Mental exercises won't prevent Alzheimer's disease, but they may delay it. Patty Lane has more in the Health Minute.
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said Thursday he will undergo surgery next week for early stage prostate cancer.
Johns Hopkins Hospital employees describe what they saw when a gunman opened fire at the hospital.
Conflicting reports about a shooting Thursday at Maryland's Johns Hopkins Hospital -- including incorrect information that the suspect had been disarmed and apprehended -- were prevalent in the hours immediately after the incident, highlighting the confusion that initially reigned at the scene.
A gunman critically injured a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and later killed himself and his mother, police say -- the latest violent incident in a health care setting.
Police say the gunman in the Johns Hopkins shooting shot himself and his mother who was being treated at the hospital.
A gunman who wounded a doctor, killed his mother and turned the gun on himself at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland was upset with his mother's unsuccessful surgery, a relative said.
A man distraught about his mother's health shot and wounded a doctor at Baltimore's prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital on Thursday before killing his mother and taking his own life, police said.
When Albert Budacz was young, he prided himself on having good eyesight; he never wore glasses. But as he eased into his late 40s, he couldn't see as well. "I noticed a change in my vision," he explained. "Primarily in church when I would open a Bible, or something like that, I had to position myself under a light to see it."
It's important to get your eyes examined to ward off loss of eyesight as CNN.com's Melissa Long reports.
In May, Denise Bertholin got married. She wore a white dress and carried beautiful lilies. She and her groom, Matt Braun, said "I do" in front of family and friends.
Minorities hoping for a bone marrow match may have longer to wait because so few are on the register.
Even if the low-carb diet craze ended up being a bit of a bust, the attention it focused on protein is a good thing. Researchers are taking a closer look at this often ignored nutrient and discovering its hidden health potential.
In what is being heralded as a "first-ever procedure," surgeons removed a healthy kidney through a donor's vagina, the Johns Hopkins Medical Center has announced.
Doctors say the 76-year-old Senator did not suffer a stroke. But now they must figure out what caused his seizure
Which prostate cancer treatment is right for you? A new study suggests surgery may increase your chances of survival
Even elite athletes find it tough to work out; a new study shows that a surprising number of them suffer from exercise-induced asthma
Jack Valenti, who served as president of the Motion Picture Association of America for nearly four decades, has suffered a stroke and has been taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, officials said.
Jack Valenti, who served as president of the Motion Picture Association of America for nearly four decades, has suffered a stroke and has been taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, officials said.
The phone rang. It was the middle of the night.
Paralyzed rats are walking again, thanks to a new stem cell treatment; that's big news for the medical community ... and a 10-year wait for anybody wanting to make a buck off it.
The maker of a contact lens solution linked to a potentially blinding eye infection on Thursday warned consumers not to use the product and asked retailers to pull it from their shelves.
Denise Villani was told she had a cancer that could not be cured, but three and a half years on, after taking part in a clinical trial for a vaccine, she is cancer-free. This is her story:
Retiring U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-Louisiana, has been diagnosed with a rare form of intestinal cancer, a spokesman said.
Once the domain of computer nerds, the science of computer graphics is making technological leaps into real-world applications. New graphics products allow technicians in medicine, manufacturing, a...
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