CHICAGO (AP) — A new study suggests efforts to improve patient safety and reduce preventable health care linked infections in hospitals are meeting with success, especially for children.
Modern medicine has been known to perform the impossible, including resuscitate people on the edge of death. Now doctors will be able to wow us even more since they’ll soon have the ability to keep people alive even if they’ve stopped breathing.
There’s an old joke that says nothing is more frightening than Googling the symptoms of an illness. You may only have a runny nose, but within a few minutes, you could find “proof” you’ve contracted some rare and incurable tropical disease.
So what’s the best way to find out more about what ails you?
It’s not uncommon for diabetics or individuals with severe allergies to wear bracelets alerting medical personnel of such if they’re unable to do so themselves. But since bracelets can fall off or break, some people are turning to something much more permanent: tattoos.
Utica, NY (WIBX) - St. Elizabeth Medical Center is hosting a joint celebration, education program at their Medical Arts Building Wednesday, September 21st.