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Olympic heptathlon champion Glynis Nunn reflects on her historic 1984 gold medal, surviving a life-threatening blood clot in ...

Doctors' time is far too valuable to be wasted. Still, not everyone respects it. Every now and then, whether it's for ...

Bad trades, poor coaching and terrible communication all conspired to undercut a championship environment. There was plenty of blame on all sides.

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A minimally invasive procedure that targets inflamed blood vessels is giving many people with chronic knee pain lasting ...

The procedure was "remarkably" successful. That's how Cynthia Schraf-Fletcher, 74, describes her experience with genicular artery embolization (GAE), a minimally invasive procedure that treats chronic ...

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If you’ve ever been jolted awake by sudden pain in your calf or thigh, you know how uncomfortable leg cramps can be. These involuntary muscle contractions can strike anytime—during sleep, after ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising brain-based trigger for high blood pressure, tracing it to a small region in the brainstem that normally controls breathing. This area, which kicks in during ...

As the Jackass theme song goes, "If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough." And for the creators and cast of Jackass, ...

JAN PAUL VAN HECKE was left covered in blood in a horror injury. The Netherlands defender took a brutal knee to the face late in the first half in the last-32 clash with Morocco. You'll now receive ...