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When you take a shot to your scrotum, your testicles aren’t the only ones that feel the pain: Your stomach often joins in on it, too.

Consider this scenario: You just got back from an adventure vacation and are now covered in a bright red rash.

A 4-year-old Southern California boy is in need of a new prosthetic leg after it was stolen from him during his first ever visit to the beach over the weekend.

DALLAS (AP) - The deaths of four children in hot cars in recent days has brought the number across the U.S. this year to at least 23, nearly matching the total for all of last year and prompting experts to plead for vigilance and warn parents that it can happen to anyone.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened the door on Tuesday to a change in its blood donor deferral recommendations, which currently prohibit donations from gay men for a year following their last sexual encounter in order to reduce the risk of transmitting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Huntington’s disease, an inherited an fatal neurodegenerative disorder, has no cure, but researchers have found a biochemical pathway that may lead to a therapeutic strategy.

The American Cancer Society is disputing results from a study publicized last week by Northwestern University researchers that suggested a sharp rise in the number of deadly, metastatic prostate cancer cases.

Health officials in the Central American nation of Honduras on Tuesday reported eight cases of newborns with microcephaly born to women who were infected with the Zika virus during pregnancy.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has enhanced warnings of side effects of a group of strong antibiotics used to treat a variety of respiratory and urinary tract infections and limited their use to patients with no alternatives.

A Texas dentist on vacation in the Bahamas has survived being attacked by a 6-foot shark while free diving.

A Virginia community is hailing one its own as a hero after the teenager performed life-saving CPR on a teammate who suffered cardiac arrest during baseball practice.

Maverick, an emaciated German shepherd in Massachusetts, chewed off his right rear paw to try to flee his abusive owner who kept him tied up, officials said.

Ethan Dean will be living his dream on Tuesday.

The first medical marijuana dispensary in Florida is slated to open.

There isn’t enough evidence yet to say whether routine full-body skin cancer screenings are safe or effective, according to U.S. guidelines aimed at preventing deaths from these malignancies.

Over seven years, Virginia's Beth Prever raised $800,000 for ALS research because she "felt like having ALS would be a worst-case scenario diagnosis.

A majority of U.S. adults say it’s at least sometimes appropriate for doctors to discuss guns with patients during check-ups, a nationwide survey finds.

An estimated 55,400 people were injured as a result of legal police interventions in the U.S. in 2012, a study found.

Jeff Kepner made headlines in 2009 as the first person to receive a double hand transplant in the United States.

During the summer of 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge was ubiquitous on social media.