A new drug is helping doctors save the toes and fingers of frostbite patients this winter, dramatically reducing the number ...

The brutal winter with its prolonged sub-zero temperatures has resulted in a large number of patients admitted to Akron ...

Akron Children’s is among the first U.S. hospitals using a new drug to prevent amputations among frostbite victims.

Hospitals across the country are reporting a surge in cold-related injuries — from slip-and-fall fractures to cardiac events ...

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 ...

Akron Children's Hospital's burn center can now salvage tissue that once would have been lost to amputation thanks to a newly approved drug called Aurlumyn.

Frostbite can damage exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes and cause lifelong, permanent damage to your body. How to recognize its signs.

If symptoms of hypothermia or frostbite are present, the affected person is advised to go to a warmer area and slowly heat up ...

You may not notice you have frostbite until it's pointed out. Here are signs and symptoms to look out for as temperatures ...

“Extremely cold temperatures and wind chills continue today into Saturday morning while lake effect snow continues over the NW wind snowbelts,” the National Weather Service team in Marquette said ...