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When Senator Lamar Alexander, who chairs the upper chamber’s health committee, held a hearing about prescription opioids earlier this year, the focus was a critical side of the drug overdose debate that has been neglected – people who suffer chronic debilitating pain.

Perdue Farms, the third largest American producer of broiler chicken, is recalling 31,703 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products that may have been contaminated.

About 14 years ago, Rev. Philip Dunn of Valley Christian Assembly lost his eyesight due to macular degeneration.

Lyme disease has spread to all 50 states.

Over the years, 3M has entangled itself in many lawsuits including one recently settled with an Alabama water authority.    

A dad suffering from a watery eye for six months was horrified after it turned out to be facial cancer.

 A 40-year-old woman who opted for a discount tummy tuck, liposuction and breast reduction surgery in Turkey said the decision nearly killed her after she contracted a deadly infection and spent a month in the hospital fighting for her life.

A woman in Ethiopia reportedly survived for a week with an 11-inch blade embedded in her back that allegedly went undetected by doctors.

Your favorite food may soon turn on you.

A woman in England said she’ll never have her nails done again after a trip to the salon allegedly nearly cost her a finger.

When a Colorado boy in foster care was bumped off the list to receive a kidney transplant due to a lack of stable housing, one teacher decided to step in to help his former student. The seventh-grader now expects to receive a new kidney within the next two weeks.  

The public health situation in the nation's second-largest city is in "a complete breakdown," Dr. Drew Pinsky said Thursday night on "The Ingraham Angle."

U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 971 measles cases so far this year, the highest tally in 27 years. Illnesses have been reported in 26 states, but the vast majority are in New York City.

A newly discovered virus has been found infecting people in China, and it may be transmitted by ticks, according to a new report.

Revered 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek provided an update on his stage four pancreatic cancer this week, prompting Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier to reveal that technological advances in cancer treatment have allowed the diagnoses to be less threatening than they once were.

An Oklahoma man’s successful day of fishing nearly turned tragic when a striper’s fin sliced into his finger, leading to an infection that nearly cost him the digit.

As the warmer summer months approach, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is using an unusual, some might say unappealing, method to warn the public about tick bites.

A U.K. woman who complained of general illnesses and itchy raised lesions on her scalp after a trip to Argentina likely never guessed her symptoms were stemming from wriggly botfly larvae that were calling her head home for several weeks.  

The World Health Organization will no longer categorize transgender people as having a mental disorder, according to reports.

More U.S. military veterans are struggling with substance abuse and half of returning service members who need mental health treatment don't seek out care, according to newly released data.