The Associated Press A salmonella outbreak linked to a large egg recall has made dozens of people sick in seven states in the West and Midwest, federal health officials said Saturday. The August Egg Company recalled about 1.7 million brown organic and brown cage-free egg varieties ...

By DR. SHAHAR MADJAR Several weeks ago, I wrote here about my visit to the American Urological Association meeting in Las Vegas. I told you about The Strip and the interesting people I had seen along it. I promised to write again about an entirely different world—the one inside the urology ...

By DR. CONWAY MCLEAN Do your feet hurt? They are supposed to, aren’t they? When asked, most Americans would say it’s normal, to be expected. And there are a multitude of reasons for pain from this region of the body, especially when some bony deformity has developed, leading to shoe fit ...

It’s a sunny, windy day, and at the helm, 21-year-old Chase Fairbairn is pushing 60 miles an hour to finish first at the Fireside 500 marathon boat race. For Chase, an avid outdoorsman and adventurer, it’s not so much the competition that draws him to boat racing. It’s the speed. There ...

What is diverticulosis? Diverticulosis is a condition in which pouches (or small pockets or sacs) form on the wall of the large intestine or colon. The pouches are usually only about one half inch or less in size, and are found most often on the left side of the colon. Most people with ...

The rise in diabetes, a disease of excess blood sugar, has been dramatic over the last century. Prior to that, it was relatively unheard of and quite a rarity. Only the rich were able to ingest sweet, sugary foods and did so only occasionally. Nowadays it’s put into everything, from salad ...