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 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 ...

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 ...

South Koreans may soon be able to carry a device inside their own bodies in the form of a bespoke tattoo that automatically alerts them to potential health problems, if a science team's project ...

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 ...

The FDA has identified at least two tattoo inks that are contaminated with harmful bacteria. This bacteria can lead to serious injuries if tattoos get infected. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

and retailers urged to avoid specific ink batches The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a public safety alert concerning the contamination of two widely distributed tattoo inks with ...