NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A woman sued a Connecticut hospital Tuesday, saying she was severely injured when she fell off an operating table after surge...
Cyrus Saatsaz | Posted 04.04.2012
Moving all of your belongs 500 miles can be an arduous task to say the least.
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.09.2012
You know what we have yet to see? A poll of the workers affected. Not a single "woman on the street" interview, not a single union representative, not a single spokesperson for the women themselves.
MeiMei Fox | Posted 03.13.2012
This past December, I returned to Kolkata for the first time since 2004, this time with my husband, Kiran. Here is our story -- Kiran's photographs, my words -- of poverty, inspirational people, and, ultimately, hope.
Don McNay | Posted 02.29.2012
-I hope this letter finds it way to you. -R. Dean Taylor (Indiana Wants Me ) I had a health scare over the past several weeks, which included a co...
Posted 12.09.2011
Nearly 90 people were killed when a fire engulfed patients at a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, with officials accusing senior staff o...
AP | Posted 12.20.2011
BEIJING — A toddler who was twice run over by vans and then ignored by passers-by on a busy market street died Friday a week after the accident ...
CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.18.2011
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - A review is underway at a Niagara Falls hospital after an elderly patient fell at the facility and was told to call an ambulance...
Julie Halpert | Posted 12.05.2011
If you're a sick patient and you don't have an advocate for your care -- a squeaky wheel who will interrogate nurses and seek out doctors to get the story -- you're at a huge disadvantage.
Posted 11.13.2011
A suburban Chicago hospital will be the first in the state to host a new vending machine that offers 24-hour access to prescription drugs. The vend...
Katherine Marshall | Posted 11.05.2011
"Responsibility is a difficult thing. Most people prefer to accept a common code of behavior that takes from them the need to make choices and leaves them simply with the obligation to obey ... "
Jenna Benn | Posted 10.26.2011
As I was celebrating my sixth and final round of treatment, you were learning to accept that this was also your finish line. This was your final round -- there were no further treatments that could save you.
AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 10.12.2011
WASHINGTON -- One day monitoring a patient's vital signs like temperature and heart rate could be a simple as sticking on a tiny, wireless patch, sort...
Stu Kreisman | Posted 09.04.2011
The past week a member of my family had a medical emergency. One gets to thinking and reevaluating priorities when faced with family crisis like this.
Toni Nagy | Posted 11.17.2011
In order to make the decision to have an old school birthing experience, you have to substitute fear for curiosity.
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 06.16.2011
Do you think that God gave us the knowledge to be able to create these technologies, and then, as humans are want to do, we use them way beyond their original intent?
AP | Posted 06.04.2011
AUSTIN, Texas -- An Austin woman who authorities say was caught on tape smearing human feces on her then-3-year-old daughter's IV catheter was sentenc...
Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011
Edie Falco gave such a stunning performance as Carmela Soprano in the HBO series that little did we know her next great role was just around the corner.
Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011
To the thousands of midwives who hold hands, comfort hearts, wipe tears, share smiles, and grow families, you have my undying respect and appreciation forever.
Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011
In what I fear will become a series with more sequels than "Rocky," I had my second kidney stone.
Charles Annenberg Weingarten | Posted 05.25.2011
All over the world, the Marley name has become synonymous with reggae music, rastafari, Jamaica and the ideals of love, hope, justice and unity.
Posted 05.25.2011
One day after he was revealed to have implored Washington to launch military strikes against iran, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah finds himself at the e...
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Though Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is among the most common medical problems in the country, it's not a disease you're likely to find celebrities speaking out for.
Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011
I will never be in a NASCAR pit crew, mainly because my automotive skills are the pits, but I do know that when it comes to car care, it's never too late to be oily.
Posted 05.25.2011
In a case that seems lifted from a Wes Craven movie script, eight Italian doctors have been slapped with jail time for carrying out 83 unnecessary ope...
AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 05.22.2012