Medical identification bracelets are a necessity for many, but they aren’t exactly known for being fashionable. Thankfully for disabled fashion lovers, these essential bracelets — which display ...

Millions of kids and adults in the US who have conditions like diabetes, severe allergies or asthma, and epilepsy wear medical identification. Recently, these uninspiring metal neck or wrist tags have ...

Shortly after your diagnosis, you likely received a variety of pamphlets for medical alert jewelry to wear on your wrist or your neck, informing the world that you have type 1 diabetes. If you don’t ...

Medical bracelets are designed to give emergency health personnel the information they need to best assist you in a health crisis. Most often, the information engraved on a medical bracelet includes ...

Dr. Keith Roach writes a medical question-and-answer column weekdays. Dear Dr. Roach: My question is about medical bracelets and necklaces. I’ve never seen any recommendations as to what conditions ...

Which medical bracelet is best? When you are managing a chronic medical condition, you need to be prepared for health emergencies where you might not be able to communicate with emergency personnel ...

Traditional medical alert bracelets are metal and have a medical symbol on the front. Miami resident Aliette Vazquez is trying to shake things up with a fashionable line called MediRocks. People who ...

As a young pharmaceutical representative in the 1980s, Rick Russell visited dozens of physicians' offices. After a while he began to notice that some had displays for medical identification bracelets.

In a pilot study of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), wearing a medical-alert bracelet or necklace was associated with a lower risk of developing kidney failure compared with usual care. The ...

It's a simple step, but one many doctors forget to remind patients to take: Wear a medical-alert bracelet. A growing number of American adults and children face complex medical conditions like heart ...