If you’re in perfect health, you’re in the minority: Less than 5 percent of people worldwide had no health problems…
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Georgia woman battling flesh-eating bacteria will lose hands and foot
Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting aggressive flesh-eating bacteria, was informed by her father Thursday that the doctors…
Read MoreWoman battling flesh-eating disease feels ‘phantom’ pain, lashes out
Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia woman who first made headlines after contracting a deadly flesh-eating bacteria, has been struggling with…
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Baby inherits stage 4 cancer from mother in utero, docs say
A 9-month-old girl is struggling to survive after being diagnosed with cancer—which doctors say she inherited from her late mother…
Read MoreWoman’s postpartum depression was caused by a tumor
For a 34-year-old new mother in Massachusetts, what looked like a case of postpartum depression turned out to be odd…
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Human enhancements at work pose ethical dilemmas
Retinal implants to help pilots see at night, stimulant drugs to keep surgeons alert and steady handed, cognitive enhancers to…
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HIV-positive woman sues doctor after being tested without consent
A New York City woman is suing her doctor for informing her she tested positive for HIV, DNAinfo.com reported. The…
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Woman with disorder causing constant sexual arousal commits suicide
A woman recently profiled in the media about her rare sexual disorder – a condition that caused her to be…
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Cancer survivor dies from rare bacterial infection
A woman battling an aggressive bacterial infection for more than two months has died, MyFoxAtlanta reported. Hannah Rinehart, 32, passed…
Read MoreViral photo shows baby grabbing doctor’s finger while still in womb
When Alicia Atkins of Glendale, Ariz., was undergoing a routine C-section in October, something extraordinary happened. Atkins’s baby girl –…
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