Mind and Body - Page 771

November 20, 2014

Do Patients Need to Stay the Night After Stenting?

Some elderly patients getting a heart stent may be able to leave the hospital the same day with no extra risk of complications  

November 20, 2014

Downsides of Cancer Care Rarely Seen in Black Media

Few media stories on cancer venture into issues of death, dying and end-of-life care, and outlets directed at African Americans are particularly unlikely to do so

November 20, 2014

Psychiatric Hospital Patients Hospitalized After Pepper Spray Mishap

Dozens of people were evacuated from a psychiatric hospital in Mesa, Ariz., when police who were trying to coax a runaway patient out of an air vent inadvertently spread toxic fumes throughout the building

November 20, 2014

Pair Hospitalized With Burns After Using Jacuzzi

Two people were taken to a Las Vegas hospital after suffering chlorine burns in a Jacuzzi at Hooters Casino Hotel

November 20, 2014

Study: Heart Attacks Hit Smokers Younger

Smokers tend to suffer heart attacks years earlier than non-smokers, suggests a new study from Michigan.

November 20, 2014

Woman Drinks Two, 2-Liter Bottles of Soda Every Day - For 10 Years

Doctors forced a UK woman to give up her addiction of drinking two, 2-liter bottles of Diet Coke every day

November 20, 2014

World Tuberculosis Cases Decline for First Time

The number of people getting sick with tuberculosis declined last year for the first time, while the death toll reached its lowest level in a decade

November 20, 2014

Woman Suffers Injuries After Drinking 'Jungle Juice'

A nurse was being treated for horrific injuries in an Australian hospital, after she was flown home from Indonesia in a coma brought on by drinking a toxic cocktail that has killed at least four foreigners

November 20, 2014

UNICEF: Almost 2,500 Cholera Deaths in Africa

Almost 2,500 people have died in one of the biggest cholera outbreaks western Africa has ever seen

November 20, 2014

TB Identified at New York School

Health officials have confirmed a case of tuberculosis at Commack High School on Long Island, N.Y.