Alaska State Troopers and Mat-Su EMS went to the railroad crossing on East Fireweed in Wasilla and boarded the Alaska Railroad train in response to a call from the crew that they had an unresponsive passenger in one of their cars on Saturday. The call-in from the Alaska Railroad crew called in at 2:44 pm on […]
MAYWOOD, IL – While antibiotics have greatly reduced the dangers of ear infections, serious neurological complications, including hearing loss, facial paralysis, meningitis and brain abscess still occur, according to an article in the journal Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. The article was written by Loyola Medicine otolaryngologists Michael Hutz, MD, Dennis Moore, MD, and Andrew […]
After a preliminary investigation in the death of a Stony River man, what was first determined to be a suicide has turned into what could be a homicide investigation, troopers report. On Wednesday of last week, AST received a report of the death of 66-year-old Stony River man, identified as Deacon Evan. It was initially […]
McMaster researchers have found there is such a thing as too much oxygen for acutely ill adults. Extensive data analyses in a study from the university show that supplemental oxygen, when given liberally to these patients, increases the risk of death without improving other health outcomes. The results were published in The Lancet. “Supplemental oxygen is administered to […]