One thousand people at hospital in the UK are being trained in a program that involves wearing a special bariatric suit. » 1/02/14 1:00pm 1/02/14 1:00pm

Late on New Year's Eve, it was reported that Barbara Bush, the 88-year-old former First Lady of the United States, had been admitted to a hospital on Monday for a scarily vague "respiratory related issue." » 1/01/14 12:30pm 1/01/14 12:30pm

Good news for Secretary of State John Kerry and condiment fans across the world: Teresa Heinz Kerry was discharged from a Boston hospital on Saturday, a little less than three weeks after suffering a seizure at her Nantucket home on July 7. The 74-year-old Kerry is expected to make a full recovery after the… » 7/28/13 12:00pm 7/28/13 12:00pm

We haven't heard from Amanda Bynes in a few days — her most recent tweet, on July 19, stated simply, "Drake is gorgeous." But apparently, after allegedly starting a fire in the driveway of someone's house last night, Amanda is now in the hospital on a 5150 hold. » 7/23/13 12:15pm 7/23/13 12:15pm

In "time to stop being jealous of your coworker's idyllic beach vacation photos and appreciate your life even though your mom just broke the coffee maker" news: a maternity hospital in Kenya detains and beats new mothers who can't pay their bills. » 12/28/12 4:30pm 12/28/12 4:30pm

A woman named Kira Reed whose abdomen fucking caught fire during a c-section two years ago failed to win a negligence suit against her obstetrician after a jury in Onodaga County (that would be in New York) state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Dr. Stephen Brown was not actually responsible for prepping the surgery. » 10/28/12 3:30pm 10/28/12 3:30pm

Halle Berry was rushed to the hospital last night after she slipped and hit her head on concrete while shooting upcoming movie The Hive in Los Angeles, co-starring Abigail Breslin. She was taken to Cedars-Sinai around 10 PM and her condition "remains unclear." » 7/18/12 9:00am 7/18/12 9:00am

Given how many times your average toddler falls down during the day, pretty much any object poses some threat to them, but two new studies published in Pediatrics have found that there are a few culprits around the house that are responsible for a huge number of injuries: bottles, pacifiers, and sippy cups posed the… » 5/14/12 11:10am 5/14/12 11:10am

If there was a show called I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant...Because I'm Not, this would be a prime contender for the season premiere: A woman in Barcelona went to the emergency room after suffering from severe abdominal pain, and doctors declared she was pregnant. The woman, whose name is being withheld, says she was… » 3/18/12 9:30pm 3/18/12 9:30pm

The medical establishment doesn't have the best history of being proactive about keeping women healthy, but the problems usually when the disease affects a lady organ—breast cancer, cervical cancer, etc.—but now a major new study has found that women also get the short end of the stick when it comes to treating an… » 2/22/12 12:00pm 2/22/12 12:00pm

Sure, there's the fantasy of a sexy nurse giving you a sponge bath, but would you actually want a hot nurse tending to you in an emergency room? Is attractiveness the number one quality you want in a nurse who's doing things like shoving a catheter up into your gentles or cleaning your gaping head wound? That's… » 2/22/12 10:00am 2/22/12 10:00am

A British hospital is conducting an internal investigation after a job ad on its website concluded with the line, "Usual rubbish about equal opportunities employer etc." The hospital was quick to state that it does not actually consider equal employment opportunity to be "rubbish": » 9/05/11 2:00pm 9/05/11 2:00pm

A British hospital apparently made some bank a few years ago by serving as the setting for a "big-budget" porn movie. The shooting took place on a closed but "fully-equipped" ward — insert jokes about "equipment" here. [Guardian] » 7/06/10 11:40am 7/06/10 11:40am

Jennifer Capriati was rushed to the hospital on Sunday morning with what TMZ is reporting may have been an overdose. Capriati, a former tennis world champ, is in stable condition and "recovering well." [Mirror] » 6/28/10 10:40am 6/28/10 10:40am

Around 2am this morning, an ambulence picked up Josh Hartnett from Chateau Marmont in Hollywood. He said he had abdominal pain, but was seen walking into the ambulance. He was taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital. [TMZ] » 3/30/09 12:20pm 3/30/09 12:20pm

Taiwan now has a Hello Kitty maternity hospital. The sheets, blankets, nurse's uniforms and birth certificates all have the little Sanrio character on them, and the cartoon cat seems to soothe newborns and moms: "Unlike traditional hospitals that are mostly white, I feel this one is pretty good," says brand-new mother… » 12/05/08 2:20pm 12/05/08 2:20pm

A 14-year-old girl from Iowa was returned to her grandparents » 10/10/08 10:20am 10/10/08 10:20am yesterday after they abandoned her at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska on Tuesday to "teach her a lesson." A new law in Nebraska went into effect this summer that would absolve abandonment charges of anyone who leaves an unwanted child…

• The jurors deliberating on the case against Joe "Cat Killer" Petcka are still deadlocked » 9/24/08 5:20pm 9/24/08 5:20pm after 1-1/2 days of deliberation. • A about an English surgery assistant's "fitness to practice" reveals that he cursed at a woman in labor and said "Fucking hell, why can't women in this hospital give birth naturally?" •…

New DNA tests have finally cleared JonBenet Ramsey's family from the 1996 killing, freeing them from the infamous "umbrella of suspicion" from investigators and pretty much everyone on Earth.• A combination of increased Internet time, alcohol consumption, and little sleep can result in "gradual gains in body weight"… » 7/09/08 5:30pm 7/09/08 5:30pm

Britney Spears is super excited to be working with Madonna in a video segment for Madonna's upcoming tour, but she is excited in "a grown up way." What exactly does that mean? Like, she didn't pee her pants or something? • Famous boring person, John Mayer, once hooked up with a fan at one of his concerts. But this was… » 7/09/08 12:45pm 7/09/08 12:45pm