Police: Hospital worker swiped shots, spread hep C

Therapy teaches that incest is never consensual
In her memoir, "High on Arrival," actress Mackenzie Phillips revealed details of her incestuous relationship with her father, which she called "consensual." Now, she's taking that word back....

Concussions extra dangerous to teen brains
Max Conradt was a high school quarterback. That is, until the wrenching hit that changed everything. It was a concussion that his doctors believe caused Conradt to sink to the ground, blood...

The government has your baby's DNA
Your baby's DNA is sitting in a state lab somewhere, with your baby's name on it, where it will stay there for months, years, or even decades. In this week's Empowered Patient, what you can...

Opinion: Time to regroup on autism
You might not know it to read the news of the discredited research that had long linked vaccines to autism, but there really is good progress on the autism research front.

Medical journal retracts controversial study
The medical journal The Lancet on Tuesday retracted a controversial 1998 paper that linked the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism.