Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen looks at why a new study is telling men to avoid prostate exams.
My patient one day, a spry 80-year-old, started to cough and feel short of breath during a blood transfusion: classic signs of a transfusion reaction. I stopped her IV, but she needed a steroid to bring her breathing back to normal.
In class, Eric Ostendorf fidgeted in his seat and constantly kicked his knees up for exercise. He'd ask to go to the restroom, where he would do 45 chin-ups using the bar between the stall walls.
Four days after giving birth, amped up on a combination of hormones and anxiety, I gathered together what was left of my stomach muscles and wrenched myself out of bed. Throwing on a bathrobe, I dragged myself to the neonatal intensive care unit.
A statin can be a lifesaver if you're at risk of heart disease, but some people who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs -- up to 20 percent, by some estimates -- have to stop because of muscle pain, the most common side effect. (Nearly 30 million people filled a statin prescription in 2005, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Statins include popular drugs such as Crestor, Lipitor, and Zocor.)
One out of three Americans under 65 went without health insurance at some point during 2007 and 2008, according to a report released Wednesday.
One out of three Americans under 65 were without health insurance at some point during 2007 and 2008, according to a report released Wednesday.
The first national patient-satisfaction survey suggest U.S. hospitals have a ways to go.
During the first seven years of their relationship, Judy Kelly doesn't remember her boyfriend, Bill Horrisberger, ever going to a doctor.
Every year in the United States an estimated 15 million people have surgery and every one of them runs the risk of complications.
Surgery risks
updated: Mon Jan 14 2008 12:28:00
Going under the knife is not risk-free, as CNN's Judy Fortin reports in this Health Minute.
Take this list of questions with you when you go to your doctor or surgeon to discuss your surgery:
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a new study that shows the uninsured are more likely to die of cancer within 5 years.
When Jean Horgan complained of heart palpitations, her doctor told her it was just nerves.
CNNMoney: How to survive the ERupdated: Mon Nov 21 2005 15:36:00
Funny thing about emergencies: you don't see them coming.
Spring is here, and as a winter-weary nation resumes outdoor activities like golfing and gardening, a resounding cry can be heard throughout the land: Oh, my aching back!
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