A New Face for Teenager Born Without Jaw
It was June 2007 when Alan Doherty first underwent surgery to correct an extremely rare facial deformity that left him without a jaw or chin. Now, more than a year later, the Irish teenager has finally completed his treatment....
POSTED 08/27/2008 at 02:58 AM -- 
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Second N.J.Teen Football Player Dies This Week
Two teen athletes in New Jersey died this week from events that occurred during football practice....
POSTED 08/27/2008 at 06:58 AM --
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Throat Cancer Up More Than 400 Percent in White Men
A new report suggests the rate of throat cancer has risen more than 400 percent among Caucasian males in the last 30 years, Reuters reported....
POSTED 08/27/2008 at 02:48 AM --
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1 Dead, 41 Hospitalized in Okla. E. Coli Outbreak
State health officials are confirming a type of E. coli bacteria has been found in 10 patients who were sickened by a severe illness in northeastern Oklahoma....
POSTED 08/27/2008 at 04:36 AM --
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FDA OKs blood test for heart transplant rejection
Government regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for broader use of a blood test that can spare heart transplant patients the ordeal of repeated biopsies to check if their bodies are rejecting the new organ....
POSTED 08/27/2008 at 05:56 AM --
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Latest Controversial Attack Ad Targets Hot Dogs
The pro-vegetarian commercial's sponsors say it's a dramatization that highlights research linking processed meats with higher odds of getting colon cancer, but while compelling, it isn't conclusive...
POSTED 08/26/2008 at 12:02 PM --
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Study Links Online Herbal Meds to Lead Poisonings
Medical researchers say that one-fifth of Ayurvedic herbal medicines sold on the Internet contain dangerously high levels of lead, arsenic and mercury, according to a study published in the Aug. 27 issue of JAMA....
POSTED 08/27/2008 at 11:21 AM --
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960 San Francisco Mothers, Babies Exposed to TB
Kaiser Permanente is telling 960 mothers that they and their babies may have been exposed to a San Francisco maternity ward worker diagnosed with active tuberculosis....
POSTED 08/27/2008 at 08:13 AM --
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Alabama to Charge Obese State Employees More
Alabama state employees suffering from obesity and three other health problems will eventually have to pay extra for their health insurance if they don't try to control their problems....
POSTED 08/20/2008 at 07:47 AM --
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160 Dead in India From Mysterious Disease
A rural area in India is being hit hard by what experts are calling a deadly and mysterious disease....
POSTED 08/26/2008 at 12:22 PM --
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