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Venezuela medical shortages put Zika-linked Guillain-Barre cases at risk

Construction worker Roberto Miguez has been lying in a hospital bed with Guillain-Barre syndrome in Venezuela's muggy Anzoategui state since Friday as his family desperately hunts for immunoglobulin to treat the condition.

Signs of cardiac arrest can appear weeks before event, study suggests

Sue Chlebek was on her regular three-mile walk with a friend one spring morning when she told her companion she was so short of breath, she must be dominating the conversation.

Family sues after boy is kicked out of school over his DNA

When Colman Chadam was born in 2000, he underwent extra medical tests after a congenital heart issue was discovered.

Mom hears dead son's heart beat inside 4-year-old girl

The mother of a boy who died under suspicious circumstances was able to hear his heart beat again—inside the body of a 4-year-old girl.

Tendon pain linked to Type 2 diabetes

Exercise is important to managing type 2 diabetes, but the condition may also make a person prone to tendon pain, which can interfere with exercise, researchers say.

Cardiac arrest survival odds rise with paramedics' experience

The more times a paramedic has witnessed or participated in treating cardiac arrest outside the hospital, the greater the next patient's odds of survival, according to a study from Australia.

HIV resistance to favored treatment not uncommon

Resistance to a key HIV drug is common worldwide and could mean trouble for treating and preventing the virus that causes AIDS, according to a new study.

Maternal obesity, diabetes tied to increased autism risk in kids

Mothers who are obese during pregnancy have almost twice the odds of having a child with autism as women who weigh less, a U.S. study suggests.

Caffeine won't make your heart skip a beat, study finds

Add one more study to the "coffee is good for you" file.

Teens who try e-cigarettes more likely to start smoking

Teens who try electronic cigarettes may be more than twice as likely to progress to traditional cigarettes as their peers who haven't used the devices, a recent U.S. study finds.