A Missouri hospital confirmed Friday that individuals who attended the frigid Kansas City Chiefs-Miami Dolphins wild card round game in January had to undergo amputations due to frostbite. Research ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — The brutal winter with its prolonged sub-zero temperatures has resulted in a large number of patients admitted to Akron Children’s Hospital’s burn center. “We have had more ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first treatment for severe frostbite to reduce the risk of finger or toe amputation in adults. Iloprost injection, marketed under the ...

The first time Dr. Peter Hackett saw a patient with frostbite, the man died from his wounds. It was in Chicago in 1971, and the man had gotten drunk and passed out in the snow, his fingers so frozen ...

Winter can be tough to bear. Even more so if you’re homeless. If there is no place to warm up or change out of soggy boots or damp clothes, continuous exposure to freezing temperatures and wind chill ...

Research Medical Center in Kansas City announced on Friday that some fans who attended the Miami Dolphins-Kansas City Chiefs AFC Wild Card game at Arrrowhead Stadium on Jan. 13 had to undergo ...

The Dolphins-Chiefs wild-card game was cold — bitterly, historically cold — but did it trigger a flood of patients lining up at the hospital and now requiring amputations? That would be overstating ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The medical director at the Grossman Burn Center at Research Medical Center says 70% of patients referred for frostbite injuries suffered during the bitter cold in January are now ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the temperatures are well below zero, there are a lot of considerations to take to stay safe, especially for those experiencing homelessness. While the temperatures change, ...