In this week's BMJ, two cardiologists from the Royal Free Hospital in London suggest the evidence base is strong for changing the way people who have had a cardiac arrest outside hospital are treated. The British Heart Foundation recently stated that the number of people dying from cardiac...
Kim Kardashian's BFF was spotted bringing her and her new baby girl flowers and presents on Saturday. Brittny Gastineau, along with her mom Lisa, extended their excitement to the new...
Oh man, you guys, this is sad news. Paris Jackson, daughter of the late Michael Jackson, was apparently rushed to the hospital early this morning, and TMZ has a source claiming that it was an attempted suicide. According to them, the 911 call came in at 1:27am, with the caller allegedly...
To comply with a statewide “fair pricing” law, hospitals throughout California have significantly lowered prices to uninsured patients, with nearly all even going beyond the state mandate and offering free care to those below the poverty line, according to a USC study published today in Health...
Using germ-killing soap and ointment on all intensive-care unit (ICU) patients can reduce bloodstream infections by up to 44 percent and significantly reduce the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in ICUs. A new Department of Health and Human Services-funded study...
In ICU patients who have septic shock, the anatomic source of infection has a strong effect on the chances of survival, according to a new study from researchers in Canada. "Understanding the local infection source in patients with septic shock may influence treatment strategies and clinical...
Massachusetts' healthcare reform didn't result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs, according to data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. The findings were true even among safety-net hospitals, which often...
A new study shows that pediatric nurse staffing ratios are significantly associated with hospital readmission for children with common medical and surgical conditions. The study, led by a nurse scientist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, is believed to be the first to examine the...
Would it be really great if in the future - and tell me how much this will interests you, that they will discover that there is a way to revive even the dead people that what the hospital people have never done or thought of (to do) before (of anything that they can do to keep him/her alive)?
Electroencephalogram (EEG), which measures and records electrical activity in the brain, is a quick and efficient way of determining whether seizures are the cause of altered mental status (AMS) and spells, according to a study by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco. The...
Kelly Osbourne Out of the Hospital With "Clean Bill of Health" After Suffering Seizur
Great news for Kelly Osbourne and family! "After a five-day hospital stay, Kelly Osbourne has returned home and has been given a clean bill of health by her doctor," her rep...
On Thursday afternoon, the NBA world received some bad news. Dr. Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers since 1979, has spent time in intensive care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as he receives treatment for cancer. Although Dr. Buss has taken on fewer responsibilities in recent...
In a study designed to see if doctors who are told the exact price of expensive medical tests like MRIs in advance would order fewer of them, Johns Hopkins researchers got their answer: No. In a report published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, the researchers found...
No matter on which side of the personhood issue you fall, Catholic Health Initiatives -- the nonprofit behind Colorado's St. Thomas More Hospital along with about 170 other facilities across the country -- does not come across well in this situation. The Catholic hospital chain claims to...
In today's Kate Middleton pregnancy news: The Duchess of Cambridge is out of the hospital and looking healthy, and we have to say–we're relieved. Her release just four days after being admitted to King Edward VII hospital for Hyperemesis gravidarum (otherwise known as acute or severe morning...
Moving forward in the competition can really get to your head. Dancing With the Stars: All Star Melissa Rycroft was sent to a Los Angeles hospital Sunday afternoon after suffering a head...