Jessa Perrin, 16, at an exam last week just weeks before undergoing a liver transplant at New York-Presbyterian. With her, from left, Dr. Nadia Ovchinsky, Kara Ventura, Dr. Steven J. Lobritto and Dr. Tomoaki Kato.Stretching the limits of medicine and America’s transplant system to save the life of a Cincinnati teenager in Israel with a deadly form of a rare disease.

Restricting activity may not be the best strategy against lymphedema.

I’m not sure if Jimmy Galindo, my rock-climbing instructor, meant to be funny when he told me that the sport involved “a steep learning curve,” but that line’s so good, I’m swiping it.

Health insurance cooperatives aren’t a new idea, but they are now the likeliest alternative to a public insurance option.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal Democrats warned President Barack Obama on Monday that a retreat on support for a government-run health insurance plan could endanger passage of major healthcare reform in Congress this year.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older people poorly understand most of the important warning signs of stroke and factors that increase risk for this medical emergency, researchers from Dublin, Ireland, have found.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Buddhist monks and Catholic nuns boost their brain power through meditation and prayer, but even atheists can enjoy the mental benefits that believers derive from faith, according to a popular neuroscience author.

A woman allegedly drugged her baby to get attention from the child’s father.

Magazine ads may create confusion about how babies should sleep, study says.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Binge drinking is usually seen as a problem of college campuses, but many older adults may be overindulging in alcohol as well, a study published Monday suggests.