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Medical errors may be third leading cause of death in the US (CNN) You've heard those hospital horror stories where the surgeon removes the wrong body part or operates on the wrong patient or accidentally leaves medical equipment in the person they were operating on.
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Survey: Teens Feel Addicted to Mobile Devices Common Sense, which provides content ratings and reviews for major media companies, and which has been a strong voice for boosting broadband connectivity for kids in schools and libraries, says a new report finds teens feel addicted to their phones and ...
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New Study Reveals Why 'Biggest Loser' Winners Often Regain Weight Welcome to the show. Thank you, Amy. We begin with that "Biggest loser" bombshell. Many of the contestants gained the weight back and all part of a diet study reported in "The New York times.
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Study: 'Biggest Loser' contestants have slower metabolisms Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. CHICAGO - A new study has found that many competitors on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" leave the show with a slower metabolism, making it more difficult to keep ...
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Stanford HIV study casts doubt on abstinence efforts in Africa The United States has poured more than $1.4 billion into abstinence education meant to prevent the spread of HIV in parts of Africa, but those programs haven't led to changes in sexual behavior that would lower people's risk of infection, according to ...
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Researchers: Medical errors now third leading cause of death in United States Nightmare stories of nurses giving potent drugs meant for one patient to another and surgeons removing the wrong body parts have dominated recent headlines about medical care.
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Germany Will Legalize Medical Cannabis Next Year, Health Minister Says Germany's health minister, Hermann Groehe, is expected to present draft legislation to the German cabinet tomorrow that would legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes as soon as 2017.
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Jury still out on celiac disease screening, US doctors say (Reuters Health) - There isn't enough evidence yet to say whether widespread screening for celiac disease makes sense, according to draft guidelines proposed by U.S.
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Prince Was Set to Meet with Opioid Addiction Doctor a Day After He Died Dr. Howard Kornfeld was supposed to help Prince fight his addiction to painkillers, according to a new report. A California doctor says he was scheduled to meet with Prince on April 22, the day after the legendary artist died.
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How to Fight Mosquitoes This Summer With temperatures well into the 70s in St. Louis, Leigh Walters is preparing for mosquito season. The 32-year old communications director for the Missouri History Museum is 17 weeks pregnant.
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Zika 'Very Likely' to Spread From Mosquitoes to Humans in US, Official Says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health, said at a press conference today he thought it was "very likely" that Zika virus would spread from mosquitoes to humans in the ...
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Zika Virus Is Coming and We're Not Ready, US Experts Say Zika virus is going to start spreading in the U.S. and the country's not ready for it, experts said Tuesday. It probably won't spread much - most U.S.
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1 in 3 antibiotics prescribed in US are unnecessary, major study finds Nearly a third of antibiotics prescribed in doctors' offices, emergency rooms and hospital-based clinics in the United States are not needed, according to the most in-depth study yet to examine the use and misuse of these life-saving drugs.
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Millions of antibiotic prescriptions each year are unnecessary, study finds Antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been a growing concern in the United States, leading to thousands of deaths each year. Doctors prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily is a big contributor to the problem, and now a new analysis of government data ...
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59 percent of US parents say their teens are addicted to mobile phones Above: Kate Moore (L) and Morgan Dynda of the U.S. compete in the LG Mobile Worldcup Texting Championship in New York, January 14, 2010.
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Dead could be brought 'back to life' A NEW groundbreaking trial, which aims to find out whether it's possible to bring the dead 'back to life' has been approved by health watchdogs.
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Flu strikes fewer infants when pregnant women get vaccinated (Reuters Health) - Infants have a much lower risk of getting influenza when their mothers are vaccinated against the virus during pregnancy, a U.S.
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Frozen fruits and vegetables recalled over listeria fears SEATTLE -- A Pasco, Washington, company has expanded its recall of frozen vegetables linked to a listeria outbreak that has sickened at least eight people.
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Amid scandal, China military hospital closes doors to new patients SHANGHAI A Chinese military hospital, embroiled in a scandal over the death of a college student who had sought experimental cancer treatment at the facility, has temporarily closed its doors to new patients, state media reported on Wednesday.
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CMS finalizes fire safety updates for long-term care facilities Updated fire safety rules for long-term care facilities were released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday, including provisions to "modernize" care environments and make them more welcoming to residents.
