May 22, 2017 Mom contracts flesh-eating bacteria infection on face after cutting eyebrow A mom-of-three told how she nearly died after a cut on her eyebrow turned into a horrific flesh-eating bug that ate through half her face.
May 22, 2017 Boy gets rare 'handlebar hernia' from motorbike accident A boy crossing a street in Cameroon got a rare and painful abdominal injury when a motorbike driver lost control and ran into him, according to a new report.
May 22, 2017 FDA approval of first-ever Batten treatment 'bittersweet' for family battling disease Though it may not help their family, the VanHoutans are celebrating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent approval of the first treatment for Batten disease, a rare, terminal genetic disorder that primarily affects children.
May 11, 2017 Chick-fil-A encounter moves mom of son with special needs to post touching thank you note Leah Carroll regularly keeps friends and family up-to-date on the latest developments and growth milestones of her 4-year-old son Malachi.
May 10, 2017 Woman's skin burned from inside out after dosage error, lawsuit claims Khaliah Shaw, 26, spent three weeks in a medically induced coma while her skin slowly peeled off and wants to ensure that other patients are protected from pharmaceutical errors
April 28, 2017 Father of baby born with terminal illness: 'No changing the fact she would die' In a moving essay on the blogging platform Medium, the father of a baby born without a brain whose story went viral explained the devastating moment he and his wife discovered she would be stillborn.
April 28, 2017 Hearing crashes, seeing light: Life with exploding head syndrome The sound of an object crashing to the ground or the sight of a bright flash of light: These are some of the things that people with a condition called exploding head syndrome can sense, even though the events did not really occur, a new study finds.
April 27, 2017 Middle school athlete dies after sudden illness at track meet A Michigan community is reeling over the sudden death of a middle school student who became ill after competing in a 400-meter dash during a track and field meet on Tuesday night.
April 27, 2017 Utah Jazz help young blind fan see game for first time The Utah Jazz went the extra mile for a 7-year-old diehard recently, when they presented him with a pair of high-tech eyeglasses that helped him see his team clearly for the very first time.
April 27, 2017 High school basketball star collapses, dies after open gym session A Kentucky high school sophomore was wrapping up an open gym session with his basketball teammates on Wednesday when he collapsed in the locker room and later died at a nearby hospital.