When conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel were born, doctors told their parents that they weren't likely to survive the night. But they have proven doctors and any other naysayers wrong...
Doctors were stunned when 28-year-old beautician Shayna Isom showed up with black fingernails growing from every hair follicle on her body. She is the only known person to suffer from this...
A new study reveals that many patients taking drugs for off-label uses aren't aware that the Food and Drug Administration may not approve. Off-label drug use describes when a doctor...
A whistleblower nurse prevented more catastrophes when he wrote the chief of ethics officer at the hospital corporate giant HCA. According to the nurse, disturbing practices occurred while he was...
Findings from a new study link several blood pressure drugs to an increased risk of lip cancer in white people. The drugs, including Adalat, Niefediac and Cordipin, may make the skin more...
Much to the children's dismay, summer is coming to a close and school is inching around the corner. While they might not want to think about school supplies, parents surely are. One of the...
One thing you probably shouldn't do to impress your friends is swallow a knife. But apparently one 30-year-old woman didn't get that message when she dangled a butter knife down her...
It is amazing to think of the advances in medical technology, but have you ever heard of skin in a can? Well, it exists and a new medical study says that it is better at healing skin ulcers than...
Sometimes there are events that occur in life that are unexplainable by science or any other type of logic. One such event occured when 22-year-old Lauren Kornacki saved her father's life by...
Accretive Healthcare, one of the nation's largest medical debt collectors, will be forced to pay $2.5 million to the Minnesota State attorney general for violating a law requiring hospitals...