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Bungling NHS staff have been slammed for leaving a surgical sponge inside a woman's womb for 17 months following a botched operation.

A mom who went to the doctors to see if she had cancer was shocked to find she was actually 17 weeks pregnant. Janie Furner, 45, has been reintroduced to the world of nappies, breastfeeding and sleepless nights two decades after her first and only child.

His skull still open, a South African musician with a brain tumor played several notes on his guitar during a successful operation to remove most of the growth.

Consumers should check their freezers, as more than 160,000 pounds of Jennie-O turkey products are being recalled over possible salmonella contamination.

The state of Arkansas experienced its first pediatric flu-related death of the season.

Do you wash an avocado before eating it? According to a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report, you should, as the skin of the fruit could contain trace amounts of Listeria monocytogenes.

An eight-year-old African boy who was brought to the U.S. for surgery on a facial tumor died Friday night, NBA great Dikembe Mutombo’s Foundation said.

A Texas man will likely be home in time for the holidays after suffering a life-threatening heart attack while shopping for a car on Monday.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery just before Christmas to remove cancerous growths found in her lungs.

Moments after a Sterling Heights, Mich., man made the final, heart-wrenching decision to take his near brain-dead wife off life support, she started breathing. Nearly four months later and against all odds, she is home making a full recovery.

A young British boy, 2, was left infertile following a botched surgery on the wrong testicle, his family claimed.

The first case of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) -- a rare but serious polio-like illness -- been confirmed in South Dakota for the first time this year, state health officials said this week.

A judge struck down an environmental group’s emergency motion to expand a program that provides residents within in the city of Newark with free water filters on Tuesday, as the battle over lead regulations in the water system rages on.

A woman who was left with "zombie" boobs after a botched operation risked losing her nipples in a desperate bid to fix her deformed chest.

Health officials on Thursday reported an outbreak of bacterial infections in people who got injections of stems cells derived from umbilical cord blood.

The 16-year-old son of a New York City Police officer who has always dreamed of driving a squad car like his father’s was surprised on Wednesday with his very own custom set of wheels outfitted to maneuver around his wheelchair.

Women's health organization Planned Parenthood has been accused of mistreating some of its pregnant employees, according to a report. 

The family of a 30-year-old former gymnast is asking for continued prayers as their daughter, who initially thought she was coming down with the flu earlier this month, fights for her life against toxic shock syndrome.

A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a hospital in Wisconsin has killed three people, a hospital official said.

An Army veteran and former emergency services technician will receive the lifesaving kidney he needs next week thanks in part to a quick conversation he had with a barista at the Starbucks he frequents every morning on his way to work.