Hospitals are breeding grounds for MRSA, C. diff, and other bacteria. Use our expert advice to stay safe. By Consumer Reports Hospitals are breeding grounds for dangerous bacteria, including those that cause C. diff and MRSA infections. Some 650,000 people developed [...]
Peter Pronovost, M.D., now senior vice president for patient safety and quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, developed a checklist to prevent central-line infections more than 15 years ago. It's still the gold standard. If a family member needs a [...]
By Ilene MacDonald | FierceHealth Mar 7, 2017 11:33am Chinese herbal therapies, acupuncture, homeopathy and reiki are just a few of the offerings that some prestigious medical centers now provide, despite the fact that in many cases there is no evidence [...]
by Gienna Shaw | FierceHealthIT Mar 6, 2017 10:00am From brain implants to a map of human cells, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is out with its annual list of 10 breakthrough technologies. And although it’s peppered with cool stuff like [...]
What to Do Next Alexa, Amazon's virtual assistant, ventures into healthcare • by Satish Misra MD March 03, 2017 - This post originally appeared on iMedicalApps.com. Amazon's Alexa is a voice-activated virtual assistant that can do a lot of things, from controlling [...]
Many people don't carry the auto-injectors with them, while others don't know how to use them By Ginger Skinner – Consumer Reports March 01, 2017 If you rely on the lifesaving drug epinephrine for severe allergic reactions, the controversy over high-priced [...]
By MIKKAEL A. SEKERES, M.D. and TIMOTHY D. GILLIGAN, M.D. NY Times - MARCH 1, 2017 A version of this article appears in print on March 7, 2017, on Page D6 of the New York edition with the headline: “Informed Patient? [...]
Watch out for 'spear phishing' • by Alexandria Wilson Pecci HealthLeaders Media February 26, 2017 When a U.S. Attorney called South Florida "an epicenter of identity theft" last month, it was in the context of announcing federal charges against more than 100 [...]
Push-button device collects 100 μL of blood from upper arm • by Kristen Monaco Contributing Writer, MedPage Today February 27, 2017 • This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: WASHINGTON -- A push-button blood collection device billed as "virtually painless" received [...]
Link to gum disease suggests that it would flag patients otherwise undiagnosed • by Jeff Minerd Contributing Writer, MedPage Today February 22, 2017 • This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: Action Points • Patients with mild-to-severe periodontitis had significantly higher mean [...]