Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets -- or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter -- because of risks for disease."Many parents clearly don't understand the risks from various infections" these animals often carry"

A report from the Boston Globe on the potentially contagious nature of some types of cancer in humans. Long known to be contagious in some animals, including dogs, researchers are finding contagious cancer can affect humans, too.

PLEASE CROSS POST:Will Polak, 7, needs an autism therapy dog to help him to learn to connect with the world around him.The Polaks are committed to raising $11,000, the cost of training an autism service dog for their 7-year-old son, Will.

A New Jersey surgeon's medical license was suspended after state regulators found he removed the wrong lung from a patient, then tried to conceal the error. Perera told the patient that the right lung contained a life-threatening tumor, though there.....

PLEASE CROSS POST: On May 9, 2008, while traveling with her family in Florida, Faith Morelli struggled to swallow a piece of pizza. Her trachea collapsed and she was unable to breathe. Her father, Peter, performed CPR until the paramedics arrived. ...

Lyme disease, the tick-borne illness named after the Connecticut town where it was discovered, may have originated in Europe, British and American researchers said. The finding could help scientists study the spread of the

Being vegetarian has never been so good! The days of choosing between cheese salad and an omelette are long gone with the huge variety of exciting veggie options now on offer. If you're looking for inspiration, we have selected some of Delia's best...

PLEASE HELP! CROSS POST: Tristan Gore, 12, is dying. The focus of my story was to be on the fundraising at Avalon Middle School to send Tristan to Jacksonville for a bone marrow transplant. Tristan's dad had lost his job and the money was going quickly.

Responding to an ABC News/Washington Times investigation, the Veterans Administration plans to inform 32,000 veterans that they are using a drug linked to suicide or violent behavior.

Researchers in the United States say they have been able to cure a man with skin cancer by injecting the patient with billions of clones of his own immune cells. The 52-year-old man had been suffering from advanced melanoma which