A few small incisions or one big one — that's the main difference between laparoscopic surgery and routine surgical procedures. And it could help patients save on health care costs.

Injuries are a potential risk athletic kids face. Concussions may be getting a lot of press lately, but injuries to the knee may be just as important.

Pollution exposure is a well-known factor in breathing problems in children, but new evidence suggests it may also contribute to other health issues.

You've got to breathe to live, but breathing polluted air could put you at risk of health problems.

As medicine evolves, the health care community must keep up with the newest ideas. For patients with diabetes, some recent changes may be important.

Taken with a heart medication, two hepatitis C drugs might pose some serious health risks.

Fentanyl, a powerful opioid drug often used to relieve pain for terminally ill patients, may have some much more dangerous uses.

Patients like to think medications will simply make them better, but often, side effect risks are involved. Some experts are expressing concerns that these risks are too great for a common cholesterol medication.