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The Beery family in 2010 on a visit to Baylor.

A woman gives blood while her children watch

Nobody plans on having a medical emergency so dire it requires getting airlifted to a hospital by helicopter or plane, yet it happens to more than 500,000 people every year.

Too afraid to come ot of the closet

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today added eight substances to its Report on Carcinogens, a science-based document that identifies chemicals and biological agents that may put people at increased risk for cancer.

Plumpy'Nut destined for Southern Sudan

The Food and Drug Administration is beefing up the safety instructions for simvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering medication that was the second-most prescribed medicine in the U.S. last year.

A-ha! It was the sprouts after all.

Some developing countries are trying to manage free care for women and children

Livestock is big business in Bangladesh