The Perils of Needles to the Body
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Health officials say they are increasingly worried about the health risks posed by tattoos and body piercings.
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A âpoisonous cocktailâ of many drugs can interact in dangerous ways and cause side effects that can be far worse than the diseases they are treating.
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A device that projects an enhanced image of the underlying veins onto the skin could avoid botched injection attempts, scientists believe.
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An antibiotic-resistant germ is increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise healthy children and adults. That&#39;s according to two of several
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NEW YORK  - A pin suspension system used to  keep an artificial lower-leg in place can disrupt circulation  within the remaining limb, leading to skin sores, investigators  report. They suggest prostheses that use suction attachment are  a better choice.
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When Dr. Robert Wachter&#39;s wife underwent surgery in October to donate a kidney to a friend, her chief anxiety, he said, was &quot;the possibility that she might be killed by a medical mistake.
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NEW YORK  - Women who use a contraceptive patch appear to be more than twice as likely to develop a dangerous blood clot in their veins as those who use an oral contraceptive, new research shows.
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Patients with serious injuries are put at risk by untested and potentially dangerous treatments, experts say.
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Paramedics, it turns out, face a high risk of being injured on the job.
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New guidelines are warning people of the dangers of not choosing their plastic surgeons carefully enough.
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Patients going under the knife face a significant risk of becoming the victim of a medical error involving medication, according to a report being released today.
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Healthcare workers who handle patients with hard-to-find veins are getting a little help from a new device that offers something like X-ray vision to make precise needle sticks.
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People having full body scans to find potential health problems may wind up creating one, researchers suggest. Radiation from computed tomography, or CT, scans will result in a modest increase in the risk
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Chinese surgeons will try to remove 23 needles from a woman that doctors believe may have been imbedded under her skin by grandparents trying to kill her so that a baby boy might take her place.
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The death of Christopher Reeve illustrated something that those who live with paralysis know all too well: for quadriplegics, infection is Public Enemy No. 1.
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The road to riches can go through the eye of a needle.
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Those strangers waiting at the doctorâs office may share a pain that others canât understand.