Girl's Leg Amputated After Doctor Misdiagnoses Cancer

2010/02/24 11:21:01

A 15-year-old girl was forced to have her leg amputated when doctors misdiagnosed her cancer as grow...

Can't Place Name With Face? You May Be 'Face Blind'

2010/02/24 07:57:24

One to two percent of the population suffers from face blindness, or prosopagnosia, which adds an ex...

Angry Husbands Linked to Depressed Wives

2010/02/24 06:40:48

Depression in women can be fueled by hostile husbands, a new study suggests. But the reverse seems n...

Hospital Infections Kill Nearly 50,000 People Each Year

2010/02/24 00:54:35

Pneumonia and blood-borne infections caught in hospital killed 48,000 patients and cost $8.1 billion...

Doctors Amputate Wrong Foot of 86-Year-Old Man

2010/02/23 09:54:42

Doctors in Peru mistakenly amputated the wrong foot of an 86-year-old man, then had no choice but to...

350 People Sick Aboard Cruise Ship in Caribbean

2010/02/23 07:49:00

A cruise line says about 350 people are responding well to medicine after getting sick on a cruise t...

Roche's Avastin Fails in Stomach Cancer Trial

2010/02/23 06:10:09

Roche Holding's cancer drug Avastin missed its main target in a late-stage trial when used with chem...

Woman Says Her Love Handles Saved Her Life

2010/02/23 03:07:20

A Florida woman said her love handles saved her life when she was shot entering an Atlantic City bar...

Man's 'Beer Belly' Saves His Life After Knife Attack

2010/02/24 08:34:16

A bar manager cheated death in a knife attack when his beer belly protected his vital organs....

Mouse Gets Human Liver

2010/02/24 06:50:46

A mouse has been given an almost completely human liver so that it is susceptible to human liver inf...

Woman Gives Birth Twice After Ovary Transplant

2010/02/24 06:35:54

Stinne Holm Bergholdt of Denmark was diagnosed with bone cancer at age 27, was afraid she wouldn't b...

Are Canned Foods Good for You?

2010/02/23 10:33:16

You want a quick meal, so eating canned foods may be the easy answer. Here's what you need to know...

Hourglass Figures Affect Men's Brains Like a Drug

2010/02/23 09:16:33

Watching a curvaceous woman can feel like a reward in the brain of men, much as drinking alcohol or ...

New Heart CT Scanners Deliver Far Less Radiation

2010/02/23 06:41:44

Newer CT technology that can capture an image of a beating heart in a single beat may offer one way ...

WHO Says Swine Flu Has Not Peaked

2010/02/23 05:06:33

The World Health Organization says the swine flu pandemic still has not peaked....