‘Tree Man’ undergoes life-changing surgery to remove 11 pounds of warts It's a new beginning for the man formerly known as "tree man."
Happening Now: Executive set to go on trial in meningitis outbreak case Testimony is set to get underway in the racketeering trial of the former president of a compounding pharmacy blamed for a national meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people and sickened hundreds more.
Germany's Green Party pitches sex-on-prescription idea A German opposition lawmaker's suggestion that authorities could subsidize paid sex for patients who require nursing care has drawn a critical reception.
Blood test predicts how well you're going to age Every time the oldest people in the world celebrate a birthday, they're inevitably asked their secret to aging.
Family plans to sue after 9-year-old dies following routine tonsillectomy A Detroit family is demanding answers after their 9-year-old daughter died within hours of having a tonsillectomy— the third most common childhood procedure, with 530,000 operations performed per year.
Meningitis: What all parents need to know Four days before Christmas 2007, 15-year-old Jessica Elkins went to school to take her final exams and later met her sister and brother for lunch.
Bystander CPR may boost survival odds when ambulance delayed Cardiac arrest patients who get cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from a bystander at the scene may have better survival odds even when an ambulance takes a long time to arrive, a Danish study suggests.
Few black diabetes patients in US drug trials Even though diabetes rates are almost twice as high in black people as in whites, black patients may be far less likely to be included in drug safety trials, a recent study suggests.
US strikes deal to export eggs to bird flu-stricken South Korea The United States has reached an agreement that is expected to open the door for its first-ever exports of shell eggs to South Korea, as the North Asian country labors through its worst outbreak of bird flu in history, U.S. government and industry officials said on Friday.
