Ben Roberts, a 33-year-old from Fowlerville, Mich., estimates that medical bracelets and necklaces have cost him more than $1,000 since he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 6. Frustrated ...

Last week, he took a more permanent step: A medical tattoo on his right wrist with the words "Medical Alert: Type B Thoracic Aortic Aneurism." "If I'm incapacitated and can't talk, they would do a ...

Instead of a tattoo, Soard recommends that people opt for a tried-and-true solution: wearing Medic Alert jewelry. Medic Alert bracelets are emblazoned with the medical caduceus emblem and quickly ...

Matt Zavadsky with Fort Worth's Medstar EMS says medical tattoos are showing up in about one in every 100 patients. He says people are getting tattoos on their body to alert medics to potentially ...

Instead of wearing a medical alert bracelet, some people choose to engrave critical medical information on their skin. Tattoos can alert paramedics and other health professionals to conditions ...

Like 'do not resuscitate,'" said Chris BeBarge, a tattoo artist at Stingray BodyArt and More in Allston, Mass. They're an increasingly popular alternative to medical alert bracelets for those with ...

There’s potential, too, to use tattoos instead of medical alert bracelets to identify people with severe allergies or serious medical conditions like diabetes or epilepsy. Tattoos normally ...

like tattoos to guide radiation treatments for cancer patients. Or replacing medical alert bracelets or indicating blood type. As you can see in the graphic above, the scientists tested different ...

Tattoos are no longer taboo — even for people in traditionally conservative professions like law, investment banking and politics. But what do most people know about medical tattoos? Medical ...