Emergency Medicine

Friend of the family notices an abnormality in baby's eye...

140,000 bad reactions to the drugs each year, government report finds

Athetosis, or constant writhing movements, is often caused by injury to deeply situated structures with the brain called basal ganglia.

A shoulder dislocation usually occurs as a result of force to the joint. The bone is pushed out of the socket, which may cause damage to the surrounding ligaments, tendons, and nerves.

NEW YORK — Video from a surveillance camera at a Brooklyn hospital shows a woman dying on the floor of a psychiatric emergency-room while staffers initially ignore her.

Animation shows how a burst fracture of the vertebra displaces bone fragments in all directions and compresses the spinal cord. This was developed for an attorney and used as a medical/legal exhibit.

Thomas, who lives in West Virginia, is being called a medical miracle after she suffered two heart attacks and had no brain waves for more than 17 hours; reports NewsNet5.com.