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Mother of a son with autism thanks a stranger who helped: 'Nobody does what you do'
At StoryCorps, Ellen Hughes tells Keith Miller, who also has a son with autism, how much it meant to her when he comforted her son Walker on a difficult visit to the ER last year.
Swallowed toys, coins, batteries spark rise in tot ER visits
In 2015, there were nearly 43,000 such visits among kids under 6, compared with 22,000 in 1995, according to a study published Friday in the journal Pediatrics. The rate jumped from almost 10 per 10,000 ER visits to 18 per 10,000.
A mother of a son with autism thanks a stranger who helped: 'Nobody does what you do'
At StoryCorps, Ellen Hughes tells Keith Miller, who also has a son with autism, how much it meant to her when he comforted her son Walker on a difficult visit to the ER last year.
When a nurse is prosecuted for a fatal medical mistake, does it make medicine safer?
A nurse was charged with reckless homicide and abuse after mistakenly giving a patient a fatal dose of the wrong medicine. Patient safety experts say this may actually make hospitals less safe.
Prenatal testing can ease minds or heighten anxieties
A variety of genetic tests are available to screen both fetus and parents. One option that's growing in popularity is called an expanded carrier screening. The results can be useful and overwhelming.