Health

Texas Hospital CEO Apologizes for Infants' TB Exposure

ABC News(EL PASO, Texas) — A Texas hospital CEO has apologized for a screening lapse that potentially exposed hundreds infants to tuberculosis. Hospital and city health officials are working to screen more than 750 infants who came into contact with an infected Read More

Joan Lunden Opens Up About Cancer Battle, Losing Her Hair

People Magazine(LOS ANGELES) — Joan Lunden is proudly gracing the cover of People magazine without her wig, following her battle with triple negative breast cancer. The former Good Morning America host told the magazine the choice to go bald for the cover was to Read More

ABC News Goes Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — This October, ABC News is going pink to raise awareness about breast cancer, a disease that more than 220,000 American women are diagnosed with each year and about one in eight women will be diagnosed with during the course of their Read More

What Do You Wear Under a Hospital Gown?

iStock/Thinkstock(MONTREAL) — Certainly one of the most unpleasant aspects of any hospital visit is when a patient has to don a gown that opens in the back. Dr. Todd Lee at McGill University in Montreal explains that people often feel stripped of their dignity when Read More

The Five Health Behaviors to Avoiding a Heart Attack

iStock/Thinkstock(SOLNA, Sweden) — Older and middle-aged men who want to prevent heart attacks should follow five health behaviors put forth by the Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institute in Solna, Sweden. Granted, they’re not all easy to Read More