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Hundreds of people are being drawn to a Catholic hospital in Springfield by what they say looks like an image of the Virgin Mary in a window.
A former hospital executive was convicted Monday of buying the influence of a Rhode Island lawmaker, while his former colleague was found not guilty of similar charges.
A fire broke out early Monday at one of Britain’s biggest children’s hospitals, injuring four firefighters and forcing the hospital’s cardiac wing to evacuate.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, who is being treated for brain cancer, has been taken to a hospital near his Cape Cod vacation home after complaining of feeling ill.
Two University of New Mexico Hospital employees have been fired for using their cell phone cameras to take photos of patients receiving treatment and then posting the images to a social networking Web site.
The son of former Boston mayor and ambassador to the Vatican Raymond Flynn says his father is undergoing medical tests after collapsing at a speaking engagement.
Some 55 prostate cancer patients were given too-low doses of radiation treatment at the local Veterans Affairs hospital in the past six years, and federal investigators want to know why.
Hospital officials in France say a 59-year-old woman has given birth to triplets after going abroad to get donated eggs.
A hospital in Toledo says one of its patients leaped through a 5th-floor window, landing on an emergency room roof four stories below.
Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations in which patients died from various mishaps such as an improperly inserted tube and a ventilator that wasn’t turned on. Other violations include surgical tools left inside patients after surgery.
Paris Hilton is not all that bad after all. Following her grandfather’s footsteps for charitable donations, Paris has donated a lump sum to the Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles. Though the hospital authorities refused to disclose the amount...
Korea based Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute has developed a mobile phone system for elderly people, which can sense if they have fallen. The new sensor system will also inform family members and medical providers about their...
Nintendo has certainly proven their dedication towards their young fans and are showing even more support by teaming up with Starlight to create a customized version of their Fun Center for bedridden hospitalized children. With the use of the Wiimote,...
Amy Winehouse fainted at her home and was rushed to a hospital by her father. However, she recovered just in few minutes and was supported by her assistant when she was going to collapse. She was admitted to the hospital for precautionary measures and...
If we can have one for our car, one for our locker and one for our home, why not one for the baby? New ‘baby alarms’ are making waves in Scandinavian hospitals following a series of infant kidnappings. In the past few months, Norway had been a...
New mommy Jennifer Lopez has reportedly taken her newborn twins back home after being released from the Long Island’s North Shore University Hospital on Monday. The renowned Hollywood actress/singer gave birth to the twins (a girl and a boy, who...
A robotic doctor will soon be seen in action giving facial massages to people. With steely arms sprouting cables and wires, the WAO-1 robot looks nothing like a relaxation device but researchers at Tokyo’s Waseda University hope the contraption will...
Beyonce Knowles performed recently performed at St.Louis, Missouri, US. But, things didn’t go that well in the concert. The accident happened on Sunday night just as the R&B concert started. What was the cause? Well, the answer is fireworks. Part...
A Spanish hospital has successfully transplanted a 63-year old man’s right hand onto his left arm, varying the location of the thumb in the process.
The unidentified man had lost his left hand in an accident about 40 years ago and suffered...
Staffing and cot shortages in the hospitals of the UK are one of major problems posing risk to the lives of newborn babies.
In the UK, one in eight babies needs to be looked after in a neonatal unit at some point, and about 17,000 babies a year...
In this Dec. 3, 2007, file photo, Robert Urciuoli, former president and chief executive of Roger Williams Medical Center in Rhode Islannd, leaves Federal Court in Boston, after an appeals hearing. A federal jury in Providence, R.I., convicted Urciuoli on...
