Mobile hospitals to treat drunks
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Doctors and nurses are setting up mobile casualty units to deal with drunk and injured revellers.
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ATLANTA Emory University Hospital in Atlanta is telling more than 500 patients they may have been exposed to a fatal brain disease though the actual risk is &quot;remote.
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One of Australia&#39;s biggest hospitals, Royal Melbourne, is contacting 1056 people who have undergone brain or spinal surgery in the past 18 months after a patient died this year of the rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
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NEW YORK  - Many people with alcohol  dependence are able to recover completely, sometimes without  formal treatment. Some may even be able to drink occasionally  without relapsing, new study findings show.
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Amy Winehouse, beset by allegations of substance abuse, entered a rehabilitation facility Thursday to battle drug addiction
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As New York's population ages, several hospitals use house calls to improve care.
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London/La Jolla (pts) - Scientists at London&#39;s Hammersmith Hospital http://www.hhnt.org are testing the use of adult stem cells, which could reverse cirrhosis of the liver.
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An innovative navigation system uses optical signals from hospital lights to guide patients with traumatic brain injuries around hospitals.
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NTT Go-NoGo 3GSM Japanese transport firms are using mobile phone technology to prevent drunk drivers from starting their shifts.â¦
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Children as young as eight years old are being treated for alcohol and substance abuse in Northern Ireland.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - Overworked, sleepy  doctors-in-training who hit the road after work are as much a  hazard as drunk drivers, a finding that could unleash a wave of  lawsuits against U.S. hospitals, a researcher warned on  Wednesday.
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Landstuhl is the biggest U.S. military hospital overseas, and its doctors also treat soldiers with non-combat injuries and illnesses.
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By Amelia Nielson-Stowell Deseret Morning News  A controversial group home in Sandy can now increase the number of drug- and alcohol-addicted patients treated at their neighborhood facility, much to the ire of local residents.
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At St. Luke's Hospital, each of the 14 new neurology intensive care rooms has a feature that's becoming standard in the health care industry: a patient lift system that can handle 600 pounds.
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Because of a shortage of beds at Maryland psychiatric hospitals, a growing number of patients, including many who are involuntarily committed, are spending days in emergency rooms, often in violation of a state law that mandates that they be placed at a comprehensive care facility within 30 hours of...
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A collection of drunken rats is helping University of North Carolina researchers understand how brains repair themselves after chronic drinking &#151; and possibly find new ways to help alcoholics recover full mental capacity.
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BAGHDAD -- In a city with few real refuges from sectarian violence -- not government offices, not military bases, not even mosques -- one place always emerged as a haven: a hospital .