Dole left Walter Reed Army Medical Center the evening before his 86th birthday after undergoing surgery for open sores on his legs.

For decades there’s been no real progress in solving the mystery of Lyme Disease and now patients who’ve suffered years of debilitating symptoms are speaking out about what they believe is a lack of understanding and empathy in the medical community.

According to a recent report, the average total waiting time in a U.S. emergency room in 2008 was four hours and three minutes but there are some steps you can take if you truly fear that you or your loved one is not getting the care you need.

A man injured in a South Carolina home invasion that left the homeowner dead has walked away from a hospital where he was being treated for his own injuries.

Some hospitals around the country have gone on a diet: Deep fryers have gone cold, trans fats have been banished, and the glow of the golden arches (and other fast food symbols) have dimmed as leases have quietly gone unrenewed. Instead, these hospitals are offering an alternative food source: farmers markets.

Hospitalization can be particularly hard on older patients. In addition to dealing with the physical effects of an acute illness, these patients are more likely to have many problems. They often take several different medications, and may be underweight, inactive and depressed. Some hospitals have specialty care units for older patients

In a Chicago hospital, two elderly patients have already died and five other patients have tested positive for a drug-resistant bacteria.

Many South Carolina hospitals have frozen hiring as they try to deal with the recession.

Patrol spokesman Sid Gaulden says Lance Cpl. A.S. English was treated and released from a hospital on Wednesday after his patrol-issued vehicle struck a tree in a median along I-26.

Two Dallas, Texas police officers on a stakeout outside Parkland Hospital last Saturday morning got quite a surprise.  They delivered a baby.

A woman who entered a Brooklyn hospital with what she thought was a kidney stone left a quadruple amputee has filed a multi-million dollar malpractice suit. 

News 2 is on the scene of a mobile home fire on Waldman Street, near Otranto, in North Charleston’s Deer Park subdivision.

Authorities say the has been charged with murder after he killed his 90-year-old wife in their Clover, South Carolina home, then tried to overdose on medicine.

The 14-year-old boy got out of the school when his mother was about to pick him up. He apparently hid in this recycling bin.

A night of trick-or-treating turned violent in one North Fort Myers, Florida neighborhood.