By Susan Scutti, CNN Thu October 26, 2017 (CNN) A new adult vaccine has received a double thumbs-up from the American federal health system. On the heels of Friday's Food and Drug Administration approval of Shingrix, a new vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline [...]
Ashley May, USA TODAY , October 25, 2017 An alarming study released Wednesday found many baby food products test positive for arsenic, including 80% of infant formulas. And, that's not the only dangerous contaminate found. The Clean Label Project, a nonprofit [...]
Common culprits: body-building, weight-loss products by Joyce Frieden, News Editor, MedPage Today October 24, 2017 WASHINGTON -- Herbal products and supplements are frequently mislabeled and may contain unlisted ingredients that are harmful to the liver, researchers said here. Of 272 herbal [...]
By Barbara Connell. Barbara Connell is vice president of medical affairs at Medline. Room environment plays a large role in the transmission of healthcare associated infections (HAIs), and that role is getting some significant attention. The Centers for Disease Control and [...]
by Ilene MacDonald | FierceHealth Oct 23, 2017 5:06pm A new Reuters analysis finds that collectively, hospitals have been paying billions to recruit and retain nurses—offering higher salaries, signing bonuses and even repaying student loans—to address the nationwide nurse shortage. The [...]
By PERRI KLASS, M.D. OCT. 23, 2017 NYTIMES As cold season and flu season settle in, many parents worry about taking children to the doctor’s office, and sitting in a waiting room full of sick children. It’s well known that hospitals [...]
By KATIE THOMAS OCT. 23, 2017 NYTIMES One of the workhorses of Clarke County Hospital, a 25-bed facility in rural Osceola, Iowa, is an unassuming product known as a Mini-Bag. It is a small, fluid-filled bag used by nurses to dilute [...]
A pill from Allergan known as UA could help women avoid hysterectomies or other difficult procedures By Sumathi Reddy The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2017 11:32 a.m. ET The first oral treatment for women with the common condition of uterine [...]
Divided-organ approach works in U.K., but may be a tough sell in U.S. by Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today October 22, 2017 Action Points • Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These [...]
Rachel Rabkin Peachman - Consumer Reports•October 21, 2017 Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Antibiotics treat infections, but surprisingly, they can cause them, too. In fact, a recent study has found that the number of virulent [...]