A woman's beach vacation took an unexpected turn when she was hit so hard in the neck by a wave that it ruptured one of her arteries, according to a recent report of her case.
A Minnesota teen who is blind is set to compete in his first Ironman Triathlon this weekend, after being paired with a guide who will help him navigate through the course.
Pret-A-Manger bosses have branded UK food labeling laws "inadequate" in the wake of a teenager's death from an allergic reaction after eating one of their sandwiches.
A grandmother who "looked like a monster" after suffering a stroke has smiled for the first time in years thanks to pioneering surgery to move the nerves in her face.
Staff at St. Luke's Meridian in Idaho stopped to line the halls of the ICU to show respect for a patient who was about to provide a lifesaving gift of organ donation.
Researchers from the United States and Japan won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that help the body marshal its cellular troops to attack invading cancers.
A New Jersey man died after suffering from complications of a brain-eating parasite he contracted in the wave pool of a Texas resort, his family said last week.