AP) A Swedish court of appeal on Tuesday sentenced a 27-year-old man to 18 months in prison for trying to make his girlfriend miscarry by mixing abortion pills in her food. The man, who was not named for legal reasons, had his jail term increased from

(AP) Drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading even faster than medical experts had feared, the World Health Organization warned in report issued Tuesday. The rate of TB patients infected with the drug-resistant strain topped 20 percent in some countri

(WebMD) A robotic dog named Aibo may be as good as a real dog at easing loneliness in nursing home residents. So say researchers at St. Louis University School of Medicine who studied 38 lonely residents at three St. Louis nursing homes. Some of t

AP) Parents are putting their babies at risk when they place pillows and other soft bedding in their cribs, the Consumer Product Safety Commission warned Thursday. From 2002 to 2004, 241 children under age 5 died in incidents involving nursery product

(AP) A kindergarten student with a freshly spiked Mohawk has been suspended from school. Michelle Barile, the mother of 6-year-old Bryan Ruda, said nothing in the Parma Community School handbook prohibits the haircut, characterized by closely shaved sides

AP) A mail carrier was trapped inside her car for nearly two hours at a home near Hanover after a pair of dogs attacked her tires, flattening three of them. Robin Barton had to summon help by cell phone on Wednesday. When the police arrived, the dogs a

AP) Tillie Iverson is observing her 24th birthday Friday _ at the age of 96. Family members from as far away as Florida, Ohio, Nevada and North Carolina are helping her celebrate her Leap Year birthday. Iverson was born in 1912 on Feb. 29, a date th

WebMD) U.S. adults are sleeping less than they did two decades ago, leaving few people feeling well-rested all the time, new CDC data show. The CDC today issued two new reports that peek into the sleep habits of U.S. adults. The first report comes f

Take two pills and call me in the morning. That's what family doctors may have told us at one time, but the tragic deaths of high-profile stars in recent years highlight just how far beyond that simple prescription medication has moved. "We've seen

They always strike when least expected — opening the mail, rummaging through notes, and in an instant, it's "ouch!" and you're sucking air in through your teeth. Oh, the paper cut. Since the dawn of office work, it has been the one thing that can make e

Americans spend more than $11 billion every year on cosmetic procedures like Botox, chemical peels and collagen injections. The number of procedures being performed outside of the doctor's office is growing dramatically, as more salons, spas and even part

Like John Travolta in "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble," 13-year-old Laura Weaver of Hereford, England, is allergic to almost everything. She is allergic to soap, perfume and animals. She is even allergic to the medicines she takes to treat her allergie

MUSKEGON, Mich. — A Michigan nurse's aide abused an elderly couple by urinating in the woman's hair and pouring liquid soap on her husband's head, according prosecutors. Timothy Andrew Carl, 26, was charged in an arrest warrant with two felony coun

It is the height of cold and flu season and as a parent you want to make sure your sick child is as comfortable as possible. But ever since the Food and Drug Administration warned in January that it was too dangerous to give cough and cold medicines to

The maker of an energy drink mix called "Blow" is facing pressure to come clean. Worried that Blow and similar products are glorifying drug use, the Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to the makers of the energy drink mix last month, threateni

A new study suggests at least one vitamin could potentially harm instead of help you. Researchers found that people who took an increased amount of vitamin E had a greater risk of developing lung cancer, according to a news release from Science Daily.

CINCINNATI — Imagine giving birth to an 18-inch baby. That would be hard enough for the average-sized female, but for Stacey Herald, who is 2-feet, 4-inches tall, it was an amazing task. The Guinness Book of World Records is investigating Herald

When Kevin Baccam of Urbandale, Iowa, went in for hernia surgery in August 2005, he expected to come home with a scar on the right side of his groin. But the 33-year-old school district controller actually wound up with two scars in the delicate regio

WASHINGTON - With late-night TV watching, Internet surfing and other distractions, Americans are getting less and less sleep, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. And all this sleeplessness can be a nightmare for your m

It's a topic that riles up emotions and opinions the way few others do in the contentious world of parenting philosophies. Spanking. Should you? How could you? Is it right? Is it wrong? Online message boards are flooded with messages on the topic: the con