MEDICINE

An Iowa woman who purchased a tapeworm online and ingested it, later went to her doctor to have the parasite removed.

A new study associates soda consumption with aggression and other behavioral problems in young children.

China is still taking organs from people it executes, but says it will begin to rely solely on voluntary organ donation by the end of the year.

A board advised against using Xalkori, a lung cancer treatment, in the British National Health Service.

New research may explain how Typhoid Mary could infect scores of people without any outward signs of being sick.

More than 27,000 people in China have received dozens of punctures from bee stings in acupuncture clinics to ward off diseases like arthritis and cancer.

In a crackdown to curb methamphetamine (meth) production, CVS stores nationwide will soon ask for identification for customers looking to purchase nail polish remover, limit the amount available for purchase, and will not sell the acetone-based solution to anyone under the age of 18.

Trials have been on a small scale so far, but the success of vaccine PfSPZ is unprecedented.

Scientists think a 32-year-old woman caught the new bird flu strain from her father.

Geraldo Ramos, a 64-year-old Dominican man, said he passed out drunk last week and woke up without his penis.

The FDA announced it has found that the cyclospora outbreak in Iowa and Nebraska are linked to Taylor Farms de Mexico.

A Texas woman is suing Darden Restaurants, parent company of the Olive Garden, alleging she contracted a Cyclospora infection from the Olive Garden.

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis are the most serious skin reactions linked to acetaminophen in rare cases, FDA says.

The Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, released its latest update on their cyclospora outbreak investigation on Friday. More than 400 cases of cyclospora infections have been reported in 16 states.

A new study has shown a link between the human papillomavirus (HPV) and a specific kind of throat cancer known as esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

The CDC, along with public health officials from Iowa and Nebraska, implicated a prepackaged salad as the source of the cyclospora outbreak in those states.

Amanda Bynes could be suffering from a number of mental illnesses and would benefit from conservatorship, mental health expert Steven Horen said.

Germany's largest baby Jasleen was born on July 26 and weighed 13 pounds, 4 ounces.

The CDC released its latest report on the cyclospora outbreak in the United States, with reported cases rising to 372

A 13-year-old girl known as the Llullaillaco Maiden, chosen to be a sacrifice in an Inca ritual, was heavily drugged prior to her death.

After a sharp rise in binge drinking, the French cultural ministry decided the habit needed a name. Introducing: “beuverie express.”