Doctors in the Bahamas conducted an autopsy Monday on John Travolta’s 16-year-old son, but authorities did not immediately disclose the results.

Last week’s episode of Private Practice saw Charlotte’s rival practice opening its doors, forcing the doctors of Oceanside Wellness to compete for clients. The competition continues this week in the episode called “Worlds Apart.” Read on to find out what’s…

Doesn’t it seem like Grey’s Anatomy has the most promiscuous characters on TV? They are always jumping into bed with a different person every week. Hospital-cest seems to be the norm at Seattle Grace - the doctors all regularly sleep…

State laws meant to keep teens out of indoor tanning booths haven’t made a dent, a new study has found, disappointing doctors hoping to reduce deadly skin cancers. The researchers say it’s not clear why the laws failed, but pointed to lax enforcement as a factor.

For years, doctors have tried cooling people to limit damage from head and spinal cord injuries, strokes and even prematurity and birth trauma in newborns. It’s also used for cardiac arrest, when someone’s heart has stopped. In January, New York will join several other cities requiring ambulances to take many cardiac arrest patients to hospitals that offer cooling.

Now doctors will be testing a new and dramatically speedier way of doing this for a much more common problem — heart attacks, which strike a million Americans each year.

On Grey’s Anatomy, it seems that these doctors are people who sometimes practice medicine and always are hooking up with one another.  Doesn’t George feel weird when he walks into a staff meeting and realizes he’s slept with 3 different…

There’s been a lot going on at Seattle Grace lately – and without much explanation. Dr. Erica Hahn left her position at the hospital without so much as a word to anyone about it. A new intern Sadie, with a…

Eighty-year-olds with clogged arteries or leaky heart valves used to be sent home with a pat on the arm from their doctors and pills to try to ease their symptoms. Now more are getting open-heart surgery, with remarkable survival rates rivaling those of much younger people, new studies show.

Have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator? Don’t keep your iPod earbuds in your shirt pocket or draped around your neck — even when they’re disconnected. A study finds that some headphones can interfere with heart devices if held very close to them. They might even prevent a defibrillator from delivering a lifesaving shock, say doctors who tested them.

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Country music rebel Merle Haggard is recovering in California after having a malignant tumor removed from his lung. The 71-year-old Haggard remains in stable condition following the successful surgery. A “spot” was found in Haggard’s lung back in May. Even though doctors recommended Haggard get it removed immediately, Haggard’s pretty badass and instead opted [...]