- A nursing home nurse is thought to have killed at least six patients in 2006 by administering fatal drug cocktails.

Marty Himebaugh reportedly made comments to co-workers that aroused suspicion. According to CBS news, Himebaugh allegedly told one colleague about a 56-year-old Down syndrome man that "These people aren't meant to live that long. They are meant to die in their teens. And I'm going to help him along."

Individuals who carry a particular type of the gene have more fat in their livers and carry a greater risk of developing liver disease, new studies have found.

The gene, known as Patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 or PNPLA3, is more common in Hispanics in comparison to Caucasians and African-Americans thus leading to increased instances of Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the former.

Young women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are no more likely than older women to have a recurrence of the disease than their older counterparts, says a new study.

It is widely believed that young women, 40-years old and younger, with a common form of early breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) that arises in and is confined to the mammary ducts, have a worse prognosis than older women as they can have a recurrence of breast cancer at some point throughout their lives.

Migraines and headaches are more common in overweight children and teenagers, a new study has found. It is the first national study to look at possible links between obesity and headaches in kids.

Lead researcher Andrew Hershey, a pediatric neurologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center studied 913 children and teenagers for six months. The study found that chronic headaches are common in childhood, with the prevalence of one out of four to one out of 10 kids.

Researchers in Italy have found a natural Viagra in the form of an ancient Chinese herbal remedy that cures erectile dysfunction (ED) or male impotence.

Mario Dell'Agli of the University of Milan, Italy, and colleagues tested four plants which are used as natural aphrodisiacs in traditional cultures but found Epimedium brevicornum, also known as horny goat weed and Bishop's Hat - had an effect.