Denison High School brother and sister, Brandon Wood, 17, and Deanna Wood, 16, recently completed an intense, nine-day training at the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine in Houston.

Having bystanders initiate compression-only CPR after cardiac arrest is at least as effective as using compression plus rescue breathing, according to two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine .

Apparently, suspicion of prospective doctors is on the rise. Last week, the Los Angeles Times reported on a study that examined the degree to which candidates for ophthalmology residency programs fudged their resumes by exaggerating - or outright inventing - their role in medical research projects.

Summa Health System recently announced a new collaboration with Healthagen to provide valuable health information with the free iTriage smartphone application.

LONGVIEW, TX Good Shepherd Medical Center announces it has been recommended by the Society of Chest Pain Centers to become Longview's only hospital to receive Cycle III Chest Pain with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Accreditation, the highest level of accreditation for Chest Pain Centers.

I've definitely written about parvo virus infection in dogs in this column before, but because I see it as one of the most devastating yet preventable diseases I deal with, I'm going to revisit the subject.

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Studies in Washington state and Sweden confirm the growing idea that the breathing component of CPR is necessary only for children and those who have nearly drowned or have respiratory problems.

That's what these guys , writing in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, think.

Ohio, like much of the rest of the nation, is experiencing record setting, swealtering weather this summer.

An American emergency specialty physician, Professor Gregory L Henry, will be among the speakers at Qatar Health 2010 slated to open on December 10, Hamad Medical Corporation has said.

LA MESA, CA, July 27, 2010 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Brian A. Taylor, MBA, MA, FACHE, Director of Ambulatory Services at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of healthcare administration.

Chad McFarlin, technical director of the hyperbaric chamber at University Medical Center, prepares patients Susan Jurgensen and Steve Otto for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Gunnar H. Gislason MD, PhD, Freddy K. Lippert MD, Sren L. Nielsen MD, Peter Weeke MD, Morten L. Hansen MD, PhD, Emil L. Fosbl MD, PhD, Sren S. Andersen MD, Sren Rasmussen MSc, PhD, Tina K. Schramm MD, Lars Kber MD, DMSc, and Christian Torp-Pedersen MD, DMSc From the Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark ; ...

Abbott's child care relief Tony Abbott is promising to cut child care costs, while Julia Gillard is pledging $96m for new emergency room doctors and nurses.

Abbott's child care relief Tony Abbott is promising to cut child care costs, while Julia Gillard is pledging $96m for new emergency room doctors and nurses.

Last week, the Los Angeles Times reported on a study that examined the degree to which candidates for ophthalmology residency programs fudged their resumes by exaggerating - or outright inventing - their role in medical research projects.

Federal law prohibits hospitals from treating uninsured trauma patients any differently than patients with insurance.

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia says today's announcement by Prime Minister Julia Gillard to deliver more emergency medicine specialists to outer metropolitan and regional hospitals will do little to improve access to emergency care further out in rural and remote Australia.

53, No. 2. , pp. 143-151. Posts Export Abstract This review examines current research on teamwork in highly dynamic domains of healthcare such as operating rooms, intensive care, emergency medicine, or trauma and resuscitation teams with a focus on aspects relevant to the quality and safety of patient care.