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Sabotage Blamed for Hospital Deaths

2 die in UK hospital after drips tampered with

(Newser) - Police fear that a killer member of staff could be on the loose in a British hospital. After a nurse noticed that several patients had unexpectedly low blood sugar levels, the hospital found that vials of intravenous saline solution appeared to have been injected with insulin. A dozen patients were...

Doctors' Required Reading: Fairy Tales

The Brothers Grimm have some insights to share

(Newser) - Doctors can memorize stack upon stack of clinical textbooks, but they should keep at least a few fairy tales on hand. Valerie Gribben—a medical student and author of The Fairytale Trilogy—says that in her work, she draws just as much from the Brothers Grimm as she does Gray'...

Big Tobacco Beats Hospital Lawsuit
Big Tobacco Beats
Hospital Lawsuit
Apr 30, 2011 7:30 AM CDT

Big Tobacco Beats Hospital Lawsuit

Landmark Missouri suit fails

(Newser) - It was a "case of David versus Goliath," as hospitals took on tobacco companies in Missouri, a hospital lawyer says—and Goliath won. A jury decided yesterday that tobacco companies aren't liable for money spent on patients with tobacco-related illnesses who can't pay their bills, reports...

Hands-Free Faucets Have More Bacteria: Study

Johns Hopkins Hospital removes all electronic faucets after finding

(Newser) - Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has removed all of its electronic hands-free faucets, and suggests that other hospitals consider doing the same, after a study discovered that—whoops—they’re actually less hygienic than old-fashioned manual ones. The study examined water samples from all Johns Hopkins' taps, and found that...

Contaminated IV Bags Linked to 9 Deaths

Bacteria outbreak hits Alabama hospitals

(Newser) - Intravenous fluid bags contaminated with bacteria are suspected of causing nine deaths at Alabama hospitals. Ten other patients treated with the same product—which has now been pulled off the market—were sickened, AP reports. All the patients were critically ill before receiving the IVs and the deaths have not...

Man Dies in Hospital Parking Lot ...

As police helping him are told to call 911, wait for ambulance

(Newser) - Birgilio Marin-Fuentes drove himself to an Oregon hospital early Thursday morning because he was coughing and couldn’t sleep, and he almost made it—but he crashed his car into a pillar and wall in the medical center parking garage. After 20 minutes, police found him and started CPR, as...

Texas Hospital Under Fire for Booting Illegal Immigrant

Woman with life-threatening tumor told to seek treatment in Mexico

(Newser) - A Texas hospital has sparked a debate on medical ethics after allegedly ejecting a woman who had been admitted for surgery over the fact that she was an illegal immigrant. Maria Sanchez says she had been at the hospital for six days and was being prepared for surgery to remove...

Argentine Falls 23 Stories— and Survives

Cab driver also barely escapes death

(Newser) - An Argentine woman threw herself off a 23rd-story hotel balcony, landing on a cab and totaling it, the AP reports—and somehow managed to survive. The woman, reportedly 30 years old, was rushed to a nearby hospital with broken ribs and internal bleeding. However, despite her 330-foot fall, she is...

Phony Hospital Valet Steals Pregnant Woman's Car

Woman with labor pains gave keys to uniformed man

(Newser) - In her rush to get to the emergency room, a pregnant woman gave her keys to a uniformed man who claimed to be a hospital valet—and he drove off with her car. When the woman, battling labor pains, entered the Massachusetts hospital at 3 am, she learned they had...

Dog Splits Martha Stewart's Lip, She Rips Hospital Wallpaper

French bulldog Francesca 'didn't mean it,' she says

(Newser) - Martha Stewart's lip was split by her French bulldog Francesca when she bent down to "whisper goodbye"—and she ended up in a hospital where she criticized the "dated" wallpaper. "I must have startled her, because she bolted upright with such force that she hit me...

