MEDICINE

In hopes of saving her brother, 21-year-old Cera Fearing donated her kidney to her Ray Fearing, 27, who suffered from a common kidney disease. However, when Ray's body rejected the transplant, he elected to pass the kidney on to 67-year-old Erwin Gomez, making this the first documented case of its kind in the U.S.

The side effects of antidepressants far outweigh their minimal benefits, according to a new study.

The ever-controversial screening policies of the TSA are under the microscope again after Dina Frank, a 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, was rigorously patted down to the point where her family missed their flight.

Debbie Stevens, a New York based kidney donor, was fired after donating her organ to her boss. Now the 47-year-old divorced mom of two is demanding her kidney back in a lawsuit.

Sarah Burge, known as the Human Barbie for the immense amount of plastic surgery procedures she has underwent, first made headlines for giving her seven-year-old daughter Poppy gift certificates for breast implants and liposuction. Now, the 51-year-old mother has plans to hold children's parties in a Botox clinic to give young girls the wow factor through makeovers. The makeovers would be held at the clinic where typically cosmetic injections and plastic surgery are performed ...

Baby Rancic is due in late summer.

Chinese workers who are exposed to silica dust in mines, and pottery and gemstone factories suffer not only from respiratory illnesses, but are at higher risk of contracting heart and infectious diseases and cancer, researchers in China have found.

A Florida law mandating drug testing for welfare applicants failed to save money or identify many drug abusers, data that sharpens concerns about a similar law just enacted in Georgia.

Need a way to clean a wound that is having difficulty healing? Believe it or not, maggots may be the answer. Medicinal maggots are specially prepared for human therapeutic purposes, says a statement on Health Canada. These maggots are raised by companies in a controlled environment, and not found in nature.

A New Zealand company plans to implant pig cells in the human brain in a clinical trial to treat Parkinson's disease and help improve movement and brain functions in patients.

Yet another grim development in China's ongoing battle with poor industrial and manufacturing practices -- what do you do if the pills you take make you even sicker than before?

The number of children who die from accidental injuries is on the decline, even though suffocation and poisoning deaths are on the rise.

Seizures may be one of the most common symptoms of epilepsy, but the two are not always linked, a new study has found.

Health experts said this week that women with no unusual risk for ovarian cancer should not undergo regular screening for the disease. Testing methods are simply not effective enough, and may lead women to undergo unnecessary procedures at risk to their health.

Crystal Renn shot to fame with chubby cheeks and curves. As a plus sized model, someone who spoke about how freeing it was not to think of putting on calories, surprisingly Renn showed off a very thin frame at an event in New York Tuesday. The 25-year-old star is seen carrying her new platinum blonde locks at the 9th Annual Spring Dinner Dance New Year's In April: A Fool's Fete at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

Hangover Heaven, a new mobile clinic in Las Vegas, promises to cure your hangover in 45 minutes.

There are a lot of patients who have been groping in the dark for some time now, and here's an opportunity to shine a light in their brain.

It now seems possible that antibiotics could treat some patients with appendicitis better than surgery.

Dr. Leila Denmark, a doctor that practiced medicine for 73 years, passed away at the age of 114. Dr. Denmark only stopped treating patients 11 years ago at the age of 103. On Sunday the doctor died at her daughter's home in Athens, Ga., of natural causes. She was the world's fourth-oldest person.

Giuliana and Bill Rancic have had there share of bad news over the years. Since marrying in 2005 the Rancics have endured infertility, a miscarriage and the shocking news of Giuliana's breast cancer and subsequent double mastectomy.

Veronica Cirella, a 31-year-old Long Island mom has been accused of killing her disabled daughter, Julie in 2011. Prosecutors state that the mom poisoned her daughter, who suffered from a peanut allergy, with M&M's that had traces of peanuts. Cirella was charged with second-degree murder this week and pleaded not guilty in the death of eight-year-old daughter.