Jeff Kepner just wanted to hold his 13-year-old daughter's hand again. To do that, the 57-year-old Georgia resident underwent the first double hand transplant in the United States.
Americans eat 150 pounds of sugar a year, but it's not just sweets that have created a diabetes epidemic: too-large portions, unhealthy carbs, not enough exercise, and processed foods are also to blame. But diabetes is not inevitable.
If swine flu peters out this spring, will it be back this fall? If so, will there be a vaccine? This Empowered Patient answers more of your questions.