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Medicare Pays Bonuses to 231 Hospitals With Lower Quality Because of Cheaper Costs Hospitals whose patient care cost Medicare less than average were rewarded with bonuses, according to a new study. iStock Photo. By Jordan Rau May 2, 2016.
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This mobile game has the best ending: helping solve dementia No matter what your mother told you, gaming isn't always a waste of time. But if she requires proof, show her the new mobile game Sea Hero Quest, which will help dementia researchers around the world tackle the disease.
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Social media go crazy over photo of Houston girl's goose attack It looks really scary: a photo of a horrified, little girl getting attacked by a goose. But her teenage sister apparently thought it was pretty funny and tweeted the photo this week.
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Denver Zoo loses mane attraction with 3-year-old lion's death Sango, a 3-year-old male African lion lounges at the Denver Zoo in this file photo. Sango was humanely euthanized after a suddenly quickening illness.
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China Investigates Search Engine Baidu After Student Dies Of Cancer Chinese health and Internet authorities have launched an investigation into Baidu, the country's largest search engine, following the death of a college student who accused Baidu of misleading him to a fraudulent cancer treatment.
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US Spent $1.4 Billion To Stop HIV By Promoting Abstinence. Did It Work? In the past 12 years, the U.S. has spent more than $1.4 billion funding abstinence programs in Africa. They're part of a larger program - called the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - aimed at stopping the spread of HIV around the world.
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Cyclist Teaches Kids To Use Fun To Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Jaime Rangel holds a bike tire and begins checking with his hands for thorns and other sharp objects that might be puncturing the tire's rubber tread.
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New Zika fight in Brazil: Billboards smell like humans and kill mosquitoes There's an impressive array of creative billboards in Brazil. One in Rio de Janeiro sprays mists of water to cool down beachgoers waiting for a bus home.
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Manchin and Capito introduce 'Jessie's Law' Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito last Wednesday introduced "Jessie's Law," legislation that will help ensure medical professionals have full knowledge of a patient's previous opioid addiction when consent is given.
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Prince's Death Highlights Nation's Opioid Crisis (CNN) -- Investigators are saying musical legend Prince had prescription pain medication on him when he died. While it's not clear if that medication was a factor in his death, medical experts are warning that opioid drug abuse is nothing short of a ...
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SD tribes, congressional delegates skeptical of IHS promises South Dakota tribal representatives and congressional delegates expressed skepticism Monday about a federal agency's commitment to fix life-threatening problems at two reservation hospitals.
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Boise State student battling breast cancer BOISE -- The 18th annual Susan G. Komen Boise Race for the Cure is coming up this weekend. The event brings thousands of people together to fund the fight against breast cancer.
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Retiring After 65 May Help People Live Longer Retiring after age 65 may help people live longer, says a study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
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Study: Nonprofit Hospitals Generate the Most Profit Carle Foundation Hospital is seen on Monday in Urbana, Ill. It was ranked among the highest profit hospitals in the study. (Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette via AP).
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Why we mix up the names of people in our family It's happened to many of us: While looking right at someone you know very well, you open your mouth and blurt out the wrong name.
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New App Mately Helps You Test for STDs at Home Sexually transmitted disease rates are on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and lack of testing might be at least partially to blame.
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| FMC - Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA: Fresenius Medical Care reports strong start to the year 2016 Rice Powell, Chief Executive Officer of Fresenius Medical Care stated: 'We had a strong start to the year. Our core dialysis service and products business showed a very strong underlying growth globally.
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Denver Zoo Mourns Loss Of 3-Year-Old Lion 'Sango' DENVER (CBS4)– The Denver Zoo announced that its 3-year-old lion "Sango" died after he began having severe seizures last month.
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Toddler on Life Support Granted Extra Time by Federal Judge SACRAMENTO -- On the steps of the Robert T. Matsui federal courthouse in Sacramento there were celebrations of a small, but relished victory.
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Texas, Feds Agree to Renew Short-Term Medicaid Funds The Obama administration has agreed to temporarily keep some federal Medicaid money flowing into Texas to help hospitals treat uninsured patients, a relief to health care providers that feared losing the funds over state leaders' refusal to provide ...
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Fatal consequences: Living with food allergies Having a child diagnosed with food allergies strikes fear into most parents' hearts. Epinephrine becomes your new best friend, while visions of asthma attacks and emergency situations run rampant through your head.
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Charlotte-area hospitals take home mixed grades on patient safety Nearly half of North Carolina's hospitals received a stellar grade for patient safety, a percentage that ranks this state 10th in the nation.
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