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A 70-year-old San Antonio man was punched by a police officer and dragged from his car after suffering a diabetic episode, causing him to pass out in his vehicle while in the turning lane of a street. When cops arrived, Thomas Mathieu was unconscious behind the wheel, leading cops to assume he was intoxicated...

The little-known Chikungunya virus, which has no vaccine, has been confirmed in the continental United States. Here's what you should know.

A new study reveals that when babies are exposed to certain allergens and bacteria in their first year of life, they could be protected from allergies and asthma later.

Most funerals bring out mourners dressed all in black, but Brayden Denton’s funeral wasn’t most funerals.

A new report indicates that there is likely a larger population of deer ticks this season, meaning there are more tiny carriers of Lyme disease to look out for.

When my daughter received morphine to ease the pain of a broken wrist, she went and said the darnedest things.

In the annals of awful crimes, this one is tough to top. Police in Williamson, Illinois arrested a man for trying to steal the wallet of a man while he appeared to have a heart attack at a local bar.

We hear a lot about gluten these days, but do you actually know what gluten is?

Legal battles have been plaguing the ailing radio legend Casey Kasem. At 82, Kasem has been suffering from advanced Parkinson's disease and has been unable to speak.

A troubling new study reveals an increase in type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children up to age 19.

There's no crying in baseball. Turns out there's also no long hair.

For kids, going to the doctors can be an unpleasant experience. But one doctor made a young patient’s visit a fun experience with a rap.