Are You at Risk?

2008/04/09 03:55:58

Celebrities may not be the only ones whose medical files are being snooped through, experts say....

Benign Breast Lumps: Another Wrinkle in Menopause?

2008/04/09 01:55:19

Add another risk to hormone therapy after menopause: Benign breast lumps....

Study: Sleepless Babies At Greater Risk for Obesity

2008/04/08 09:57:03

A new Harvard study finds that babies and toddlers who sleep fewer than 12 hours daily are at greate...

Research On Worst Type of Skin Cancer Struggling

2008/04/08 09:32:04

The deadliest form of skin cancer is a little-studied type you've probably never heard of. After he ...

443-Pound Man Has Gastric Bypass Surgery to Be Cop

2008/04/08 07:45:15

To fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer, Tom Dolan gave up a lot. More than 200 pounds, in...

Teenager Stands Tall Despite Her Height of 23 Inches

2008/04/08 04:10:54

Standing at 23 inches tall — and weighing in at just 11 pounds — Jyoti Amge is no ordinary teenage...

Pacemaker Saves Baby Supposed to Live 15 Minutes

2008/04/09 10:29:04

A baby who was only supposed to live 15 minutes defied medical odds and was fitted with a pacemaker ...

Woman Has Quintuplets Without Use of Fertility Drugs

2008/04/09 03:59:03

A Polish woman recently gave birth prematurely to quintuplets....

S. African Teen Survives Third Deadly Snake Bite

2008/04/09 01:59:52

A South African teenager has endured his third lethal snake bite and is recovering in the hospital....

Singer Kylie Minogue Speaks Of Cancer Misdiagnosis

2008/04/08 10:27:30

Australian singer Kylie Minogue told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres this week that doctors initially...

Lawsuit: Man Received Cancerous Lung, Dies

2008/04/08 09:39:27

A lawsuit alleges that a man received a smoker's cancerous lungs in a transplant at the Hospital of ...

Woman Who Weighed 27 Pounds Gaining Weight

2008/04/08 08:38:24

A 26-year-old British woman whose weight dropped to about 27 pounds after she walked up to 12 hours ...

Surgeons Perform First-Ever Six-Kidney Transplant Operation

2008/04/08 05:43:42

Johns Hopkins doctors perform chain of kidney donations involvign sox donors and six recipients....