Government health officials are investigating several health problems reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.
Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.
The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.
The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.
The overall health of Americans isn't improving much, with about six in 10 people either overweight or obese and large numbers engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising.
The overall health of Americans isn't improving much, with about six in 10 people either overweight or obese and large numbers engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising.
Although spring arrived late this year in parts of the United States, the summer allergy season will still be strong, according to a sinus expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Although spring arrived late this year in parts of the United States, the summer allergy season will still be strong, according to a sinus expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Kids who eat fast food at least twice a week are 50 percent less likely to use calorie and nutritional information than kids who eat fast food less often.
Kids who eat fast food at least twice a week are 50 percent less likely to use calorie and nutritional information than kids who eat fast food less often.
The American Cancer Society, which is celebrating on Wednesday a century of fighting a disease once viewed as a death sentence, is making a pledge to put itself out of business.
The American Cancer Society, which is celebrating on Wednesday a century of fighting a disease once viewed as a death sentence, is making a pledge to put itself out of business.
In the aftermath of this week's deadly tornado, many people in Oklahoma are not only struggling to care for children and relatives, but also their pets.
In the aftermath of this week's deadly tornado, many people in Oklahoma are not only struggling to care for children and relatives, but also their pets.
Imagine being in a surgery, and having doctors who are hundreds of miles away be a part of it. That's the idea behind tele-medicine.
Tele-medicine is slowly finding it's place in the world of medicine. One high-tech video-system allowed doctors in Massachusetts to assist in an operation being performed in the South Pole.
Meteorologist Dar Gibson was working at a weather station at the South Pole when he ruptured a tendon in his knee. But weather conditions were way too dangerous to fly Gibson out for the surgery he would need to repair the damaged tendon. Luckily, doctors from Mass General Hospital in Boston were able to help.
Through video-conferencing, the physicians were able to lead a doctor already stationed at the South Pole, through the operation, thousands of miles away. Dr. Bertram Zarins says, "We had a few dropouts in the satellite and we had to work on the camera angles, getting the proper views and getting the cameras in the right place. Dr. Vicki Modest says, "It was very exciting, but it was odd not to be able to lay my hands on the patient and get a feel for what was going on.
Even though the Antarctica program has used video links to assist in medical procedures before, this is the first time it's used tele-medicine for surgery. Dr. Zarins hopes that this success of this operation will encourage more physicians to use this new technology. "I think there will be more telemedicine, not necessarily surgery. We'll be able to assist people in remote areas. It perhaps opens a lot of people eyes, saying let's utilize this technology," Dr. Modest says.
As for the patient, Dar Gibson is said to be doing just fine and thanks to the existence of tele-surgery, he's expected to regain full function of his knee.
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