New antiviral drugs that can actually cure hepatitis C are proving so effective, that doctors are now doing what had previously been unheard of. They're transplanting infected livers into patients who are on liver transplant wait lists, and then curing the hepatitis C afterwards. It's something that used to be impossible.

Superstar Michael Jackson, actor Jon Hamm, and fashion model Winnie Harlow all had or currently have vitiligo, a condition that causes the skin to lose pigment, leaving white patches behind. Researchers are now testing a topical cream designed to safely repigment areas of skin.

After a stroke, you might experience paralysis, numbness, depression, and problems with memory, speech, understanding, and attention, but it is possible to recover with hard work and dedication.

A new kind of doctor is appearing in cities across the country. Instead of treating symptoms or illness, functional medicine doctors focus on the patient and individual reasons behind the problems. Comprehensive personal and health screenings are followed by adjustments in nutrition, activity, and lifestyle, instead of drugs. Learn how a functional medicine doctor changed one woman's life.

Can cheaper prices online really mean you're getting a good deal? A study done by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy found that 95% of websites selling prescription drugs online are doing so illegally.

Acute myeloid leukemia, also known as AML, is an aggressive cancer that attacks the bone marrow. Around 30,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with it each year. It's the most common type of leukemia in older adults, yet it continues to have the lowest survival rates, but now, a new drug combination is stopping it in its tracks.

About 3.1 million people in the United States are living with inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. It's a disruptive condition that can cause chronic inflammation in part or all of the digestive tract, leading to abdominal pain and diarrhea. Now, researchers have found a key to potentially shutting off the disease and its symptoms.

The human heart beats about 65 times a minute. It maintains life and it talks to fat. That's according to researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia, who say the heart releases substances that travel through the blood and communicate with fat cells. That could be a game-changer in the fight against obesity.

Joan Mowery hits the gym twice a week as part of her recovery from a broken hip.

"I thought my son was dead, just based on the impact," said Alexandria Matthews, a paramedic in Arizona. "I thought, there's no way that he could have survived, because the whole back end was crushed up to our backs."