Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died. She was 10.

A nurse assistant who is in a vegetative state after being attacked at a Pasadena hospital has been unfairly denied care by workers compensation and her health insurance,

Nearly a third of all cocaine seized in the United States is laced with a dangerous veterinary medicine -- a livestock de-worming drug that might enhance cocaine's effects but has been blamed in at least three deaths and scores of serious illnesses.

Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called "Lujo" virus

A 60-year-old woman in the Western Canadian city of Calgary has given birth to twins after going to India for fertility treatments,

"She came face to face with a human being," Pennekamp said. "And that changed everything." The complaint says one of the clinic owners, Belkis Gonzalez came in and cut the umbilical cord with scissors, then placed the baby in a plastic bag.

A skin cream from the cosmetics company Estee Lauder, which claimed to make wrinkles disappear instantly, will no longer be advertised after watchdog ruled that the commercial were misleading.

Recalls of toys or children's products because of lead paint or lead content are down sharply, from a record 112 in 2007 to 64 this year. There were 20 lead recalls in 2006 and only 13 in 2005.

A 56-year-old woman who gave birth to her triplet granddaughters

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