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Newborn ICUs Installing 'Babycams' To Connect Families To Babies

They couldn't be there because they had another young child to care for and the father had used up his leave during the final weeks of the complicated pregnancy. So instead, Brandi and Charles Ray Harrington of Bentonville, Ark., used the device to further a bonding process that doctors say is crucial.

 

Autopsy set for woman allegedly shot by husband in hospital ICU; possible mercy killing try

A coroner’s office scheduled an autopsy Monday for a northeast Ohio woman who was shot in her bed at a hospital’s intensive care unit, allegedly by her husband in what police believe was a mercy killing. Capt. Dan Zampelli said an initial court appearance for John Wise likely wouldn’t come until at least Tuesday or even Wednesday. He said police needed results of the autopsy to decide what charge would be appropriate.

 

Report: Schwarzenegger's son hurt surfing

Report: Schwarzenegger's son hurt surfing

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's 13-year-old son Christopher is in the hospital after suffering serious injuries in a surfing accident last weekend. According to TMZ, Christopher has been in the ICU in a Los Angeles-area hospital; he suffered broken bones and a collapsed lung after having the accident in Malibu.

 

Brain fluid buildup delays full rehab for Giffords

The Houston hospital treating Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Sunday that her condition is improving daily, but gave no update on the buildup of brain fluid that has kept the Arizona congresswoman in intensive care.

 

Swine flu put many hospitalized patients into ICU

Swine flu put many hospitalized patients into ICU

One quarter of Americans sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care and 7 percent of them died, the first such study of the early months of the global epidemic suggests. That's a little higher than with ordinary seasonal flu, several experts said....

 

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