By Jeff Martin Associated Press ATLANTA, Ga. — A young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease sat up in a chair, surprising nurses and loved ones, her father said. ...
By Andrew Scott Pocono Record PENNSYLVANIA — A national shortage of medications is seeping into local communities like the Poconos, making the lifesaving work of ambulance ...
By Matthew Perrone The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that a blood thinner from Johnson & Johnson appears to reduce ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A middle-aged man arrives by ambulance at an emergency room at a small hospital 60 miles away from Chattanooga. Abruptly, he ...
The AP Planner SAN FRANCISCO — Armando Rodriguez expected to be arraigned following his 15 May arrest for allegedly failing to take his tuberculosis (TB) medicine and thereby ...
The Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C. — Days after giving birth to twins, a South Carolina mother has been hospitalized for what doctors say is a rare flesh-eating infection. ...
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press CHICAGO — An antibiotic widely used for bronchitis and other common infections seems to increase chances for sudden deadly heart ...
The Ballarat Courier VICTORIA, Australia — A man mistakenly declared dead by paramedics after a horrific car smash has walked out of hospital. Daniel Huf, who was pronounced ...
The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Doctors say a young woman fighting a flesh-decaying bacteria she contracted after a zip line accident remains in critical condition. ...
Prehospital providers will tell you "it's different out there" and you need to become familiar with that difference, which means you need to go out there if you have never done ...
The Albuquerque Journal ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Heart attack patients are half as likely to suffer cardiac arrest or death if paramedics give them an intravenous solution of ...
By Ryan May Handy The GazetteCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs Fire Chief Rich Brown plans to turn several southeast fire stations into basic preventive-care clinics ...
The Associated Press ATLANTA — An organ donation group says more than 100,000 people used a new Facebook feature the first day to declare they are donors. The new option was ...
By Aerin Curtis The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Local teens looking for a new buzz may be turning to hand sanitizer. There have been stories for several years ...
The Associated Press RED WING, Minn. — The son of a Minnesota woman says confusion about a rash she believes was caused by bed bugs prompted officials to keep passengers on ...
As a health care provider, I can see the pros and cons of providing naloxone to narcotic abusers so that the chances of an accidental overdose can be mitigated. Naloxone only acts ...
By Denise Lavoie The Associated Press WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — Steve Wohlen lay on his front lawn, blue, unconscious and barely breathing, overdosing on heroin. His mother ...
Self experimentation has led to many important medical discoveries over the years. Even on a local level, self experimentation can be useful to the instructor, for example, one ...
The States News Service WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a public hearing to consider making naloxone more available outside of ...
By Don Sapatkin The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — Richard Gessner saved a guy just last month. It was in an abandoned patch of Philadelphia woods, far from a phone. ...
