Nancy Anderson Dolan weighed 300 pounds at the age of 30. Here’s how she recovered from binge eating disorder

An Australian teenager with chronic fatigue syndrome said she would rather have cancer.

Scientists believe the brain of a blind woman rewired itself and enabled her to see after partial vision was restored to sections of her retina through gene therapy.

A Boston federal judge has denied a murderer’s request to continue hair removal treatments as the inmate awaits a ruling on whether the state will be forced to pay for a sex-change operation.

A Sydney couple will have to apply to the New South Wales Supreme Court in Australia for permission to adopt their own son, after the Family Court found that, in the eyes of the law, he was not theirs.

A Queensland, Australia pharmacy is the subject of a state government investigation after filling a prescription for heart medicine with sleeping tablets.

An overweight mother who died after gastric band surgery had the operation because she feared her daughter would be bullied at school due to her mother’s weight.

Popular over-the-counter sports rubs may have little real effect on aching muscles and painful joints, a research review suggests

Researchers say a small number of young law enforcement officers who participated in the World Trade Center rescue and cleanup operation have developed an immune system cancer.

A baby boy born 16 weeks prematurely was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay only to wake up in time for his funeral wake hours later.