It was in the midst of navigating an onslaught of postpartum challenges mere days after childbirth that Laura Reitsma, then 36, first felt a lump in her right breast. Yet another problem to tackle ...

The patient says she was sent home eight hours after surgery for a suspected bowel obstruction, and was then forced to wait six hours in an ER again to be seen by a doctor.

A woman from Bolivar sits in jail after allegedly assaulting her bedridden mother and leaving her outside in cold weather ...

A Clark County jury found Ashanti Jackson guilty Sept. 12 of aggravated battery and neglect of a dependent resulting in ...

Colon cancer symptoms in women are similar to those in men, but they can be confused with gynecological issues, like cramping ...

A woman living with a rare and life-threatening condition causing sporadic bouts of painful swelling to her body says she views it as a “blessing” as it has “shaped” who she is. Karen Owen, 64, who ...

Weight loss is an amalgam of a healthy diet and exercise, and losing belly fat is one of the most difficult fats to get rid of. It's stubborn and does not budge, which is why you need to put in extra ...

"Endo belly" is the nickname people use for the dramatic swelling that often comes with endometriosis. Your abdomen (belly) may stretch from under your ribs down to your pelvis, leaving your whole ...

Have you ever met a territorial cat before? They aren’t just protective of their space! Nope, cats can be protective over lots of things — including their human time. One woman knew that her “big mama ...

Unfortunately, it's all too common for serious medical symptoms to be blamed on weight or to be mistaken for something else. James Van Der Beek has confessed he 'ignored' signs of colorectal cancer, ...

When one 27-year-old woman noticed a strange red mark on her arm, she didn't expect that, within hours, it would grow so aggressively that her entire upper arm swelled—swallowing her birth-control ...