Her obstetrician warned her that she would need to cease taking them at least 72 hours before she delivered; otherwise she could be in danger of hemorrhaging. If Curry-Winchell went into labor ...

SPECT, a nonprofit established in 2013 to address gaps in sterile processing education in resource-limited environments, has ...

It is a busy time for local healthcare providers trying to meet the needs of the community, but this week was also a time where OakLeaf Surgical Center could celebrate the completion of their expanded ...

Porsha Ngumezi bled to death as she was miscarrying after her doctor opted against an emergency procedure used to end ...

Wrapping his wife in a blanket as she mourned the loss of her pregnancy at 11 weeks, Hope Ngumezi wondered why no ...

The death of 35-year-old Porsha Ngumezi was preventable, according to more than a dozen doctors who reviewed her case for ...

It is a matter of profound concern, not least because the collapse of the medical system is no longer a possibility: It is happening. The problems extend well beyond operating room staffing and ...

When Beth Lachance was a student at Bristol Eastern High School, she was a nationally ranked gymnast who already knew what she wanted to do with her life. “I knew early on I wanted to be a nurse,” she ...

Through nurse navigation programs, dispatchers can direct low-level 911 calls to a team of nurses instead of sending an ...

Just months ahead of opening its new $525.6 million hospital in North Liberty, University of Iowa Health Care is ramping up ...