A South Florida boy has survived a rare brain-eating amoeba that kills most people, aided in part because a hard-to-get drug to fight the infection is made by a company in Orlando where he was hospitalized, doctors said Tuesday.
Aug 23, 2016
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(HealthDay)—On the heels of yet another senseless gun massacre in the United States, the nation's leading physicians' organization is urging more research into gun violence.
Jun 14, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Skateboarding can be a fun and challenging activity, but it also comes with a significant risk of injury, researchers report.
Apr 27, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Demand for medical office space for ambulatory care is at a high point and looks likely to continue increasing, according to an article published in Forbes.
Feb 1, 2016
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has been ordered to pay $10 million to the mother of a boy whose bacterial meningitis wasn't promptly diagnosed despite multiple emergency room visits.
Nov 18, 2015
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A California man suffering from violent headaches learned just in time what was making him ill: a tapeworm larvae that had lodged in his brain.
Nov 5, 2015
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Self-injury so often occurs in private, an important reason why solid statistics are hard to come by. But researchers estimate between 10 and 40 percent of adolescents, and up to 10 percent of adults, harm themselves physically ...
Oct 30, 2015
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Two kids climb into an empty shopping cart and launch themselves down a hill.
Oct 15, 2015
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Many claim to be natural, which may sound safe, but dietary supplements send 23,000 Americans to hospital emergency rooms each year, a new federal study estimates.
Oct 14, 2015
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A Johns Hopkins surgeon and prominent patient safety researcher is calling on hospitals to reform emergency room, surgical and other medical protocols that sicken up to half of already seriously ill patients—in some cases ...
Oct 6, 2015
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