Canada's first ambulance for obese patients on call
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Obese patients in Calgary, Alberta, are the first in Canada to have a new ambulance on call specially modified to move them in a dignified and safe way while protecting paramedics from injury.
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Doctors and nurses say mobile casualty units set up to deal with drunk and injured revellers are a success.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD - A day after surgeons reduced the size of his stomach in a nine-hour surgery, Patrick Deuel - who once weighed 1,072 pounds - moved around and even cracked a couple of jokes from his hospital bed, his doctor said Wednesday.
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A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery.
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In a world first, a London hospital fits a patient with a new type of pacemaker to stop regular fainting.
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Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.
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Genizon, a Canadian biotech company, gets an infusion of cash to develop personalized medicine for metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes.
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Emergency calls for ambulances are up by a fifth in some areas, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD A South Dakota man, who recently weighed more than a-half ton, is recovering from obesity surgery. Patrick Deuel had surgery yesterday to reduce the size of his stomach so he can&#39;t eat as much.
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The Ambulance Service says traffic wardens tried to move one of its vehicles during an emergency call.
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A guide for consumers and physicians to maximize health insurance coverage for the growing problem of obesity is scheduled for release Sunday.
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Women who are obese when they are diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are at a greater risk of dying of their disease than women of normal weight.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- Add another cardiovascular problem to the list of life-threatening conditions associated with obesity: atrial fibrillation.
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In the olden days, doctors were on call at all hours, ready to dispense advice over the phone or to make house calls, carrying stethoscopes in their black bags.
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Patients with heart disease are being offered a  treatment with a difference - vibrating trousers.
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Â· Sequencing may help tackle obesity and cancerÂ· Patients could have tests before having children
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The last thing William Somers remembers before passing out from a massive heart attack was the ambulance ride to the hospital. When he woke up, Somers was astonished to learn doctors at Loyola University Medical