Dick Cheney Released from Hospital After Heart Transplant Surgery
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(FALLS CHURCH, Va.) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney was released from the hospital on Tuesday, 10 days after receiving heart transplant surgery, according to a written statement released by his office.
The surgery w…
Psych Patient Charged with Murder After Roommate Dies
Comstock/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) — Charges against a psychiatric patient who allegedly stabbed his hospital roommate have been upgraded to murder after the victim died of his injuries.Robert King, 53, died Saturday, a week after he was found bloody at t…
Gallagher Released from Hospital
Fotos International/Getty Images(DALLAS) — Gallagher is out of the hospital and apparently ready to begin smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer again. TMZ.com reports the 65-year-old comedian was released from a Texas hospital Wednesday after havin…
Pittsburgh Hospital Shooting Victim Was Second Gun Death in Family
WTAE(PITTSBURGH) — The victim of the Pittsburgh hospital shooting was identified as employee Michael Schaab, a 25-year-old who lost his sister to gun violence in 2010.”They’re going through what no family should ever have to go through,” Tom Fitzgeral…
Report: ‘American Idol’ Contestant Phil Phillips Rushed to Hospital
Michael Becker / FOX(LOS ANGELES) — Phil Phillips, the guitar-playing American Idol contestant who some odds makers have picked as their top choice to win this year’s competition, was rushed to a medical facility with abdominal pains Thursday mo…
Bear Camps on Hospital Wall
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ASHEVILLE, N.C.) — A bear was evaluated before being sent back to the woods Saturday after it was captured on the wall of an Asheville, N.C., hospital.The 50-lb bear hopped up on the wall of the Mission Hospital Cancer Center Fr…
Ashton Kutcher Pays Demi Moore a Hospital Visit
Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Ashton Kutcher has reportedly gotten back together with estranged wife Demi Moore—at least paid her a hospital visit, or two. People magazine reports that Kutcher, 34, has visited Moore since her hospital s…
Surveillance Video Shows RFK’s Son in Scuffle With Nurses
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Surveillance video shows Douglas Kennedy, the son of Robert F. Kennedy, who was arrested on misdemeanor charges of child endangerment and harassment relating to a Jan. 7 scuffle in the maternity unit of Northern Westche…
Nelson Mandela Released From Hospital
Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images(JOHANNESBURG, South Africa) — Former South African president Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital Sunday after being admitted to receive treatment for a long-standing stomach ailment, officials said. Mandela “is sur…
RFK’s Son Arrested Over Clash With Maternity Nurses
Photodisc/Thinkstock(MOUNT KISCO, N.Y.) — Douglas Kennedy, the son of Robert F. Kennedy, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of child endangerment and harassment relating to a Jan. 7 scuffle in the maternity unit of Northern Westchester Hospital.Two n…
Study: Abuse Landed 4,500 US Children in Hospital, Killed 300
Hemera Technologies/Thinkstock(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Child abuse landed 4,569 American children in the hospital in 2006, 300 of whom died from their injuries, according to a new study.The rate of hospitalization was highest among children under a year o…
Man Captures Daughter’s Birth on Tape While Driving
Zachary Russell videotaped the backseat birth of his daughter while driving his wife to their Mansfield, Texas, birthing center. (ABC News)(MANSFIELD, Texas) — A determined dad-to-be managed to videotape the backseat birth of his daughter while drivin…
Garth Brooks Wins in Trial Against Hospital
Ron Hoskins/Getty Images(YUKON, Okla.) — Garth Brooks was awarded $500,000 along with an additional $150,000 for fraud in the trial against Integris Canadian Valley Hospital Tuesday night.Jurors had begun deliberations Tuesday afternoon. After the ver…
Baby Born in Stuck Elevator after Snowstorm Delays Hospital Arrival
File photo. (Photodisc/Thinkstock)(TACOMA, Wash.) — A newborn baby boy in Washington State can already lay claim to having survived two unexpected disasters: one of the worst winter storms to ever hit Washington State, and being delivered in a hospita…
Garth Brooks Sues Hospital over His $500,000 Donation
Ron Hoskins/Getty Images(OKLAHOMA CITY) — Perhaps inspired by the lyrics of his hit song, “Do What You Gotta Do,” country music star Garth Brooks has sued his hometown hospital for allegedly not using his $500,000 donation for what he says…
Hospital Fountain Linked to Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Wis.
Pixland/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Wisconsin has been linked to a decorative fountain found in a hospital lobby, according to a new study released Tuesday online in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.Eigh…
80 Percent of Hospital Errors Go Unreported
Getty(WASHINGTON) — Martine Ehrenclou felt sidelined when her mother was admitted to the hospital for acute pancreatitis. “I didn’t know what I was supposed to do and what my role was in her care,” said Ehrenclou, 51, of Los Angeles. “I just thought I…
Hospital Readmission Rate Among Heart Attack Patients Higher in US
Pixland/Thinkstock(DURHAM, N.C.) — Heart attack patients in the U.S. are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of surgery than patients in Canada, Australia and several other European countries, a new study revealed.The research,…