After 20 years of darkness, bionic eye helps man see

Anthony Andreotolla can see cars, trucks and buses now when he commutes to work in Boston

• Jun 14, 2017

Food for thought: Your diet and cancer

What you eat may have tremendous bearing upon preventing or treating cancer and other diseases

• Mar 12, 2017

Patients try psychedelic drug therapy for mental health

Some doctors are testing the use of drugs like magic mushrooms, LSD and MDMA to help with a number of serious conditions

• Feb 3, 2017

More than 1 in 5 ER patients socked by surprise medical bills

Study by Johns Hopkins found a lot of patients are getting socked with unexpected bills -- despite making sure to get treatment at hospitals in their insurance network

• Jan 17, 2017

Johns Hopkins begins payouts to women secretly filmed by gynecologist

Payouts in the case of a Baltimore gynecologist who secretly videotaped his victims may be as high as $26,000

• Dec 30, 2016

Alzheimer's patients test deep brain stimulation to boost memory

CBS News follows one Alzheimer's patient through the latest phase of a clinical trial involving brain surgery and electrodes to fight memory loss

• Nov 4, 2016

New way to fight mosquitoes focuses on human "flavors"

New research looking at the brains of mosquitoes might hold a key to fighting malaria and other mosquito-borne illnesses

• Oct 17, 2016

Top medical school ends training on live animals

Only one other U.S. medical school still allows students to practice performing surgery on animals

• May 19, 2016

Medical errors 3rd leading cause of death, study finds

Researchers say more than 250,000 Americans die each year from "medical care gone awry"

• May 4, 2016

First HIV-positive transplants offer patients new hope

Johns Hopkins surgeons successfully transplanted two organs from an HIV-positive patient to two patients with the virus

• Mar 30, 2016

First U.S. penis transplants planned to help wounded vets

Doctors hope the procedure will help troops who suffered genital injuries during combat

• Dec 7, 2015

Worry about prescription narcotic abuse is high

Almost 20 percent of Americans admit they've taken someone else's prescription painkillers

• Oct 12, 2015

What the ice bucket challenge has done for ALS research

Scientists are crediting money raised during the ice bucket challenge with what they call "breakthrough research"

• Aug 20, 2015

Doctor behind first U.S. IVF baby dies at 104

Dr. Howard Jones and his wife pioneered in vitro fertilization in the U.S., leading to hundreds of thousands of births

• Jul 31, 2015

New drugs show promise for treating high cholesterol

Researchers say class of drugs called PCSK9 antibodies may one day be an alternative to statins

• Apr 27, 2015