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How do screams scare us?

9 years 11 months ago
Whose screams raise the hairs on the back of your neck? Janet Leigh's famous shower screech in "Psycho"? One of the many shrieks her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, belted out in the "Halloween" films? Or maybe it's Danielle Harris' versions that send you over the edge.

EpiPen alternative Auvi-Q returning

9 years 11 months ago
Pharmaceutical company Kaleo said Wednesday that it will reintroduce its compact epinephrine autoinjector to the US market in the first half of 2017. Auvi-Q can be used to treat life-threatening allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, by delivering epinephrine to help relax muscles, open airways and reduce swelling triggered when the body has an allergic reaction.

Racism in medicine: An 'open secret'

9 years 11 months ago
After a patient in her hospital said, "I don't want a Jewish doctor," one pediatrician set out to study discrimination against physicians. Here's what she found.

A cell phone alert got him life-saving CPR

9 years 11 months ago
Sudden cardiac arrest requires immediate CPR to prevent brain damage; a smartphone app connected to local 911 emergency systems alerts CPR-trained people within a quarter mile radius that their help is needed.
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