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Doctors at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City are trying to get their hip-replacement patients get back on the road sooner.  Their driving test accesses reaction time and capabilities

Maggie Meier, a high school basketball player from Overland Park, Kan., has played the game for so long, she has mastered the mechanics of shooting – even while in a coma

A study says 552 million people – that’s one in 10 adults – will have diabetes by 2030.  Here are five simple steps you can take to reduce your risk of developing the disease

A Center for Public Integrity report highlights the amount of dirty surgical tools used in ORs around the country - and you may think twice before booking surgery 

California health officials sent out a medical alert earlier this month after tracing the mercury poisoning of a 39-year-old Alameda County woman to an illegal skin-lightening cream smuggled in from Mexico

A federal advisory panel is recommending that all Americans age 65 and older get vaccinated against whooping cough

The most common recommendation given to people when they are offered information on an herb, a food, or a novel therapy, is “ask your doctor.”  But is that always the best course of action?

A woman who has eaten only cheese and tomato pizza for 31 years has been told she could die unless she quits her bizarre dining habit

Gluten-free diets are popular these days, but commentary from the Annals of Internal Medicine says going gluten-free if you don’t have to may be a bad idea

Babies who got a single shot that included vaccines against tetanus and whooping cough were at higher risk of having a fever-related seizure on the same day in a new study from Denmark