Authors: Jeanette Torres
National Jewish Health(DENVER) -- When Paula Spurlock started to experience itching and pain all over her body, she never dreamed that she was allergic to the metal device implanted into her hip.
Spurlock, 50, experienced migraines, itching and pain for nearly two years before doctors noticed that her right hip lit up on a...
Authors: Carmen Cox
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CLEARLAKE, Calif.) -- Authorities continue to search for a 9-year-old autistic girl who disappeared from her family's Clearlake, Calif., vacation home on Mother's Day.
Mikaela Lynch, of San Francisco, was reported missing from her fenced-in backyard where she had been playing with her younger brother, ABC's...
Authors: jc
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Raising questions about the dietary recommendations for salt, a report from the Institute of Medicine finds "insufficient and inconsistent" evidence to support limiting sodium intake to 1,500 milligrams per day.
The report documents a committee investigation on whether there was enough evidence...
Authors: Carmen Cox
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Rachel Joy Horn's breasts were ticking time bombs. She lost trust in her body and no longer felt comfortable in her own skin.
This is how she felt, she said, when her doctor broke the news to her that she'd tested positive for a gene mutation that put her in the high-risk category for...
Authors: Carmen Cox
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page has broken his silence about...his silence. Page, who has missed a few of the company's earnings calls and large events over the past year, revealed Tuesday that he had been battling vocal chord paralysis.
"About 14 years ago, I got a bad cold, and my...
Authors: Jeanette Torres
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Angelina Jolie’s decision to get tested for gene mutations linked to a heightened breast cancer risk has many women wondering whether they should get tested, too.
Women with mutations in the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 are five times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, according...
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