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CHICAGO - The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year — triple the number just four years earlier.

Even non-drinkers can come down with this disease

WASHINGTON - Talk about a comeback: A treatment pulled off the market 30 years ago has won Food and Drug Administration approval again as the only drug specifically designated to treat morning sickness.

TORONTO - You do not want to get infected with tetanus. The disease, which used to kill about 40 to 50 Canadians a year in the 1920s and '30s, is now only rarely reported. In recent years, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has seen, on average, only a couple of cases a year.

CHICAGO - Constantly beeping alarms from devices that monitor the vital signs of the critically ill have "desensitized" hospital workers who sometimes ignore the noise, leading to at least two dozen deaths a year on average, a hospital accrediting gr

LONDON - There may be nearly four times as many people infected with the tropical disease dengue globally than was previously believed, according to a new study.

Jackie Inyallie didn't have to die, her family says, in fact they add the 24-year-old woman's injuries should have been considered "non-life threatening.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a woman, 52 years young, and my nipples are itchy. I would like to know what I can use to put a stop to the itching. Is this a sign of menopause? Can it be due to the dry weather? S.V.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a very scary situation. About six weeks ago, I was sent to a heart specialist because of a lot of heart palpitations.

EDMONTON - Experts say Ralph Klein's struggle with a relatively unknown form of dementia called frontotemporal degeneration has brought some needed attention to the disease.