SPANISH FORK — Barbara Simpson’s cheery character might lead you to think she’s spent her 29 years as an emergency medical technician retrieving kittens from trees and rescuing rattled-but-otherwise- read more..

As soon as Andrew Sarver told a National Marrow Donor Program screener that he’s 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 375 pounds, he was told he weighed too much and would be removed from the list. read more..

Eurand N.V. (NASDAQ: EURX), a global specialty pharmaceutical company, today reported revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 of EUR 30.3 million ($43.4 million), a 28% increase in constant currency from the fourth quarter of 2008. For the year ended December 31, 2009, revenues grew to a record EUR 120.6 million ($172.8 million), up 18% in constant currency from 2008. read more..

A A small study published in the February issue of the journal Archives of Dermatology suggests that injections used to treat wrinkles seem to relieve some types of migraine headaches. The study used botulinum toxin A (Botox). These authors think read more..

VIENNA, Virginia — Most pet owners know anti-freeze and chocolate are on top of the no-no list for pets. Both can be killers if an animal consumes them, but these two items just scratch the surface. read more..

DENVER - A former nurse at a Boulder hospital is expected to be sentenced for charges that he used needles intended for patients to steal pain medication. Twenty-seven-year-old Ashton Daigle will be sentenced Friday. He was accused of stealing pain medication meant for up to 290 patients at the Boulder Community Hospital in fall 2008. Prosecutors say Daigle injected himself, then refilled … read more..

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS–(Marketwire - March 4, 2010) - Eurand N.V. ( NASDAQ : EURX ) read more..

A little more than a week ago, after treating about 1,300 patients during six days at a clinic in northern Haiti, a group of Ohio nurses and doctors boarded the bus to the Dominican Republic with sighs of relief. read more..

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Former Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Carlos Delgado is working towards returning to the major leagues after undergoing a second hip surgery in nine months. read more..

Alexandria, Va. teen takes a night off from battling Leukemia to enjoy a rite of teenage passage. read more..

Ashley Riemer, a 17-year-old high school senior from Alexandria, Va., celebrated her “prom” at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Saturday. read more..

A paraplegic man says if it wasn’t for his friend, he might be dead. Robbers invaded Charles Smith’s North Fort Myers home early Sunday. read more..

State health officials chose a marketing firm to run their campaign to reduce fatal drug overdoses despite the firm’s past ties to the manufacturer of one of Ohio’s most abused painkillers. read more..

Prescription pain relievers help people with chronic pain lead productive lives. Most people who take prescription medications use them responsibly, but when abused, prescription medications can produce serious adverse health effects, including addiction. read more..

People should be wary of who they lend their vehicles to. read more..

This morning I nuked a cup of coffee, threw on my jacket and grabbed the Sunday newspaper, which was a tiny drift under a snowy drive. Scanning the newspaper has been one of my favorite ways to relax before facing the hubbub of the day. Tossing a read more..

The Cougars disproved all those theories Saturday afternoon, waxing the big, bad USC Trojans big-time on the boards en route to a gut-check, 51-47 Pac-10 Conference win in front of 6,957 at Friel Court. “This one was pivotal,” said WSU coach Ken read more..

In what is believed to be the first fatal dog attack in Philadelphia in more than a quarter-century, a pit bull sank her teeth into the neck of a 38-year-old Fishtown woman and killed her yesterday. The victim, Christine Staab, had been arguing with read more..

Good thing that wasn’t one of those ESPN BracketBuster television games. And good thing only 1,906 fans showed up Saturday night at Taco Bell Arena to witness it. In a season of disappointments, the Boise State men’s basketball team served up one of read more..

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — SI’s Michael Farber calls today Hockey Day in Heaven, and with good reason: “The top six teams in the world are meeting in their most natural and appealing configurations, reprising the three Olympic finals that have read more..

Unless you’re a fan of Scottsdale’s major institutions - golf, spas, spring-training baseball and sun-baked leathery skin - the Arizona city may seem like a good place for, well, not much. Under the highly landscaped, grape seed-scrubbed surface read more..