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Grieving family members traveled from Ohio and packed into an Indiana school library on Saturday for a chance to listen to the heart of their relative that saved the life of a first-grade teaching assistant 11 years ago.

One Iowa boy and his family were especially grateful for the Hawkeye’s newest football tradition that sees thousands of fans stand in their seats at Kinnick Stadium and wave to the patients inside University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

Whole Woman’s Health, a reproductive health care organization, in collaboration with other groups, is offering free abortions to women affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Potential good news for kids—and the parents who hate to watch them squirm when faced with a needle.

For many Americans, alcohol is their social drink of choice.

Identical twin sisters who both partnered with men named William gave birth just hours apart from each other at the same Massachusetts hospital last month.

She tried laxatives, probiotics, and all kinds of out-there remedies. But nothing eased this 22-year-old student's chronic constipation and bloating until she decided to take charge of her health and seek answers.

After a life of hardship and discovery, he's coming back full circle.

Singer Lady Gaga recently revealed that she has fibromyalgia; the painful condition is often hard to diagnose, and its causes are still unclear.

Italian health officials have banned residents across half of Rome from donating blood because of an outbreak of the painful, mosquito-borne illness Chikungunya.

Marijuana with relatively high levels of a compound called cannabidiol may be less risky to smoke over the long term, because this ingredient may counteract some of the drug's harmful effects, according to a new study in mice.

Invasive dental procedures may raise the risk of rare but serious infections in people who have prosthetic heart valves, a recent French study suggests.

Two doctors at a Pennsylvania hospital were suspended after a witness claimed a number of hospital staffers formed a “cheerleader type pyramid” to take photos and videos of a patient with a genital injury.

A Pennsylvania pharmacist is accused of trying to kill her own mother with a series of insulin injections.

When a man in California went to the hospital because of bladder problems, doctors found a large reason for his pain: a mineral stone nearly the size of an ostrich egg, according to a new report of the case.

A 12-year-old girl’s heroic actions were honored by her local sheriff’s department after she calmly called 911 to report her father had a seizure while driving.

Martin Shkreli, the former biotech CEO known for hiking up the price of a life-saving drug, was convicted on federal charges he deceived investors in a pair of failed hedge funds.

Gordon, an incomplete paraplegic, was shot and did prison time before finding running.

A baby boy who was born weighing less than 1.5 pounds at just 22 weeks gestation is finally ready to head home after spending four months in the hospital.

In the aftermath of a hurricane, the media’s initial focus is on property damage and search and rescue operations, but there are long-term effects that can linger for years, long after the media has lost interest in recovering areas.