Presence of synovitis may not predict steroid therapy success by Judy George Contributing Writer, MedPage Today May 21, 2017 Osteoarthritis (OA) patients who had severe knee damage were less likely than patients with mild structural damage to respond to intra-articular steroid [...]
Pluses and minuses of New York state's sepsis care mandate • by Salynn Boyles Contributing Writer May 21, 2017 • This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: WASHINGTON -- Earlier administration of antibiotics, but not intravenous fluids, was associated with lower [...]
The lapse was discovered as by an OIG study designed to address concerns over whether hospitals are “gaming” a system in which it falls to the hospitals to report patient-infection rates. This article first appeared May 09, 2017 on Kaiser Health [...]
by Ilene MacDonald | FierceHealth May 18, 2017 9:03am Infection control experts are rethinking a long-held strategy to prevent deadly superbug infections after an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a California hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. The strategy, developed [...]
Annual conference will be 'a hoot and a half' says AAPA president by Shannon Firth Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today May 12, 2017 LAS VEGAS -- Recertification battles, the future of practice authority, and stamping out the opioid crisis will be core [...]
Blood pressure diet shows ancillary benefits in men by Nancy Walsh Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today May 12, 2017 Action Points • Men who adhered to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet significantly lowered their risk of gout. • Note that [...]
Engineers purportedly working in secret to develop non-invasive technology by Iltifat Husain, MD and Greg von Portz May 11, 2017 The Apple Watch could soon be used as a tool for glucose monitoring that could change the lives of millions of [...]
By Meera Senthilingam, CNN Updated 11:31 AM ET, Wed May 10, 2017 (CNN)Taking even over-the-counter doses of common painkillers known as NSAIDs -- nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack in a new study. [...]
By Paloma Mari-Beffa, The Conversation Updated 5:02 AM ET, Tue May 9, 2017 Being caught talking to yourself, especially if using your own name in the conversation, is beyond embarrassing. And it's no wonder -- it makes you look like you [...]
by Ilene MacDonald | FierceHealth May 10, 2017 10:12am Industry experts have long predicted a nursing shortage, but the shortfall has already hit rural communities. Navicent Health, a 600-bed acute care hospital in Macon, Georgia, for example, has had trouble attracting [...]