Despite the risk of fewer complications and less pain, U.S. hospitals are not using minimally invasive surgeries as often as they should, according to a study reported in a recent NBC News article. A survey of 1,051 U.S. hospitals in 45 states found that while 71...
Vials of the smallpox virus found at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland are raising questions over how they went unnoticed for so long, according to a recent CBS News article. Six glass vials were found to contain smallpox DNA, although health...
More people have been diagnosed with mumps in Ohio in 2014 than in the entire United States last year, according to a recent NBC News article. Health officials say there have been 439 cases statewide of the contagious infection as of June 24, as opposed to 438 in the...
The dangerous consequences of sports-related blows to the head include many long-term and debilitating burdens, as described by many former athletes and detailed in a recent CBS News article. All too often young athletes feel they are invincible and immune to any sort...
The state of Ohio ranks 44th nationwide when it comes to the quality of long-term services, including home care, support for family caregivers, and nursing homes, according to a new report. The AARP, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN Foundation evaluated how...
The organ transplant policy for pediatric patients is getting permanently tweaked thanks to a family's successful fight to get a lung transplant for their dying 10-year-old daughter last spring, according to ABC News. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation...
For the first time, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended a specific brand of flu vaccine for kids aged 2 to 8 - the needle-free vaccine - according to NBC News. The ACIP advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which can...
New 3-D technologies may be able to improve the accuracy of breast cancer scans and resolve some of the controversy around screening, according to NBC News. It has been argued that mammography could be doing more harm than good because of the many false positives that...
The results of two new medical studies may mean significant changes for how patients are monitored and treated following a stroke, according to The New York Times. More than a half-million Americans every year have an ischemic stroke, the most common form,...
As the negligent care of Veterans Affairs health facilities continues to be exposed nationwide, a local health center in Kentucky is finding that it is not in the clear either, according to The Courier-Journal. Patricia Mahaun, a 26-year veteran of the Air...
