Jaw

Medical professionals call it a national epidemic: normal children who are delayed in accomplishing basic skills like holding a pencil or catching a ball.  At least one expert calls them "bucket babies."  They're kids who spend too much time in containers...

Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com May 21, 2012 Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...

By Lauren and Keiper BOSTON, May 3 (Reuters) - Over the last year Dr. Darrick Antell has performed up to three or four chin implants a day, reflecting a national trend that has seen chin augmentations emerge as the fastest growing plastic surgery trend...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Dodgers closer Javy Guerra was hit in the face by a line drive Wednesday night, but by Friday afternoon the evidence had all but disappeared. Guerra's jaw was visibly swollen after...

More than a quarter of a century before her bones turned up in a cistern under the floor of a Newtown barn, Mary Elizabeth Gough Heath said her husband, John, was going to kill her. "Debbie, he's going to kill me," she told Debbie Lewis, John Heath's...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Outfielder-first baseman Juan Rivera strained his right hamstring Tuesday night against the Braves, but he was able to avoid a trip to the disabled list, at least for now. Rivera...

When Richard Lee Norris opened his eyes after a marathon 36-hour surgery to give him a new face, he immediately wanted a mirror. A natural reaction for a man who had been practically living as a recluse since a 1997 gun accident took off his nose, chin,...

Police are still looking for the person who shot a Henrico County man in the face as he stood in his kitchen. That man survived and is now talking, hoping the crime is eating away at someone who knows more about what happened. "There was an instance...

It was a sunny Saturday afternoon, March 24, in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Central California as Mike Turner and a friend rode their mountain bikes down a rocky, narrow trail alongside a creek embankment. The 28-year-old Turner, who grew up in...

"On the surface it appears it should be easy but it is a very difficult process," Peer Moore-Jansen says. Moore-Jansen says despite the challenges, a human skull can reveal a lot about a person.  After examining the skull recently found near Cheney,...

RICHMOND, Va (WTVR)-  Who shot Terry Nero in his west end kitchen? Why did they do it? When will the triggerman turn themselves in? All questions that Nero anxiously awaits the answers. Nero says he feels in his heart that someone has pertinent...

FAST FACTS - Dog found with it's jaw skinned - Dog underwent surgeries and medical care - Dog needs a home  (Memphis 12/22/2011)   Staff at the Memphis Humane Society are trying to find a home for Lela. The dog was found on the green line walking path,...