Pictographic instructions, milliliter-only lab tools could help reduce errors by Alexandria Bachert MPH, Staff Writer, MedPage Today June 27, 2017 Action Points • Parents often make measurement errors with their children's medications, suggesting the need for tools to better match prescribed dose [...]
Cross-sectional study ties fish with diminished disease activity by Judy George, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today June 26, 2017 Action Points • Eating fish high in omega-3 fatty acids may help reduce joint pain and inflammation, according to a new study among mostly [...]
by Paige Minemyer | FierceHealth Jun 21, 2017 11:17am Patients housed in alternative intensive care units due to overcrowding face worse outcomes than those in the traditional ICU, and one of the causes may be that they receive less attention from [...]
By Anna Gorman | Jun 19, 2017 11:19am This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, which publishes California Healthline, an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation. Dawn Nagel, a nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California, [...]
Replace it with unsaturated vegetable oil for heart health, advisory says by Crystal Phend, Senior Associate Editor, MedPage Today June 15, 2017 The American Heart Association doubled down on its dietary recommendations in an advisory calling for switching poly- and mono-unsaturated [...]
This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, which publishes California Healthline, an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation. By Lydia Zuraw June 15, 2017 Pediatricians and public health researchers know they have to be on the lookout [...]
Care, compassion, and the end-of-life inversion by MedPage Today Staff June 06, 2017 A growing movement of therapeutic aides known as "death doulas" are giving new meaning to the phrase, "from the cradle to the grave," reports The Huffington Post. A [...]
by Paige Minemyer | FierceHealth Jun 7, 2017 10:00am Patients with complex mental health issues frequently end up in the emergency department, where they may wait hours or even days for a psychiatric bed. This is especially true of patients who [...]
by Paige Minemyer | FierceHealth Jun 7, 2017 11:17am In the latest update to its Essential Medicines List, the World Health Organization made the biggest change to its antibiotics section in 40 years, an effort aimed at combating drug-resistant superbugs. The [...]
by Ilene MacDonald Fierce Health| Jun 7, 2017 11:18am Hospitals must take immediate action to prevent the spread of Legionnaires’ disease, caused by a waterborne bacterium that can lead to severe and often deadly pneumonia, which has been found in contaminated [...]