Patients aged 85 and older were at highest risk of Clostridium difficile infections, with hospital stays at a rate of 1,089 per 100,000 people, in 2009, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and…
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control published a list of healthcare-associated infections and details on infection control activities that occurred at state hospitals from Jan.-June 2011.
Results from a clinical trial published in The Lancet show that injecting human stem cells into the retinas of two legally blind patients improved their vision.
The FDA has partnered with Stanford University to streamline the way medical devices are designed, tested and evaluated through collaboration with the university's biodesign program, according to a Stanford news release.
The Joint Commission has revised several elements of performance under its ambulatory healthcare accreditation program.
The FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health released its strategic priorities for 2012 which focus on four areas: implementing a review process that looks at the entire product life cycle, enhancing communication and transparency, strengthening its workforce and proactively…
Although Bristol-Myers changed the label on its Kenalog steroid seven months ago to say that it's "not recommended" for injection into the epidural space near the spine, the steroid is still being used that way, according to a Bloomberg report.
The International Headache Society has released new recommendations for the conduct of acute and preventive migraine clinical trials, and the guidelines have been published in the IHS journal Cephalalgia.
U.S. Representatives Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) wrote a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee requesting an investigation into 1-800-GET-THIN and Allergen, the maker of the Lap-Band device.
A new study has shown eating cocoa, the raw material in chocolate, can help prevent intestinal complaints linked to oxidative stress, including colon cancer, according to a Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology news release.