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A new social media challenge involving a vacuum cleaner and trash bags has gone viral, much to the dismay of health experts, who warn that the idiotic trend could have fatal results.

New research shows fatal falls have nearly tripled in older Americans in recent years, rising to more than 25,000 deaths yearly.

Nearly 100,000 pounds of Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar smoked sausages were recalled after a customer complained about finding hard green plastic in the product.

A widely available dietary supplement ingredient may cause miscarriages or problems with fetal development if used during pregnancy, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

A man who was doing work in the woods with his friends said a “freak accident” involving a snake landed him in medical trouble with a massively swollen purple finger.

A Missouri mother who spent over a month in the hospital in dire condition is adapting to life without her 10 toes and right hand after they were amputated in an effort to stop a deadly infection from spreading throughout her body.

A blushing Australian bride was given the chance to marry her high school sweetheart and father of her two children in a moving ceremony put together by hospital staff who are helping to care for her heart failure and stage 4 cancer.

A young and healthy Texas couple on a dream vacation in Fiji died suddenly after they both contracted a mysterious illness.

Doctors performing emergency heart surgery in Australia were not prepared for this complication – a fire that broke out in the patient’s exposed chest cavity.

An off-duty firefighter who was competing in the “Escape the Cape” triathlon in New Jersey this weekend died from “apparent cardiac arrest,” a spokesperson said.

The Food and Drug Administration's first broad testing of food for a worrisome class of nonstick, stain-resistant industrial compounds found substantial levels in some grocery store meats and seafood and in off-the-shelf chocolate cake, according to unreleased findings FDA researchers presented at a scientific conference in Europe.

A new study published Monday states that coffee isn't as bad for the human heart as previously thought.

A California girl is recovering after she was diagnosed with rat-bite fever, which doctors believe she contracted from one of her pet rats.

When Senator Lamar Alexander, who chairs the upper chamber’s health committee, held a hearing about prescription opioids earlier this year, the focus was a critical side of the drug overdose debate that has been neglected – people who suffer chronic debilitating pain.

Perdue Farms, the third largest American producer of broiler chicken, is recalling 31,703 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products that may have been contaminated.

About 14 years ago, Rev. Philip Dunn of Valley Christian Assembly lost his eyesight due to macular degeneration.

Lyme disease has spread to all 50 states.

Over the years, 3M has entangled itself in many lawsuits including one recently settled with an Alabama water authority.    

A dad suffering from a watery eye for six months was horrified after it turned out to be facial cancer.

 A 40-year-old woman who opted for a discount tummy tuck, liposuction and breast reduction surgery in Turkey said the decision nearly killed her after she contracted a deadly infection and spent a month in the hospital fighting for her life.