MASSILLON, Ohio — As the temperatures drop across Northeast Ohio and we begin to crank up the heat and flip on our space heaters—fire safety is on the minds of many. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, at least 1,800 home fire deaths have already happened so far this year. More than 100 occurred here … Read more
The New Orleans EMS administered blood to a woman shot on Bourbon Street Sunday morning while she was still in the street. They say this is a rare ability for EMS services across the country and saves lives. Thomas Mauro was the paramedic who gave her the blood using a Lifeflow device. He was able … Read more
Imagine having your life on the line and asking total strangers to save your life. That’s what someone in need of an organ transplant does every day. As a wife, mom and kindergarten teacher, Jackie Rothermich has had a full life. But last year, Jackie needed someone to help save her life.She recorded and posted … Read more
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When someone collapses in front of witnesses, the chances of receiving potentially lifesaving CPR may partly depend on the color of their skin, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when Black and Hispanic Americans suffer cardiac arrest, they are up to 37% … Read more
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — “Super floods” in Pakistan have left 3.4 million children in need of “immediate, lifesaving support,” according to UNICEF. The floods – caused by record monsoon rains and dubbed by one minister as “the worst humanitarian disaster in a decade” – have impacted 16 million children in total, UNICEF’s Pakistan Representative Abdullah … Read more
Description: Skip Bayless shares the story of the last sports bet he ever made, when he put money on a football game between Vanderbilt and Ole Miss as a college student in 1973. Source link
A Tennessee family is hoping their fight to get a lifesaving medical device for their son highlights the need for doctors — and not insurance companies — to make crucial health care decisions. The boy, 7-year-old Decker Sharp, is smart, athletic, funny and gives the best hugs, his mother told CBS News. But Decker was … Read more
Doctors at a leading private hospital here on Friday flagged the potential threat a ‘Chinese manjha’ — glass-coated thread used largely for kite-flying — poses to people as they presented cases of two women patients who recently underwent life-saving surgeries after accidentally sustaining severe injuries from it in streets. One of the two patients, … Read more
Aug. 1, 2022 – Evusheld, the medication used to prevent COVID-19 infection in patients at high risk, has issues. Namely, supplies of the potentially lifesaving drug outweigh demand. At least 7 million people who are immunocompromised could benefit from it, as could many others who are having cancer treatment, have had a transplant, or are … Read more
ROSLYN, Long Island (WABC) — A 9-year-old girl from Ukraine got surgery Wednesday that could change her life forever. St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center and Gift of Life Long Island partnered together to provide the life-changing heart surgery to 9-year-old Polina Shchepaniak. She needed surgery to fix a hole between the two upper chambers … Read more