General Hospitals

Mental health cases tax police, emergency workers (AP)

By LISA RATHKE, Associated Press Writer Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Writer – 9 mins ago BURLINGTON, Vt. – Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown....

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Rotator Cuff Rehabilitation Might Be Simpler Than You Think

of all rotator cuff damage. I managed to tear my cuff quite badly, lifting some furniture that was too heavy. I rather stupidly lifted with my left arm completely straight, putting all the weight on my shoulder. Pop...That was...

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'I've got cancer and this is a wig,' I told my soldier hero Mike Lockett when I first met him. He...

Courageous: Mike Lockett serving in Afghanistan It was the night before her hair was due to be shaved off and, instead of feeling sorry for herself, Belinda English had a party in a Belfast pub. As Belinda took off her wig to...

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International Sports Star Undergoes Surgery, Regains Sight At UAB After Training Disaster

Baljit Singh was looking forward to 2010. The premier event in professional field hockey, the World Cup, is to be hosted in his native India next year. And Singh, 28, was the goalie on the Indian National Team. He was...

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Holmes hospital flags hacked e-mail

Hynes drops re-election bid amid patient privacy worries BY JEFF SCHWEERS • FLORIDA TODAY • November 21, 2009 A power struggle at Brevard County's largest hospital has taken a serious turn with allegations that the chief of the...

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Picking the Best and Safest Hemorrhoid Treatment - Know the Facts

Those who are suffering from hemorrhoid need not worry about being at it for long. Quite a lot of hemorrhoid treatment methods are available today at your convenience -- utilizing modern medical techniques or through natural...

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19th Century Advances in Medicine

Increasing Hygiene, Reducing Suffering In the 19th century, it was possible for whole families to die from diseases such as cholera, typhoid and smallpox and giving birth was a risk for both mother and child Surgery was an...

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Argentine singer recovering after heart and lung transplant

Buenos Aires, Nov 21, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Argentine singer-songwriter and actor Sandro is "stable" and recovering "favorably" from the complex surgery of a heart and lung transplant, the artist's doctors said Saturday....

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A short update on my wife’s health

A note for those who may be following the travails of my wife’s surgeries. About three weeks ago, my wife was having some recurrent discomfort with her digestion. Her GI doctor ordered CT scans and thought he saw a condition...

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Science makes strange bedfellows

It's an unlikely partnership - a cardiothoracic surgeon and a mechanical engineer whose forte is designing tyres. But the two have teamed up and cracked a problem that has puzzled cardiologists across the globe for decades -...

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