The Associated Press By Marilynn Marchione MICHIGAN — In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life ...
By Monika Scislowska The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — A 33-year-old Polish man received a life-saving total face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a ...
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid ...
When a patient suffering from a stroke arrives at the emergency department, the report from EMS responders sets a series of events in motion based on two particular pieces of ...
The Associated Press NEW YORK — A deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia, health ...
CBC News MONTREAL, Canada — An extremely powerful drug has made its first appearance on Montreal’s black market, and it’s being produced in sordid conditions by ...
The Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — An Arizona State University student who passed out and was left in a wheelchair in a hospital lobby with a Post-it note to tell doctors ...
States News Service TRENTON, N.J. — A bill sponsored by Senator Linda R. Greenstein that would ensure New Jersey’s first responders receive medical care and ...
By Michael Mcfall And Kimball Bennion Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A Unified Fire Authority supervisor has been charged for obtaining drug prescriptions under ...
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman thought he was on the mend after a spider bite followed by an infection. He'd been writing songs with ...
By Rodrique Ngowi The Associated Press BOSTON — A Vermont woman revealed her new face Wednesday, six years after her ex-husband disfigured her by dousing her with ...
For the past decade, the medical community has been encouraging people with the early signs of stroke or myocardial infarction to call for EMS as soon as possible. ...
By Gillian Flaccus The Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. — A woman was convicted Monday of drugging her estranged husband, cutting off his penis and tossing it in the ...
By Brandon Keim Wired.com STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Sam Parnia practices resuscitation medine. In other words, he helps bring people back from the dead — and some return with ...
The Associated Press By Lindsey Tanner BOSTON — Cost of amputating a leg? At least $20,000. Cost of an artificial leg? More than $50,000 for the most high-tech models. Cost ...
By Kerry McDermott Daily Mail SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Scientists working towards developing laboratory-grown livers for transplant have managed to create mini versions of the ...
By Ryan Boyle CNN ROSWELL, Ga. — The severity of the numerous injuries I sustained could have been fatal. The most severe: getting the back of my skull crushed by the impact ...
The Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. — The estranged husband of a woman charged with severing his penis said it was as though his life ended the evening of the attack. ...
Newsmax WASHINGTON — People are less likely to trust and follow the advice of an overweight doctor, according to a new online survey that suggests "weight bias" may ...
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake ...
