'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Michael Lee knew he was still in bad shape when he left the hospital five days after emergency heart surgery. But he was so eager to escape the constant prodding and the roommate's loud TV that he tuned out the nurses' care instructions.
Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health?
Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health?
Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health?
A new study sets the stage for wider use of gene testing in early pregnancy. Scanning the genes of a fetus reveals far more about potential health risks than current prenatal testing does, say researchers who compared both methods in thousands of pregnancies nationwide.
More people pull the night shift. Teens text past midnight and stumble to class at dawn. Travelers pack red-eye flights.
More people pull the night shift. Teens text past midnight and stumble to class at dawn. Travelers pack red-eye flights.
Check-ups during pregnancy tend to focus around the waist. But there's growing debate about which mothers-to-be should have a gland in their neck tested, too.
Check-ups during pregnancy tend to focus around the waist. But there's growing debate about which mothers-to-be should have a gland in their neck tested, too.
A superbug named C-diff is on the rise, a germ that so ravages some people's intestines that repeated tries of the strongest, most expensive antibiotic can't conquer their disabling diarrhea.
A superbug named C-diff is on the rise, a germ that so ravages some people's intestines that repeated tries of the strongest, most expensive antibiotic can't conquer their disabling diarrhea.
Actor Grizz Chapman of NBC's "30 Rock" is serving as an advocate for organ donation, just a month after undergoing a kidney transplant.
