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
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.
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.
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.
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."
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…
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…
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…
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…
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":
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]
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]
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]
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…
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" in …
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…
Update on the story of the woman who died on the floor of the ER waiting room
A second-grader in NY was suspended after she wore a shirt with the slogan: "N the 'N' Word" and "It's time!" because the principal felt the shirt was "overly inflammatory." • Apparently there is a disease out there called "uncombable hair syndrome" which is basically the human version of Barbie hair. • Loss of chub in cheeks…
