10 Jan, 2025

Here’s what ER doctors face after a mass shooting

Health “The challenge for all of us is that we see things that are horrible. … You see these wounds — destructive wounds — and injuries that change people’s lives.”  Trisha Bell, system director of emergency services at Central Maine Healthcare, speaks to her staff while working in the emergency department at Central Maine Medical […]

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Real-life horror story: Doctors find spider in woman’s ear

Health According to a New England Journal of Medicine case study, the woman could feel and hear the spider crawling in her ear. Just in time for Halloween, the New England Journal of Medicine recently published a case study that is sure to keep all arachnophobes up at night. The study tells the frightening tale […]

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CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors

Business The drug store chain said it will remove a small number of oral decongestants that contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient. Customers walk to a CVS Pharmacy, Friday, Nov 4, 2022, in Boston. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, FIle By TOM MURPHY, Associated Press October 20, 2023 | 11:02 AM CVS Health is pulling from […]

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