Health

A family in Sterling Heights has learned a majority of their kids inherited a potentially deadly heart condition from their father, and insurance refuses to pay for the only thing that could save their lives.

A Florida man was recovering on Tuesday after he contracted a flesh-eating bacteria on Friday that rapidly spread across one of his arms

Selena Gray delivered a healthy baby girl named Serenity on June 26, but she spent the next few days in turmoil instead of celebration as confounded doctors tried over and over again to remove the epidural that had knotted around her spine during labor, lodging dangerously in her back.

The Fourth of July is that time of year again when people celebrating the holiday have potential to end up with serious injuries.  Smaller, consumer-friendly fireworks even carry risks.  For example, kids find sparklers to be so fun. But these sparkly wands can do so much damage. 

At least one child has died and three others have been sickened after being exposed to E. coli at the San Diego County Fair, health officials said late this week.

Lynn Fleming's last days were spent with family at her little piece of paradise: Coquina Beach. Days later, she was put on life support after contracting necrotizing fasciitis, sometimes called flesh-eating bacteria.

NEW YORK (AP) - Walmart said Wednesday that it will raise the minimum age for tobacco products and e-cigarettes to 21 in an effort to combat tobacco sales to minors. The world's largest retailer says the new rules will take effect in July, and will also include its Sam's Club warehouse stores.

A mother said her daughter was left fighting for her life after contracting a “flesh-eating” bacteria while on vacation in Florida — and the woman recounted the terrifying experience as a warning for others planning a similar beach vacation.

A diet heavy in junk food could cause irreversible reproductive harm to men, according to new research from Danish and Icelandic scientists in conjunction with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

For many of us, summer is flip flop season.

Anticholinergic drugs are often prescribed to treat a wide range of conditions, including depression, overactive bladder and allergies. But a new study suggests that some of these medications may increase the risk of dementia for adults 55 and older.

Your likelihood of catching something could depend on a few factors: the time of the season, when you're traveling, and the exposures you've already had and how your immune system is reacting, Dr. Seetha Lakshmi tells us. 

Your shoes may be spreading germs around your home and making you sick.

"(That was) pretty much the cocktail of the day," he said. The meds he was taking went toward the "several lifestyle diseases" he said he was diagnosed with in 2012 - ranging from obesity to high blood pressure. To go along with his laundry list of medications was the cardiac arrest he suffered due to four blockages in his heart. Bosnjakovski estimates he...

Cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body through the blood. And now, researchers have developed a new kind of laser that can find and zap those tumor cells from the outside of the skin.