Two semis and a school bus were involved in West Virginia crash that sent nine children to hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The accident occurred at around 7 am on August 26, 2014, near the intersection of Cornstalk Road and U.S. 35 in a rural area northwest of Southside, WV. According to…
School has only been in session a short while and already there have been school bus accidents with injuries. Most recently in Point Pleasant, West Virginia (WV) a tractor-trailer caused a chain reaction crash. The driver of the tractor trailer was behind another tractor trailer who was behind a school bus near the U.S. Route…
Having a child who suffers a serious injury or illness that requires surgery is nerve wracking and terrifying for parents. Thanks to new technology at Boston Children’s Hospital, doctors now can perform practice surgeries with replicas of their patients’ body parts before ever putting the child to sleep on the operating table. Though the hospital…
If you’ve ever suffered from a urinary tract infection then you know the pain associated with the condition. A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection in any part of your urinary system, your kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. Most infections involve the lower urinary tract, the bladder and the urethra. A new study shows…
Patients who have to have their blood monitored for health reasons often dread the finger stick that accompanies it. So when German pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim introduced Pradaxa, a new blood thinner that did not require blood monitoring, many patients were pleased. Boehringer Ingelheim introduced Pradaxa in 2010 as a replacement for the older drug…