Karen Garloch

After 28 years as a family physician, Dr. Jessica Saxe is now treating the children and grandchildren of her original patients.

Put 20 people in a room, ask them how to fix the nation's health care system, and what do you get?

Sharron Hammond collapsed at Gate E28 as she was boarding a plane to Akron, Ohio, from Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.

There's a new option for North Carolinians who need health insurance but whose illnesses make coverage unaffordable or unavailable.

About two-thirds of the nursing homes in Mecklenburg County received below average ratings on the federal government's new five-star rating system to help consumers assess quality.

As a child, Cyndy King tagged along with her physician father and watched the way he calmly and tenderly talked with patients.

Prompted by questions from her curious young daughters, Dr. Beth Ann Ditkoff, a former surgeon in New York City, has written a book that is sure to satisfy anyone who ever wondered how our bodies work the way they do.

If you've ever forgotten the name of a business associate or lost your keys, you might have wondered, even just fleetingly, if you have the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease.

One in six children has a neurological, developmental or behavioral disorder, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Micael Tewolde survived Ewing's sarcoma in 2005 and is moving on with medical school and life.