Grandmother with Alzheimer's sings Japanese children's song to infant granddaughter
A touching moment between a grandmother with Alzheimer’s and her infant granddaughter has gone viral, after the woman’s daughter captured her soothing the baby with a Japanese children’s song.
Rhode Island orders hospital to stop performing surgeries
Rhode Island health officials have ordered Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket to stop admitting new patients, serving emergency patients and performing surgery.
Being married, or ever having been married, comes with a much lower risk of developing dementia compared to being a lifelong bachelor or bachelorette, a new analysis of previous studies suggests.
Europe's HIV epidemic growing at 'alarming pace,' WHO warns
The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe reached its highest level in 2016, showing the epidemic growing at an ‘alarming pace,’ global health officials said Tuesday.
'Do Not Resuscitate' tattoo causes ER ethical dilemma
Emergency room doctors at a University of Miami hospital faced a vexing ethical dilemma when paramedics wheeled in an unconscious man with a “Do Not Resuscitate” chest tattoo.
Doctors taken aback by unconscious patient's 'do not resuscitate' tattoo
University of Miami doctors faced a vexing ethical dilemma when paramedics wheeled an unconscious elderly man with a “Do Not Resuscitate” chest tattoo into emergency room, according to a case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.