Concussion Group Says Ex-NFL Player Bubba Smith Had CTE
The Concussion Legacy Foundation says former NFL defensive end and movie actor Bubba Smith was diagnosed with the brain disease CTE by researchers after his death.
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The Concussion Legacy Foundation says former NFL defensive end and movie actor Bubba Smith was diagnosed with the brain disease CTE by researchers after his death.
Tony Gwynn's widow and two children filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to hold the tobacco industry accountable for the baseball Hall of Famer's death. The suit said that Gwynn started dipping as a college freshman.
The nation seems to be kicking its smoking habit faster than ever before. The rate of smoking among adults in the U.S. fell to 15 percent last year thanks to the biggest one-year decline in more than 20 years.
When you're sick, you want help fast. You might miss the fine print that says how much that help will cost.
The medications unloaded at the Covanta Energy plant in Tulsa are used to create power.
Nutrition facts labels on food packages are getting a long-awaited makeover, with calories listed in bigger, bolder type and a new line for added sugars.
Synthetic drugs are illegal. Yet there are few prosecutions. They can cause deaths, yet few are ever reported.
Synthetic street drugs are unpredictable.
Twin girls who were formerly conjoined below the waist have been released from a South Texas hospital.
Texas has identified 33 cases of the Zika virus that all have been associated with overseas travel, but the virus is expected to begin spreading locally within the state during the sweaty upcoming summer months, top health officials said Tuesday.
Republicans controlling the House are ignoring protests from Democrats and a White House veto threat as they speed legislation funding the battle against the Zika virus toward a vote.
The fight for parents to protect their children from street drugs is generations old.
Synthetic drug use is an issue throughout North Texas, but it is the most visible in downtown Dallas.
The Supreme Court failed to resolve a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control on Monday. The justices asked lower courts to take another look at the issue in a search for a compromise.
A Boston hospital says a cancer patient has received the first penis transplant in the United States.