Scientists Slay Superbugs... With Light

Wavelengths cause chemical reaction, researchers find

(Newser) - Scientists have shed light on a new way to kill hospital superbugs like MRSA: literally shed light on them. A set of wavelengths called HINS-light acts by stimulating molecules in the bacteria, causing them to create chemicals that kill the germs. In trials, the process appears far more effective than...

Booze Is on the Menu at Some Hospitals

Sure, the food is gross, but the wine might make up for it

(Newser) - At some hospitals, you just might be able to enjoy a glass of wine alongside your Jell-O and boiled carrots. Indiana’s Parkview Ortho Hospital is the latest to allow patients or family members to bring alcohol in—with doctor’s approval, of course—and it’s not the only...

Women Battle 'Birth Rape'
 Women Battle 'Birth Rape' 
Sep 8, 2010 3:03 AM CDT

Women Battle 'Birth Rape'

Uncaring, brutal exams can traumatize laboring moms

(Newser) - The mothers of the world are mad, and they're not going to take it anymore. A growing movement against "birth rape" is placing institutions on notice that women in labor oppose any vaginal intrusion by "fingers, hands, suction cups, forceps, needles and scissors" without consent, notes the Sydney ...

Zsa Zsa Gabor Unresponsive, Back at Hospital

93-year-old actress found by husband

(Newser) - Another serious setback for Zsa Zsa Gabor: She's back in the hospital after collapsing into an "unresponsive" state, the LA Times reports. The 93-year-old actress was found by her husband, said Gabor's publicist, who did not provide other details. Gabor has been home only two weeks, when she last...

Cheney Likely to Leave Hospital Tomorrow

Daughter Liz says pop's condition much improved

(Newser) - One of Dick Cheney's daughters says the hospitalized former vice president could go home on Monday after receiving medication to treat a fluid buildup related to his aggressive form of heart disease. The 69-year-old, who has had five heart attacks, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on Friday after...

Barbara Bush Out of Hospital
 Barbara Bush Out of Hospital 
Mar 31, 2010 1:53 PM CDT

Barbara Bush Out of Hospital

She may have had relapse of Graves disease

(Newser) - Former first lady Barbara Bush has been released from a Houston hospital, where she underwent tests after being admitted last weekend. Doctors at Methodist Hospital aren't positive, but she might have had a mild relapse of Graves disease, a thyroid condition for which she was treated in 1989. Her doctors...

Howard Stern Sidekick Artie Lange Hospitalized

Troubled comedian canceled numerous December appeareances

(Newser) - Comedian Artie Lange, Howard Stern's volatile sidekick, is in the hospital in New Jersey but hasn't said why. The troubled comic's agent released a statement saying, "We can confirm that Artie is in the hospital. Artie has chosen to keep all information on this matter between him and his...

Battered Berlusconi Leaves Hospital

Doctors tell Italian PM to rest two weeks following attack

(Newser) - A heavily bandaged Silvio Berlusconi left San Raffaele Hospital in Milan today, though doctors told him to get a few weeks rest following his assault. The Italian prime minister waved to the media as he was driven away in his motorcade. Before heading home he was taken to his dentist,...

Rivers Cuomo Recovering Well
 Rivers Cuomo Recovering Well 
Dec 10, 2009 11:54 AM CST

Rivers Cuomo Recovering Well

Weezer frontman still in hospital following crash, but feeling good

(Newser) - Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is still in the hospital following last weekend’s tour bus crash, but his condition’s improving, and the doctors say he’ll probably be released in the next few days. “Yesterday Rivers finally made it onto his feet for the first time since the...

Probe of Radiation ODs Spreads to 4 Sites

Agency suspects brainb scan problem could be nationwide

(Newser) - The FDA has widened a probe into radiation overdoses received during brain scans to include four hospitals, and now suspects the problem could be nationwide. Three hospitals in Los Angeles County and one in Alabama are being investigated after patients received up to eight times the normal amount of radiation...

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