Gym owner, 36, fights to crush milestones after surviving severe stroke
Donald "Frue" McAvoy and his fiancée were having a quiet day at home when his vision went black and his airway collapsed.
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Donald "Frue" McAvoy and his fiancée were having a quiet day at home when his vision went black and his airway collapsed.
Curtis Jackson was having a regular screening when doctors found evidence of a deadly bile duct cancer.
Glioblastoma typically kills within 18 months, but a new type of treatment has kept Nadya El-Afandi's scans clear 17 months after diagnosis.
The condition impacts communication skills and can have different causes, according to medical experts.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the pin face and shaft contain levels of lead that exceed the federal lead content ban.
Government and other scientists are proposing a new way to define Alzheimer's disease — basing it on biological signs rather than memory loss and other symptoms of dementia that are used today.
The number of North Texans sick with cyclospora, a rare infection spread through raw fruits and vegetables, is growing.
How important is the gluten-free diet for people on it?
Billy Gillispie said doctors have ordered him to avoid any stress for 30 days in an effort to bring the Texas Tech basketball coach's blood pressure down.
An Alzheimer's treatment from Eli Lilly and Co. failed to slow memory decline in two separate patient studies, but the drug did show some potential to help in mild cases of the mind-robbing condition that is notoriously difficult to treat.
When LD Bell baseball coach Paul Gibson was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder, the high school swung into action.
The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer's disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025.
Once a firefighter and paramedic in Mansfield, Jarrod Brodnax no longer has any feeling in his left arm and leg, after a work injury led to a sad diagnosis.
Dementia is poised to skyrocket as the baby boomers age -- and it's a budget-busting disease for Medicare, Medicaid and families. Now the Obama administration is developing the first National Alzheimer's Plan.
