Doctor Gets Pulled for Jeopardy, Wins $24,000
BURBANK, CA - Steven Lowell was bummed that in the early hours of his off day, he got pulled for jeopardy. Lucky for Lowell...
CDC Warning: Dangerous “Dry Humping” Bug Found in Lower U.S.
ATLANTA, GA - The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has identified a new insect vector that is rampantly spreading disease in the southern portions...
Patients Unable to Pay Hospital Bill Can Stay and Do Scut Work Instead
WILMINGTON, DE—With no end in sight to the national healthcare debate, one community hospital in Wilmington, DE is experimenting with a new way for...
This Day in Medical History: John Hancock Co-Signs the Declaration of Independence
THIS DAY IN MEDICAL HISTORY, 1776 - On this day in both medical and American history, the President of the Second Continental Congress, John...
ICD-10 to Include Code for ‘Dr. Oz Says,’ Automatic Trigger for Level 5 Visit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The ICD-10 has recently added a last minute section to include codes for an epidemic that has been creeping into US...
Katy Perry Admits Her Song ‘Firework’ is Really About Fireworks Safety
LOS ANGELES, CA - Thinking of no better time than the Fourth of July to come out with the news, pop sensation Katy Perry...
Respiratory Therapist Tom Brady Fired for Underinflating ET Tubes
BOSTON, MA – Tom Brady, a veteran respiratory therapist at Foxboro Hospital, was fired yesterday as he was caught by an eyewitness underinflating endotracheal (ET)...
Intern Kills Patient, Earns EMR’s Admiration
BOSTON, MA - Dr. Earnest DeYoung, a promising intern at Backwater Junction General Medical Center, admitted Mildred Dweendles to intensive care late Friday night....
Nurse confines fidgety med student in OR to Bouncy Seat
Phoenix, AZ: In what can only be described as an act of creative desperation, circulating nurse Susan Bremington found a novel way of dealing...
American Cancer Society: Start Colon Cancer Screening at Embryogenesis
ATLANTA, GA - Most people should start colon cancer screening not at age 50 as previously recommended but at embryogenesis the American Cancer Society...