Healthy Living

Lipari Foods recalls sandwiches amid Listeria concerns

Several of the company's grab-and-go sandwiches are impacted.

Man burns 'from inside out' in rare reaction to medication: 'Am I going to die?'

He was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), which causes patients to "basically burn from the inside out."

Ohio teen struck by rare 'polio-like' illness left paralyzed from waist down

It started with a leg cramp, but by the next day she couldn't walk on her own.

Baby dies of sepsis after hospital sent him home twice, mom claims

A British mother of a 5-week-old baby boy who died of sepsis claims doctors at the hospital where he was taken largely dismissed her son’s symptoms and sent him home twice prior to his death.

Flu suspected in death of Texas teen, 16: ‘It happened so fast’

In yet another pediatric flu-related death reported in recent weeks, a 16-year-old Texas girl has died after contracting the flu, her family says, noting her passing was a result of complications related to the virus. 

Man's swollen, calcified testicle caused by parasitic worm infection: case report

While filariasis is endemic in India, the man's reaction to the infection is considered extremely rare.

Flu blinds Iowa girl, 4, mom says

The flu has blinded a 4-year-old girl in Iowa, according to her mother, who is now urging others to ensure their loved ones are vaccinated against the virus. 

Lawsuit over Connecticut teen's diagnosis, psych treatment heads to trial

Justina Pelletier eventually was returned to the care of her parents in 2014 after a judge's order.

'Fit' mom, 30, suffers 3 heart attacks in a week: 'A massive shock'

She had given birth just months prior to her heart attacks, which one doctor said accounts for 30 percent of SCAD patients.

Woman says birth control pills led to ‘massive’ blood clots that nearly killed her: ‘I’m lucky to be alive’

A 33-year-old British woman says she nearly died after birth control pills led her to develop two “massive” blood clots in her lungs.