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A decade or so ago, someone spoke the word selfie as the first reference to a self-made portrait.

A professional athlete who swallowed a toothpick nearly died after suffering from a string of horrifying health problems, medical officials said.

A California woman has filed a complaint with the state’s department of public health against a Long Beach hospital after surveillance footage showed her elderly mother, who suffers from dementia, alone and locked outside the care facility where she lives.

A former Walgreens employee stands accused of posing as a pharmacist for more than a decade, during which time she administered vaccinations and authorized over 745,000 prescriptions without any type of license.

A man’s traumatic sex injury is getting the viral treatment after he claims he “broke” his penis during intercourse and even heard it snap.

Video of Special Olympian Frank Stephens’ 2017 testimony in front of Congress is going viral again after actor Ashton Kutcher posted it to his Facebook page last week with the message “Everyone’s life is valuable.”

A Pakistani man has been left bedridden after a painful infection has caused his legs to swell up to over 100 pounds.

A mailman has lost the tip of his ring finger to a bull terrier after he was attempted to push his customer’s letters through a slot in the front door.

A New Jersey company that issued a voluntary recall in December of infant ibuprofen sold at Walmart, CVS Pharmacy and Family Dollar stores across the nation has expanded the recall to include three additional lots of the product, it announced this week.

This week's polar vortex has brought bitter cold — even Arctic-like temperatures — to parts of the Upper Midwest and Eastern U.S., and this frigid air may have you feeling like you could "freeze to death."

For Sam Hojnowski her freshman year at La Salle University was challenging. There were many mornings where her anxiety kept her in bed. But now her 9-month-old kitty, Lace, has helped ease those worries.

The Medical Board of California has revoked the license of a doctor in Los Angeles who told a father to give marijuana cookies to his son as a way to treat the boy’s temper tantrums.

New Jersey man has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault and practicing medicine without a license after he allegedly performed laser surgery on a woman that left her with facial scars.

A woman in the U.K. happened to be in the right place at the right time when she dropped by her friend’s house and wound up delivering another woman’s baby.

Do you feel lonely? You are not alone.

Talk about a major buzzkill.

A mother of two is training for the London Marathon and raising money for kidney disease research after she went under the knife two years ago and donated her organ to a complete stranger.

More than 36,000 pounds of chicken nuggets are being recalled after Tyson Foods said it received complaints about rubber material in their product.

The tweet from a group that finances development in Latin America was direct: Sodas do not offer beauty or joy, just a lot of sugar.

A 55-year-old woman’s curious case of a growing lump on her head has been documented in a medical journal after surgeons discovered that it was actually fly larva that had embedded into her head during a trip to Uganda.