- Researchers on Thursday challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of "good" cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health. In a study published in The Lancet, investigators said they found no evidence to back the belief that higher levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL ... - (CBS/AP) Aimee Copeland looked at her hands ravaged by a flesh-eating bacterial infection and asked her father about the damage without tears, Andy Copeland said Wednesday. "Her fingers are basically mummified. The flesh is dead," Andy said in a phone interview from Doctors Hospital in Augusta more ... - Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing clients with defective medical devices such as pelvic mesh implants and metal hip replacements, is pleased to report on the inaugural U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Patient Network Annual Meeting, to be held on May 18, 2012 ... - An extract from the Chinese herb kudzu may help drinkers cut down on drinking, according to a new, pilot study. - THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Many people know diabetes -- both type 1 and type 2 -- can take a serious toll on physical health. But these blood-sugar disorders also can affect your emotions and, in turn, your emotions can wreak havoc on your diabetes control. - Although the death rate for drowning in the U.S. has gone down in the last decade, drowning leads to more deaths among young children aged 1 to 4 than any other cause except birth defects, a new report from the CDC reveals. - 
Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President Barack Obama's health care law.
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - A cancer-stricken judge in New York has become an unlikely voice in support of legalizing the use of medical marijuana with the admission that he smokes pot to ease the side-effects of his treatments. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach, who is being treated for pancreatic cancer, wrote in a New York Times article on Thursday that he had been using marijuana provided by friends at "great personal risk" to help him cope with the nausea, sleeplessness and loss of appetite from chemotherapy treatments. ... - BOSTON (WHDH) -- A medical breakthrough that was partially developed in Boston is giving a local woman a helping hand, and drawing international attention. The robotic arm is controlled by a patient's thoughts, and is changing the life a Taunton woman. She’s the first woman in the world to test ... - CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A new mother of twins in Greenville, South Carolina, is the latest victim of a rare and potentially fatal flesh-eating bacterial infection, health officials said on Thursday. Lana Kuykendall, 36, was in critical but stable condition at Greenville Memorial ...
