At least 15 shot at Illinois university

SEE MAIN STORY AT NOWPUBLIC"A gunman has wounded at least 15 people when he opened fire with a shotgun in a university classroom outside Chicago, authorities said. It appears that the gunman had been killed. Campus police report that the immediate danger has passed,' the...

Trasylol Deaths At Least 235

Trasylol is an amino acid that stops blood from coagulating. It is created from a cow lung extract. During surgery, many patients are given Trasylol to prevent substantial blood loss. Trasylol slows down fibrinolysis, which can lead to the separation of blood...

Bayer Trasylol Heart Surgery Clotting Drugs Sales Suspended Worldwide

"MONDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Bayer AG suspended worldwide sales of Trasylol, a clotting drug using during heart surgery to prevent bleeding, on Monday following a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove the drug from the American market for safety...

Russell Watson 'critical' after op

"Singer Russell Watson remains in a critical condition in hospital but the signs are positive, hospital bosses have said. The popular classical singer earlier underwent three hours of emergency surgery on a brain tumour but is now conscious and sitting up in bed talking, they...

Dead Man Waking

File this story under "Mark Twain"... Reports of my Demise are Greatly Exaggerated. , after reading his own obituary, June 2, 1897 ..."CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began...