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(Nationwide Children's Hospital) Knee injuries, among the most economically costly sports injuries, are the leading cause of high school sports-related surgeries according to a study conducted at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research institute at Nationwide Children's hospital and published in the June issue of The American Journal of Sports medicine.

Marisol Quiroz watched in alarm as her overweight son ballooned 50 pounds in a year. She had taken him to doctors and nutritionists who told her to make him stop eating so much but never told her how.

Could strategies from the country's decades-long campaign against smoking serve as a blueprint for anti-obesity initiatives?

Parents worried that vaccines trigger autism are increasingly declining the shots for their kids. That's raising fears that long-dormant diseases could return. What the science says about the real risks--and what you should do

The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too.

The recent release of "Retooling for an Aging America" -- the institute of medicine (IOM) report warning that the nation's healthcare workforce is too small and unprepared for care for the aging population and calling for sweeping changes to avert this looming healthcare crisis -- could be a turning point in elder healthcare in this country, according experts who spoke at the American Geriatrics Society's 2008 Scientific meeting last week.

There's no need to pay $4.99 for a bottle of cleaner with ingredients the company won't name when you can make your own with well-known ingredients for pennies.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy was greeted by well wishers upon his release after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.

The F.A.A. said it would no longer permit pilots or air traffic controllers to use the smoking cessation drug Chantix, citing potential side effects that could pose a threat to the safe operation of aircraft.

Every year 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral cancer.  Now there's a new device that may help detect the disease before it develops.