We've all been there: grabbing a hot pan without oven mitts, accidentally slicing your hand while cutting an avocado, or hurting yourself during home-reno-gone-wrong. Accidents are part of life, and ...

Halpern emphasized the importance of listening to your body: “Winter colds and viruses are common and can range from cough, ...

When it comes to taking risks with your health or safety (or that of your loved ones), don't let a low likelihood of a bad outcome cloud your judgment. That said, “we all have to leave the house," ...

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“Even when ice looks thick, it can vary by inches within a few feet,” Park explained. “Cold-water immersion is extremely ...

Here’s a basic truth of human life: No one plans a visit to the emergency room, and no one really wants to be there. The unexpected, oh-****-now-I’m-in-trouble nature of the place means that everyone ...

A forthcoming Supreme Court decision this June on access to lifesaving care threatens the very basis of why I became an emergency medicine doctor: anyone, anywhere, anytime. When a patient is rushed ...

EKALAKA, Mont.—There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There ...