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A New Jersey nurse who lost her right arm in a tragic swimming accident when she came into contact with a boat propeller said her professional instincts took over as she began instructing her friends on what to do, potentially helping to save her own life.

Most people have heard of melanoma—but ocular melanoma?

New York Yankees legend Bernie Williams watched as his father battled IPF symptoms for years and says he does not want that to happen to anybody else.

Health officials are looking into a possible link between prescription opioids and a horrific birth defect.

A luxury Massachusetts resort has been sued by a woman with a nut allergy who landed in the hospital after being served a veggie burger containing cashews.

An Anchorage, Alaska, woman who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) more than a 10 years ago says an experimental stem-cell treatment has left her “practically symptom-free.”

More than a dozen unvaccinated children have been sickened by the measles virus in Washington’s Clark County, with the area’s health officials tallying 16 confirmed cases since Jan. 1.

A U.K. man said he is lucky to be alive and credits the 400 maggots used to eat away at a deadly infection in his foot with helping to save his life.

Perdue Foods has recalled about 68,200 pounds of organic, gluten-free ready-to-eat chicken nuggets after consumers complained about finding pieces of wood in the product.

An Army sergeant's story that he saved the life of a Texas car accident victim with a ballpoint pen and a New Orleans Saints sweatshirt has come under increasing scrutiny after local firefighters said the victim's injuries did not match the soldier's claims.

More than 40 people have been sickened after eating raw oysters harvested in Tomales Bay, which is located in northern California, officials said Wednesday.

A man in Washington state is the first in the Pacific Northwest to receive a heart from a donor who was infected with hepatitis C, according to a local report.

People who sleep less than six hours a night may be more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than those who sleep seven to eight hours, a Spanish study suggests.

Ever wanted to have the blood of young virgins coursing through your old, withered veins?

A 15-year-old girl who was forced to skip school and live inside a sealed room after she developed a life-threatening allergy to smells two years ago said she’s been able to gain some normalcy after being paired with a service dog.

A mother-of-three is hoping a video of pss oozing out of her infected lips is enough to put others off cheap lip fillers.

A bizarre “at-home” remedy for back pain has landed a 33-year-old unidentified patient in the Irish Medical Journal after doctors discovered that he was injecting his own semen into his forearm.

A hamburger a week, but no more — that's about as much red meat people should eat to do what's best for their health and the planet, according to a report seeking to overhaul the world's diet.

Tens of thousands of embryos are stuck in limbo in fertility clinics, leftovers from pregnancy attempts and broken dreams of parenthood.

A chance drop in at the hairdresser’s turned out to be lifesaving for a driving instructor in the U.K. whose stylist spotted a lump on his head that was later diagnosed as cancer.