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U.S. Water Polo’s Kaleigh Gilchrist returned home Tuesday to a surprise reception, as friends and family surprised the athlete injured in a balcony collapse in South Korea.

A woman has sued the Houston Astros for more than $1 million, saying that a T-shirt cannon fired at a game by the team’s mascot broke her finger.

Kevin Mawae played 16 seasons in the NFL, earning eight Pro Bowls and three All-Pro honors. Yet the former offensive lineman found himself struggling to walk in the summer of 2017.

A frail Sen. John McCain has been receiving a stream of visitors and good wishes at his Arizona ranch as he confronts the aftermath of brain cancer treatment and surgery. Former Vice President Joe Biden sat with McCain for 90 minutes last Sunday, according to people close to both men. Biden followed McCain’s closest friends, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South...

Lena Dunham has taken a major step in her journey with endometriosis. The “Girls” star reveals in the March 2018 issue of Vogue that she underwent a total hysterectomy to remove her uterus and cervix, according to the Endometriosis Foundation of America. Dunham pens an essay detailing her decision after “years of complex surgeries measuring in the double digits” and...

When 86-year-old Carol Wittwer took a taxi to the emergency room, she expected to be admitted to the hospital. She didn’t anticipate being asked if she cooks for herself. If she has friends in her high-rise. Or if she could spell lunch backward. “H-C-N-U-L,” she said, ruling out a type of confusion called delirium for the geriatrics-trained nurse who was...

The nation’s largest pharmacy benefit manager will soon limit the number and strength of opioid drugs prescribed to first-time users as part of a wide-ranging effort to curb an epidemic affecting millions of Americans. But the new program from Express Scripts is drawing criticism from the American Medical Association, the largest association of physicians and medical students in the U.S.,...

His life changed in an instant. UC Berkeley rugby player Robert Paylor walked out on the field during a championship match in May and was carried off paralyzed. Since then, the 20-year-old has never looked back. He is too focused on his future.

A canine companion is the newest addition to the Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation in Grapevine.

Lena Dunham is canceling her feminist newsletter’s “America IRL” tour this summer to tend to her health. Dunham said Friday in a post on LennyLetter.com that recent surgery and physical therapy to treat endometriosis has caused “the greatest amount of physical pain I’ve ever experienced” and that she isn’t up for the cross-country tour. The 31-year-old “Girls” creator announced last...

When Chloe, an 8-year-old corgi mix, fell off a bed and injured her spine over a year ago, she was partially paralyzed. Surgery had a 50-50 success rate so the veterinarian suggested a different approach that is gaining in popularity and offering new options after a pet injury: acupuncture.

A doctor who is treating a nine-week old girl also treated her father at the same hospital more than two decades ago.