Health insurer Aetna revealed the HIV status of patients in several states by mailing envelopes with a large, clear window that showed confidential information,... read more
College athletes who suffer head injuries are being given medical clearance to return to play before their brains are fully healed, a new study warns. Brain sca... read more
A five-year-old girl with no arms has defied all odds by learning how to ride a bike. R.E. Pranke was born with bilateral phocomelia, which is a birth defect th... read more
Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness website Goop has been accusing of making ‘deceptive’ and ‘unsubstantiated’ claims about the health bene... read more
The 25 million people who live in the Appalachian mountains are in worse health than all other Americans in almost every way possible, a new study shows. Public... read more
A woman’s leg has swelled to enormous proportions in a potentially-deadly condition. Rezia Begum’s, 40, right leg weighs around 132lbs (60kg) due ... read more
The mere act of putting one foot in front of the other for a few minutes can significantly boost our mood, a study has discovered. And it doesn’t matter w... read more
A student desperate to look like a catwalk model swapped her excessive workouts and calorie counting for more food and muscle building exercises to bulk up R... read more
Doctors in India have successfully removed a 12-inch iron rod from a boy’s shoulder after he fell while playing at school. Lalit Kumar, 12, from Greater N... read more
A woman cruelly nicknamed a ‘monkey’ by bullies has learnt to embrace a huge birthmark that almost covers her entire body. Beatriz Pugliese, 22, fro... read more
A grandfather has lost 13st 7lbs after being mortified to discover he was too big to fit in a plane seat – and now he’s been crowned with a prestigi... read more
A woman who gorged on three huge evening meals every day has completely transformed her body after losing 196lbs (14st). Erin Hulick claimed she had no idea she... read more
The world’s first health app could monitor people’s glucose levels without breaking the skin – a development which has been described as the &... read more
A mother-of-two almost died after scratching her nose caused a life-threatening infection that ravaged her face. Anita Clark, 50, was terrified when her face do... read more
A woman has confessed to being addicted to steroid creams that left her virtually skinned alive, ‘looking like a burns victim’ and in too much pain ... read more
People with higher levels of lithium in their drinking water have a lower risk of developing dementia, new research suggests. Lithium – currently used a... read more
An Australian woman has revealed how she lost a staggering 67 kilos, after vowing to become a ‘new woman’ in time for her daughter’s birthday.... read more
She was once so slender she was dubbed ‘Skinny Trinny’. Now Trinny Woodall appears keen to regain her former super-slimline physique after embarking on a co... read more
HIV/AIDS is no longer the leading cause of death for people in Africa, new statistics reveal. The World Health Organization’s most recent data showed th... read more
McDonald’s will begin curbing the use of the high value human antibiotics in its chicken supply across the globe in 2018, the fast food chain has announce... read more
A tick-borne disease killed a man in Connecticut after weeks of suffering from what he thought was a stomach bug. Michael Yoder, who lived in New Milford, died ... read more
Two mothers have made it their mission to spread awareness of a rare strand of meningitis after each lost a teenage daughter to the disease. The strand, called ... read more