Colds and Infections - Videos
Learn all about the chronic condition of Fibromyalgia.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is on the rise in Idaho, and has infected at least 26 children. Learn the symptoms to look out for.
If you haven't gotten the stomach flu this year, you probably know someone who has. It's taken the country by storm, and if you've searched the Internet for 'upset stomach,' you've probably found a link to the new 'super bug' and the Googlechondriac in you has you convinced you have the stomach flu. But not so fast...
Full Segment: A diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis used to mean no children and a shorter lifespan, but today doctors and patients are successfully fighting back against this disease.
While often misdiagnosed there is a cure for Cushing's disease if it's caught in time. Find out what helped Chondra Hungerford beat the baffling condition.
If you're like most people, the Internet is your go-to for everything health-related. It's a gold mine of information.. but.... for the Googlechondriac it can be a really scary place. Search a couple of common symptoms and suddenly you think you've got Lupus. Here's the real deal on the chronic autoimmune disorder.
Meet Vomiting Larry, a robot researchers are using to study how norovirus spreads and how to better prevent it.
Norovirus: Fact or Fiction? Is is the same as the stomach flu? Can you catch if from touching a doorknob or from sharing a meal?
Learn how to prevent the spread of norovirus in your home.
Learn how tuberculosis (TB) is treated over the course of six to nine months, and the dangers of not treating the infection thoroughly.
Images may be unsuitable for sensitive viewers. Physicians at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have performed a face transplant on a Vermont woman. The mother of two and former nurse was severely burned in 2007 when her estranged husband doused her with industrial strength lye.
Get tips for stopping the flu before it starts. Plus, Dr. Travis' Emergen-Tea!
Shape Magazine's Bahar Taktechtian offers tips and tricks to get through the dreaded cold and flu season
In the United States, polio seems like a disease of the past, but countries like northern Nigeria, northern India and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan account for more than 75 percent of global polio cases today. Learn how modern medicine has worked to prevent polio through the years, and how it's working to eradicate the disease for good.
Full Segment: n honor of Rare Illness Day, we'll discuss a debilitating neurological disease, Central Pain Syndrome, that experts say millions have but don't know it has a name.
When you have the flu, making the right food choices could help you get better faster. Learn which foods and beverages to consume or avoid if you have the dreaded flu virus.
When you have the flu, making the right food choices could help you get better faster. See how orange juice, peanut butter and jelly, and hot toddies rank on the flu-fighting list.
Flu season is still going strong, but a new mask that can kill flu viruses on contact could be a helpful tool in prevention, especially for those with compromised immune systems. Dr. Bruce Hensel reports.
What's going on when you gain weight almost overnight?? Sometimes it's not what you eat -- or how little you exercise. Here's the one thing that can make you gain as much as 50 pounds in a year.
Brianna was born with a rare liver disease called Crigler-Najjar syndrome. It means her liver doesn't produce an enzyme that helps break down a by-product called bilirubin. If too much bilirubin builds up in her body, her skin and eyes turn yellow and she could lose her hearing, suffer brain damage and risk death.
E.R. physician Dr. Travis Stork explains what bilirubin is and how phototherapy lights help someone with excess bilirubin levels.
Urologist Dr. David Josephson demonstrates the newest laser procedure for removing kidney stones.
Urologist Dr. David Josephson explains the causes of kidney stones and preventative measures to keep them from recurring.
Seven-year-old Jonah was born with glycogen storage disease 1B, a rare liver disorder that only affects one in a million children, and requires a great deal of care, medication and a specific diet administered through a feeding tube 10 to 11 times a day. Pediatrician Dr. Jim Sears explains the condition.
Right now the flu, colds, stomach bugs and the norovirus are all around us. So Doreen Gentzler did an experiment to show you just how quickly these germs spread. Warning: it may make you want to stock up on hand sanitizer.
ADHD is being diagnosed more often, but still many adults go undiagnosed.
People who have the flu can emit virus particles up to six feet away.
This week brings the tenth global case of the coronavirus, and its here in the UK. What is this virus and how is it spread?
HuffPost Senior Science Correspondent Cara Santa Maria counts down the top five nastiest parasites that infect humans.
You've heard it from your parents all of your life, "zip your coat up and stay warm or you're going to get sick." But doctors say there's no truth to that.