In "House," impossibly gorgeous physicians miraculously diagnose rare diseases in every episode. Where I work as a nurse, in the Ordinary Hospital, sometimes there's not even a doctor in the house.

Report finds that officials are concerned about possible fraud and patient safety risks from pharmacy-made creams

Under the guise of "public service," pharmaceutical companies are quietly paying stars to solicit new customers on TV talk shows with tales of personal suffering and blessed relief.

Sometimes, the right number of opioids to prescribe is zero

The details of three more deaths that might have been prevented among Fort Carson-based soldiers.

It can keep you from having sex, wearing jeans, even riding a bicycle -- and 16 percent of all women will have it at some point in their lives. So why is there no cure for vulvodynia?

A research team finds that a product used as an anesthetic also improves men's sexual performance.

A 3-year-old girl is submerged under water for five minutes. When you're the doctor trying to resuscitate her, how do you know when to stop?

Eddie Redmayne played him, and now a Netflix documentary has tackled the story of the nurse who killed patients

Tony Bennett blames drug laws for the deaths of Houston and Amy Winehouse -- but misunderstands addiction

Martin Blount testifies sweaty Dr. Conrad Murray "scooped up" three bottles of lidocaine when ambulance arrived

Both the Pope and France's chief rabbi endorsed Vin Mariani, a concoction of Bordeaux and cocaine. It sold well

The holistic approach addresses the emotional, social and psychological aspects of pain

Exercise is recommended as an effective non-opioid strategy for non-cancer pain such as fibromyalgia

There are right ways and wrong ways to treat sunburn, bug bites and poison ivy