Michigan baby facing life-threatening disease similar to Charlie Gard's diagnosis A 4-month-old Michigan boy diagnosed with a life-threatening disease similar to what 11-month-old Charlie Gard faced is in a race against time, as his parents seek to raise enough funds for an experimental treatment in Boston.
Oversupply of pain pills after surgery helps fuel opioid epidemic Reuters Health - More than two-thirds of surgery patients in a recent study had prescription opioids left over after they recovered from their operations, and the vast majority failed to safely store or dispose of the often misused and abused pills, researchers say.
Newly approved MS drug changing treatment landscape Believe it or not, until 1993 there was no treatment available for multiple sclerosis (MS), with doctors turning to steroids to manage patients’ symptoms.
Back to school: How to avoid scabies infection in children Right about now, you’re getting the kids ready for going back to school.
New pilot program puts nurses in the 911 response chair Nurses in Las Vegas are stepping out of the hospital room and into the fire and rescue dispatch center.
Patient at center of Utah nurse's high-profile arrest dies Authorities say a hospital patient at the center of a disputed blood draw that led to a Utah nurse's high-profile arrest has died.
Nurse helps deliver baby after woman goes into labor at Target A labor and delivery nurse quickly switched from leisurely shopper to on-duty medic when a woman suddenly went into labor inside the Target store she was visiting.
DEA proposes cutting production of some opioid painkillers The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Friday proposed a 20 percent reduction in the manufacture of certain commonly prescribed opioid painkillers next year.
For older breast cancer survivors, unclear when to stop mammograms Reuters Health - Older breast cancer survivors who may not live long enough to benefit from routine mammograms are still often getting them, while some who do have more years ahead are not being screened, according to a U.S. study.
28,000 jogging strollers recalled over potential fall risk Delta Children’s Products has issued a recall for 28,000 of its “J is for Jeep” brand cross-country all-terrain jogging strollers over concerns that they can break and possibly injure children.
